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95th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2022 / CEREMONY: March 12th, 2023
 For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

  

AND THE WINNER IS...
KE HUY QUAN, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE


Brendan Gleeson
first nomination!
67 yrs old | 66th film
Banshees of Inisherin

Searchlight
Oct 21st

wins: NBR and a few critics awards

Brian Tyree Henry
first nomination!
40 yrs old | 19th film
Causeway
A24 / Apple TV+
Nov 4th

win: a few critics awards

Judd Hirsch
87 yrs old | 2nd nomination | 25th film
The Fabelmans
Universal
Nov 23rd

win: AARP

Barry Keoghan
first nomination!
30 yrs old | 21st film
Banshees of Inisherin

Searchlight
Oct 21st

win: BAFTA and a few critics awards

Ke Huy Quan
first nomination and win!
51 yrs old | 9th film
Everything Everywhere All At Once

A24
March 25th

win: GLOBE, CRITICS CHOICE, NYFCC, LAFCA, NSFC, and dozens of critics awards

Who SHOULD win (Vote Daily!)
 

How'd I do on my predictions?
4/5 While I correctly saw Judd Hirsch coming, I thought Paul Dano would make it in too for the same film. The nominee I left out was Brian Tyree Henry (who I had had as the fifth-spotter for literally months. Whoops

Who was left out?
Paul Dano was obviousy the big snub after a lot of precursor love. But it was a tight race and we suspect Brad Pitt (Babylon), Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse), and Mark Rylance (Bones and All) also won their fair share of votes given precursor buzz and success. Anyone else was probably well behind though.

Who WILL win?
Ke Huy Quan has proved such a sweeper that it's not even a contest anymore.

HOW'D THEY GET NOMINATED?
40% Heat for Banshees of Inisherin in all categories
32% Colin Farrell & Martin McDonagh. What a trio they make. Package deal
12% Precursor lockstep support
10% Performance / Role
Oscar loves an antagonist and tortured artists/musicians and he sorta fits both as he creates the conflict.
5% He's Brendan Gleeson. He's always been very watchable onscreen.

50% Performance. Magnetic and this time (for a change) he had screen time and character detail to work with. Accent work!
20% Role. Sympathetic w/ disability.
10% Rapidly rising stardom / reputation. 
8% Focused branch appeal. Like To Leslie this is textbook "actors movie"
6% Jennifer Lawrence
4% Critical raves
2% Limited passion for the men who looked more likely for this slot.

40% Lifetime
Achievement pull He's Judd Hirsch, enduring treasure of stage/screen
30% Fabelman's early 
Best Picture heat helped with traction
14% Performance/ Role. It may be brief but it's showy
10% Oscar clip realness with gesture "It'll tear you apart!" 
5% Less passion for Paul Dano & Eddie Redmayne than expected.
1% Ordinary People
43% Performance. He steals all his scenes and takes you by surprise given the first impression
27% Heat for Banshees of Inisherin in all categories + campaign coattails: a tight enough ensemble that they felt like a package deal.
11% "There goes that dream" Line reading of the year?
10% Precursor support
5% Rising stardom / rep
4% Role. It wouldn't have landed in lesser hands!
32% Unbeatable 'child star comeback' narrative (pt 1).
22% Best Picture heat
20% Unfailing Media & Precursor support x Box Office Success = declared the winner months ago
15% Performance / Role. In another life he'd love to do laundry with you!
7% Michelle Yeoh Mania
4% Narrative (pt 2) = Steven Spielberg! In a happy coincidence the man who discovered him was omnipresent this season

Trivia Time!

Born in Dublin, Ireland (which has produced many Oscar nominees)

Star Sign: Aries

Married with 4 children (his eldest son Domhnall is also a famous actor) 

Other Select Awards

1 Emmy win (Into the Storm)

Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Star Sign: Aries

Relationship status: Unknown, no children.

At 6'2" the tallest of the male acting nominees this year (tied with Brendan Fraser)

Other Select Awards

In his short career he's already been Emmy (Atlanta, This is Us), Tony (Lobby Hero) & Oscar nominated (Causeway) though he has yet to win one of the main showbiz prizes. 

 

Born in the Bronx, New York

Star Sign: Pisces

Divorced. 3 children.

Now holds the record for longest span between two Oscar nominations (42 years) following his first for Ordinary People

Other Select Awards

Of all 20 nominated actors this year he's on Broadway whe most with 10 shows under his belt and 2 Tony wins in Best Actor in a Play (Conversations with My Father and I'm Not Rappaport)

1 Globe win (Dear John)

2 Emmy wins (Taxi)

Born in Dublin, Ireland

Star Sign: Libra 

Dating makeup artist Alyson Kierans. They just had a baby boy they named "Brando"

Other Select Awards

Born in Saigon, Vietnam (he's the first Vietnamese actor to be nominated)

Star Sign: Leo

Married

He's fluent in four languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Vietnamese

At 5'5" the shortest of the male acting nominees this year

He's the only former child star nominated this year (Goonies/Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) though Michelle Williams was a working actor quite young

Other Select Awards
His shelves have crashed from the weight of his prizes for this role ;)