Oscars 2023 predictions: who will win Best Picture, Best Director, and the acting awards?
Awards season is in full swing. The Oscar nominations having been revealed and, now, the full list of BAFTA winners provide an even better guide to who will be picking up an Academy Award on March 12.
It's also thrown up some serious surprises. Best Actor is now a more close-run thing than at any other point in the race so far, while a Best Picture nominee has stormed through out of nowhere to be the film on everyone's lips. Elsewhere, some of the other acting categories and Best Director look done and dusted.
Below, we're going to run the rule over the main Oscars categories – Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. We talk big favorites, possible underdogs, and which movies and actors we think could be giving speeches on stage at the 95th Academy Awards.
The nominees
The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical drama – was long seen as favorite and the traditionalist Academy pick. However, momentum has seriously slowed in recent weeks.
Instead, there are three intriguing films with serious momentum behind them. The Banshees of Inisherin scooped up the Golden Globe for Best Comedy or Musical and is bolstered by a series of acclaimed acting performances, including Colin Farrell’s lead role as Padraic, that are picking up awards buzz.
Everything Everywhere All at Once, though, is perhaps the biggest fan favorite and is currently leading the way with bookmakers. While that often counts for naught by the time the name on the envelope is read out, it would be a feel-good story to see a film with a predominantly Asian cast (and, in Ke Huy Quan, an actor who was largely ignored by Hollywood for decades) to win Best Picture. The story of multiverse mayhem may
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