Final Oscar Predictions: Costume Design – Barbie and Ken’s Vintage Clothes Could Bring Jacqueline Durran Her Third Statue

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Weekly Commentary (Updated March 7, 2024): A tight race between “Barbie” and “Poor Things” is underway, and it’s honestly can be either of the fantasy-comedies.

Will Win: “Barbie” (Jacqueline Durran)
Could Win: “Poor Things” (Holly Waddington)
Should Win: “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Jacqueline West)
Should have been here: “Blue Beetle” (Mayes Rubeo) and “The Taste of Things” (Nu Yên-Khê Tran)

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The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10.

And the Nominees Are:

  1. “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) – Jacqueline Durran

  2. “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) – Holly Waddington

  3. “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) – Jacqueline West

  4. “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) – Ellen Mirojnick

  5. “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) – David Crossman, Janty Yates

Eligible Titles (Alphabetized by Studio)**

  • “A Haunting in Venice” (20th Century Studios) – Sammy Differ

  • “The Creator” (20th Century Studios) – Jeremy Hanna

  • “Beau is Afraid” (A24) – Alice Babidge

  • “The Iron Claw” (A24) – Jennifer Starzyk

  • “Priscilla” (A24) – Stacey Battat

  • “The Zone of Interest” (A24) – Malgorzata Karpiuk

  • “Air” (Amazon MGM Studios) – Charlese Anoinette Jones

  • “The Burial” (Amazon MGM Studios) – Mirren Gordon-Crozier

  • “Cassandro” (Amazon MGM Studios) – María Estela Fernández

  • “Foe” (Amazon MGM Studios) — Alice Babidge

  • “Saltburn” (Amazon MGM Studios) – Sophie Canale

  • “Flora and Son” (Apple Original Films) – Triona Lillis

  • “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) – Jacqueline West

  • “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) – David Crossman, Janty Yates

  • “Golda” (Bleecker Street) – Sinead Kidao

  • “Asteroid City” (Focus Features) – Milena Canonero

  • “The Holdovers” (Focus Features) – Wendy Chuck

  • “BlackBerry” (IFC Films) – Hanna Puley

  • “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films/Sapan Studio) – Nu Yên-Khê Tran

  • “Flamin’ Hot” (Hulu/Searchlight Pictures) – Elaine Montalvo

  • “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate) – Ann Roth

  • “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (Lionsgate) – Trish Summerville

  • “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Marvel Studios) – Judianna Makovsky

  • “The Marvels” (Marvel Studios) – Lindsay Pugh

  • “The Boys in the Boat” (MGM) – Jenny Eagan

  • “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” (MGM) — Loulou Bontemps

  • “Ferrari” (Neon) – Massimo Cantini Parrini

  • “Origin” (Neon) – Dominique Dawson

  • “May December” (Netflix) – April Napier

  • “Maestro” (Netflix) – Mark Bridges

  • “Rustin” (Netflix) – Toni-Leslie James

  • “Society of the Snow” (Netflix) – Julio Suarez

  • “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (Paramount Pictures) – Amanda Monk

  • “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures) — Jill Taylor

  • “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures) — Sarah Blenkinsop

  • “Chevalier” (Searchlight Pictures) – Oliver Garcia

  • “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) – Holly Waddington

  • “Gran Turismo” (Sony Pictures) – Terry Anderson

  • “Freud’s Last Session” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh

  • “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) – Ellen Mirojnick

  • “She Came to Me” (Vertical Entertainment)

  • “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (Warner Bros.)

  • “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) – Jacqueline Durran

  • “Blue Beetle” (Warner Bros.) – Mayes Rubeo

  • “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.) – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck

  • “Wonka” (Warner Bros.) – Lindy Hemming

  • “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Walt Disney Pictures) – Joanna Johnston

  • “The Little Mermaid” (Walt Disney Pictures) – Colleen Atwood

2022 category winner: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios) — Ruth E. Carter

Oscars Predictions Categories

BEST PICTURE | DIRECTOR | BEST ACTOR | BEST ACTRESS | SUPPORTING ACTOR | SUPPORTING ACTRESS | ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY | ADAPTED SCREENPLAY | ANIMATED FEATURE | PRODUCTION DESIGN | CINEMATOGRAPHY | COSTUME DESIGN | FILM EDITING | MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING | SOUND | VISUAL EFFECTS | ORIGINAL SCORE | ORIGINAL SONG | DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | INTERNATIONAL FEATURE | ANIMATED SHORT | DOCUMENTARY SHORT | LIVE ACTION SHORT

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