Who to Watch for at the 2024 Oscars

Hot predictions on the winners from Xavier’s experts: DIFT and music majors

By Marty Dubecky, Print Managing Editor

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Best Picture

“I’d choose Killers of the Flower Moon all day, every day. Scorsese really subverted expectations with Killers. The movie was long but never felt like it was plateauing.”

-Logan Herrera, Senior DIFT major

Best Actor

“I’m stuck between Paul Giamatti and Cillian Murphy. If I had to guess realistically, I think it’s Cillian Murphy for how well Oppenheimer did in the Box Office. However, Giamatti in The Holdovers is very underrated and I’m rooting for him!”

-Robbie Stephens, Senior DIFT major

Best Actress

“For best actress, I do think Margot Robbie was snubbed. I thought she did a great job in Barbie. But I do think Lily Gladstone had one of the best performances of the year in Killers of the Flower Moon.”

-Abigail Horn, Junior DIFT major

Best Supporting Actor

“America Ferrera has a good chance of winning the Best Supporting Actress category for her empowering monologue in Barbie.”

-Nick Namyar, Senior DIFT and graphic design double major

Best Supporting Actress

“I think best supporting actor will go to Ryan Gosling in Barbie. Ken was such a funny character to watch throughout the whole movie. I watched Barbie four times and enjoyed hearing Gosling sing and laughed every time his character made a joke.”

-Alex Sepulveda, Junior DIFT major

Best Original Score and Best Original Song

“For the original score, I think Killers of the Flower Moon is awesome! For original song, I am going to go with ‘I’m Just Ken’ for popularity reasons!”

-Raquelia Ramlogan, Senior music major

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