Last Oscar Eligible Songs & Final Oscar Predictions

Since not one of our readers said that they've had enough of the Oscar-eligible songs presentations / Oscar predictions, that means that they want it to continue. (Or that they don't care enough to comment either way.) So, here are our final Oscar predictions.

The Best Picture category takes as many as 10 nominees. I predict 8 or 9. They will be:

“La La Land” (Lionsgate)

“Moonlight” (A24)

“Manchester by the Sea” (Amazon, Roadside Attractions)

“Arrival” (Paramount)

“Lion” (Weinstein Co.)

“Fences” (Paramount)

“Hidden Figures” (Fox)

“Hell or High Water” (CBS Films)

If there is a ninth, it will be:

“Hacksaw Ridge” (Lionsgate)

If there happens to be a tenth, I predict:

“Deadpool” (Fox/Marvel)

The other categories have five nominees each, except for Make-up/Hair Styling, which has three. So my prediction will fit the number of possible nominees.

Best Director

Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”)

Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”)

Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”)

Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”)

Garth Davis (“Lion”)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”)

Ryan Gosling (“La La Land”)

Denzel Washington (“Fences”)

Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”)

Viggo Mortensen ("Captain Fantastic")

Best Actress

Emma Stone (“La La Land”)

Natalie Portman (“Jackie”)

Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”)

Amy Adams (“Arrival”)

Meryl Streep (“Florence Foster Jenkins”)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”)

Jeff Bridges (“Hell or High Water”)

Hugh Grant (“Florence Foster Jenkins”)

Lucas Hedges (“Manchester by the Sea”)

Dev Patel (“Lion”)

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis (“Fences”)

Michelle Williams (“Manchester By the Sea”)

Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”)

Nicole Kidman (“Lion”)

Octavia Spencer (“Hidden Figures”)

Best Original Screenplay

“Manchester by the Sea” (Kenneth Lonergan)

“La La Land” (Damien Chazelle)

“Hell or High Water” (Taylor Sheridan)

“The Lobster” (Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos)

“Jackie” (Noah Oppenheim)

Best Adapted Screenplay

“Moonlight” (Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney)

“Arrival” (Eric Heisserer)

“Fences” (August Wilson)

“Hidden Figures” (Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder)

“Lion” (Luke Davies)

Best Original Score

Justin Hurwitz (“La La Land”)

Mica Levi (“Jackie”)

Nicholas Britell (“Moonlight”)

Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka (“Lion”)

Michael Giacchino (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”)

Best Original Song

“City of Stars” (Ryan Gosling: written by Justin Hurwitz, Pasek and Paul, “La La Land”)

“How Far I’ll Go” (Auli’i Cravalho: written by Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Moana”)

“Audition” (Emma Stone: written by Hurwitz, Pasek and Paul, “La La Land”)

“Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (Justin Timberlake: written by Max Martin, Shellback, & Timberlake, “Trolls”)

“Runnin'” (Pharrell Williams: written by Pharrell Williams, “Hidden Figures”)

Best Production Design

Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, David Wasco (“La La Land”)

Jean Rabasse; Veronique Melery (“Jackie”)

Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock (“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”)

Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo (“Silence”)

Patrice Vermette; Paul Hotte (“Arrival”)

Best Costume Design

Madeline Fontaine (“Jackie”)

Mary Zophres (“La La Land”)

Colleen Atwood (“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”)

Consolata Boyle (“Florence Foster Jenkins”)

Renee Ehrlich Kalfus (“Hidden Figures”)

Best Cinematography

Linus Sandgren (“La La Land”)

James Laxton (“Moonlight”)

Bradford Young (“Arrival”)

Rodrigo Prieto (“Silence”)

Greig Fraser (“Lion”)

Best Film Editing

Tom Cross (“La La Land”)

Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders (“Moonlight”)

John Gilbert (“Hacksaw Ridge”)

Joe Walker (“Arrival”)

Jennifer Lame (“Manchester by the Sea”)

Best Sound Mixing

“La La Land”

“Hacksaw Ridge”

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”

“Arrival”

“The Jungle Book”

Best Sound Editing

“Hacksaw Ridge”

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”

“La La Land”

“Arrival”

“The Jungle Book”

Best Visual Effects

“The Jungle Book“

“Rogue One : A Star Wars Story“

“Doctor Strange“

“Arrival“

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them“

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

“Deadpool”

“Florence Foster Jenkins”

“Star Trek Beyond”

Best Animated Feature

“Zootopia” (Disney)

“Kubo and the Two Strings” (Laika/Focus Features)

“Moana” (Disney)

“The Red Turtle” (Studio Ghibli/Sony Pictures Classics)

“My Life as a Zucchini” (Gkids)

Best Documentary Feature

“O.J.: Made in America,” Laylow Films and ESPN Films

“I Am Not Your Negro,” Velvet Film

“Cameraperson,” Big Mouth Productions

“13th,” Forward Movement

“Life, Animated,” Motto Pictures and A&E IndieFilms

Best Foreign Language Film

“Toni Erdmann” (Germany) Maren Ade, director

“The Salesman” (Iran) Asghar Farhadi, director

“Land of Mine” (Denmark) Martin Zandvliet, director

“A Man Called Ove” (Sweden) Hannes Holm, director

“My Life as a Zucchini” (Switzerland) Claude Barras, director

There will be no predictions for the short film categories; I have seen none of them, you probably have seen none of them, so it'll be just a bunch of names for everybody. In less than 8 hours you will be able to confirm the veracity of my claims. Now on to the last eligible songs:

From Wiener-Dog, here are Eric William Morris & Marc Shaiman with The Ballad of Wiener-Dog:

From We Are X, here are X Japan with LA Venus:

From Veeram-Macbeth, We Will Rise, performed by Jeff Rona & Kari Kimmel is not to be found on You Tube.

From The Uncondemned, here's Smile, performed by Maya Jupiter feat. Aloe Blacc:

From Too Late, here's John Hawkes with Down with Mary:

Kiss Me Goodnight, from Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four is not available.

From Snowtime!, here's Céline Dion with Hymn:

Two songs from Sing: here's Stevie Wonder feat. Ariana Grande with Faith:

From the same movie, here's Ash with Set It All Free:

Think About It from The Red Pill is not available.

From Race, here's Aloe Blacc again, with Let the Games Begin:

From Queen Mimi, here's Deana Carter with Celebrate Life:

From Presenting Princess Shaw, here's Princess Shaw with Stay Here:

From Po, here's a song by Burt Bacharach / Billy Mann called Dancing with Your Shadow, performed by Sheryl Crow:

From Criminal, here's Madsonik ft. Lola Marsh with Drift and Fall Again:

From Citizen Soldier, here's Short Sleeve Heart with Torch Pt. 2:

From Floyd Norman: An Animated Life, here's Clamp with One Frame at a Time:

From Hands of Stone, here's Usher & Rubén Blades with Champions:

From How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change, here's Gabriel Mayers with Sixty Charisma Scented Blackbirds:

From The Legend of Tarzan, here's Hozier with Better Love:

From Max Rose, here's a song by Michel Legrand / Alan & Marilyn Bergman called Hurry Home and performed by Melissa Errico:

From Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, here's Florence + The Machine with Wish That You Were Here:

From Passengers, here are Imagine Dragons with Levitate:

From Ordinary World, here are Green Day with Ordinary World:

From Outlaws and Angels, here are The Overnight feat. Melody Michalski with Devil’s Girl:

From 100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice, here are Yuna & Nicholas Pike with On Ghost Ridge:

Finally, from The Bronze, here's Melissa Rauch ft PTAF with F That: