This is the biggest lock of the night. If “Shallow” doesn’t win it’s one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history. The song just won the Grammy in this equivalant category against insane competition including last year’s Oscar winner, “Remember Me” from “Coco.” If any song can pull it off it’s likely “All the Stars,” but if “Shallow” isn’t announced the gasps from the audience will be picked up worldwide. [Updated on Feb. 12]
Predictions
1. “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” – Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
2. “All the Stars” from “Black Panther” – Music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Anthony Tiffith; Lyrics by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith and Solána Rowe
3. “I’ll Fight” from “RBG” – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
4. “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns” – Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
5. “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” – Music and Lyrics by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
More predictions:
Best Picture
Best Director
Actress
Actor
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Original Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay
Foreign Language Film
Editor-at-Large Gregory Ellwood is one of the entertainment industry's most respected journalists and critics. Based in Los Angeles, he's the only current awards expert who previously worked on Oscar campaigns at a major movie studio. Over the years, he has written for the LA Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Vox, among others. He also co-founded the entertainment news site HitFix, which spawned a legion of influential Emmy and WGA Award-winning alumni.
