I’ll be updating this throughout the show! How many did I get right? 15 out of 23!

That was the best Oscar awards I’ve seen in a year!

I thought that after Innaritu and Lubetzski won Director and Cinematographer that The Revenant would be a lock, but Spotlight pulled it out. It is a great film, up there with the best of all time.

After 6 nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio finally got it!

One last plea, if you haven’t seen “Room,” do not miss it. Brie Larson and Jacon Tremblay were fantastic.

Mad Max Fury Road wins 5 awards but George Miller goes without still. Innaritu wins a 3rd straight Oscar for best director. That has only happened one other time in history.

Congratulations Ennio Morricone. What a career! Thank you Quentin Tarantino for giving him this opportunity.

Powerful Performance by Lady Gaga. Am I the only one who misses the crazy Lady Gaga who wore meat dresses and swan heads, she is very talented.

Joe Biden Gets a huge standing ovation for no reason. But he is presenting for a good reason. ItsOnUs.org.

I always love the in memoriam segment. That acoustic version of Blackbird was a great backdrop.

How did I not know that Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is a BLACK WOMAN! The first African American to be elected to that position but the third woman. It looks like the Oscars aren’t so white after all.

I think Louis CK is one of the best presenters I’ve ever seen. He just nailed it speaking of the Best Documentary Short Picture race, “This Oscar is going home in a Honda Civic.”

Mark Ryland takes home a surprising win over Sylvester Stallone in the est Supporting Actor race. Good call Academy for not giving the white guy the award in the film where the black star was not nominated.

I don’t even have best sound mixing on here! How did I miss that one? The nominees were: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Martian” “The Revenant” “Bridge of Spies” Another win for Mad Max Fury Road!

Wow! Mad Max is really raking in the awards tonight. Hopefully George Miller gets the credit when it comes to Best Director.

I though Chris Rock did well to criticize the lack of Black diversity in Hollywood. He did it with humor and class. I believe that everyone should have the same opportunities regardless of color or heritage.

BEST PICTURE

• The Big Short – I’d love to see it win
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant – Probably will win
• Room
• WIN! Spotlight – Should win

BEST ACTOR

• Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
• Matt Damon – The Martian
• WIN! Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant – If he doesn’t win it will be shocking
• Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
• Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

BEST ACTRESS

• Cate Blanchett – Carol
• WIN! Brie Larson – Room – It’s Brie’s to lose.
• Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
• Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
• Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Christian Bale – The Big Short
• Tom Hardy – The Revenant
• Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
• WIN! Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
• Sylvester Stallone – Creed – I think everyone else in this category is a better actor, but they will probably give it to Stallone.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
• Rooney Mara – Carol
• Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
• WIN! Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl – Everyone’s favorite.
• Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs – Has a good chance of upsetting the favorite.

DIRECTING

• Adam McKay – The Big Short – I hope he wins
• George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road – Miller’s last Mad Max and it rocked.
• WIN! Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant – Will probably win for the three-peat.
• Lenny Abrahamson – Room
• Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• Anomalisa – Has a chance if voters decided to hate on Pixar this year.
• Boy and the World
• WIN! Inside Out – So original and creative that I would be surprised if it lost. 
• Shaun the Sheep Movie
• When Marnie Was There

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• WIN! Amy – This was one of the only nominees that people actually saw. Maybe that will mean that it wins.
• Cartel Land
• The Look of Silence
• What Happened, Miss Simone?
• Winter on Fire

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Embrace of the Serpent
• Mustang
• WIN! Son of Saul – I have no clue. I haven’t seen any of these but I like the name of this one. 
• Theeb
• A War

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• WIN! The Big Short – Great writing from an already funny book.
• Brooklyn
• Carol
• The Martian
• Room

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Bridge of Spies
• Ex Machina – I’d love to see this one win.
• Inside Out
• WIN! Spotlight – But my money is here.
• Straight Outta Compton

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• WIN! The Revenant – I think we will see a three-peat.
• Sicario

ORIGINAL SCORE

• Bridge of Spies
• Carol
• WIN! The Hateful Eight
• Sicario – I really don’t have a clue. The music categories are always tough for me. 
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

COSTUME DESIGN

• Carol
• Cinderella
• The Danish Girl – Will probably win
• WIN! Mad Max: Fury Road – I think more work and better results came from this one.
• The Revenant

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

• Body Team
• Chau, Beyond the Lines
• Claude Lanzmann
• WIN! A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
• Last Day of Freedom – Just a guess here!

LIVE ACTION SHORT

• Ave Maria
• Day One
• Everything Will Be Okay
• Shok
• WIN! Stutterer – Taking a shot in the dark!

MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING

• WIN! Mad Max: Fury Road – I’m hoping for the upset to Revenant.
• The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
• The Revenant – Will probably win.

ORIGINAL SONG

• “Earned It” – Fifty Shades of Grey
• “Manta Ray” – Racing Extinction
• “Simple Song #3” – Youth
• “Til It Happens to You” – The Hunting Ground
• WIN! “Writing’s on the Wall” – Spectre – This is the only one I’ve heard except “Earned It,” but I don’t think anything from that dumpster fire of a film should win. 

ANIMATED SHORT

• WIN! Bear Story
• Prologue
• Sanjay’s Super Team
• We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
• World of Tomorrow – I have missed all of these this year. This is my guess. 

SOUND EDITING

• WIN! Mad Max: Fury Road
• Sicario – This one is wide open, but I’m putting my money here. 
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• The Martian
• The Revenant

FILM EDITING

• The Big Short
• WIN! Mad Max: Fury Road – Have you seen it? It’s a visual spectacle. 
• The Revenant
• Spotlight
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Bridge of Spies
• The Danish Girl – Making Eddie Redmayne not look foolish in a dress deserves an Oscar.
• WIN! Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian – I hope it wins something!
• The Revenant

VISUAL EFFECTS

• WIN! Ex Machina
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Episode VII has to win something! I think this will be it.