2014 Oscar Nomination Predictions

I was going to write a paragraph of where we stand on the ten main categories, but I've stared at these lists for months now, and I'm officially over it. I'm gonna miss one, two, or three in every category. It's fine. I can't stress it anymore. I'm just posting this so I have a record posted online of all the work I've put in tracking the season up until this point. It's so hard to try and predict the ten or so curveball nominations and snubs the Oscars provide every year. Here are just a couple I would love to predict but am too pussy to do so:
- Unbroken for Best Picture (over Nightcrawler, Foxcatcher, and maybe Gone Girl)
- Bennett Miller instead of Ava DuVernay for Best Director
- Both Jake Gyllenhaal and Ralph Fiennes for Best Actor instead of Steve Carell and Benedict Cumberbatch
- Steve Carell for Best Supporting Actor instead of Best Actor
- Jessica Chastain in Best Supporting Actress for Interstellar instead of A Most Violent Year
- Ida for Best Cinematography
- The Immigrant for Best Costume Design
- Life Itself snubbed for Best Documentary and/or Force Majeure for Best Foreign Language Film

Anyway, here are my boring and safe nomination predictions. We'll see in 12 hours!

Best Picture
1. Boyhood
2. The Imitation Game
3. Birdman
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Selma
6. The Theory of Everything
7. Whiplash
8. American Sniper
9. Gone Girl
10. Foxcatcher
Spoilers: Nightcrawler, Unbroken

Best Director
1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
2. Alejandro G. Innaritu, Birdman
3. Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Ava DuVernay, Selma
5. Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Spoilers: Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game; Clint Eastwood, American Sniper; Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher; David Fincher, Gone Girl; James Marsh, The Theory of Everything

Best Actor
1. Michael Keaton, Birdman
2. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
3. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
4. David Oyelowo, Selma
5. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Spoilers: Bradley Cooper, American Sniper; Steve Carell, Foxcatcher; Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Actress
1. Julianne Moore, Still Alice
2. Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
3. Reese Witherspoon, Wild
4. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
5. Jennifer Anniston, Cake
Spoilers: Amy Adams, Big Eyes; Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night; Hillary Swank, The Homesman

Best Supporting Actor
1. J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
2. Edward Norton, Birdman
3. Ethan Hawke, Birdman
4. Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
5. Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
Spoilers: Robert Duvall, The Judge; Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes; Tom Wilkinson, Selma

Best Supporting Actress
1. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
2. Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
3. Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
4. Emma Stone, Birdman
5. Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Spoilers: Rene Russo, Nightcrawler; Jessica Chastain, Interstellar; Carmen Ejogo, Selma; Laura Dern, Wild; Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

Best Original Screenplay
1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
2. Alegandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, Birdman
3. Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
5. Paul Webb, Selma
Spoilers: E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher; Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner; J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
2. Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
3. Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
4. Jason Hall, American Sniper
5. Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Spoilers: Nick Hornby, Wild; Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice; Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson, Unbroken

Best Cinematography
1. Birdman
2. Unbroken
3. Mr. Turner
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Interstellar
Spoilers: Selma, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything

Best Costume Design
1. Into the Woods
2. Mr. Turner
3. Maleficent
4. Big Eyes
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
Spoilers: Unbroken, Selma, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything

Best Film Editing
1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. The Imitation Game
4. Whiplash
5. American Sniper
Spoilers: Selma, Interstellar, Nightcrawler, Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1. The Theory of Everything
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
Spoilers: Foxcatcher, Maleficent

Best Original Score
1. The Theory of Everything
2. The Imitation Game
3. Interstellar
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Gone Girl
Spoilers: Unbroken, Under the Skin, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Judge, Inherent Vice

Best Original Song
1. "Glory," Selma
2. "Lost Stars," Begin Again
3. "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," Glenn Campbell: I'll Be Me
4. "Split the Difference," Boyhood
5. "Mercy Is," Noah"
Spoilers: "Everything is Awesome," The LEGO Movie; "The Last Goodbye," The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies; "Yellow Flicker Beat," The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1; "Ryan's Song," Boyhood; "Opportunity," Annie

Best Production Design
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Into the Woods
3. Mr. Turner
4. The Imitation Game
5. Birdman
Spoilers: Interstellar, Unbroken, The Theory of Everything, Selma, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Best Sound Editing
1. American Sniper
2. Unbroken
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. Birdman
5. Interstellar
Spoilers: Fury, Godzilla, The Imitation Game, Whiplash, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Best Sound Mixing
1. American Sniper
2. Unbroken
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. Birdman
5. Into the Woods
Spoilers: Interstellar, Whiplash, The Imitation Game, Fury, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Best Visual Effects
1. Interstellar
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
5. X-Men: Days of Future Past
Spoilers: Godzilla, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Maleficent

Best Animated Feature
1. The LEGO Movie
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2
3. The Boxtrolls
4. Big Hero 6
5. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Spoilers: The Book of Life, Song of the Sea, Cheatin

Best Documentary Feature
1. CITIZENFOUR
2. Life Itself
3. Virunga
4. Last Days in Vietnam
5. The Overnighters
Spoilers: Finding Vivian Maier, Keep On Keepin' On, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, The Salt of the Earth, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Best Foreign Language Film
1. Ida
2. Force Majeure
3. Timbuktu
4. Wild Tales
5. Leviathan
Spoilers: Tangerines, The Liberator, Corn Island, Accused

Best Animated Short
1. Feast
2. The Bigger Picture
3. Duet
4. The Damkeeper
5. Symphony No. 42
Spoilers: The Numberlys, Coda, Me and My Moulton, Footprints, A Single Life

Best Documentary Short
1. Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
2. Joanna
3. Our Curse
4. One Child
5. The Lion's Mouth Opens
Spoilers: White Earth, The Reaper (La Parka), Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace

Best Live Action Short
1. Carry On
2. Baghdad Messi
3. The Phone Call
4. Aya
5. Summer Vacation
Spoilers: Butter Lamp (Le Lampe Au Beurre De Yak), My Father's Truck, Parvaneh, Boogaloo and Graham, SLR