The Yay Nay Or Meh Podcast

This is a record of everything said in my Oscar Preview video available soon at https://www.youtube.com/@YayNayOrMeh

In each of the major categories I have selected what I think will win, what should win and what didn’t even get nominated.

In my personal nominations, some films did better than reality, some films did worse:

FILM	ACTUAL NOMINATIONS	MY NOMINATIONS
The Brutalist	6	5
Anora	5	4
The Substance	4	4
Sing Sing	2	4
Wicked	3	3
A Real Pain	2	3
The Seed of the Sacred Fig	1	3
A Complete Unknown	6	2
Conclave	4	2
The Apprentice	2	2
Dune: Part Two	1	2
Inside Out 2	1	2
Heretic	0	2
Nightbitch	0	2
Emilia Pérez	6	1
I’m Still Here	3	1
Nickel Boys	2	1
Black Box Diaries	1	1
The Girl With the Needle	1	1
Memoir of a Snail	1	1
No Other Land	1	1
Sugarcane	1	1
The Wild Robot	1	1
Chicken For Linda!	0	1
Dìdi	0	1
Fancy Dance	0	1
The Glassworker	0	1
His Three Daughters	0	1
Hollywoodgate	0	1
I Saw the TV Glow	0	1
Kneecap	0	1
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin	0	1
Santosh	0	1
Thelma	0	1
Flow	2	0
Porcelain War	1	0
September 5	1	0
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat	1	0
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	1	0

For each category Bold entries are real nominees I kept in my personal nominations, Regular entries are real nominees I removed from my personal nominations & Italic entries are personal nominations I inserted.

Best Picture

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I’m Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

MY NOMINEES

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Fancy Dance
• A Real Pain
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig
• Sing Sing
• The Substance
• Wicked

What Will Win: The Brutalist

What Should Win: Anora

What Should Win If Nominated: The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Director

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
• James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)

MY NOMINEES

• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
• RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys)
• Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)

What Will Win/What Should Win: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)

Best Actress

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
• Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
• Mikey Madison (Anora)
• Demi Moore (The Substance)
• Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)

MY NOMINEES

• Amy Adams (Nightbitch)
• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
• Mikey Madison (Anora)
• Demi Moore (The Substance)
• June Squibb (Thelma)

What Will Win: Demi Moore (The Substance)

What Should Win: Mikey Madison (Anora)

Best Actor

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
• Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
• Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
• Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) [Fiennes was better in The Return, also eligible this year]
• Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

MY NOMINEES

• Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
• Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
• Hugh Grant (Heretic)
• Justice Smith (I Saw the TV Glow)
• Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

What Will Win/What Should Win: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

Best Supporting Actress

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
• Ariana Grande (Wicked)
• Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
• Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
• Zoë Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

MY NOMINEES

• Joan Chen (Dìdi)
• Ariana Grande (Wicked)
• Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters)
• Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
• Zoë Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

What Will Win/What Should Win: Zoë Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

What Should Win If Nominated: Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters)

Best Supporting Actor

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• Yura Borisov (Anora)
• Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
• Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
• Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
• Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)

MY NOMINEES

• Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
• Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
• Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
• Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
• Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)

What Will Win/What Should Win: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)

What Should Win If Nominated: Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)

Best Adapted Screenplay

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Nickel Boys
• Sing Sing

MY NOMINEES

• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Inside Out 2
• Nightbitch
• Sing Sing

What Will Win/What Should Win: Conclave

What Should Win If Nominated: Nightbitch

Best Original Screenplay

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Real Pain
• September 5
• The Substance

MY NOMINEES

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Heretic
• A Real Pain
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig

What Will Win/What Should Win: A Real Pain

Best Animated Feature

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• The Wild Robot

MY NOMINEES

• Chicken For Linda!
• The Glassworker
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• The Wild Robot

What Will Win: The Wild Robot

What Should Win: Memoir of a Snail

Best Documentary Feature

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• Black Box Diaries
• No Other Land
• Porcelain War
• Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
• Sugarcane

MY NOMINEES

• Black Box Diaries
• Hollywoodgate
• No Other Land
• The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
• Sugarcane

What Will Win/What Should Win: No Other Land

Best International Feature

ACTUAL NOMINEES

• BRAZIL: I’m Still Here
• DENMARK: The Girl With the Needle
• FRANCE: Emilia Pérez
• GERMANY: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
• LATVIA: Flow

MY NOMINEES

• BRAZIL: I’m Still Here
• DENMARK: The Girl With the Needle
• GERMANY: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
• IRELAND: Kneecap
• UNITED KINGDOM: Santosh

What Will Win: FRANCE: Emilia Pérez

What Should Win: GERMANY: The Seed of the Sacred Fig