London Film Critics Circle Award Winners

FILM OF THE YEAR
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Elle

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
I Am Not Your Negro

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR: The Attenborough Award
Dunkirk

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Sean Baker – The Florida Project

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Sponsored by Heaven Skincare
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Sponsored by Cameo
Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Hugh Grant – Paddington 2

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water/Maudie/Paddington 2

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Sponsored by Millbank & CooperSearle
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR: Sponsored by The May Fair Hotel
Harris Dickinson – Beach Rats

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER: The Philip French Award
Francis Lee – God’s Own Country

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
We Love Moses – Dionne Edwards

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner, production design

EXCELLENCE IN FILM: The Dilys Powell Award
Kate Winslet

The 60th Annual Grammy Awards

I will update throughout the afternoon/evening:

Album of the Year - Bruno Mars "24K Magic"
Record of the Year - Bruno Mars "24K Magic"
Song of the Year - Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip "That's What I Like" (Bruno Mars)
Best New Artist - Alessia Cara
Best Pop Vocal Album - Ed Sheeran "Divide"
Best Pop Solo Performance - Ed Sheeran "Shape of You"
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - Portugal the Man "Feel It Still"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
Best Rap Album - Kendrick Lamar "DAMN."
Best Rap Performance - Kendrick Lamar "HUMBLE."
Best Rap/Sung Performance - Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna "Loyalty"
Best Rap Song - K. Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II "HUMBLE"
Best R&B Album - Bruno Mars "24K Magic"
Best Urban Contemporary Album - The Weeknd "Starboy"
Best R&B Performance - Bruno Mars "That's What I Like"
Best Traditional R&B Performance - Childish Gambino "Redbone"  
Best R&B Song - Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip "That's What I Like"
Best Country Album - Chris Stapleton "From A Room, Vol. 1"
Best Country Solo Performance - Chris Stapleton "Either Way"
Best Country Duo/Group Performance - Little Big Town "Better Man"
Best Country Song - Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton "Broken Halos"
Best Alternative Music Album - The National "Sleep Well Beast"
Best Rock Album - The War on Drugs "A Deeper Understanding"
Best Rock Performance - Leonard Cohen "You Want It Darker"
Best Rock Song - Foo Fighters "Run"
Best Metal Performance - Mastodon "Sultan's Curse"
Best Dance/Electronic Album - Kraftwerk "3-D Catalogue"
Best Dance Recording - LCD Soundsystem "Tonite"
Best Americana Album - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "Nashville Song"
Best American Roots Song - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "If We Were Vampires"
Best American Roots Performance - Alabama Shakes "Killer Diller Blues"
Best Gospel Album - CeCe Winans "Let Them Fall in Love"
Best Roots Gospel Album - Reba McEntire "Sing It Now: Songs of Faith and Hope"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album - Zach Williams "Chain Breaker"
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song - Hillsong Worship "What a Beautiful Name"
Best Gospel Performance/Song - CeCe Winans "Never Have to Be Alone"
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media - La La Land
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media - La La Land
Best Song Written for Visual Media - Moana - How Far I'll Go
Best Spoken Word Album - Carrie Fisher "The Princess Diarist"
Best Comedy Album - Dave Chappelle "The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas"
Best Musical Theater Album - Dear Evan Hansen
Best Latin Pop Album - Shakira "El Dorado"
Producer of the Year (Non Classical) - Greg Kurstin
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - Bruno Mars "24K Magic"
Best Remixed Recording - Depeche Mode "You Move (Latroit Remix)"
Best Music Video - Kendrick Lamar "HUMBLE"
Best Music Film - The Defiant Ones

Art Directors Guild (ADG) Award Winners

PERIOD FILM
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Production Designer: PAUL DENHAM AUSTERBERRY

FANTASY FILM
BLADE RUNNER 2049
Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER

CONTEMPORARY FILM
LOGAN
Production Designer: FRANÇOIS AUDOUY

ANIMATED FILM
COCO
Production Designer: HARLEY JESSUP

ONE-HOUR PERIOD OR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
GAME OF THRONES: “Dragonstone,” “The Queen`s Justice,” “Eastwatch”
Production Designer: DEBORAH RILEY

ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
THE HANDMAID’S TALE: “Pilot, Offred,” “Birth Day,” “Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum”
Production Designer: JULIE BERGHOFF

TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
BLACK MIRROR: “USS Callister”
Production Designers: JOEL COLLINS, PHIL SIMS

HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
GLOW: “Pilot,” “The Wrath of Kuntar,” “The Dusty Spur”
Production Designer: TODD FJELSTED

MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
WILL & GRACE: “Eleven Years Later,” “A Gay Olde Christmas”
 Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO

SHORT FORMAT: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEO OR COMMERCIAL
STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II: “Rivalry / PS4”
Production Designer: JASON EDMONDS

VARIETY OR COMPETITION SERIES/AWARDS OR EVENT SPECIAL
PORTLANDIA: “Portland Secedes,” “Ants,” “Fred`s Cell Phone Company”
Production Designer: SCHUYLER TELLEEN

45th Daytime Emmy Pre-Nomination Lists

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sharon Case, as Sharon Newman
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Eileen Davidson, as Ashley Abbott
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Melissa Claire Egan, as Chelsea Newman
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Judi Evans, as Adrienne Kiriakis/Bonnie Lockhart
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Mary Beth Evans, as Kayla Johnson
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Nancy Lee Grahn, as Alexis Davis
General Hospital, ABC

Marci Miller, as Abigail Deveraux
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Kelly Monaco, as Sam McCall
General Hospital, ABC

Gina Tognoni, as Phyllis Summers
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Maura West, as Ava Jerome
General Hospital, ABC

Laura Wright, as Carly Corinthos
General Hospital, ABC

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 
Peter Bergman, as Jack Abbott
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Scott Clifton, as Liam Spencer
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Michael Easton, as Hamilton Finn
General Hospital, ABC

Billy Flynn, as Chad DiMera
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Galen Gering, as Rafe Hernandez
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Eric Martsolf, as Brady Black
Days of Our Lives, NBC

John McCook, as Eric Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Billy Miller, as Jason Morgan/Drew
General Hospital, ABC

Stephen Nichols, as Steve “Patch” Johnson
Days of Our Lives, NBC

James Reynolds, as Abe Carver
Days of Our Lives, NBC

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES 
Marla Adams, as Dina Mergeron
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Nadia Bjorlin, as Chloe Lane
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Eileen Davidson, as Susan Banks/Kristen DiMera/Sister Mary Moira
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Camryn Grimes, as Mariah Copeland
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Susan Hayes, as Julie Williams
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Elizabeth Hendrickson, as Chloe Mitchell
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Lisa LoCicero, as Olivia Falconeri
General Hospital, ABC

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, as Steffy Forrester Spencer
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Mishael Morgan, as Hilary Curtis
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Arianne Zucker, as Nicole Walker
Days of Our Lives, NBC

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 
Darin Brooks, as Wyatt Spencer
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Steve Burton, as Jason Morgan/Patient 6
General Hospital, ABC

Chad Duell, as Michael Corinthos
General Hospital, ABC

Bryton James, as Devon Hamilton
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Wally Kurth, as Ned Quartermaine
General Hospital, ABC

Chandler Massey, as Will Horton
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Anthony Montgomery, as Dr Andre Maddox
General Hospital, ABC

Greg Rikaart, as Kevin Baldwin
The Young and the Restless, CBS

James Patrick Stuart, as Valentin Cassadine
General Hospital, ABC

Greg Vaughan, as Eric Brady
Days of Our Lives, NBC

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Reign Edwards, as Nicole Avant Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Hayley Erin, as Kiki Jerome
General Hospital, ABC

Cait Fairbanks, as Tessa Porter
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Courtney Grosbeck, as Coco Spectra
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Olivia Rose Keegan, as Claire Brady
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Victoria Konefal, as Ciara Brady
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Chloe Lanier, as Nelle Benson
General Hospital, ABC

Eden McCoy, as Josslyn Jacks
General Hospital, ABC

Paige Searcy, as Jade Michaels
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Lexie Stevenson, as Mattie Ashby
The Young and the Restless, CBS

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Lucas Adams, as Tripp Dalton
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Rome Flynn, as Zende Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Pierson Fode, as Thomas Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Noah Alexander Gerry, as Charlie Ashby
The Young and the Restless, CBS

James Lastovic, as Joey Johnson
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Tristan Lake Leabu, as Reed Hellstrom
The Young and the Restless, CBS

Casey Moss, as JJ Deveraux
Days of Our Lives, NBC

Garren Stitt, as Oscar Nero
General Hospital, ABC

Anthony Turpel, as Ridge Forrester Jr “RJ”
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Hudson West, as Jake Webber
General Hospital, ABC

68th Annual American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Award Winners

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Dunkirk
Lee Smith, ACE

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY):
I, Tonya
Tatiana S. Riegel, ACE

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Coco
Steve Bloom

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Jane
Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE, Will Znidaric, Brett Morgen

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (NON-THEATRICAL):
Five Came Back: The Price of Victory
Will Znidaric

BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
black-ish: “Lemons”
John Peter Bernardo, Jamie Pedroza

BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Curb Your Enthusiasm: “The Shucker”
Jonathan Corn, ACE

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Fargo: “Who Rules the Land of Denial”
Andrew Seklir, ACE

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Handmaid’s Tale: “Offred”
Julian Clarke, ACE & Wendy Hallam Martin

BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
Genius: Einstein “Chapter One”
James D. Wilcox

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
VICE News Tonight: “Charlottesville: Race & Terror”
Tim Clancy, Cameron Dennis, John Chimples & Denny Thomas

STUDENT COMPETITION WINNER
Mariah Zenk – Missouri State University

ACE Golden Eddie Honoree
Vince Gilligan

Career Achievement Honorees
Mark Goldblatt, ACE
Leon Ortiz-Gil, ACE

The 8th Annual Awards Psychic Award Winners

Best Picture - Drama
Winner - Dunkirk
Runners Up - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Shape of Water, Call Me By Your Name, and The Post
Commentary - In a close race, it is Dunkirk that comes out on top. It was so ethereal, so quiet, so expansive. It is a technical achievement that was unmatched this year, and is the type of war movie that isn't made. It didn't show excessive amounts of gore, it was not excessively long. It showed that sometimes the most harrowing part of war is the silence, the wait, the unknown. It was a brilliant take on a war that has gotten its fair share of film versions over the last eighty years, and Nolan managed to bring a new vision and breathe new life into a well-worn subject. The results were fantastic.

Best Picture - Comedy/Musical
Winner - Lady Bird
Runner Up - The Big Sick and Get Out
Commentary - Lady Bird is easily my favorite film of 2017. Greta Gerwig brought charm, wisdom, and a beautiful eye to her script and direction. The cast, led by Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, are all fantastic, charming, and funny. How can you not fall in love with this film? Lady Bird is just one of those films that you can't help but smiling the whole way through and long after you leave the theater. It is a triumph.

Best Picture - Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Winner - Blade Runner 2049
Runners Up - Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Wonder Woman, and Logan
Commentary - Unlike the whiny Star Wars fans who will not shut up, I thoroughly enjoyed Last Jedi. I also, once again, am amazed at projects like Logan and Wonder Woman, which prove that you really can elevate comic book movies to greatness. But Denis Villeneuve's box-office bomb, yet critical favorite Blade Runner 2049 wins this race in a close one. Of course it was not going to make a lot of money. It was too smart, too ethereal, too visually stunning for general audiences to grasp just how brilliant this film was. Like the original, a decade from now, we will all look back and realize just how great its sequel was.

Best Picture - Animated
Winner - Coco
Runner Up - Loving Vincent
Commentary - Pixar once again knocked it out of the park with Coco, a vibrant experience that presents an important cultural experience of love, family, loss, and music. Easily the best animated film of the year.

Best Picture - Documentary
Winner - (TIE) Faces Places and Ex Libris - The New York Public Library
Runners Up - Jane and Step
Commentary - Faces Places is a great tribute to the work of the legendary Agnes Varda. But I could not leave this year without honoring Frederick Wiseman's work highlighting the work, history, and love for the New York Public Library. In December, I graduated with a Masters Degree in Library Science, and have worked at a public library for over five years. The biggest threat to public libraries is not the Internet, streaming video, or e-books. The biggest threat we face is the perception that we are no longer relevant. We are relevant. Libraries are transforming into modern technology centers, important community places that focus on providing needed services to the communities they serve. Our programs, services, literacy efforts, and technology training are building a better future for all of us. Thank you Mr. Wiseman for highlighting one of the biggest and best public libraries in the world, and for giving a voice to a profession and an institution that is a cornerstone of our society.

Best Actor - Drama
Winner - Gary Oldman "Darkest Hour"
Runners Up - Timothee Chalamet "Call Me By Your Name" and Harris Dickinson "Beach Rats"
Commentary - I, like most of us, have loved Gary Oldman for years. I am so happy that he is finally starting to get the recognition he deserves for a magnificent turn as Winston Churchill and for a career that has placed him among some of the best actors of his generation. The next generation is in good hands as well with newcomers like Timothee Chalamet and Harris Dickinson, but this is Oldman's time to shine, and he deserves it.

Best Actress - Drama
Winner - Frances McDormand "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Runner Up - Jessica Chastain "Molly's Game"
Commentary - Frances McDormand is a goddess. My first experience with her was in Almost Famous, which still remains my favorite film of all time, as the loving and overbearing college professor mother who lets her son go on the road with a rock band. Then I saw Fargo, and it only confirmed what I knew, and apparently what the whole world already knew: that Frances McDormand is one of the finest actresses to ever grace the silver screen. I am so thrilled to give her one of these awards, for a jaw-dropping, bad-ass performance that is an instant classic in an already impressive filmography.

Best Actor - Comedy/Musical
Winner - Kumail Nanjiani "The Big Sick"
Runner Up - Daniel Kaluuya "Get Out"
Commentary - Kumail Nanjiani is getting more credit for his writing than his acting, but it should not diminish what he did on-screen. He was hilarious, as expected, but was also charming, emotional, and a joy to watch.

Best Actress - Comedy/Musical
Winner - Saoirse Ronan "Lady Bird"
Runner Up - Margot Robbie "I, Tonya"
Commentary - Two of the best young talents in this business gave stellar performances this year. Margot Robbie transformed into Tonya Harding, and deserves all the praise she can get. But in a close race, I am going with Saoirse Ronan. She has been building an incredible resume over the years, and her exuberance, her charm, her frustration in Lady Bird was magnificent, and her onscreen chemistry with Laurie Metcalf is what made my favorite film of the year so special.

Best Supporting Actor
Winner - Patrick Stewart "Logan"
Runners Up - Woody Harrelson "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", Mark Hammill "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", Sam Rockwell "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Commentary - Mark Hammill, despite some of the un-please-able Star Wars fans, ended her career as Luke on a high note, and the two guys from Three Billboards were fantastic. But since I saw Patrick Stewart in Logan many months ago, his final shot at Charles Xavier has lingered with me. Stewart is a master performer, who has always been under-rewarded throughout what has been a long and distinguished career. And Professor X was one of his most iconic performances. But until Logan, it was more iconic because it was a legendary character, and less because it was jaw-dropping good (although I would argue in X2, he was fantastic). Logan changed that perception a lot. This role became iconic, because we got to see it through, we got to witness the whole experience start to finish, and we got to see a master veteran end his run, in one of the most successful film franchises of all time, on top.

Best Supporting Actress
Winner - (TIE) Carrie Fisher "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and Laurie Metcalf "Lady Bird"
Runners Up - Tiffany Haddish "Girls Trip"
Commentary - First, let's start with Laurie Metcalf. A veteran of television, she was the other half of the dynamic duo of Lady Bird. Her love, her toughness, her dedication. What could have been another standard "mom" role was transformed because Metcalf made it her own, connected so well with Ronan, and gave it the kind of maturity and rare artistic form it needed to soar. But I could not leave this year without honoring one of our finest. Carrie Fisher, as a person, will be remembered as a tortured, yet kind and tough soul, who overcame her battles, used them to inspire and help others, and someone who never gave up. She also created one of the most iconic characters in the history of American film. Leia was the kind of woman that young moviegoers should look up to. She was spy, a general, a warrior. She inspired others, she fought for the causes and the people she believed in, she always did her best, and she used her mistakes as a lesson for the next generation. I will always miss Leia, especially as this Star Wars saga appears to have no end in sight. But mostly,  I will miss Carrie. I grew up on Star Wars, like many of us. Our love for this saga is about nostalgia and our beloved characters. When Carrie died, a piece of my childhood died with it, as I'm sure it did for many others. We will never forget her, we will always love her, she will always be our general, our friend, and our beloved princess.

Best Voice Acting/Motion Capture Performance
Winner - Andy Serkis "War For the Planet of the Apes"
Runner Up - Anthony Gonzalez "Coco"
Commentary - Andy Serkis revolutionized the motion-capture genre, and his work as Caesar in this finale, as well as a the whole current Planet of the Apes trilogy was once again worthy of Oscar contention, and once again, ignored. One day, the Academy will catch up, and they will eventually recognize the difficulty and the art of voice and motion capture acting. Until then, here is an incredibly small honor, for one of our generations most ignored talents.

Best Director
Winner - Christopher Nolan "Dunkirk"
Runner Up - Greta Gerwig "Lady Bird"
Commentary - I hate to be repetitive, so mostly look at the top category. Basically, Nolan created a visually-stunning masterpiece to add to his already impressive filmography, and was easily the best choice for this category, in my opinion.

Best Ensemble
Winner - The Post
Runner Up - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Girls Trip, and The Big Sick
Commentary - I really was amazed at just how deep this cast was. You come for the Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep show, but you stay for the amazing work of some of the finest television, veteran character, and even stage actors. To prove just how impressive this cast is, I think it is simpler to just list a few of the names: Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Carrie Coon, Tracey Letts, Jesse Plemmons, Zach Woods, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Alison Brie, Matthew Rhys, Jessie Mueller, Stark Sands and Michael Stuhlbarg.

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner - James Ivory "Call Me By Your Name"
Runner Up - Aaron Sorkin "Molly's Game"
Commentary - James Ivory beautifully adapted Andre Aciman's novel, and gave it the heart, tension, heartbreak, and caring touch it deserved. Ivory has been writing beautiful personal dramas for years, but this might be his true late-career masterpiece.

Best Original Screenplay
Winner - Greta Gerwig "Lady Bird"
Runner Up - Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani "The Big Sick"
Commentary - This was a tough category because both The Big Sick and Lady Bird were such funny, touching, and personal stories, whose witty dialogue, and beautifully drawn characters were magnificently constructed. But Lady Bird wins in a tight one.

Best Cinematography
Winner - Roger Deakins "Blade Runner 2049"
Runners Up - Hoyte Van Hoytema "Dunkirk" and Rachel Morrison "Mudbound"
Commentary - GIVE. THIS. MAN. A. DAMN. OSCAR

Best Visual Effects
Winner - War for the Planet of the Apes
Runners Up - Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Blade Runner 2049
Commentary - War for the Planet of the Apes, like its predecessors easily had the best visual effects of the year, and even great work like Star Wars and Blade Runner really could not compete.

Worst Film of the Year
Loser - The Dark Tower
Runners Up - Justice League and The Snowman
Commentary - Stephen King's book series of The Dark Tower is a towering literary masterpiece. It is such a shame that its film adaptation was such a jumbled, poorly constructed mess of a film. When Idris Elba can't save a film, you know it is really bad.

Top Twenty Films of 2018
1. Lady Bird
2. Dunkirk
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. The Big Sick
5. Call Me By Your Name
6. Blade Runner 2049
7. The Shape of Water
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
9. The Post
10. Logan
11. Wonder Woman
12. Wind River
13. Get Out
14. Phantom Thread
15.  Darkest Hour
16. (TIE) Faces Places and Ex Libris – The New York Public Library
17. Mudbound
18. Molly’s Game
19. Girls Trip
20. I, Tonya

2018 Grammy Winner Predictions

Album of the Year - Bruno Mars "24k Magic"
Record of the Year - Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber "Despacito"
Song of the Year - Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury,  Khalid Robinson & Andrew Taggart "1-800-273-8255"
Best New Artist - Alessia Cara
Best Pop Vocal Album -  Ed Sheeran "Divide"
Best Pop Solo Performance - Ed Sheeran "Shape of You"
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber "Despacito"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Michael Buble "Nobody But Me"
Best Rock Album - Metallica "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct"
Best Rock Performance - Leonard Cohen "You Want it Darker"
Best Rock Song - Foo Fighters "Run"
Best Alternative Music Album - LCD Soundsystem "American Dream"
Best R&B Album - Bruno Mars "24k Magic"
Best Urban Contemporary Album - Childish Gambino "Awaken, My Love!"
Best R&B Performance - Bruno Mars "That's What I Like"
Best Traditional R&B Performance - Childish Gambino "Redbone"
Best R&B Song - Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip "That's What I Like"
Best Rap Album - Kendrick Lamar "DAMN"
Best Rap Performance - Kendrick Lamar "HUMBLE"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna "LOYALTY"
Best Rap Song - K. Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II "HUMBLE"
Best Country Album - Chris Stapleton "From a Room, Vol. 1"
Best Country Solo Performance - Chris Stapleton "Either Way"
Best Country Duo/Group Performance - Little Big Town "Better Man"
Best Country Song - Taylor Swift "Better Man"
Best Comedy Album - Dave Chappelle "The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas"
Best Spoken Word Album - Carrie Fisher "The Princess Diarist"
Best Musical Theater Album - Dear Evan Hansen
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media - La La Land
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media - La La Land
Best Song Written for Visual Media - City of Stars from La La Land
Best Music Video - Kendrick Lamar "HUMBLE"

The Oscar Narrative: First Winner Predictions

Best Picture - Lady Bird
Best Director - Guillermo Del Toro "The Shape of Water"
Best Actor - Gary Oldman "Darkest Hour"
Best Actress - Frances McDormand "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Best Supporting Actor - Sam Rockwell "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Best Supporting Actress - Allison Janney "I, Tonya"
Best Adapted Screenplay - James Ivory "Call Me By Your Name"
Best Original Screenplay - Greta Gerwig "Lady Bird"
Best Animated Feature - Coco
Best Documentary Feature - Faces Places
Best Foreign Language Film - The Square (Sweden)
Best Cinematography - Roger Deakins "Blade Runner 2049"
Best Costume Design - Phantom Thread
Best Film Editing - Dunkirk
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Darkest Hour
Best Original Score - Alexandre Desplat "The Shape of Water"
Best Original Song - Coco - Remember Me
Best Production Design - The Shape of Water
Best Sound Editing - Dunkirk
Best Sound Mixing - Dunkirk
Best Visual Effects - Blade Runner 2049
Best Animated Short - Dear Basketball
Best Documentary Short - Edith + Eddie
Best Live Action Short - DeKalb Elementary

The Oscar Narrative: Surprises and Snubs

Surprises
The biggest surprise for me the surge of Phantom Thread, especially in Best Picture and Best Director. Lesley Manville's inclusion was less of a surprise since she got the BAFTA nomination, but even the ,JBrits did not forecast the much broader appeal of this film. Other than that there are no real jaw-dropping surprises. The Post only got two nominations, but we knew it was on shaky ground from the guilds. Darkest Hour may have been surprising for some, but after its BAFTA haul, I knew it had enough support to breakthrough. There were definitely some snubs on the acting side (see below), but all of the nominees had either BAFTA or SAG, with the exception of Meryl Streep, who is usually the exception to most rules, as she earns her record-breaking 21st Oscar nomination. So there weren't any shocking surprises really. There were however, some interesting snubs. I find that the snubs often teach us more about the Oscar nomination process than the surprises.

Snubs
For Best Picture a list of films had received some sort of big nomination that could have point to a Best Picture nod. These include: Wonder Woman, The Big Sick, I, Tonya, Mudbound, and Molly's Game. Although none of their exclusions are jaw-dropping, folks who predicted any of these films have to, rightly so, wonder where they went wrong. With PTA in a Director, the biggest snub there was Martin McDonagh. Three Billboards could still easily win Best Picture without a director nod, Argo did it, but it makes its case a lot less potent. Argo also won the DGA and PGA, along with SAG Ensemble. Three Billboards lost at PGA, and I don't see McDonagh beating Del Toro or Nolan with the DGA. This leads me to believe there is a choice out there that has the consensus, but more on that over the next couple of weeks. Best Actor misses include James Franco (the allegations didn't hurt him, as the voting was almost complete, the nature of the film did), along with Tom Hanks. The Best Actress misses were Jessica Chastain and Judi Dench. In Best Supporting Actor, the two supporting players for Call Me By Your Name didn't make the cut, although lack of SAG and BAFTA made this seem more likely. Also SAG nominee Steve Carell, as predicted, also didn't cross the finish line. In Supporting Actress, SAG nominees Hong Chau and Holly Hunter were replaced by the BAFTA picks of Manville and Spencer. Elsewhere, Jane was a huge miss in Doc. Feature, Globe winner In the Fade missed out in Foreign, and LEGO Batman and some of the GKids productions were replaced (inexplicably) by The Boss Baby (seriously?).

This is just the first rundown of this year's nominations, there will be more to come.

90th Annual Academy Award Nominations

Best Picture
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director
Christopher Nolan "Dunkirk"
Jordan Peele "Get Out"
Greta Gerwig "Lady Bird"
Paul Thomas Anderson "Phantom Thread"
Guillermo Del Toro "The Shape of Water"

Best Actor
Timothee Chalamet "Call Me By Your Name"
Daniel Day-Lewis "Phantom Thread"
Daniel Kaluuya "Get Out"
Gary Oldman "Darkest Hour"
Denzel Washington "Roman J. Israel, Esq."

Best Actress
Sally Hawkins "The Shape of Water"
Frances McDormand "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Margot Robbie "I, Tonya"
Saoirse Ronan "Lady Bird"
Meryl Streep "The Post"

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe "The Florida Project"
Woody Harrelson "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Richard Jenkins "The Shape of Water"
Christopher Plummer "All the Money in the World"
Sam Rockwell "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige "Mudbound"
Allison Janney "I, Tonya"
Lesley Manville "Phantom Thread"
Laurie Metcalf "Lady Bird"
Octavia Spencer "The Shape of Water"

Best Adapted Screenplay
James Ivory "Call Me By Your Name"
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber "The Disaster Artist"
Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green "Logan"
Aaron Sorkin "Molly's Game"
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees "Mudbound"

Best Animated Feature
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

Best Documentary Feature
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island

Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
The Insult (Lebanon)
Loveless (Russia)
On Body and Soul (Hungary)
The Square (Sweden)

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins "Blade Runner 2049"
Bruno Delbonnel "Darkest Hour"
Hoyte Van Hoytema "Dunkirk"
Rachel Morrison "Mudbound"
Dan Laustsen "The Shape of Water"

Best Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul

Best Film Editing
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Victoria and Abdul
Wonder

Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer "Dunkirk"
Jonny Greenwood "Phantom Thread"
Alexandre Desplat "The Shape of Water"
John Williams "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"
Carter Burwell "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best Original Song
Call Me By Your Name - Mystery of Love
Coco - Remember Me
The Greatest Showman - This is Me
Marshall - Stand Up for Something
Mudbound - Mighty River

Best Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water

Best Sound Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Sound Mixing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

Best Animated Short
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes

Best Documentary Short
Edith + Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop

Best Live Action Short
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O'Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us