Here are some basics before my predix:
1--Cate Blanchett is a lock to win Best Actress. Anything else is unacceptable.
2--Jared Leto is a lock to win Best Supporting Actor.
3--This Oscar Season is a tad longer than usual. Thank the Olympics for that one. Will be interesting to see the trends as a result.
4--Actor is the toughest category of the lot in terms of noms and the winner I've seen in years; it's usually Actress that is loaded. For the fifth spot, I'm hoping Christian Bale, predicting Joaquin Phoenix, but will probably be Leo.
5--The surprise I predict is that Bruce Dern is not nominated and that Sally Hawkins is.
6--David O. Russell better get some Academy love come March 2nd.
7--Editor Thelma Schoonmaker deserves a Purple Heart for Wolf.
8--Gravity is still the most overrated film of the year...
9--...and Prisoners is the most underrated.
10--I don't know shit, either, despite now having seen most the possible nominees...
Enough w/ the preamble. On with the show:
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Gravity
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
The Wolf of Wall Street
Nebraska
Her
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Saving Mr. Banks
Philomena
Best Director
Steve McQueen
David O. Russell
Alfonso Cauron
Paul Greengrass
Spike Jonze
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Martin Scorsese
Alexander Payne
Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejofor
Matthew McConaughey
Tom Hanks
Bruce Dern
Joaquin Phoenix (hey, he finally smiles!)
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Christian Bale
Leonardo DiCaprio
Robert Redford
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett
Sandra Bullock
Emma Thompson
Judi Dench
Amy Adams
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Meryl Streep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Greta Gerwig
Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto
Michael Fassbender
Barkhad Abdi
Bradley Cooper
Daniel Bruhl
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James Gandolfini
Jonah Hill
Tom Hanks
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence
Lupita Nyong'o
June Squibb
Julia Roberts
Sally Hawkins
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Oprah Winfrey
Octavia Spencer
Sarah Paulson
Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Her
Nebraska
Dallas Buyers Club
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Inside Llewyn Davis
Enough Said
Saving Mr. Banks
Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
The Wolf of Wall Street
August: Osage County
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Philomena
Lone Survivor
The Great Gatsby
Best Cinematography
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners
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Nebraska
Rush
Her
Best Editing
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
The Wolf of Wall Street
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Rush
Dallas Buyers Club
World War Z
Best Production Design
The Great Gatsby
American Hustle
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
The Hobbit
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Her
Saving Mr. Banks
Oz The Great and Powerful
Best Costume Design
American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
12 Years a Slave
The Invisible Woman
Oz the Great and Powerful
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Saving Mr. Banks
The Hunger Games
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Sound Editing
Gravity
Captain Phillips
Rush
All is Lost
12 Years a Slave
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World War Z
Pacific Rim
Her
Best Sound Mixing
Gravity
All is Lost
Rush
Captain Phillips
Inside Llewyn Davis
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12 Years a Slave
Frozen
Her
Best Visual Effects
Gravity
Pacific Rim
Elysium
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The Hobbit
World War Z
Best Makeup
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
Bad Grandpa
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The Great Gatsby
Nominations
12 Years a Slave 10
Gravity 9
American Hustle 8
Captain Phillips 7
Nebraska 5
Dallas Buyers Club 4
The Wolf of Wall Street 4
Philomena 3
Her 3
My work is done here and 8:37am comes pretty early. The Maven will snap-to then. Happy Oscar!
