Best cameo? Best hat? Ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards, AP hands out its own Oscars

The Academy Awards honor many things in movies but not some of the most important. Ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, AP Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle make selections for their own awards — some more offbeat than others.

Sometimes the best truly supporting performances are the ones that will never, ever get the “awards push,” like the brilliant Cory Michael Smith as Georgie Atherton in “May December.” With his subtly manic energy, sad smile and that awful bleached hair, his is that kind of undeniable presence who steals both scenes he’s in and also completely upends everything we’ve come to understand so far. But this is how awards season works and something that only our awards strategist friends can justify. — L.B.