Updated Oscar Nomination Predictions

With Hard Truths and Juror No. 2 apparently dropping out of the race and A Complete Unknown entering it, here's my updated nomination predictions.

Best Picture

Anora

Blitz

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Joker: Folie a Deux

Nickel Boys

The Piano Lesson

Queer

A Real Pain

Sing Sing

Next in Line: Emilia Perez, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, The Room Next Door, Gladiator II, Nightbitch, Here, A Complete Unknown, Challengers, Didi

Best Director

Sean Baker for Anora

Edward Berger for Conclave

Greg Kwedar for Sing Sing

Steve McQueen for Blitz

Denis Villeneuve for Dune: Part Two

Next in Line: Luca Guadagnino for Queer, Todd Phillips for Joker: Folie a Deux, Mohammad Rasoulof for The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez, Ridley Scott for Gladiator II

Best Actor

Timothee Chalamet for A Complete Unknown

Daniel Craig for Queer

Colman Domingo for Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes for Conclave

Joaquin Phoenix for Joker: Folie a Deux

Next in Line: John David Washington for The Piano Lesson, Paul Mescal for Gladiator II, Tom Hanks for Here, Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice

Best Actress

Amy Adams for Nightbitch

Lady Gaga for Joker: Folie a Deux

Angelina Jolie for Maria

Mikey Madison for Anora

Saoirse Ronan for Blitz

Next in Line: Karla Sofia Gascon for Emilia Perez, Tilda Swinton for The Room Next Door, Robin Wright for Here, Zendaya for Challengers

Best Supporting Actor

Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain

Samuel L. Jackson for The Piano Lesson

John Lithgow for Conclave

Clarence Maclin for Sing Sing

Stanley Tucci for Conclave

Next in Line: Denzel Washington for Gladiator II, Jeremy Strong for The Apprentice, Drew Starkey for Queer, Harris Dickinson for Blitz, Stephen Graham for Blitz, Paul Raci for Sing Sing

Best Supporting Actress

Danielle Deadwyler for The Piano Lesson

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor for Nickel Boys

Natasha Lyonne for His Three Daughters

Lesley Manville for Queer

Zoe Saldana for Emilia Perez

Next in Line: Selena Gomez for Emilia Perez, Joan Chen for Didi, Julianne Moore for The Room Next Door, Isabella Rossellini for Conclave

Best Original Screenplay

Anora

Blitz

A Real Pain

The Room Next Door

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Next in Line: Emilia Perez, Didi, Challengers, Kinds of Kindness

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave

Nickel Boys

The Piano Lesson

Queer

Sing Sing

Next in Line: Dune: Part Two, Joker: Folie a Deux, Nightbitch, Here, Hit Man, Gladiator II

Best Animated Feature

Inside Out 2

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Next in Line: Moana 2, Flow, Wildwood

Best International Feature

All We Imagine As Light

Emmanuelle

Emilia Perez

Evil Does Not Exist

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Next in Line: The Girl with the Needle, Girls Will Be Girls, Grand Tour, Parthenope

Best Original Score

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Joker: Folie a Deux

Queer

Sing Sing

Next in Line: Blitz, Challengers, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II

Best Original Song (movie names since we don't know the song names yet)

Diane Warren: Relentless

Emilia Perez

Joker: Folie a Deux

Mufasa: The Lion King

Wicked

Next in Line: Sing Sing, Moana 2

Best Sound

Blitz

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Gladiator II

Joker: Folie a Deux

Next in Line: A Complete Unknown, Twisters, Civil War, A Quiet Place: Day One

Best Production Design

Blitz

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Gladiator II

Joker: Folie a Deux

Next in Line: Wicked, Conclave, Nosferatu, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Here

Best Cinematography

Anora

Blitz

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Joker: Folie a Deux

Next in Line: Maria, Nosferatu, Gladiator II, Queer, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Best Makeup

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

A Different Man

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Joker: Folie a Deux

Next in Line: Wicked, Nosferatu, A Complete Unknown

Best Costume Design

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Joker: Folie a Deux

Gladiator II

Wicked

Next in Line: Maria, Blitz, Conclave, Nosferatu, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Best Film Editing

Anora

Blitz

Dune: Part Two

Joker: Folie a Deux

Sing Sing

Next in Line: Conclave, Gladiator II

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Gladiator II

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Mufasa: The Lion King

Next in Line: Twisters, Deadpool & Wolverine, Here