Oscar Nomination Predictions (as requested by nobody)

As usual, I'm ignoring the documentary, foreign film, and short film categories.

Best Picture

·       Boyhood

·       Birdman

·       Selma

·       The Imitation Game

·       Gone Girl

·       Whiplash

·       Foxcatcher

·       Grand Budapest Hotel

·       The Theory of Everything

·       Unbroken

Alternate: A Most Violent Year

Dark Horse: Nightcrawler

No Chance: Winter’s Tale

Best Director

·       Richard Linklater – Boyhood

·       Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman

·       David Fincher – Gone Girl

·       Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game

·       Ava DuVernay – Selma

Alternate: Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher

Sleeper: Damien Chazelle – Whiplash

No Chance: Seth MacFarlane – A Million Ways to Die In the West

Best Actor

·       Michael Keaton – Birdman

·       Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game

·       Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

·       David Oyelowo – Selma

·       Oscar Isaac – A Most Violent Year

Alternate: Steve Carrell – Foxcatcher

Sleeper: Ralph Fiennes – Grand Budapest Hotel

No Chance: Adam Sandler - Blended

Best Actress

·       Julianne Moore – Still Alice

·       Reese Witherspoon – Wild

·       Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

·       Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything

·       Amy Adams – Big Eyes

Alternate: Emily Blunt – Into the Woods

Sleeper: Keira Knightley – Begin Again

No Chance: Melissa McCarthy - Tammy

Best Supporting Actor

·       J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

·       Edward Norton – Birdman

·       Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher

·       Ethan Hawke – Boyhood

·       Miyavi – Unbroken

Alternate: Tom Wilkinson - Selma

Sleeper: Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice

Wishful thinking – Tyler Perry – Gone Girl

No Chance: Kevin Sorbo – God’s Not Dead

Best Supporting Actress

·       Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

·       Emma Stone – Birdman

·       Meryl Streep – Into the Woods

·       Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game

·       Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year

Alternate: Carmen Ejogo - Selma

Sleeper: Carrie Coon – Gone Girl

No Chance: Jessica Alba – Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Best Adapted Screenplay

·       The Imitation Game

·       The Theory of Everything

·       Gone Girl

·       Unbroken

·       Inherent Vice

Alternate: Wild

Sleeper: American Sniper

No Chance: Divergent

Best Original Screenplay

·       Boyhood

·       Birdman

·       The Grand Budapest Hotel

·       Selma

·       Whiplash

Alternate: Foxcatcher

Sleeper: A Most Violent Year

No Chance: Wish I Was Here

Best Animated Film

·       The Lego Movie

·       How To Train Your Dragon 2

·       The Tale of Princess Kaguya

·       Song of the Sea

·       Big Hero 6

Alternate: The Box Trolls

Sleeper: The Book of Life

No Chance: The Nut Job

Best Film Editing

·       The Imitation Game

·       Birdman

·       Boyhood

·       Whiplash

·       Gone Girl

Alternate: Selma

Sleeper: Grand Budapest Hotel

No Chance: Maleficent

Best Cinematography

·       Birdman

·       Interstellar

·       Unbroken

·       Mr. Turner

·       Selma

Alternate: Gone Girl

Sleeper: Wild

No Chance: Hercules

Best Costume Design

·       Into the Woods

·       The Grand Budapest Hotel

·       Mr. Turner

·       The Theory of Everything

·       Selma

Alternate: Belle

Sleeper: Big Eyes

No Chance: 300: Rise of an Empire

Best Makeup

·       Into the Woods

·       The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies

·       Foxcatcher

Alternate: Selma

Sleeper: Maleficent

No Chance: I, Frankenstein

Best Visual Effects

·       Interstellar

·       Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

·       The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies

·       Godzilla

·       Noah

Alternate: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Sleeper: Exodus: Gods and Kings

No Chance: The Legend of Hercules

Best Original Score

·       Alexandre Desplat – Unbroken

·       Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel

·       Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game

·       Alexandre Desplat – The Monuments Men

·       Alexandre Desplat – Godzilla

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·       Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game

·       Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

·       Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything

·       Antonio Sanchez – Birdman

·       Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Gone Girl

Alternate: Alexandre Desplat – Unbroken

Sleeper: Clint Mansell – Noah

No Chance: Steve Jablonsky – Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Original Song

·       “Lost Stars” – Begin Again

·       “Everything is Awesome” – The LEGO Movie

·       “Mercy is” – Noah

·       “Glory” – Selma

·       “The Last Goodbye” – The Hobbit: Battle of Fiver Armies

Alternate: “Miracle” - Unbroken

Sleeper: “What is Love” – Rio 2

No Chance: “Shell Shocked” – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Best Sound Mixing

·       Unbroken

·       Into the Woods

·       Transformers: Age of Extinction

·       Fury

·       The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies

Alternate: Godzilla

Sleeper: Get On Up

No Chance: Transcendence

Best Sound Editing:

·       Fury

·       Unbroken

·       Godzilla

·       Interstellar

·       American Sniper

Alternate: Transformers: Age of Extinction
Sleeper: Edge of Tomorrow

No Chance: The Giver