BEST PICTURE

Da 5 Bloods
Minari
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST DIRECTOR

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Regina King, One Night in Miami
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

--Everyone nominated is new except Spike Lee, who won this category two years ago for BlacKkKlansman.

BEST ACTOR

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield

-- Possibly the toughest category for me this year. All wonderful performances. Boseman's death adds poignancy to his nomination, but I went with the legendary Hopkins doing some of his best work. Hopkins is actually a two-time winner in this category, having won for The Silence of the Lambs and Nixon (with another win in support for Amistad). Ahmed was nominated a few years ago for his supporting role in Nightcrawlers. Patel won in support for Lion.

BEST ACTRESS

Viola Davis, 

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Diane Lane, Let Him Go
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Elizabeth Moss, The Invisible Man
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

-- Davis won in support for Doubt (2008) and Fences (2016). Lane was nominated for Unfaithful (2002). McDormand won here for Fargo (1996) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Mulligan as nominated for An Education (2009) and in support for Shame (2011).

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
Billy Crystal, Standing Up, Falling Down
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

-- I debated whether this would seem too calculated. In my defense, I did very much like Boseman's performance when I saw the film so I'm not merely giving this as a consolation prize. However, I was so strongly moved by Hopkins in The Father that I felt I couldn't resist awarding him in lead over Boseman. His role is what a true supporting part should be, and he gives Da 5 Bloods some its best emotional scenes.
Some will wonder about the choice of nominating Crystal. I think it's his best work in years, and some scenes resonated with me since I was close with someone who had been diagnosed with clinical depression -- something that affects his character's life in the film. Murray was nominated here in support for Get Low and won in lead for Lost in Translation.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Candice Bergen, Let Them All Talk
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Olivia Coleman, The Father
Youn Yuh-Jung, Minari
Helena Zengel, News of the World

-- Coleman was nominated here for The Favourite, though she won the Oscar for lead that year.  Everyone else is on their first nomination.




BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Father
News of the World
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The Personal History of David Copperfield

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

All In: The Fight for Democracy
Boys State
Crip Camp
The Social Dilemma
Time

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Another Round (Sweden)
The Disciple (India)
I Carry You with Me (Mexico)
The LIfe Ahead (Italy)
Night of the Kings (Ivory Coast)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Da 5 Bloods
Gretel & Hansel
Minari
News of the World
Nomadland

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Emma
Enola Holmes
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
The Personal History of David Copperfield

BEST FILM EDITING

The Father
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST MAKEUP

Bill & Ted Face the Music
Emma
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Pinocchio


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Blizzard of Souls
Mank
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Soul
Wolfwalkers

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"The Square Root of Possible," from Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
"Lo Si (Seen)," from The Life Ahead
"Rain Song," from Minari
"Speak Now," from One Night in Miami
"Rocket to the Moon," from Over the Moon

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
News of the World
The Personal History of David Copperfield

BEST SOUND EDITING

Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Mulan
Tenet
Wonder Woman 1984

BEST SOUND MIXING

Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Love & Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Sonic the Hedgehog

AUDIENCE AWARD (voted on by the public):

The Invisible Man
Minari
Palm Springs
Promising Young Woman
Soul



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TALLY:

7 Nominations:

News of the World (0 wins)

6 Nominations:
Nomadland (3 wins)

5 Nominations:

Da 5 Bloods (1 win)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (0 wins)
Mank (0 wins)
Minari (Audience Award)
One Night in Miami (1 win)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2 wins)

4 Nominations:

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (3 wins)
The Father (2 wins)

3 Nominations:

Greyhound (1 win)
The Invisible Man (1 win)
Jingle Jangle (0 wins)
Sound of Metal (1 win)
Soul (2 wins)

2 Nominations:

Emma (0 wins)
The Life Ahead (0 wins)
Mulan (0 wins)
Over the Moon (0 wins)
Wolfwalkers (0 wins)