Another Year, Another Round of Oscar Nominations Predictions

Best Picture:

• 12 Years a Slave
• Gravity
• Captain Phillips
• American Hustle
• Nebraska
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• Lee Daniel's The Butler
• Her
• Dallas Buyer's Club
• Blue Jasmine

• Alternates: Inside Llewyn Davis, Saving Mr. Banks, Fruitvale Station
• It would be cool if this got picked: Frozen

Best Director

• Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
  
• Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
• David O Russell – American Hustle
• Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
• Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

• Alternate: Joel and Ethan Cohen - Inside Llewyn Davis
• It would be cool if he got picked: Spike Jonze - Her
  

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett –Blue Jasmine
• Sandra Bullock –Gravity
• Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks
• Judi Dench – Philomena
• Amy Adams – American Hustle

• Alternate: Meryl Streep –August Osage County
• It would be cool of she got picked: Julie Delpy - Before Midnight

Best Actor

• Chiwetel Ejifor - 12 Years a Slave
• Matthew McConaughey –Dallas Buyer's Club
• Tom Hanks –Captain Phillips
• Bruce Dern –Nebraska
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

• Alternate: Robert Redford – All is Lost
• It would be cool of he got picked: Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station

Best Supporting Actor

• Jared Leto – Dallas Buyer's Club
• Michael Fassbender –12 Years a Slave
• Barkhad Abdi –Captain Phillips
• Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
• Daniel Brühl - Rush

• Alternate: Tom Hanks – Saving Mr. Banks
• It would be cool if he got picked: Stanley Tucci- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
• Lupita Nyong’o - 12 Years a Slave
• Oprah Winfrey - Lee Daniel's The Butler
  
• June Squibb – Nebraska
• Octavia Spencer –Fruitvale Station

• Alternate: Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
• It would be cool if she got picked  – Scarlett Johansson - Her

Best Adapted Screenplay

• 12 Years a Slave
• Before Midnight
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• Captain Phillips
• August Osage County

• Alternate: Philomena
• If I had a pick: Honestly can't think of anything else right now.

Best Original Screenplay

• American Hustle
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Her
• Nebraska
• Blue Jasmine

• Alternate: Dallas Buyer's Club
• If I had a pick: Frances Ha

Best Film Editing

• Captain Phillips
• Gravity
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• American Hustle
• 12 Years a Slave

• Alternate: All is Lost
• If I had a pick: The World's End

Best Art Direction/Production Design

• The Great Gatsby
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• Her
• 12 Years a Slave
• Graivty

•   Alternate: Inside Llewyn Davis
•   If I had a pick: Only God Forgives (note: muahahahahahaha)

Best Cinematography

• Gravity
• 12 Years a Slave
• Prisoners
• Captain Phillips
• Nebraska

• Alternate: Ain't Them Body Saints
• If I had a pick: The Grandmaster

Best Costume Design

• The Great Gatsby
• American Hustle
• 12 Years a Slave
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Saving Mr. Banks

• Alternate: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• If I had a pick: Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• American Hustle
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Bad Grandpa

• Alternate: Dallas Buyer's Club
• If I had a pick: Ok, not really, but could you imagine if The Lone Ranger got nominated?

Best Feature Documentary

• Blackfish
• The Act of Killing
• The Square
• Stories We Tell
• God Loves Uganda

• Alternate: Life According to Sam
• If I had a pick: Not qualified for this one

Best Visual Effects

• Gravity
• Pacific Rim
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• Iron Man 3
• Elysium

• Alternate: Star Trek Into Darkness
• If I had a pick: Ehh, I’m fine with these choices, I guess

Best Sound Mixing

• Captain Phillips
• Gravity
• Rush
• All is Lost
• Lone Survivor

• Alternate: 12 Years a Slave
• If I had a pick: Pacific Rim

Best Sound Editing

• Captain Phillips
• Gravity
• All is Lost
• Rush
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

• Alternate: Lone Survivor
• If I had a pick: Fast and Furious 6

Best Original Score

• Gravity – Steven Price
• The Book Thief – John Williams
• 12 Years a Slave – Hans Zimmer
• Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman
• All is Lost – Alex Ebert

• Alternate: Philomena - Alexandre Desplat
• If I had a pick: Joe Hisaishi - The Wind Rises

Best Foreign Film

I'm sitting this one out.

Best Animated Film

• Frozen
• The Wind Rises
• Monster's University
• The Croods
• Ernest & Celestine

• Alternate: Despicable Me 2
• If I had a pick: The Smurf-ahahahahahahahahaha I'm already rooting for Frozen

Best Original Song

• “Let it Go” –Frozen
• "Young and Beautiful" – The Great Gatsby
• "The Moon Song” - Her
• “I See Fire"  - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• "Amen" – All is Lost

• Alternate: “In the Middle of the Night” – Lee Daniel's The Butler
• If I had a pick: If "Let it Go" doesn't get nominated, heads will roll tables will be flipped angry tweets will be tweeted