Spike Lee should win his first non-honorary Oscar for co-writing the screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman.” If that sadly doesn’t occur than either Barry Jenkins will win for “Beale Street” or Bradley Cooper and Eric Roth will sneak in with the third adaptation of “A Star is Born” [Updated Feb. 12]
Predictions
1. “BlacKkKlansman” – Screenplay by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee, based on the memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
2. “If Beale Street Could Talk” – Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, based on the novel by James Baldwin
3. “A Star Is Born” – Screenplay by Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters; based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne & Frank Pierson; based on a story by Robert Carson & William A. Wellman
4. “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” – Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, based on the memoir by Lee Israel
5. “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” – Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, based on the short stories All Gold Canyon by Jack London, The Gal Who Got Rattled by Stewart Edward White, and short stories by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
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Best Picture
Best Director
Actress
Actor
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Original Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay
Foreign Language Film