The Hollywood Critics Association was, up until a few days ago, known as the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society.  Perhaps realizing that HCA just plans looks better than LAOFCS, they announced yesterday that they were changing their name.

They also announced their nominees for the best of films and performances of 2019!  While the HCA may not be one of the major precursors of awards season, their nominations do give a fairly good picture of which films and performances are currently being touted as possible Oscar nominees.

And here they are:

BEST PICTURE

• “1917”
• “Booksmart”
• “The Farewell”
• “The Irishman”
• “Joker”
• “Jojo Rabbit”
• “Parasite”
• “Marriage Story”
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• “Waves

BEST ACTOR

• Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
• Eddie Murphy, “Dolemite Is My Name”
• Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
• Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• “Taron Egerton, “Rocketman”

BEST ACTRESS

• Awkwafina, “The Farewell”
• “Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”
• Lupita Nyong’o, “Us”
• Renée Zellweger, “Judy”
• Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
• Shia LaBeouf, “Honey Boy”
• Sterling K. Brown, “Waves”
• Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jennifer Lopez, “Hustlers”
• Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
• Margot Robbie, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• Taylor Russell, “Waves”
• Zhao Shuzhen, “The Farewell”

BEST MALE DIRECTOR

• Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite”
• Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
• Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
• Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

• Alma Har’el, “Honey Boy”
• Greta Gerwig, “Little Women”
• Lorene Scafaria, “Hustlers”
• Lulu Wang, “The Farewell”
• Olivia Wilde, “Booksmart”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won, “Parasite”
• Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, & Katie Silberman, “Booksmart”
• Lulu Wang, “The Farewell”
• Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
• Rian Johnson, “Knives Out”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Anthony McCarten, “The Two Popes”
• Lorene Scafaria, “Hustlers”
• Scott Silver and Todd Phillips, “Joker”
• Steven Zailian, “The Irishman”
• Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR OR ACTRESS 23 AND UNDER

• Kaitlyn Dever, “Booksmart”
• Julia Butters, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• Noah Jupe, “Honey Boy”
• Roman Griffin Davis, “Jojo Rabbit”
• Thomasin McKenzie, “Jojo Rabbit”

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• Jessie Buckley, “Wild Rose”
• Kelvin Harrison Jr., “Waves”
• Paul Walter Hauser, “Richard Jewell”
• Taylor Russell, “Waves”
• Zack Gottsagen, “The Peanut Butter Falcon”

BEST CAST

• “Avengers: Endgame”
• “The Irishman”
• “Knives Out”
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• “Waves”

BEST FIRST FEATURE

• “Brittany Runs a Marathon”
• “Booksmart”
• “Honey Boy”
• “The Peanut Butter Falcon”
• “Queen & Slim”

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM

• “Booksmart”
• “The Farewell”
• “Honey Boy”
• “Luce”
• “Waves”

BEST ACTION/WAR FILM

• “1917”
• “Avengers: Endgame”
• “Captain Marvel”
• “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”
• “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum”

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• “Abominable”
• “Frozen II”
• “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
• “Missing Link”
• “Toy Story 4”

BEST BLOCKBUSTER

• “Avengers: Endgame”
• “Captain Marvel”
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• “Shazam!”
• “Spider-Man: Far from Home”

BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL

• “Booksmart”
• “Blinded by the Light”
• Dolemite Is My Name”
• “Long Shot”
• “Rocketman”

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• “American Factory”
• “Apollo 11”
• “Hail Satan?”
• “The Kingmaker”
• “Love, Antosha”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• “The Farewell”
• “Monos”
• “Pain & Glory”
• “Parasite”
• “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

BEST HORROR FILM

• “Crawl”
• “Doctor Sleep”
• “Midsommar”
• “Ready or Not”
• “Us”

BEST ANIMATED OR VFX PERFORMANCE

• Josh Brolin, “Avengers: Endgame”
• Robert De Niro, “The Irishman”
• Rosa Salazar, “Alita: Battle Angel”
• Ryan Reynolds, “Detective Pikachu”
• Tom Hanks, “Toy Story 4”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Drew Daniel, “Waves”
• Jarin Blaschke, “The Lighthouse”
• Lawrence Sher, “Joker”
• Robert Richardson, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• Roger Deakins, “1917”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Arianne Phillips, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• Julian Day, “Rocketman”
• Jacqueline Durran, “Little Women”
• Ruth E. Carter, “Dolemite Is My Name”
• Mark Bridges, “Joker”

BEST EDITING

• Fred Raskin, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• Lee Smith, “1917”
• Michael McCusker, “Ford v Ferrari”
• Thelma Schoonmaker, ‘The Irishman”
• Yang Jin-mo, “Parasite”

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

• “Bombshell”
• “Joker”
• “Judy”
• “Rocketman”
• “The Irishman”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “Catchy Song” from “The Lego Movie: The Second Part”
• “Glasgow” from “Wild Rose”
• “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from “Rocketman”
• “Into the Unknown” from “Frozen II”
• “Speechless” from “Aladdin”

BEST SCORE

• Alexandre Desplat, “Little Women”
• Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Joker”
• Michael Abels, “Us”
• Thomas Newman, “1917”
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Waves”

BEST STUNT WORK

• “1917”
• “Avengers: Endgame”
• “Captain Marvel”
• “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”
• “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• “1917”
• “Ad Astra”
• “Avengers: Endgame”
• “Alita: Battle Angel”
• “The Irishman”

The winners will announced in December!