Tonight is the big night! The ceremony begins at 5:30 PST, and the red carpet fashion coverage will be in full swing by 4:00.
Here is my "stars and hearts" list for all the nominees, with the gold star next to the one that I predict to win, and the red heart next to the one I like best.
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High
Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land ★
Lion
Manchester by
the Sea
Moonlight ♥
Should have been nominated: Eye in the Sky, Julieta, Nocturnal Animals, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Evolution, Wiener-Dog
Actress in a Leading Role
Isabelle
Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga,
Loving ♥
Natalie
Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La
La Land ★
Meryl Streep,
Florence Foster Jenkins
Should have been nominated: Amy Adams, Arrival; Annette Bening, 20th Century Women; Susan Sarandon, The Meddler
Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck,
Manchester by the Sea
Andrew
Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La
La Land
Viggo
Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel
Washington, Fences ★ ♥
Should have been nominated: Michael Keaton, The Founder; Tom Hanks, A Hologram for the King
Viola Davis,
Fences ★ ♥
Naomie Harris,
Moonlight
Nicole Kidman,
Lion
Octavia
Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle
Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Should have been nominated: Ellen Burstyn, Wiener-Dog; Laura Linney, Nocturnal Animals
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali,
Moonlight ★ ♥
Jeff Bridges,
Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges,
Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael
Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Should have been nominated: Ben Foster, Hell or High Water; Andre Holland, Moonlight; Danny DeVito, Wiener-Dog; Channing Tatum, Hail, Caesar!
Directing
Denis
Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson,
Hacksaw Ridge
Damien
Chazelle, La La Land ★
Kenneth
Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins,
Moonlight ♥
Should have been nominated: Tom Ford, Nocturnal
Animals; Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Evolution; Pedro Almodovar, Julieta;
Todd Solondz, Wiener-Dog
Adapted Screenplay
Arrival, Eric
Heisserer
Fences, August
Wilson
Hidden Figures,
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
Lion, Luke
Davies
Moonlight,
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney ★ ♥
Should have been nominated: Julieta, Pedro Almodovar; Nocturnal Animals, Tom Ford; Deadpool, Rhett Reese and Paul Werlich,
Original Screenplay
Hell or High
Water, Taylor Sheridan
La La Land,
Damien Chazelle
The Lobster,
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
Manchester by
the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan ★ ♥
20th Century
Women, Mike Mills
Should have been nominated: The Founder, Robert D. Siegel; Wiener-Dog, Todd Solondz
Animated Feature Film
Kubo and the
Two Strings
Moana ♥
My Life as a
Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia ★
Should have been nominated: Finding Dory
Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine
(Denmark)
A Man Called
Ove (Sweden)
The Salesman
(Iran) ★
Tanna
(Australia)
Toni Erdmann
(Germany) ♥
Should have been nominated: Julieta, Evolution, Things to Come, The Handmaiden, Elle
Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your
Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in
America ★ ♥
13th
Should have been nominated: The Eagle Huntress; Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Cinematography
Arrival,
Bradford Young
La La Land,
Linus Sandgren ★
Lion, Greig
Fraser ♥
Moonlight,
James Laxton
Silence,
Rodrigo Prieto
Should have been nominated: Jackie, Stephane Fontaine; Manchester by the Sea, Jody Lee Lipes; Things to Come, Denis Lenoir; Evolution, Manuel Dacosse
Film Editing
Arrival, Joe
Walker
Hacksaw Ridge,
John Gilbert
Hell or High
Water, Jake Roberts
La La Land, Tom
Cross ★
Moonlight, Nat
Sanders and Joi McMillon ♥
Should have been nominated: Nocturnal Animals, Joan Sobel; Manchester by the Sea, Jennifer Lame; Sebastian Sepulveda, Jackie
Production Design
Arrival,
Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte ♥
Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them, Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock
Hail, Caesar! ,
Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh
La La Land,
Davis Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco ★
Passengers, Guy
Hendrix Dyas and Gene Serdena
Should have been nominated: Hacksaw Ridge, Barry Robison; Julieta, Carlos Bodelon; Lion, Chris Kennedy; Jackie, Jean Rabasse
Costume Design
Allied, Joanna
Johnston ♥
Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them, Colleen Atwood ★
Florence Foster
Jenkins, Consolata Boyle
Jackie,
Madeline Fontaine
La La Land,
Mary Zophres
Should have been nominated: Miss Sloane, Georgina Yarhi; Julieta, Sonia Grande
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Man Called
Ove, Eva von Bahr and Love Larson ♥
Star Trek
Beyond, Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo ★
Suicide Squad,
Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson
Should have been nominated: Nocturnal Animals, Julieta, Jackie
Original Score
Jackie, Mica
Levi ♥
La La Land,
Justin Hurwitz ★
Lion, Dustin
O’Halloran and Hauschka
Moonlight,
Nicholas Britell
Passengers,
Thomas Newman
Should have been nominated: Loving, David Wingo; The Founder, Carter Burwell; Julieta, Alberto Iglesias
Original Song
“Audition (The
Fools who Dream),” La La Land
“Can’t Stop the
Feeling,” Trolls ♥
“City of
Stars,” La La Land ★
“The Empty
Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story
“How Far I’ll
Go,” Moana
Should have been nominated: "The Rules Don't Apply," Rules Don't Apply; "Just Like Fire," Alice Through the Looking Glass
Sound Editing
Arrival,
Sylvain Bellemare
Deepwater
Horizon, Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
Hacksaw Ridge,
Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright ♥
La La Land,
Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan ★
Sully, Alan
Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Sound Mixing
Arrival,
Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
Hacksaw Ridge,
Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace ♥
La La Land,
Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee, and Steve A. Morrow ★
Rogue One: A
Star Wars Story, David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio, and Stuart Wilson
13 Hours: The
Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Greg P. Russell et al
Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon, Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Justin Billington, and Burt Dalton
Doctor Strange,
Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, and Paul Corbould
The Jungle
Book, Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon ★ ♥
Kubo and the
Two Strings, Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff
Rogue One: A
Star Wars Story, John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould
Animated Short Film
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and
Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper ★ ♥
Should have been nominated: The Head Vanishes, Asteria
Live Action Short Film
Ennemis
Intérieurs
La Femme et le
TGV ★
Silent Nights ♥
Sing
Timecode
Documentary Short Subject
Extremis
4.1 Miles ♥
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My
Homeland ★
The White
Helmets
