Predictions
for 2014's
Academy
Awards

By Steven Cayer,
Senior Columnis

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for the 86th annual Academy Awards. outtakes
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features the year’s best movies distributed Dallas Bi
into 24 categories. I’m going to take you

through the nine major categories and chant
tell you what film/who will probably win. about the
We've also provided a ballot with the them in {
nominations in a descending order, from about tht
movies/people who I think will win at O. Russe
the top. Feel free to follow along on the Cuarén f
special night and compare predictions! Nebraskc

First category up for discussion is the Slave, an
award for best visual effects. (Nominations: of Wall S.
Gravity, The Hobbit: The Desolation of inated, tl
Smaug, Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger, and Cuarén,:
Star Trek Into Darkness.) Allofthese movies Jobe for
had amazing effects, but the one that blew genius be
my mind the most was Gravity. The way for maki:

they filmed this movie feels like anindustry — The visu,
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enough, but when youre thrown around like Next
a rag doll, that’s a whole new level of terror. feature fi
The next category were going to be Croods, I
looking at is for makeup and hairstyling. Frozen, a
(Nominations: Dallas Buyers Club, Jackass in my life
Presents: Bad Grandpa, and The Lone movies—
Ranger.) First off, I'd like to mention just me that I
how happy Iam now that I live ina world that’s exz
where I can say “Academy Award nominee, Everybox
Best Picture Best Su
QO 22 Yearsa Slave O Juli
QO Her O Jen
O Dallas Buyers Club O Lut
QO The Wolfof Wall Street O Sali
QO Gravity QO Jun
OQ American Hustle
OQ Captain Phillips Directit
QO Nebraska O Alf
QO Philomena O Ste
QO Ma:
Best Actor O Day
QO Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) O Ale
QO Matthew McConaughey
(Dallas Buyers Club)
O Leonardo DiCaprio (The
Wolf of Wall Street)
OQ. Christian Bale (American Hustle)
© Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

 

Mery] Streep (August: Osage County)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Judi Dench (Philomena)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

OOO0OO0DO

 

Best Supporting Actor

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

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