With less than a week left before the Oscars, it’s time for the annual ToB Oscars Preview Show! Last year, pre-covid, the festivities were much more formal (with some of the hosts even wearing fancy jackets!), but this year things are a bit more subdued. It’s just Julian and Dan this week (subbing out Jeremy) as they look forward to what should be a memorable Academy Awards celebration. Or so they tell us! With covid impacting every aspect of Hollywood, they discuss what that will mean for the broadcast. With names like Steven Soderbergh taking the reins expect things to be a dit different. According to Soderbergh himself, they want the show to “feel like a movie” (whatever that means), and don’t call the stars on stage “presenters”! No they’re cast members nows. Either way, it’s shaping up to be something interesting. After that, we move into our “main event” as the guys discuss each of the “Best Picture” nominees before moving on to predictions for the winners in the biggest categories (sorry “Costume Design”).
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Predictions
Results*
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: 5 of 10 (TIED)
Julian Meush: 5 of 10 (TIED)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: 3 of 10
Julian Meush: 7 of 10 (WINNER)
*Updated with results following the airing of the 2021 Oscars ceremony.
Best Picture
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Julian Meush: “The Father”
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: “Minari”
Julian Meush: “The Father”
Best Director
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: David Fincher (“Mank”)
Julian Meush: Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”)
Julian Meush: David Fincher (“Mank”)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”)
Julian Meush: Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Gary Oldman (“Mank”)
Julian Meush: Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”)
Julian Meush: Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
Julian Meush: Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Julian Meush: Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Julian Meush: Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Yuh-jung Youn (“Minari”)
Julian Meush: Maria Bakalova (‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Yuh-jung Youn (“Minari”)
Julian Meush: Yuh-jung Youn (“Minari”)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Kemp Powers (“One Night in Miami”)
Julian Meush: Sacha Baron Cohen and others (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”)
Julian Meush: Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (“The Father”)
Best Original Screenplay
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”)
Julian Meush: Will Berson and others (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Darius Marder and others (“Sound of Metal”)
Julian Meush: Aaron Sorkin (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
Best Original Score
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (“Mank”)
Julian Meush: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste (“Soul”)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (“Mank”)
Julian Meush: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste (“Soul”)
Best Cinematography
Who We Want to Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Erik Messerschmidt (“Mank”)
Julian Meush: Erik Messerschmidt (“Mank”)
Who Will Win:
Daniel D’Souza: Joshua James Richards (“Nomadland”)
Julian Meush: Erik Messerschmidt (“Mank”)
