Tis the season!

...but let's do our best! This is the last prediction before Christmas, more to come after. However this time I will include most of the categories in the post below. Furthermore I will add the remaining categories to the 'Oscar Race Leaderboard'. As for the predictions, Saving Mr. Banks will be dropping now, having lost it's magical momentum. But hey - Everything is going to change on January 12th, when the Globes winners ar announced, and again on the 16th when the Oscar nominations are revealed. Merry Christmas, here they are:

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

Best Director:
1. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) 2. Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) 3. David O. Russel (American Hustle) 4. Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) 5. Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Best Actor:
1. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) 2. Mathew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) 3. Bruce Dern (Nebraska) 4. Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) 5. Robert Redford (All Is Lost)
Best Actress:

1. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) 2. Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) 3. Judi Dench (Philomena) 4. Sandra Bullock (Gravity) 5. Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) 2. Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) 3. Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) 4. Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks) 5. Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Lupita Nyong'O (12 Years a Slave) 2. Julia Roberts (August: Osage County) 3. Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels' The Butler) 4. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) 5. June Squibb (Nebraska)

Best Original Screenplay:
1. Her (Spike Jonze) 2. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen) 3. American Hustle (Eric Singer & David O. Russel) 4. Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen) 5. Nebraska (Bob Nelson)

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

Best Foreign Language Film:

1. The Hunt (Denmark) 2. The Great Beauty (Italy) 3. The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) 4. Omar (Palestine) 5. Two Lives (Germany)


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. Her (Hoyte Van Hoytema)


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. Captain Phillips (Christopher Rouse)
5. Rush (Daniel P. Hanley & Mike Hill)


Best Production Design:
1. 12 Years a Slave (Adam Stochausen & Alice Baker)
2. The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin & Beverly Dunn)
3. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (Dan Hennah & Ra Vincent)
4. Saving Mr. Banks (Michael Corenblith & Susan Benjamin)
5. American Hustle (Judy Becker & Heather Loeffler)

Best Costume Design:
1. 12 Years a Slave (Patricia Norris)
2. The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
3. The Book Thief (Anna B. Sheppard)
4. American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)
5. The Invisible Woman (Michael O'Connor)

Best Original Score:
1. 12 Years a Slave (Hans Zimmer)
2. Gravity (Steven Price)
3. Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)
4. The Book Thief (John Williams)
5. All Is Lost (Alexander Ebert)

Best Original Song:
1. "Let It Go" - Frozen (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
2. "Ordinary Love" - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (U2)
3. "So You Know What It's Like" - Short Term 12 (Keith Stanfield)
4. "Young & Beautiful" - The Great Gatsby (Lana Del Rey)
5. "The Moon Song" - Her (Karen O)

Best Visual Effects:
1. Gravity
2. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
3. Pacific Rim
4. Oblivion
5. Iron Man 3

Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
1. American Hustle 
2. The Lone Ranger
3. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Best Sound Mixing:
1. Gravity
2. Rush
3. Captain Phillips
4. Lone Survivor
5. All Is Lost

Best Sound Editing:
1. Gravity
2. Rush
3. 12 Years a Slave
4. All Is Lost
5. Lone Survivor



Predicted nominations:
1. 12 Years a Slave - 12 nominations
2. Gravity - 9 nominations
3. Captain Phillips - 8 nominations
4. American Hustle - 7 nominations
5. The Wolf of Wall Street - 5 nominations
5. Saving Mr. Banks - 5 nominations
7. All Is Lost - 4 nominations
7. Nebraska - 4 nominations
7. Her - 4 nominations
10. Rush - 3 nominations
10. The Great Gatsby - 3 nominations
10. Inside Llewyn Davis - 3 nominations

Predicted wins:
1. 12 Years a Slave - 8 wins
2. Gravity - 5 wins
3. Frozen - 2 wins (I didn't mention the Animated Feature category, but I am pretty sure it's gonna win


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4. Dallas Buyers Club - 1 win
4. Her - 1 win
4. Blue Jasmine - 1 win
4. American Hustle - 1 win
4. The Hunt - 1 win