It’s time for my Oscar predictions. Each of this year’s eight Best Picture nominees will win at least one gold statue. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” will take home the most awards, with 4, but not the Best Picture title. “Boyhood” and “Whiplash” will follow with 3 wins, followed by two for “Birdman”. And the winners will be:
Best Picture – “Boyhood”
Best Director – Richard Linklater – “Boyhood”
Best Actor – Michael Keaton – “Birdman”
Best Actress – Julianne Moore – “Still Alice”
Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons – “Whiplash”
Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette – “Boyhood”
Best Animated Feature – “How to Train Your Dragon 2”
Best Documentary Feature – “Citizenfour”
Best Foreign-Language Film – “Ida”
Best Animated Short Film – “Feast”
Best Documentary Short Film – “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”
Best Live-Action Short Film – “Boogaloo and Graham”
Best Original Screenplay – Wes Anderson – “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Adapted Screenplay – Graham Moore – “The Imitation Game”
Best Editing – “Whiplash”
Best Cinematography – “Birdman”
Best Production Design – “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Costume Design – “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling – “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Visual Effects – “Interstellar”
Best Sound Mixing – “Whiplash”
Best Sound Editing – “American Sniper”
Best Original Score – Johann Johannsson – “The Theory of Everything”
Best Original Song – “Glory” – music and lyrics by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn – “Selma”
Neil Patrick Harris will do a fine job, and with a bunch of musical numbers on tap, expect the show to go until 12:14am ET.
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Ranking the Best Picture Nominees
“Birdman” – A
“American Sniper” – A
“Selma” – A-
“The Imitation Game” – A-
“Whiplash” – B+
“The Theory of Everything” – B
“Boyhood” – C+
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” – C-
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.