Oscars 2015 Predictions

Bojana Cvijic, Staff Writer

The Oscars are right around the corner, so who’s going to go home a winner? Though there’s been a lot of outrage on who’s been nominated and who hasn’t, we still have to pick who’s going to win this season, so without further ado, here are my predictions for 2015 Academy Awards:

Best picture: “Selma” Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, or “Boyhood” Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Rosamund Pike, “Gone girl” or Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: JK Simmons, “Whiplash”

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”

Best Director: Richard Linkater “Boyhood”

Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”

Animated Feature Film: “Big Hero 6”

Foreign language film: “Ida”, Poland

Original Song: “Glory” from “Selma” performed by John Legend and Common, Lyrics and Music by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn

Music, Original score: Interstellar, Hans Zimmer

Adapted Screenplay: “Whiplash” Damien Chazelle

Original Screenplay: “Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson (story by Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness)

Visual Effects: “Interstellar” Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher

Production design: “Interstellar” Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration)

Sound editing and Mixing: “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock; Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga respectively.

Makeup and Hairstyling: “Foxcatcher” Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard

Best Animated Short film: “The Bigger Picture” Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hee

Best Short Film: “Aya” Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis

Best Documentary feature: “CitizenFour” Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky

Best documentary short subject: “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry