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Final Oscar predictions

A fun Oscar year is one with potential for surprises. As of now, I can’t tell you who/what will win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor & Best Supporting Actress. And that feels great! :))

Here are my predicted nominees (in order of their chance of getting nominated):

BEST PICTURE

1. 12 Years a Slave

2. Gravity

3. American Hustle

4. Captain Phillips

5. Nebraska

6. Her

7. The Wolf of Wall Street

8. Dallas Buyers Club

9. Saving Mr. Banks

Runner-ups: 10. Inside Llewyn Davis  11. Philomena  12. Blue Jasmine

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity

2. Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

3. David O. Russell – American Hustle

4. Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips

5. Spike Jonze – Her

Runner-ups: 6. Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street,  7. Alexander Payne – Nebraska

BEST ACTOR

1. Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

2. Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

3. Bruce Dern – Nebraska

4. Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

5. Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

Runner-ups: 6. Robert Redford – All Is Lost  7. Christian Bale – American Hustle

BEST ACTRESS

1. Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

2. Sandra Bullock – Gravity

3. Judi Dench – Philomena

4. Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

5. Amy Adams – American Hustle

Runner-ups: 6. Meryl Streep – August: Osage County  7. Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

2. Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

3. Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips

4. Daniel Bruhl – Rush

5. Bradley Cooper – American Hustle

Runner-ups: 6. Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street  7. Tom Hanks – Saving Mr. Banks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

2. Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

3. June Squibb – Nebraska

4. Julia Roberts – August: Osage County

5. Oprah Winfrey – Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Runner-ups: 6. Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine  7. Sarah Paulson – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. American Hustle

2. Her

3. Nebraska

4. Blue Jasmine

5. Inside Llewyn Davis

Runner-up: Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. 12 Years a Slave

2. Before Midnight

3. The Wolf of Wall Street

4. Philomena

5. Captain Phillips

Runner-up: August: Osage County

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Gravity

2. 12 Years a Slave

3. Inside Llewyn Davis

4. Captain Phillips

5. Prisoners

Runner-up: The Grandmaster

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. 12 Years a Slave

2. Gravity

3. The Book Thief

4. Saving Mr. Banks

5. All Is Lost

Runner-up: Captain Phillips.

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1. Frozen

2. The Great Gatsby

3. Her

4. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

5. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Runner-up: One Chance.

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. The Great Gatsby

2. 12 Years a Slave

3. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

4. Gravity

5. Oz The Great and Powerful

Runner-up: Saving Mr. Banks

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. The Great Gatsby

2. 12 Years a Slave

3. American Hustle

4. Oz The Great and Powerful

5. The Invisible Woman

Runner-up: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

BEST EDITING

1. Gravity

2. 12 Years a Slave

3. Captain Phillips

4. Rush

5. American Hustle

Runner-up: The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST SOUND MIXING

1. Gravity

2. Captain Phillips

3. Rush

4. 12 Years a Slave

5. Lone Survivor

Runner-up: All Is Lost

BEST SOUND EDITING

1. Gravity

2. Rush

3. All Is Lost

4. Lone Survivor

5. Captain Phillips

Runner-up: Pacific Rim.

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Gravity

2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

3. Pacific Rim

4. Iron Man 3

5. World War Z

Runner-up: Star Trek: Into Darkness

BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLE

1. American Hustle

2. Dallas Buyers Club

3. The Lone Ranger

Runner-up: Bad Grandpa

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. Frozen

2. The Croods

3. The Wind Rises

4. Monsters University

5. Ernest and Celestine

Runner-up: Despicable Me 2

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

1. The Hunt

2. The Broken Circle Breakdown

3. Two Lives

4. Omar

5. The Great Beauty

Runner-up: The Grandmaster

No predictions for Documentary & short categories.

We’ll see how it goes. J Definitely not sure about most of them. 12 Years a Slave should lead the nominations - I have it now with 12.

For previous predictions on this OSCARS edition, just click on the date:

October 5th

April 3rd     - that was early, I know ;)