Honorable Mentions

Danilo Guardiola, Radical

Harris Dickinson, The Iron Claw
Tom Hanks, Asteroid City

Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things 

Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

Jacob Elordi, Saltburn

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I didn't think "GIVE THAT MAN AN OSCAR" after this movie, but I don't see a more deserving performance in the category this year... Plus he's one of my favorite actors (& the lead of my favorite movie Heart and Souls), and I appreciated this movie a good deal - so it feels good to reward it here. But man is it tempting to give it to Gosling... ;)

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Note that I really don't see Sessa's performance as a supporting one - to me he and Giamatti are totally co-leads. But I don't have room for him in lead, and want to acknowledge his work somewhere; so I figured... why not hop on the insane bandwagon of awards bodies that have thrown him in supporting and... do the same insane thing?! The hypocrisy is worth it... ;)