The 91st Academy Awards - The Nominees

This year's Oscar ceremony is scheduled for February 24, 2019, and it will be the first one without a host since 1989, after the Academy failed to secure a new host when Kevin Hart dropped out of presenter duties following a heated controversy over some old homophobic statements.

I will not be watching the ceremony for the first time in maybe 35 years due to the fact that we joined the ranks of the so-called "cord cutters," that is those who decided to get rid of their cable boxes in order to stop paying absurd amounts of money for a service that was barely used.

It does sadden me a bit, because I've always loved watching the Oscar ceremony, but due to the many changes the producers decided to make (chiefly, handing out the technical awards during commercial breaks in order to save time, essentially declaring those categories all but irrelevant), maybe it's for the best. I certainly enjoy the savings...

Anyway, here are this year's nominees:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

A Star Is Born
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Green Book
Roma
The Favourite
Vice

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Christian Bale, Vice
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Sam Rockwell, Vice

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams, Vice
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Achievement in Directing

Adam McKay, Vice
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Pawel Pawlikowski, Zimna wojna
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite

Best Original Screenplay

Paul Schrader, First Reformed
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Adam McKay, Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay

Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, A Star Is Born
Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

Terence Blanchard, BlacKkKlansman
Ludwig Göransson, Black Panther
Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk
Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs
Marc Shaiman, Mary Poppins Returns

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt, "Shallow" A Star Is Born
Sounwave, Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, SZA, "All the Stars" Black Panther
Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, "The Place Where Lost Things Go" Mary Poppins Returns
Diane Warren, "I'll Fight" RBG
David Rawlings, Gillian Welch, "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Best Animated Feature Film

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai no Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Capharnaüm
Manbiki kazoku
Roma
Werk ohne Autor
Zimna wojna

Best Documentary Feature

Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Kinder des Kalifats
Minding the Gap
RBG

Best Achievement in Cinematography

A Star Is Born
Roma
The Favourite
Werk ohne Autor
Zimna wojna

Best Achievement in Film Editing

BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Green Book
The Favourite
Vice

Best Achievement in Production Design

Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
The Favourite

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Black Panther
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Favourite

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Gräns
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

A Star Is Born
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

A Quiet Place
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Best Documentary Short Subject

A Night at the Garden
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
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Best Animated Short Film

Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends

Best Live Action Short Film

Detainment
Fauve
Madre
Marguerite
Skin