Michelle Yeoh (c) Thomas Laisné courtesy Richard Mille
Turn Down for What? How about Michelle Yeoh?
This is my penultimate Oscar prediction column before my “Win Your Oscar Pool” final predictions in March. And while I don’t think I can influence anything, I do want to make a last moment plea that Oscar voters rewatch “Everything Everywhere All at Once” to admire the many faces of Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang in her many incarnations across the multiverse. She won a very deserved SAG Awards on Sunday, but she will need more support than just the actors’ support to beat the formidable Cate Blanchett (who has already won two). I enjoyed all the actresses nominated, but to see the hard-working Yeoh put her trust in DGA Award winning directors Daniels, who directed a farting Daniel Radcliffe movie and the DJ Snake and Lil Jon music video for “Turn Down for What” in a role written for Jackie Chan could have been a career-ending move.
And she triumphed. Give it a think.
TIB's February 2023 Oscar predictions (ranked)
Best Picture
Top Gun: Maverick (c) Paramount Pictures
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Fabelmans
The Banshees of Inisherin
Avatar: The Way of Water
Tár
Elvis
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Best Director
Everything Everywhere All at Once, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg
Tár, Todd Field
The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh
Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Östlund
Best Lead Actress
Cate Blanchett in Tár
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie
Ana de Armas in Blonde
Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
Best Lead Actor
Austin Butler in Elvis
Brendan Fraser in The Whale
Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Mescal in Aftersun
Bill Nighy in Living
Best Supporting Actress
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Hong Chau in The Whale
Best Supporting Actor
The Fabelmans (c) Universal Pictures
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway
Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
The Fabelmans
Triangle of Sadness
Best Adapted Screenplay
Women Talking
All Quiet on the Western Front
Top Gun: Maverick
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Best International Feature
Argentina, 1985 (c) Prime Studios
All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany
EO, Poland
The Quiet Girl, Ireland
Argentina, 1985 Argentina
Close, Belgium
Best Animated Feature
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
The Sea Beast
Best Documentary
Navalny (c) Warner Bros.
Navalny
Fire of Love
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All That Breathes
A House Made of Splinters
Best Original Score
Babylon, Justin Hurwitz
All Quiet on the Western Front, Volker Bertelmann
The Fabelmans, John Williams
The Banshees of Inisherin, Carter Burwell
Everything Everywhere, All at Once Son Lux
Best Original Song
Naatu Naatu from RRR
By M.M. Keeravaani and Chandrabose
Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick
By Lady Gaga and BloodPop
This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once
By Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski;
Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
By Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson
Applause from Tell It like a Woman
By Diane Warren
Best Cinematography
Empire of Light (c) Searchlight Pictures
All Quiet on the Western Front
Elvis
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Empire of Light
Tár
Best Costume Design
Elvis
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Best Film Editing
Tár (c) Focus Features
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Elvis
The Banshees of Inisherin
Tár
Best Production Design
Elvis
Babylon
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Fabelmans
Best Sound
Top Gun: Maverick
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Best Animated Short Film
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It (c) Griffith Film School
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Ice Merchants
The Flying Sailor
Best Live Action Short Film
Le Pupille
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
The Red Suitcase
Night Ride
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Elephant Whisperers (c) Netflix
Haulout
The Elephant Whisperers
The Martha Mitchell Effect
How Do You Measure a Year?
Stranger at the Gate
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Whale
Elvis
All Quiet on the Western Front
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Batman
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Top Gun: Maverick
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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