Well, awards season is upon us for 2018. The 90th Annual Academy Award nominations will be announced Tuesday, January 23rd. Here are my predictions for the top 6 categories. The most interesting thing about this year is that there is no clear front runner at this point, which is unusual given that last year at this time La La Land and Moonlight were already scooping up most of the accolades.

These are subject to change before the announcement on the 23rd. The winners will be announced on Sunday, March 4, 2018 on ABC-TV, with Jimmy Kimmel again taking the hosting duties.

Who are your favorites?

Best Picture

Get Out

Lady Bird

Call Me by Your Name

The Post

Dunkirk

The Shape of Water

The Florida Project

Three Billoards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Watch for: The Big Sick, Mudbound, I, Tonya, Darkest Hour

Best Director

Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water

Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk

Jordan Peele, Get Out

Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird

Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MIssouri

Watch for: Steven Spielberg, The Post, Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name

Best Actress

Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water

Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Meryl Streep, The Post

Margot Robbie, I, Tonya

Watch for: Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game, Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul

Best Actor

Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread

Timothee Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name

James Franco, The Disaster Artist

Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Watch for: Tom Hanks, The Post, Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger, Denzel Washington, Roman J Israel, Esq

Best Supporting Actress

Allison Janney, I, Tonya

Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

Holly Hunter, The Big Sick

Mary J. Blige, Mudbound

Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Watch for: Hong Chau, Downsizing, Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name

Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water

Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World

Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Watch for: Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes, Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me by Your Name

#oscars2018 #oscarnominations #oscars #academyawards