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Saturday, February 21, 2015

My Final Predictions for This Year's Academy Awards

Ladies and gentlemen, the moment is upon us. The Oscars is only a day away and it is time to place the final bets. While I have kept busy prognosticating and keeping track of who is likely to win, the races are a little more complicated than initially meets the eye. The Best Picture race couldn't be more complicated as it battles between Boyhood and Birdman. Still, it is great to see two very personal passion projects duking it out for top honor. While I will leave you to determine your own voting from the nominations, the following is a list of who I will be voting for in my final Oscar predictions for the year. Feel free to share yours in the comment section.


Best Picture: Birdman
Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)
Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Best Actress: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Imitation Game
Best Original Screenplay: Birdman
Best Cinematography: Birdman
Best Costume Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Editing: Whiplash
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Original Score: Johan Johansson (The Theory of Everything)
Best Original Song: Selma - "Glory"
Best Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Sound Editing: American Sniper
Best Sound Mixing: Whiplash
Best Visual Effects: Interstellar
Best Foreign Film: Ida
Best Documentary; Citizenfour
Best Documentary Short: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Best Animated Film: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Best Animated Short: Feast
Best Live Action Short: The Phone Call


See you after the show for recap coverage.

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