4 weeks, 121 nominees, 24 Oscars to give.

      With 4 weeks to go things are taking shape, contenders falling into place and we need to start a countdown. This month is always special because the final Oscar voting takes place and it is extremely important to be on the top, have the momentum, in the period of time when the voting takes place. So who has the momentum now? I mentioned that two posts ago, couple days ago. 
      Gravity is speeding up with its buzz while 12 Years still sits on the frontrunners' chair. And it seems as for the first time in a long time, having been in a movie that premiered in July, helps keep the frontrunner position in their category. I'm talking about Cate Blanchett. She used, what most would call a weakness, the fact that the film came out 6 months ago, as it would normally be forgotten, to steadily build up a strong "likely winner" position.
     4 weeks to go, which means a loooooot of things could happen. 4 weeks ago Chiwetel Ejiofor was the frontrunner in the Actor race, which position he lost to Matthew McConaughey. Sandra Bullock lost most of her momentum, as nobody really considers her to be a major threat for Cate.

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      Anyways, here are the Predictions:


BEST PICTURE
1. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)

2. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)
3. American Hustle (David O. Russel)
4. Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
5. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)
6. Philomena (Stephen Frears)
7. Dallas Buyers Club (Jean-Marc Vallee)
8. Her (Spike Jonze
9. Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass)

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
2. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
3. David O. Russel (American Hustle)
4. Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
5. Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

BEST ACTOR
1. Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
2. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
3. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
4. Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
5. Christian Bale (American Hustle)

BEST ACTRESS
1. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
2. Judi Dench (Philomena)
3. Amy Adams (American Hustle)
4. Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
5. Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
2. Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
3. Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
4. Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
5. Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
2. Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
3. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
4. June Squibb (Nebraska)
5. Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Her (Spike Jonze)
2. American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer & David O. Russel)
3. Nebraska (Bob Nelson)
4. Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)
5. Dallas Buyers Club (Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
2. Before Midnight (Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater)
3. Philomena (Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope)
4. The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)
5. Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
2. Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)
3. Prisoners (Roger Deakins)
4. Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael)
5. Grandmaster (Philipe Le Sourd)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Gravity (Steven Price)
2. Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)
3. Her (Arcade Fire)
4. Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)
5. The Book Thief (John Williams)

That's it for today, I'll update during the week. Don't forget to look up the OSCAR RACE page on the right hand side on the sidebar. ------------->>>>>>>>>