Final predictions for all 24 Oscar categories from LA Times awards columnist Glenn Whipp
Talking to academy members the past couple of weeks, I heard an earful about all the problems they had with various best picture contenders - "Why'd she have to ... that fish?" lamented one voter of "The Shape of Water's" interspecies sex scene - but not so much about the ways they loved the nominated movies. Right up until the Feb. 27 deadline, many still couldn't decide how to rank their ballots.
With Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney sweeping all of the key precursor awards, the four major acting races appear to be locked down. But the overall indecision in the best picture field has proved contagious. With this year's best picture race being such a wide-open free-for-all, I've gone back and forth on my own prediction a couple of times.
Will it be "The Shape of Water"? Could "Get Out" sneak in? What about
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