OSCAR PREDICTIONS 3 - 8 WEEKS TO GO

I'm a bit baffled by all this so I've no idea what I'm doing. These are as likely to be accurate as my predictions on Oscar nomination morning. 12 Years a Slave still has the lead.

Best Picture

·          12 Years a Slave

·          American Hustle

·          Captain Phillips

·          Gravity

·          Inside Llewyn Davis

·          Lee Daniels’ The Butler

·          Saving Mr. Banks

·          The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

·          Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

·          John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks)

·          Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

·          David O. Russell (American Hustle)

·          Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

·          Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

·          Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

·          Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)

·          Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

·          Robert Redford (All Is Lost)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

·          Amy Adams (American Hustle)

·          Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

·          Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

·          Judi Dench (Philomena)

·          Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

·          Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

·          Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks)

·          Woody Harrelson (Out of the Furnace)

·          Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

·          Matthew McConaughey (Mud)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

·          Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

·          Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

·          Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station)

·          June Squibb (Nebraska)

·          Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels’ The Butler)

Best Original Screenplay

·          American Hustle

·          Blue Jasmine

·          Inside Llewyn Davis

·          Nebraska

·          Saving Mr. Banks

Best Adapted Screenplay

·          12 Years a Slave

·          August: Osage County

·          Before Midnight

·          Captain Phillips

·          The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Cinematography

·          12 Years a Slave

·          Gravity

·          Inside Llewyn Davis

·          Prisoners

·          Rush

Best Editing

·          12 Years a Slave

·          American Hustle

·          Captain Phillips

·          Gravity

·          The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Production Design

·          12 Years a Slave

·          The Book Thief

·          The Great Gatsby

·          The Invisible Woman

·          Saving Mr. Banks

Best Costume Design

·          American Hustle

·          The Book Thief

·          The Great Gatsby

·          The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

·          The Invisible Woman

Best Sound Mixing

·          12 Years a Slave

·          All Is Lost

·          Captain Phillips

·          Gravity

·          Lone Survivor

Best Sound Editing

·          All Is Lost

·          Captain Phillips

·          Gravity

·          Lone Survivor

·          Rush

Best Visual Effects

·          Gravity

·          The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

·          Man of Steel

·          Pacific Rim

·          The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Best Makeup

·          The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

·          Lee Daniels’ The Butler

·          Rush

Best Original Score

·          12 Years a Slave

·          The Book Thief

·          Gravity

·          Philomena

·          Saving Mr. Banks

Best Original Song

·          ‘Amen’ (All Is Lost)

·          ‘He Loves Me Still’ (Black Nativity)

·          ‘Let It Go’ (Frozen)

·          ‘So You Know What It’s Like’ (Short Term 12)

·          ‘You and I Ain’t Nothin’ No More’ (Lee Daniels’ The Butler)

Best Animated Feature

·          The Apostle

·          Ernest & Celestine

·          Frozen

·          Monsters University

·          The Wind Rises

Best Documentary

·          The Act of Killing

·          Blackfish

·          Let the Fire Burn

·          Stories We Tell

·          Tim’s Vermeer

Best Foreign Language Film

·          The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium

·          Gloria – Chile

·          The Hunt – Denmark

·          Ilo Ilo – Singapore

·          Wadjda – Saudi Arabia