Academy Award Predictions, Part II

This year's best picture nominees

This weekend is the most important non-religious holiday of the year: Oscar Sunday! Here’s what I would vote for if I was a member of the Academy:

Best Picture - Boyhood

Best Director - Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Actor - Bradley Cooper, American Sniper

Best Actress - Rosemund Pike, Gone Girl

Best Supporting Actor - Ethan Hawke, Boyhood

Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Adapted Screenplay - American Sniper

Best Original Screenplay – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Animated Feature – Big Hero 6

Best Documentary Feature – Last Days in Vietnam 

Best Foreign Language Feature - Ida

Best Cinematography – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Costume Design – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Art Direction – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Makeup – Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Visual Effects – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Best Film Editing – Boyhood

Best Score – Interstellar

Best Song – “Everything is Awesome" from The LEGO Movie

Best Sound Editing – American Sniper

Best Sound Mixing – Interstallar

Best Animated Short Film – “Feast”

Best Live Action Short Film – “The Phone Call”

Best Documentary Short Subject – “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”

However, things don’t always pan out like planned. Here are my actual predictions of who will win:

Best Picture - Boyhood

Best Director - Alejandro González Iñárritu, 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 – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Animated Feature – How to Train Your Dragon 2

Best Documentary Feature – CitizenFour

Best Foreign Language Feature – Ida

Best Cinematography – Birdman

Best Costume Design – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Art Direction – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Makeup – Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Visual Effects – Interstellar

Best Film Editing – Boyhood

Best Score – The Theory of Everything

Best Song – “Glory” from Selma

Best Sound Editing – Interstellar

Best Sound Mixing – Birdman

Best Animated Short Film – “Feast”

Best Live Action Short Film – “The Phone Call”

Best Documentary Short Subject – “Our Curse”

I will be live tweeting the Oscars starting at 3pm this Sunday (2/22). See you there!