91st Academy Awards Predictions

So this year’s Oscars is kind of weird. No host. No clear front-runner for Best Picture. Some pretty major snubs. Still feel pretty good about these picks though. (☆=Correct guess)

Best Picture ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Green Book
Actual Winner: Green Book

Actor in a Leading Role ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Actual Winner: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Actress in a Leading Role
Ryan’s Pick: Glenn Close, The Wife
Actual Winner: Olivia Coleman, The Favourite

Actor in a Supporting Role ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Actual Winner: Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Actress in a Supporting Role ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Actual Winner: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Director ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actual Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Animated Feature ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Actual Winner: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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90th Academy Award Predictions

You know the drill…

Best Picture ☆
Ryan’s Pick: The Shape of Water
Actual Winner: The Shape of Water

Actor in a Leading Role ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Actual Winner: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)

Actress in a Leading Role ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Actual Winner: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Actor in a Supporting Role ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Actual Winner: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Actress in a Supporting Role ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Actual Winner: Allison Janney (I, Tonya)

Director ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)
Actual Winner: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)

Animated Feature ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Coco
Actual Winner: Coco

75th Annual Golden Globe Awards Predictions

Haven’t posted my predictions for the Globes in a few years, probably because I just don’t care about the TV portions. Anyway, here we go.

Film

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Ryan’s Pick: The Shape of Water
Actual Winner: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Ryan’s Pick: Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Actual Winner: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Actual Winner: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Lady Bird
Actual Winner: Lady Bird

Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy ☆
Ryan’s Pick: Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Actual Winner: Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy ☆
Ryan’s Pick: James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Actual Winner: James Franco, The Disaster Artist

89th Academy Awards Predictions

Here we go! My predictions (although not necessarily my preferred winners) are listed below. ☆=Correct prediction.

Best Picture (x)
Ryan’s Prediction – La La Land
Actual Winner – Moonlight

Actor in a Leading Role ☆
Ryan’s Prediction – Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Actual Winner – Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Actress in a Leading Role ☆
Ryan’s Prediction – Emma Stone (La La Land)
Actual Winner – Emma Stone (La La Land)

Actor in a Supporting Role ☆
Ryan’s Prediction – Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Actual Winner – Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Actress in a Supporting Role – ☆
Ryan’s Prediction – Viola Davis (Fences)
Actual Winner – Viola Davis (Fences)

Take that, random Trump supporter.

Just saw my first “Trump that Bitch” yard sign in Rockford today.

I’m guessing the guy who’s proudly displaying his complete lack of basic decency would revel in knowing that his dumb sign pissed of some bleeding-heart liberal like me.

However, I’d also like him to know that his juvenile advertisement for misogyny inspired me to do something more productive with my time and resources. So here’s $25 to each of the following organizations:

• The League of Women Voters of Greater Rockford, whose voter registration booth outside the Hononegah High School cafeteria back in 2004 first got me registered to vote. Donate here.
• Rock Valley College, whose Refugee and Immigrant Services program works to find employment for refugees coming to our area. Their free interpretation services for their clients has been an incredible help for me and my colleagues at work. Donate here.
• Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Rockford, who provides numerous services for refugee and immigrant families in the Rockford area. Donate here.
• Planned Parenthood of Illinois, who gets an incredibly unfair and undeserved reputation thanks to some idiot politicians and activists. Planned Parenthood provides crucial healthcare services for millions of people and is a great advocate for scientifically-accurate health education. Donate here.

I know it’s not much, but I hope these small donations and this self-congratulatory blog post can help bring a little bit of civility and progressivism to this election season.