Lester's 2017 Oscar Nomination Predictions

 Lester's 2017 OSCAR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS     

                                                                             

BEST PICTURE:

“Arrival”  

“Fences”

“Hell or High Water”
"Hidden Figures"
“La La Land”     ****
"Lion"

"Loving"
"Hacksaw Ridge"
“Manchester by the Sea”     

“Moonlight”
POSSIBLE CONTENDER - "20th Century Women"

BEST ACTRESS:

Amy Adams (“Arrival”)   

Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”) 
Meryl Streep ("Florence Foster Jenkins")

Emma Stone (“La La Land”)     ****
Natalie Portman (“Jackie”)
POSSIBLE CONTENDER - Annette Bening  ("20th Century Women")
 

BEST ACTOR:

Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”)     ****

Denzel Washington (“Fences”)    
Joel Edgerton ("Loving")

Andrew Garfield ("Hacksaw Ridge")
Ryan Gosling (“La La Land”)
POSSIBLE CONTENDER - Tom Hanks ("Sully")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Octavia Spenser (“Hidden Figures”)

Michelle Williams (“Manchester By the Sea”)
Nicole Kidman ("Lion")

Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”)

Viola Davis (“Fences”)    ****

POSSIBLE CONTENDER  - Greta Gerwig - ("20th Century Women")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Dav Patel ("Lion")
Jeff Bridges (“Hell or High Water”)

Lucas Hedges (“Manchester By The Sea”)

Hugh Grant ("Florence Foster Jenkins") 

Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”)     ****
POSSIBLE CONTENDER - Kevin Costner  - ("Hidden Figures")

BEST DIRECTOR:

Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”)

Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”)     ****

Denzel Washington (“Fences”)

Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”)

Denis Villeneuve ("Arrival")
POSSIBLE CONTENDER - Martin Scorsese - ("Silence")     

                                    CURRENT FAVORITE  ****          

                     - YES, I HAVE SEEN ALL OF THESE FILMS -

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