Video: Oscar smackdown with Oliver and Vikram

Editor’s note: Reader votes are listed for each category in parenthesis.

Best Actor Nominees (Time – 1:25)

Oliver’s pick: Anthony Hopkins

Vikram’s pick: Riz Ahmed

Though Vikram and Oliver made their choices based strictly on acting ability, they both agree that Chadwick Boseman deserves the award posthumously.

Best Actress Nominees (Time – 4:30)

  • Viola Davis from “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (3 vote)
  • Vanessa Kirby from “Pieces of a Woman” (0 votes)
  • Carey Mulligan from “Promising Young Woman” (2 votes)
  • Frances McDormand from “Nomadland” (1 vote)
  • Andra Day from “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (0 votes)

Oliver’s pick: Vanessa Kirby

Vikram’s pick: Carey Mulligan

Best Supporting Actor Nominees (Time – 8:46)

  • Daniel Kaluuya from “Judas and the Black Messiah” (0 votes)
  • Lakeith Stanfield from “Judas and the Black Messiah” (1 vote)
  • Paul Raci from “Sound of Metal” (2 votes)
  • Leslie Odom Jr. from “One Night in Miami…” (2 votes)
  • Sacha Baron Cohen from “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (5 votes)

Oliver’s pick: Leslie Odom Jr.

Vikram’s pick: Daniel Kaluuya

Are these really their picks though….?

Best Supporting Actress Nominees (Time – 13:27) 

  • Youn Yuh-jung from “Minari” (2 votes)
  • Glenn Close from “Hillbilly Elegy” (1 vote)
  • Olivia Colman from “The Father” (3 votes)
  • Amanda Seyfried from “Mank” (0 votes)
  • Maria Bakalova from “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (1 vote)

Oliver’s pick: Youn Yuh-jung from “Minari”

Vikram’s pick: Youn Yuh-jung from “Minari”

Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees (Time – 16:01) 

  • “Nomadland” (3 votes)
  • The White Tiger” (1 vote)
  • “The Father” (0 votes)
  • “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (2 votes)
  • “One Night in Miami…” (0 votes)

Oliver’s pick: “One Night in Miami…”

Vikram’s pick: “The Father”

Best Original Screenplay Nominees (Time – 18:46)

  • “Promising Young Woman” (2 votes)
  • “Sound of Metal” (1 vote)
  • “Judas and the Black Messiah” (1 vote)
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (1 vote)
  • “Minari” (1 vote)

Oliver’s pick: “Promising Young Woman”

Vikram’s pick: “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Director Nominees (Time – 21:46)

  • Thomas Vinterberg for “Another Round” (0 votes)
  • Chloe Zhao for “Nomadland” (3 votes)
  • Emerald Fennell for “Promising Young Woman” (1 vote)
  • David Fincher for “Mank” (0 votes)
  • Lee Isaac Chung for “Minari” (0 votes)

Oliver’s pick: Emerald Fennell

Vikram’s pick: Chloe Zhao

Best Picture Nominees (Time – 26:12)  

  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (0 votes)
  • “Minari” (1 vote)
  • “Sound of Metal” (1 vote)
  • “Nomadland” (2 votes)
  • “Judas and the Black Messiah” (1 vote)
  • “Mank” (0 votes)
  • “The Father” (o votes)
  • “Promising Young Woman” (0 votes)

Oliver’s ranking (best to worst from top to bottom):

  • “Minari”
  • “The Father”
  • “Promising Young Woman”
  • “Sound of Metal”
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
  • “Mank”
  • “Nomadland”

N/A: “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Vikram’s ranking (best to worst from top to bottom):

  • “The Father”
  • “Minari”
  • “Sound of Metal”
  • “Promising Young Woman”
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
  • “Nomadland”
  • “Mank”

N/A: “Judas and the Black Messiah”

BONUS!!! (Time – 32:34)

  • “Fight For You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah” Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
  • “Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
  • “Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
  • “Io Sì (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)” Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
  • “Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami…” Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

Oliver’s pick: “Speak Now”

Vikram’s pick: “Speak Now”