2015 OSCARS: My Final Prediction Of The Winners In Top 8 Categories

Below are my predictions for the Top 8 categories for the 87th annual Academy Awards. Last year I correctly predicted 6 of the Top 8 categories. Below I put in red the movie or person I want to win, and in blue the person I think actually will win.

Best Picture

• American Sniper
• Birdman (Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash
• Foxcatcher

SHOULD WIN: The Imitation Game

WILL WIN: Birdman

Best Director

• Bennet Miller, Foxcatcher
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Theory of Everything
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel 
• Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

SHOULD WIN: Richard Linklater, Boyhood

WILL WIN: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman

Best Actress

• Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
• Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl 
• Reese Witherspoon, Wild

SHOULD WIN: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

WILL WIN: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Actor

• Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
• Benedict Cumberbatch,  The Imitation Game
• Michael Keaton, Birdman
• Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
• Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

SHOULD WIN: Benedict Cumberbatch,  The Imitation Game

WILL WIN: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Supporting Actress

• Emma Stone, Birdman
• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
• Meryl Streep, Into The Woods
• Laura Dern, Wild

SHOULD WIN: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

WILL WIN: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Supporting Actor

• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood 
• Edward Norton, Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo,  Foxcatcher
• J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
• Robert Duvall, The Judge

SHOULD WIN: Edward Norton, Birdman

WILL WIN: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Original Screenplay

• Birdman 
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Nightcrawler
• Foxcatcher

SHOULD WIN: The Grand Budapest Hotel

WILL WIN: Birdman

Best Adapted Screenplay

• American Sniper
• The Imitation Game
• Inherent Vice
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

SHOULD WIN: The Imitation Game

WILL WIN: Whiplash