Here is how I think the nominees will fare in today's Oscars, in the order in which they could possibly win:
Best picture-
Boyhood
Birdman
American Sniper
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Selma
Best director-
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game
Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher
Best original screenplay-
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Birdman
Foxcatcher
Nightcrawler
Best adapted screenplay-
The Imitation Game
American Sniper
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Inherent Vice
Best foreign language film-
Ida (from Poland)
Leviathan (from Russia)
Tangerines (from Estonia)
Wild Tales (from Argentina)
Timbuktu (from Mauritania)
Best lead actor-
Michael Keaton in Birdman
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game
Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper in American Sniper
Best lead actress-
Julianne Moore in Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon in Wild
Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night
Best supporting actor-
JK Simmons in Whiplash
Edward Norton in Birdman
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher
Robert Duvall in The Judge
Best supporting actress-
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
Emma Stone in Birdman
Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game
Meryl Streep in Into the Woods
Laura Dern in Wild
In other categories:
best production design - The Grand Budapest Hotel
best costume design - The Grand Budapest Hotel
best sound editing - American Sniper
best sound mixing - American Sniper
best editing - Boyhood
best cinematography - Birdman
best makeup and hairstyling - Foxcatcher
best visual effects - Interstellar
best score - The Theory of Everything
best original song - Selma
best animated feature - Big Hero 6
