Okay, doing this as it happens. We'll see what ends up coming out of it by the end.
Actress In a Supporting Role - Winner - Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
Nominees
Jodie Foster (NYAD)
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
America Ferrera (Barbie)
Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
Animated Short - Winner - War Is Over (Inspired by the music of John & Yoko)
Animated Feature - Winner - The Boy & The Heron
Best Original Screenplay - Winner - Anatomy of a Fall
Best Adapted Screenplay - Winner - American Fiction
Make-Up & Hair Styling - Winner - Poor Things
Production Design - Winner - Poor Things
Costume Design - Winner - Poor Things
International Feature Film - Winner - The Zone of Interest
Best Sound - Winner - The Zone of Interest
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Winner - Robert Downey Jnr
Nominees
Robert Downey Jnr (Oppenheimer)
Sterling K Brown (American Fiction)
Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)
Achievement in Visual Effects - Winner - Godzilla Minus One
Film Editing - Winner - Oppenheimer
Cinematography - Winner - Oppenheimer
Best Original Score - Winner - Oppenheimer
Best Picture - Winner - Oppenheimer
Best Documentary Short - Winner - The Last Repair Shop
Best Documentary Feature - Winner - 20 Days In Mariupol
Best Live Action Short Film - Winner - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best Original Song - Winner - Billie Eilish & Fineas O'Connell - What Was I Made For?
Best Actor - Winner - Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Nominees
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Coleman Domingo (Rustin)
Best Director - Winner - Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Best Actress - Winner - Emma Stone
Nominees
Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Annette Bening (NYAD)
Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
Well, there we have it. This year, like most years, is a mixture of personal favourites doing well, but maybe not as as well as we would hope. The runaway winner was Oppenheimer, with seven wins in total. Deserving as it was, it still feels like it's a bit greedy and obvious, lavishing it with such abundant praise where there was the opportunity to recognise others. Personally, I would have liked The Zone of Interest to do better, along with Anatomy of a Fall, as they were my two favourite movies of last year, with Oppenheimer coming a close third, but third nonetheless, so I can't be too annoyed by the Academy choices.
I was as surprised as Emma Stone at her win, when Lily Gladstone was probably favourite to pick up Best Actress. I hoped Sandra Huller would pip them both, but not to be, it seems, for the Academy who are still maybe not yet ready in that regard. I was also disappointed that given that Spiderman didn't romp the animated feature, that my favourite Nimona didn't win either, both pipped by The Boy & The Heron, which I have yet to see.
Talking of films I missed, Maestro was the only one of the major films I didn't get around to, and not through a lack of opportunity. To be fair, I really couldn't be arsed sitting through it when there was so much more stuff I deemed worthier. Good job as it left empty-handed tonight, so I can pat myself on the back at having safely not bothered. I expect I will catch up with it at some point this year, but it remains elusive on the list of 'movies to-do'.
Altogether, this was a little too predictable, but on the plus side, there was little for Greta Gerwig to get excited about, unless you included Billie Eilish winning Best Song. I still contend Barbie was a repellent coiled turd of propaganda and it deserved to be ignored. The fact that I sat through it should be praise enough, frankly. If anything deserved to come away with nothing, I think Barbie and not Maestro should have been picked out for such ignominy, and like I say, I haven't even seen Maestro.