2015 Oscar Nomination Predictions

And the Oscar goes to...well, we'll see, on February. But, for now, I am going to predict the Oscar nominations to see who will be in the Dolby Theater on February to anticipate whether they will win or not.

Here are my predictions for the MAJOR categories...

BEST PICTURE: (Could be 5-10 movies)
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
Selma
The Theory of Everything

BEST DIRECTOR:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inñaritu (Birdman)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
David Fincher (Gone Girl)
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Ava DuVernay (Selma)

Potential nominees: Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher) and James Marsh (The Theory of Everything)

BEST ACTOR:
Michael Keaton (Birdman)
Steve Carrell (Foxcatcher)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
David Oyelowo (Selma)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

Potential nominees: Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), and Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)

BEST ACTRESS:
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Potential nominees: Jennifer Aniston (Cake) and Amy Adams (Big Eyes)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Edward Norton (Birdman)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice)
J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

Potential nominees: Robert Duvall (The Judge) and Tom Wilkinson (Selma)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Emma Stone (Birdman)
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year/Interstellar)
Laura Dern (Wild)

Potential nominees: Rene Russo (Nightcrawler), Meryl Streep (Into the Woods), and Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls (*sigh*)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Well, we shall see how these categories and the other categories will fare on January 15th when the Oscar nominations will come out.

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