93rd Academy Awards (2021): Live Thread

Best Picture nominees (via Tumblr)

WELCOME to the live thread for the 93rd Academy Awards! This is your space to sound-off during the annual Oscar ceremony as well as the red carpet arrival, if you arrive early and have thoughts on the fashion. Give us your witty comments, hot takes, and sharp criticisms to help make this award show tolerable. Winners will be announced in the comment stream (gifs included) and will also be intermittently added to The Winner's Guide section below. So let's get to it!

THE SCHEDULE

5 p.m.: E! Live from the Red Carpet (E!)

6:30 p.m.: Oscars: Into the Spotlight (ABC)

7 p.m.: Red Carpet Rundown (E!)

8 p.m.: 93rd Academy Awards (ABC)
11 p.m.: E! After Party (E!)

11:35 p.m.: Oscars: After Dark (ABC)

ABOUT TONIGHT

Host: none
Changes: Sound mixing and sound editing were merged.
Top Nominees: Mank (10); The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland, Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (6); Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Promising Young Woman (5)

THE WINNER'S GUIDE

Here is the handy-dandy guide to all the awards tonight. Winners will be in the comment stream, but refresh the page because this guide will (tentatively) be updated during commercial breaks. (A nominees sheet can be found below.)

Elite Eight

Picture: Nomadland
Lead Actor: Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Lead Actress: Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Supporting Actress: Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Directing: Nomadland
Adapted Screenplay: The Father
Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman

Technical

Cinematography: Mank
Costume Design: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Editing: Sound of Metal
Makeup & Hairstyling: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Music, Score: Soul
Music, Song: "Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah
Production Design: Mank
Sound: Sound of Metal
Visual Effects: Tenet

Specialty

Animated Film: Soul
International Film: Another Round
Documentary, Feature: My Octopus Teacher
Documentary, Short Subject: Colette
Short Film, Animated: If Anything Happens I Love You
Short Film, Live-Action: Two Distant Strangers

THE NOMINEES

The nominees (via Imgur)