At 6 p.m. on March 15, the 98th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, will begin.
To celebrate the biggest night for movies, the Northern Star will host a contest to see who can predict the closest ballot of winners for the six biggest categories of the Oscars: best picture, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best director.
The Oscars will be free to stream over-the-air on your local ABC station and streaming live on Hulu. You can also stream it via YouTube TV, AT&T TV and FuboTV.
The person who has the closest pick to the result of the Oscars will receive a $25 Visa gift card.
The winner of the competition will be announced March 16th on the Northern Star’s social media and will be contacted via Outlook email. If there is a tie, the winner will be who responds the earliest.
In each category, the nominees are as follows:
BEST PICTURE
“Bugonia”
Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, producers
“F1”
Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, producers
“Hamnet”
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, producers
“Frankenstein”
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, producers
“Marty Supreme”
Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, producers
“One Battle after Another”
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, producers
“The Secret Agent”
Emilie Lesclaux, producer
“Sentimental Value”
Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, producers
“Sinners”
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, producers
“Train Dreams”
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, producers
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Timothée Chalamet in “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle after Another”
Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners”
Wagner Moura in “The Secret Agent”
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessie Buckley in “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue”
Renate Reinsve in “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone in “Bugonia”
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan in “Weapons”
Wunmi Mosaku in “Sinners”
Teyana Taylor in “One Battle after Another”
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Benicio Del Toro In “One Battle after Another”
Jacob Elordi in “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo In “Sinners”
Sean Penn in “One Battle after Another”
Stellan Skarsgård in “Sentimental Value”
BEST DIRECTOR
“Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao
“Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie
“One Battle after Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“Sentimental Value,” Joachim Trier
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler
