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       I'll tell you, this race is getting weird, unexpected and exciting. It reminds me of a phrase from "Now You See Me": "The closer you think you are, the less you will actually see." In other words the more we think this year's battle for the "Golden Knights" is over, the closer we are to close on one or two locks, the more twists we get and more things surprise us.
      What's more confusing everyone seems to be a favorite and then suddenly he's totally out of the game. A funny year it is.
      Today's Golden Globes showed us no different by nominating "American Hustle" in 7 categories despite it getting rather poor reviews. Also Oprah has been skipped and everything and everyone on "Saving Mr. Banks" except Emma Thompson.
      28 - a magical number. Why? Well if you don't know the answer to a question that concerns acting, you say "Meryl Streep". And so it happens that today the HFPA honored Streep with a 28th nomination in the Com/Mus category or her performance in "August: Osage County".
      Again, "The Wolf of Wall Street" raises a couple eyebrows, as there are doubts wether all the voters have actually seen the movie. It would be interesting if the second most prestigious american film awards nominated someone based on speculation, a hunch and trailers.
      In the end not much changes as far as the Oscar race is concerned. Although there are minor movements in Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor. I decided to switch the places in the Director category to see how that looks. Also adding new categories.
    Each category will now how a separate page in which you can check the last predicted position of each contender.

Here are the predix:

Best Picture:
1. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
2. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)
3. Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass)
4. Saving Mr. Banks (John Lee Hancock)
5. American Hustle (David O. Russel)
6. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)
7. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen)
8. Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
9. Her (Spike Jonze)

Best Director:
1. Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
2. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
3. Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
4. Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
5. Alexander Payne (Nebraska)

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
2. Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
3. Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks)
4. James Gandolfini (Enough Said)
5. Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
2. The Wolf of Wall Street (Terrence Winter)
3. August: Osage County (Tracy Letts)
4. Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)
5. Philomena (Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope)

Best Original Score:
1. 12 Years a Slave (Hans Zimmer)
2. Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)
3. Gravity (Steven Price)
4. The Book Thief (John Williams)
5. Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Cinematography:
1. Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
2. 12 Years a Slave (Sean Bobbit)
3. Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)
4. Captain Phillips (Barry Ackroyd)
5. Rush (Anthony Dod Mantle)

Best Film Editing:
1. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron & Mark Sanger)
2. 12 Years a Slave (Joe Walker)
3. The Wolf of Wall Street (Thelma Schoonmaker)
4. American Hustle (Jay Cassidy & Crispin Struthers)
5. Captain Phillips (Chrostopher Rouse)