The slightly modified version -- posted approx. 85min before start time!
Here we are again... doesn't feel at all like an entire year has gone by since we posted our prediction that ARGO would earn Ben Affleck and his team the Oscar for Best Picture, leaving Spielberg's epic LINCOLN in its Civil War dust. Well, this year, while most Oscar prophets are calling the race assigned to 12 YEARS A SLAVE in the top category, we all wonder if the 'wonder' of the space epic, GRAVITY, doesn't pull a full coup and triumph bigger than any film in the last several years... One of the last Oscar sweeps in recent history came a decade ago, when LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, cleaned house with 11 wins out of 11 nominations.
Here now, is our full list of Oscar predictions for this year's race, featuring the top choice as the likeliest winner, followed by our 2nd possibility choice, and a third choice for the longshot honoree:
Best Picture
Will win: 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Could win: GRAVITY
Longshot: AMERICAN HUSTLE
Director
Alfonso Cuaron GRAVITY
Steve McQueen 12 YEARS A SLAVE
David O'Russell AMERICAN HUSTLE
Actor
Matthew McConaughey DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Bruce Dern NEBRASKA
Leonardo DiCaprio WOLF OF WALL STREET
Actress
Cate Blanchett BLUE JASMINE
Amy Adams AMERICAN HUSTLE
Judi Dench PHILOMENA
Supporting Actor
Jared Leto DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Barkhad Abdi CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Jonah Hill WOLF OF WALL STREET
Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong'o 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Jennifer Lawrence AMERICAN HUSTLE
June Squibb NEBRASKA
Original Screenplay
HER
AMERICAN HUSTLE
BLUE JASMINE
Adapted Screenplay
12 YEARS A SLAVE
WOLF OF WALL STREET
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Animated Feature
FROZEN
THE WIND RISES
THE CROODS
Foreign Language Film
THE GREAT BEAUTY
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
THE HUNT
Documentary Feature
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
THE ACT OF KILLING
THE SQUARE
Documentary Short
THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE
FACING FEAR
CAVEDIGGER
Live Action Short
HELIUM
THE VOORMAN PROBLEM
JUST BEFORE LOSING EVERYTHING
Animated Short
GET A HORSE
FERAL
ROOM FOR THE BROOM
Cinematography
GRAVITY
NEBRASKA
THE GRANDMASTER
Editing
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
GRAVITY
12 YEARS A SLAVE
Costume Design
THE GREAT GATSBY
12 YEARS A SLAVE
AMERICAN HUSTLE
Production Design
THE GREAT GATSBY
HER
GRAVITY
Original Score
GRAVITY
PHILOMENA
HER
Original Song
"Let It Go" FROZEN
"Ordinary Love" MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
"The Moon Song" HER
Makeup & Hairstyling
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
JACKASS PRESENTS BAD GRANDPA
THE LONE RANGER
Visual Effects
GRAVITY
THE HOBBIT
THE LONE RANGER
Sound Editing
GRAVITY
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
ALL IS LOST
Sound Mixing
GRAVITY
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
THE HOBBIT
