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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

My Final Predictions for the Academy Award Nominations

Ladies and gentlemen, the day is upon us. Tomorrow morning at 5:30 AM, the Academy Awards will be announced. Who will make the final cut? It has been a very interesting year in regards to front runners with a mixed variety of results. In fact, it was very painstaking to try and whittle these down to a respectable few. I don't claim to be right, but I do hope that there's some surprises (and then some) in this year's race. The following is rundown of my final picks in 10 categories including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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1.  Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. Selma
4. The Theory of Everything
5. The Imitation Game
6. American Sniper
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. Wild
9. Into the Woods


1.  Richard Linklater - Boyhood
2. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman
3. Ava Duvernay - Selma
4. James Marsh - The Theory of Everything
5. Clint Eastwood - American Sniper


1. Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
2. Michael Keaton - Birdman
3. David Oyelowo - Selma
4. Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
5. Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler


1. Julianne Moore - Still Alice
2. Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
3. Amy Adams - Big Eyes
4. Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
5. Reese Witherspoon - Wild


1. J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
2. Edward Norton - Birdman
3. Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
4. Robert Duvall - The Judge
5. Tom Wilkinson - Selma


1. Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
2. Emma Stone - Birdman
3. Carmen Ejogo - Selma
4. Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
5. Meryl Streep - Into the Woods

Best Original Screenplay

1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Selma
5. Foxcatcher

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Gone Girl
2. The Imitation Game
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Unbroken
5. Still Alice

Best Animated Feature

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2
2. The LEGO Movie
3. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
4. Big Hero 6
5. The Boxtrolls

Best Original Score

1. Interstellar
2. The Theory of Everything
3. The Imitation Game
4. Gone Girl
5. Unbroken 

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