This year's Academy Award nominations will be announced early Thursday morning! Here are my predictions for the six major categories, as well as the nominees that I would pick if I were in charge.
Best Supporting Actress
Predicted nominees:
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
- Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
- Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
- Emma Stone, Birdman
- Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
I would nominate:
- Eileen Atkins, Magic in the Moonlight
- Jillian Bell, 22 Jump Street
- Laura Dern, Wild
- Agata Kulesza, Ida
- Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
Best Supporting Actor
Predicted nominees:
- Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
- Edward Norton, Birdman
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
I would nominate:
- Charlie Cox, The Theory of Everything
- John Goodman, The Gambler
- Samuel L. Jackson, Robocop
- Tony Revolori, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Luke Wilson, The Skeleton Twins
Best Lead Actor
Predicted nominees:
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Michael Keaton, Birdman
- David Oyewolo, Selma
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
I would nominate:
- Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
- Miles Teller, Whiplash
- Ben Whishaw, Lilting
Best Lead Actress
Predicted nominees:
- Jennifer Aniston, Cake
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
- Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
I would nominate:
- Amy Adams, Big Eyes
- Cheng Pei-Pei, Lilting
- Essie Davis, The Babadook
- Catherine Deneuve, On My Way
- Angelina Jolie, Maleficent
- Hilary Swank, The Homesman
(Yes, I know I listed six instead of five. It was a tie!)
Best Director
Predicted nominees:
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Ava DuVernay, Selma
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
I would nominate:
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
- Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
- Pawel Palkowski, Ida
- Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Best Picture
Predicted nominees:
- American Sniper
- Birdman
- Boyhood
- Gone Girl
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- Nightcrawler
- Selma
- The Theory of Everything
- Whiplash
I would nominate:
- The Babadook
- Birdman
- Foxcatcher
- Ida
- The Imitation Game
- Interstellar
- Into the Woods
- Lilting
- Pride
- The Way He Looks
