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Oscars 2015: My Current Predictions

I'm going to avoid the temptation to delineate the numerous shocking and not-so-shocking snubs that occured this year, including the oh-my-God-how-can-The-Lego-Movie-not-be-nominated-for-Best-Animated-Film-when-it's-one-of-the-best-movies-of-the-year-Alyssa-jaw-drop.  And, instead, I'm going to jump to ranking the current nominees, in order of most likely to least likely to receive the awards.  My predictions are, as always, fearless, and often spot-on (case in point: last year, 22 out of 24 of my predictions were correct).  I will most likely change some of my predictions as it gets closer to Oscar night (less than a month away!). 


Best Picture
1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. The Imitation Game
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. The Theory of Everything
6. American Sniper
7. Selma
8. Whiplash


Best Actor
1. Michael Keaton -- Birdman
2. Eddie Redmayne -- The Theory of Everything
3. Benedict Cumberbatch -- The Imitation Game
4. Bradley Cooper -- American Sniper
5. Steve Carell -- Foxcatcher


Best Actress
1. Julianne Moore -- Still Alice
2. Reese Witherspoon -- Wild
3. Felicity Jones -- The Theory of Everything
4. Marion Cotillard -- Two Days, One Night
5. Rosamund Pike -- Gone Girl


Best Supporting Actor
1. J.K. Simmons -- Whiplash
2. Ethan Hawke -- Boyhood
3. Edward Norton -- Birdman
4. Mark Ruffalo -- Foxcatcher
5. Robert Duvall -- The Judge


Best Supporting Actress
1. Patricia Arquette -- Boyhood
2. Emma Stone -- Birdman
3. Keira Knightley -- The Imitation Game
4. Meryl Streep -- Into the Woods
5. Laura Dern -- Wild


Best Animated Feature Film
1. How to Train Your Dragon 2
2. Big Hero 6
3. The Boxtrolls
4. The Tale of the Princess Kagua
5. Song of the Sea


Best Cinematography
1. Birdman
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Ida
4. Unbroken
5. Mr. Turner


Best Costume Design
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Into the Woods
3. Maleficent
4. Mr. Turner
5. Inherent Vice


Best Director
1. Richard Linklater -- Boyhood
2. Alejandro G. Inarratu -- Birdman
3. Wes Anderson -- The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Morten Tyldum -- The Imitation Game
5. Bennett Miller -- Foxcatcher


Best Documentary Feature
1. Citizenfour
2. Virunga
3. Finding Vivian Maier
4. Last Days in Vietnam
5. Salt of the Earth


Best Documentary Short Subject
1. Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
2. Joanna
3. Our Curse
4. White Earth
5. The Reaper


Best Editing
1. Boyhood
2. The Imitation Game
3. American Sniper
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Whiplash


Best Foreign Film
1. Ida
2. Leviathan
3. Wild Tales
4. Timbuktu
5. Tangerines


Best Make-up/Hairstyling
1. Foxcatcher
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel


Best Original Score
1. Johan Johansson -- The Theory of Everything
2. Alexandre Desplat -- The Imitation Game
3. Hans Zimer -- Interstellar
4. Alexandre Desplat -- The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Gary Yershon -- Mr. Turner


Best Original Song
1. "Glory" -- Selma
2. "Everything is Awesome" -- The Lego Movie
3. "Lost Stars" -- Begin Again
4. "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" -- Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me
5. "Grateful" -- Beyond the Lights


Best Production Design
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Into the Woods
3. The Imitation Game
4. Mr. Turner
5. Interstellar


Best Animated Short Film
1. The Dam Keeper
2. Feast
3. Me and My Moulton
4. The Bigger Picture
5. A Single Life


Best Live Action Short Film
1. The Phone Call
2. Boogaloo and Graham
3. Aya
4. Parvaneh
5. Butter Lamp


Best Sound Editing
1. Interstellar
2. American Sniper
3. Birdman
4. Unbroken
5. The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies


Best Sound Mixing
1. Interstellar
2. Whiplash
3. American Sniper
4. Birdman
5. Unbroken


Best Visual Effects
1. Interstellar
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier


Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Graham Moore -- The Imitation Game
2. Damien Chazelle -- Whiplash
3. Anthony McCarten -- The Theory of Everything
4. Jason Hall -- American Sniper
5. Paul Thomas Anderson -- Inherent Vice


Best Original Screenplay
1. Richard Linklater -- Boyhood
2. Alejandro G. Inarratu, etc. -- Birdman
3. Wes Anderson -- The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Dan Gilroy -- Nightcrawler
5. E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman -- Foxcatcher
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