Academy Award Predictions, Part II

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 - Gravity

Best Director - Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

Best Actor - Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress - Judi Dench, Philomena

Best Supporting Actor - Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Best Supporting Actress – Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Best Adapted Screenplay - Philomena

Best Original Screenplay – American Hustle

Best Animated Feature – Frozen

Best Documentary Feature – Dirty Wars

Best Foreign Language Feature - The Broken Circle Breakdown

Best Cinematography – Prisoners

Best Costume Design – American Hustle

Best Art Direction – 12 Years a Slave

Best Makeup – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Visual Effects – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Film Editing – Captain Phillips

Best Score – Philomena

Best Song – “Let It Go” from Frozen

Best Sound Editing – Captain Phillips

Best Sound Mixing – Gravity

Best Animated Short Film – “Get a Horse!”

Best Live Action Short Film – “Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?”

Best Documentary Short Subject – “CaveDigger”

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

Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave

Best Director - Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

Best Actor - Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress - Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Best Supporting Actor - Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress – Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Screenplay – Her

Best Animated Feature – Frozen

Best Documentary Feature – The Act of Killing

Best Foreign Language Feature – The Hunt

Best Cinematography – Gravity

Best Costume Design – American Hustle

Best Art Direction – The Great Gatsby

Best Makeup – Dallas Buyers Club (No Hunger Games or Hobbit but Bad Grandpa? Seriously, what is with this category? This was the same category that chose Iron Lady over Harry Potter 8)

Best Visual Effects – Gravity

Best Film Editing – Captain Phillips

Best Score – Gravity

Best Song – “Let It Go” from Frozen

Best Sound Editing – Captain Phillips

Best Sound Mixing – Gravity

Best Animated Short Film – “Get a Horse!”

Best Live Action Short Film – “The Voorman Problem”

Best Documentary Short Subject – “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”

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