With Thor himself (Chris Hemsworth) announcing this years nominees for 86th annual Academy Awards, it’s time The Young Folks put out some of their own predictions before the nominees are set in stone.
In a fashion, this year’s Awards Race seems unpredictable. Aside from the Lead Actress race (which seems like it’s heading towards Cate Blanchett and has since Blue Jasmine’s release) all of the acting categories seem up in the air. The Golden Globes had some shocks (Spike Jonze getting a deserved award for Best Screenplay for Her), some disappointments (Jennifer Lawrence’s over the top performance in American Hustle winning over Lupita Nyong’o’s brave and breakthrough performance in 12 Years a Slave as well as American Hustle winning anything at all), and some wins that we all new were going to happen such as he aforementioned Blanchett.
These aren’t my personal picks for who I wish would be nominated and/or win but who I think have the strongest cast for them. I would love to see Joaquin Phoenix, Greta Gerwig or Jake Gyllenhaal all sneak in there for whatever fashion but it seems as if some performances didn’t stick like they should have.
Who are your guesses for this year? Whose name and what movies will be called Thursday, January 16th for the Academy Awards?
Best Picture Predictions
- 12 Years a Slave
- Gravity
- American Hustle
- Nebraska
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Captain Phillips
- Her
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- The Wolf Of Wall Street
- Saving Mr. Banks
On the Outs: Philomena
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Deserving (But It Will Never Happen): Before Midnight
Best Director of a Motion Picture
- Alfonso Cuarón- Gravity
- Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
- Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
- David O. Russell – American Hustle
- Alexander Payne – Nebraska
On the Outs: Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
Deserving (But it Will Never Happen) Richard Linklater –(Before Midnight) Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said)
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Best Performance by a Leading Actor
- Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
- Bruce Dern – Nebraska
- Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
- Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
On the Outs: Robert Redford – All is Lost
Deserving (But It Will Never Happen): Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) & Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress
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- Cate Blanchett- Blue Jasmine
- Sandra Bullock- Gravity
- Judi Dench- Philomena
- Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks
- Amy Adams- American Hustle
On the Outs: Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
Deserving (But It Will Never Happen): Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color) & Julie Delpy (Before Midnight)
Best Supporting Actor: 
- Jared Leto- Dallas Buyers Club
- Daniel Bruhl- Rush
- Barkhad Abdi- Captain Phillips
- Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
- Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street
On the Outs: Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Deserving (But It Will Never Happen): James Franco (Spring Breakers)
Best Supporting Actress:
- Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
- Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
- June Squibb (Nebraska)
- Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
- Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels The Butler)
On the Outs: Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station)
Deserving (But It Will Never Happen) Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), Melonie Diaz (Fruitvale Station)
Best Animated Feature:
- Frozen
- The Wind Rises
- Despicable Me 2
- Monsters University
- The Croods
On the Outs: Ernest and Celestine
Best Documentary Feature 
- Blackfish
- Stories We Tell
- The Act of Killing
- The Square
- 20 Feet From Stardom
Best Foreign Film 
- The Hunt (Denmark)
- The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
- The Great Beauty (Italy)
- The Notebook (Hungary)
- Omar (Palestine)
On the Outs: The Grandmaster (Hong Kong)
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