February 8th at 3:04PM:
Tradition is tradition. Although the annual Awards parade has become numbingly predictable, I will soldier on with my picks for the 2020 ACADEMY AWARDS:
Best Picture (*surprise*): PARASITE
Best Director: Sam Mendes, 1917
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, "Joker"
Best Actress: Renee Zellweger, "Judy"
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, "Once Upon a Time ..."
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, "Marriage Story"
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, "Once Upon a Time ..."
Best Adapted Screenplay: Greta Gerwig, "Little Women" *mild upset
Best Foreign Film: Parasite
Best Film Editing: Parasite
Best Cinematography/Production Design/Sound Editing/Sound Mixing: 1917
Best Costume Design: "Little Women"
Best Hair & Make-up: "Bombshell"
Best Visual Effects: "Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker"
Animated Film: Toy Story 4
Best Original SCORE*: Hildur Gudnadottir, "Joker"
*the surprise in this category is that I would not mind if Thomas Newman won for his excellent work in "1917"
Best Original Song: "Stand Up," Harriet
