Final Oscar Predictions

This was incredibly difficult to put together. The race really is wide open in so many categories, so it was hard to decide how many Best Picture nominees to go with, who will get in in that crazy Supporting Actor field, and how much category fraud will be committed? I ended up going with a solid 8 Best Picture nominees, though it could very well be 7, or 10! I feel like there's going to be a lot of shockers tomorrow morning, and a lot of surprises. But we'll see just what happens.

Best Picture

(in order of likelihood)

Spotlight 

The Revenant

The Big Short
The Martian
Mad Max: Fury Road

Brooklyn

Room
Carol

(If 9)
Straight Outta Compton

(If 10)
Bridge of Spies

Best Director

George Miller- Mad Max: Fury Road

Ridley Scott- The Martian 

Tom McCarthy- Spotlight

Alejandro G. Inarritu- The Revenant

Adam McKay- The Big Short 

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio- The Revenant

Michael Fassbender- Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne- The Danish Girl

Bryan Cranston- Trumbo

Matt Damon- The Martian

Best Actress

Brie Larson- Room

Cate Blanchett- Carol

Saoirse Ronan- Brooklyn

Jennifer Lawrence- Joy

Alicia Vikander- The Danish Girl

Best Supporting Actress

Rooney Mara- Carol

Jennifer Jason Leigh- The Hateful Eight

Kate Winslet- Steve Jobs

Rachel McAdams- Spotlight

Helen Mirren- Trumbo

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Rylance- Bridge of Spies

Sylvester Stallone- Creed

Idris Elba- Beasts of No Nation

Christian Bale- The Big Short

Tom Hardy- The Revenant 

Best Original Screenplay

Spotlight

Inside Out

The Hateful Eight

Ex Machina

Straight Outta Compton

Best Adapted Screenplay

Steve Jobs

The Big Short

Room

Carol

The Martian

Best Animated Picture

Inside Out

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Shaun the Sheep Movie

The Peanuts Movie

Best Original Score

The Hateful Eight- Ennio Morricone

Star Wars: The Force Awakens- John Williams

Carol- Carter Burwell

Bridge of Spies- Thomas Newman

Inside Out- Michael Giacchino 

Best Original Song

The Hunting Ground- "Til It Happens To You"

Furious 7- "See You Again"

Youth- "Simple Song 3"

Spectre- "Writings On the Wall"

Fifty Shades of Grey- "Love Me Like You Do"

Best Film Editing 

Mad Max: Fury Road

Spotlight

The Martian

The Revenant

The Big Short

Best Cinematography 

The Revenant

Mad Max: Fury Road
Carol

Sicario

The Hateful Eight

Best Costume Design

Cinderella

Brooklyn

Carol

The Danish Girl

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant
Black Mass

Best Production Design

Mad Max: Fury Road

Carol

Cinderella

Bridge of Spies

The Danish Girl

Best Visual Effects

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant 

Ex Machina

Best Sound Mixing

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Revenant

Straight Outta Compton

Best Sound Editing 

Mad Max: Fury Road

Spectre

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Documentary

Amy

The Look of Silence

Cartel Land

He Named Me Malala

Going Clear

Best Foreign Language Picture 

Son of Saul

Mustang

Labyrinth of Lies

The Grand New Testament 

A War

Total Nominations:
The Revenant: 10
Mad Max: Fury Road: 10
The Martian: 8
Carol: 8
The Big Short: 5
Spotlight: 5
Room: 3
Brooklyn: 3