We are officially less than a week away from hearing the Oscar nominations for this year's ceremony. With Chris Hemsworth scheduled to announce them on Thursday, January 16 with Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Cheryl Boone Isaacs, it is as good of a time as any to predict who will make the final cut. As mentioned earlier this week, the race looks quite different than it did at the start, and that is quite exciting. The follow is my predictions for each category, save for Best Animated Short and Best Live Action Short. Check them out and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section.
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| Left to right: Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave |
Best Picture
1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Gravity
3. American Hustle
4. Captain Phillips
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
6. Nebraska
7. Saving Mr. Banks
8. Inside Llewyn Davis
9. The Butler
10. Philomena
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| Sandra Bullock in Gravity |
Best Director
1. Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
2. Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
3. Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
4. Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street
5. David O. Russell - American Hustle
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| Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club |
Best Actor
1. Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
2. Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
3. Bruce Dern - Nebraska
4. Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
5. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
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| Meryl Streep in August: Osage County |
Best Actress
1. Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
2. Amy Adams - American Hustle
3. Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks
4. Sandra Bullock - Gravity
5. Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
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| Daniel Bruhl in Rush |
Best Supporting Actor
1. Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
2. Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
3. Tom Hanks - Saving Mr. Banks
4. Daniel Bruhl - Rush
5. Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
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| Oprah Winfrey in The Butler |
Best Supporting Actress
1. Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
2. Oprah Winfrey - The Butler
3. Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
4. Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
5. June Squibb - Nebraska
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| Left to right: Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara in Her |
Best Original Screenplay
1. American Hustle
2. Blue Jasmine
3. Her
4. Nebraska
5. Frances Ha
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| Left to right: Jonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street |
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. 12 Years a Slave
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Before Midnight
4. Philomena
5. August: Osage County
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| Monsters University |
Best Animated Feature
1. The Wind Rises
2. Monsters University
3. The Croods
4. Frozen
5. Ernest and Celestine
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| Left to right: Veerle Baetens and Johan Heldenbergh in The Broken Circle Breakdown |
Best Foreign Film
1. The Broken Circle Breakdown
2. The Hunt
3. The Great Beauty
4. The Past
5. The Grandmaster
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| The Act of Killing |
Best Documentary Feature
1. The Act of Killing
2. Blackfish
3. 20 Feet from Stardom
4. Stories We Tell
5. The Square
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| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
Best Production Design
1. The Great Gatsby
2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
3. 12 Years a Slave
4. American Hustle
5. Gravity
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| Left to right: Bruce Dern and June Squibb in Nebraska |
Best Cinematography
1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Nebraska
3. Gravity
4. Captain Phillips
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
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| Left to right: Carey Mulligan and DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby |
Best Costume Design
1. The Great Gatsby
2. American Hustle
3. 12 Years a Slave
4. Saving Mr. Banks
5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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| Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips |
Best Editing
1. Gravity
2. Captain Phillips
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. American Hustle
5. 12 Years a Slave
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| Left to right: Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
Best Makeup and Hair
1. The Great Gatsby
2. American Hustle
3. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
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| Left to right: Hanks and Emma Thompson in Saving Mr. Banks |
Best Original Score
1. Steven Price - Gravity
2. John Williams - The Book Thief
3. Thomas Newman - Saving Mr. Banks
4. Hans Zimmer - 12 Years a Slave
5. Henry Jackman - Captain Phillips
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| Despicable Me 2 |
Best Original Song
1. Frozen - "Let It Go"
2. The Great Gatsby - "Young and Beautiful"
3. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom - "Ordinary Love"
4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - "Atlas"
5. Despicable Me 2 - "Happy"
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| Robert Redford in All Is Lost |
Best Sound Editing
1. Gravity
2. Rush
3. All Is Lost
4. 12 Years a Slave
5. Captain Phillips
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| Chris Hemsworth in Rush |
Best Sound Mixing
1. Gravity
2. Rush
3. All Is Lost
4. 12 Years a Slave
5. Captain Phillips
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| 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
Stay tuned on Thursday for commentary on the actual nominees as well as my picks on who should win in each category.
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