Locked In: Safest Oscar Bets for the 98th Academy Awards
As the 98th Academy Awards approach, Next Best Picture argues several categories look virtually locked: Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson; Best Actress for Jesse Buckley; Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn; and dominant sweeps in Original and Adapted Screenplay (One Battle After Another; Sinners), Cinematography, and Film Editing. It also predicts a sweep for Kpop Demon Hunters in Animated Feature, Sentimental Value favored for International Feature, Frankenstein likely sweeping Costume Design, Production Design, and Makeup & Hairstyling, with Sinners for Original Score, Golden for Original Song, F1 for Sound, and Avatar’s film for Visual Effects.