With that in mind, here’s who I think will go home with something (in those categories where I’ve seen at least some of the films in the running):
Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave
Best Director: Alfonso Curaon for Gravity
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club
Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her
Best Adapted Screenplay: Terrence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty
Best Animated Feature: Frozen
Best Sound Editing: Gravity
Best Visual Effects: Gravity
Best Film Editing: Gravity
Original Score: Her
Original Song: “Ordinary Love” by U2 from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Production Design: Gravity
Cinematography: Gravity
Costume Design: American Hustle
Makeup and Hairstyling: Dallas Buyers Club
Documentary Feature: The Act of Killing
Sound Mixing: Gravity
And if I was a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? Here’s how I’d have voted:
I hope everyone enjoys it! I hope we’re all surprised! If you’re interested in my Oscars post-mortem, I’ll be in CTV Morning Live on Monday at 7:45am Atlantic Time, and I’ll post the online link here later in the day.