Academy bosses hope viewers will tune in to see if the $100 million-grossing hit can claim Hollywood’s most coveted award — and a line under Will Smith’s infamous slap at last year’s gala Will pull
“Everything Everywhere” — which leads the overall nominations count at 11 — follows a Chinese immigrant laundromat owner locked in a fight with an inter-dimensional supervillain, who also happens to be his own daughter.
Michelle Yeoh’s heroine Evelyn must harness the power of her alter ego living in parallel universes, in which hot dogs are used as human fingers, talking rocks and giant dildos as weapons.
The film has dominated almost every award show in Hollywood, its charismatic, predominantly Asian star becoming the feel-good story of the season.
But although the quirky film is expected to dominate Oscar night, it could stumble for best picture.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences uses a special “preferential” voting system for that award, in which members rank films from best to worst.
If any rival could benefit, it’s probably “All Quiet on the Western Front,” the German-language World War I film that dominates Britain’s BAFTAs.
While there’s a clear favorite in the Best Picture race, the acting competitions are incredibly tight.
For best actress, Cate Blanchett was long favored to win a third Oscar for “Tar,” but “Everything Everywhere” love could propel Yeoh to a historic first win by an Asian woman in the category.
Best actor is a three-horse race between Austin Butler (“Elvis”), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inishrin”).
Angela Bassett, the first Marvel superhero actor nominated for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is up against “Everything Everywhere” star Jamie Lee Curtis and “Banshee” actress Kerry Condon.
A category appears to be closed. The former child star of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies,” Kwan has won every Best Supporting Actor award and is almost certain to complete a comeback story for the ages.
Here are the early predictions:
perfect picture
Everything Together Everywhere – WINNER
Banshee of Inishrin – Can Win
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
the fabelmans
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
triangle of sadness
woman talking
best director
Steven Spielberg (“The Fablemans”) – WINNER
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere at Once”) – WIN
Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inishrin”)
Todd Field (“Tar”)
Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Sorrows”)
best lead actor
Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inishrin”) – WINNER
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) – Can Win
Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
Paul Mescal (“Afterson”)
Bill Nighy (“Living”)
best lead actress
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) – WINNER
Cate Blanchett (“Tar”) – could win
Ana de Armas (“Blonde”)
Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”)
Michelle Williams (“The Fablemans”)
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Hui Quan (“Everything Everywhere at Once”) – WINNER
Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inishrin”)
Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)
Judd Hirsch (“The Fablemans”)
Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inishrin”)
best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inishrin”) – WINNER
Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) , could win
Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Hong Chau (“Whale”)
Stephanie Sue (“Everything Everywhere at Once”)
Best Adapted Screenplay
“All Quiet on the Western Front” Screenplay by Edward Berger, Leslie Patterson & Ian Stokell – WINNER
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” by Rian Johnson
“Living,” written by Kazuo Ishiguro
“Top Gun: Maverick,” screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story of Peter Craig and Justin Marks
“Women Talking,” Screenplay by Sarah Polley
Best Original Screenplay
“Everything Together Everywhere,” Written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – WINNER
“The Banshees of Inishrin,” Can Win by Martin McDonagh
“The Fabelmans” by Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
The Wire,” written by Todd Field
“The Triangle of Grief” by Ruben Ostlund
Best Cinematography
“All Quiet on the Western Front”, James Friend – WINNER
“The Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truth,” Darius Khondji
“Elvis,” Mandy Walker
“Kingdom of Light,” Roger Deakins
“The Wire,” Florian Hofmeister
Best Documentary Feature Film
“Navalny,” Daniel Rohr, Odessa Rae, Diane Baker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris – WINNER
“All That Breathes,” Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann & Teddy Leifer – Can Win
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golizov
“The Fire of Love,” Sarah Dossa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
“A House Made of Splinters,” Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monika Hellström
Best Documentary Short Film
“The Elephant Whispers,” Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga – WINNER
“Hallout,” Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
“How do you measure a year?” Jay Rosenblatt
“The Martha Mitchell Effect,” Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
“Stranger at the Gate,” Joshua Seftel and Conal Jones
Best Film Editing
“Everywhere Everything Together,” Paul Rodgers – WINNER
“The Banshees of Inishrin,” Mikael EG Nielsen
“Elvis,” Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
“The Wire,” Monica Wiley
Top Gun: Maverick,” Eddie Hamilton
Best International Feature Film
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany) – WINNER
“Argentina, 1985” (Argentina) – Could Win
“Close Up” (Belgium)
“EO” (Poland)
‘The Quiet Girl’ (Ireland)
Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”, music by MM Keeravani; Chandrabose Geet – WINNER
“Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman,” Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
“Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga and Bloodpop
“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, music by Thames, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson; Song by Thames and Ryan Coogler
“This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” by Ryan Lott, David Byrne & Mitsky; Lyrics by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
best production design
“Babylon,” Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino – WINNER
“Elvis,” Production Design: Katherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn – May Win
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Proctor; Set Decorator: Vanessa Cole
“The Fablemans,” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
best visual effects
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Seddon and Daniel Barrett – WINNER
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Frank Petzold, Victor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jaffar
“The Batman,” Dan Lemon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Geoffrey Bauman, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudik
“Top Gun: Maverick,” Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Brian Litson and Scott R. Fischer
Best Animated Feature Film
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Unger and Alex Bulkley – WINNER
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” Dean Fletcher Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mazey
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
“The Sea Beast,” Chris Williams and Jade Schlanger
“Turning Red,” Domi Shi and Lindsay Collins
Best Animated Short Film
“My Year of Dicks,” Sarah Gunnarsdottir and Pamela Ribon – WINNER
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
“The Flying Sailor,” Amanda Forbes and Wendy Tilby
“Ice Merchants,” Joao Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
“An ostrich told me the world is fake and I guess I believe it,” Lachlan Pendragon
best costume design
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Ruth Carter – WINNER
“Elvis,” Katherine Martin – Could Win
“Babylon,” Marie Zophres
“Everything Everywhere at Once,” Shirley Kurata
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” Jenny Bevan
best live action short
“The Red Suitcase,” Cyrus Neshwad – WINNER
“An Irish Goodbye,” Tom Berkeley and Ross White
“Ivalu,” Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzen
“Le Pupil,” Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
“Night Ride,” Erik Tveiten and Got Lid Larsen
Best Makeup and Hair Styling
“The Whale,” Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley – WINNER
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhammerova
“The Batman,” Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
“Elvis,” Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
best original score
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Volker Bertelmann – WINNER
“Babylon,” Justin Hurwitz
“The Banshees of Inishrin,” Carter Burwell
“Everything Everywhere at Once,” Son Lux
“The Fablemans,” John Williams
best sound
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Victor Priscil, Frank Krause, Markus Stemmler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte – WINNER
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boys, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
“The Batman,” Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson
“Elvis,” David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
“Top Gun: Maverick,” Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burden and Mark Taylor
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