Lolo's Lists: 2015 Oscar Predictions!

Through all of the snubs and shoe-ins, the 2015 Academy Awards is shaping up to be the whitest ever. Each and every year, we bring you our picks for who we believe will win Oscar gold, as well as those we want to win, but might not necessarily take home the ultimate cinematic prize. Do you agree or disagree? Let us know!
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Best Picture

-American Sniper

-Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (front-runner)

-Boyhood (front-runner)

-The Grand Budapest Hotel (dark-horse potential winner, also won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy or Musical this year)

-The Imitation Game

-Selma (would be awesome if this won)

-The Theory of Everything

-Whiplash (really dark-horse winner, but would be awesome if it won)

*WILL WIN: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

*SHOULD WIN: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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Best Director
-Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
-Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (front-runner)
-Richard Linklater – Boyhood (front-runner)
-Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher
-Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game

*WILL WIN: Richard Linklater - Boyhood
*SHOULD WIN: Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (we want him to win the most, but he is also a front-runner)
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Best Actor
-Steve Carell – Foxcatcher as John Eleuthère du Pont
-Bradley Cooper – American Sniper as Chris Kyle
-Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
-Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Riggan Thomson
-Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking

*WILL WIN: Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
*SHOULD WIN: Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
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Best Actress
-Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya
-Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Wilde Hawking
-Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland
-Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne
-Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed

*WILL WIN: Julianne Moore - Still Alice (pretty much a shoe-in)
*SHOULD WIN: Rosamund Pink - Gone Girl (HUGE dark-horse)
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Best Supporting Actor
-Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer
-Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr.
-Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Mike Shiner
-Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz
-J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher

*WILL WIN: J.K. Simmons - Whiplash (a shoe-in but he DESERVES this award)
*SHOULD WIN: J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
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Best Supporting Actress
-Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans (pretty much a shoe-in)
-Laura Dern – Wild as Barbara "Bobbi" Grey
-Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke
-Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Sam Thomson
-Meryl Streep – Into the Woods as The Witch

*WILL WIN: Patricia Arquette - Boyhood (pretty much a shoe-in)
*SHOULD WIN: Emma Stone - Birdman
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Best Original Screenplay
-Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-Boyhood (front-runner)
-Foxcatcher
-The Grand Budapest Hotel
-Nightcrawler

*WILL WIN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
*SHOULD WIN: Birdman OR Nightcrawler (huuuuuge dark-hose, but also deserves it and was completely snubbed elsewhere)
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Best Adapted Screenplay
-American Sniper
-The Imitation Game
-Inherent Vice (huuuuuuuuge dark-horse)
-The Theory of Everything
-Whiplash

*WILL WIN: The Imitation Game
*SHOULD WIN: Whiplash
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Best Animated Feature Film
-Big Hero 6
-The Boxtrolls
-How to Train Your Dragon 2
-Song of the Sea
-The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (dark-horse)

*WILL WIN: How to Train Your Dragon 2
*SHOULD WIN: How to Train Your Dragon 2
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Best Foreign Language Film
-Ida (Poland) in Polish
-Leviathan (Russia) in Russian
-Tangerines (Estonia) in Estonian and Russian
-Timbuktu (Mauritania) in French
-Wild Tales (Argentina) in Spanish

*****we abstain since we were only able to see one of the five nominees*****
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Best Documentary – Feature
-Citizenfour
-Finding Vivian Maier
-Last Days in Vietnam
-The Salt of the Earth (we did not see this film)
-Virunga

*WILL WIN: Citizenfour
*SHOULD WIN: Citizenfour OR Virunga
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Best Animated Short Film
-The Bigger Picture
-The Dam Keeper
-Feast
-Me and My Moulton
-A Single Life

*WILL WIN: Feast OR The Dam Keeper (we really liked this one a lot)
*SHOULD WIN: Feast (you would know Feast as the short before "Big Hero 6," so damn adorable, even our dog, Freddo liked it!) OR The Dam Keeper
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Best Live Action Short Film
-Aya
-Boogaloo and Graham
-Butter Lamp (La Lampe au beurre de yak) (the Academy seems like this is the type of thing they would love...)
-Parvaneh
-The Phone Call

*WILL WIN: Aya
*SHOULD WIN:  The Phone Call (gut-wrenching) OR Boogaloo and Graham (dark-hose, but lovely)
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Best Original Score
-The Grand Budapest Hotel
-The Imitation Game
-Interstellar
-Mr. Turner
-The Theory of Everything

*WILL WIN:  The Imitation Game
*SHOULD WIN: Interstellar
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Best Original Song

-"Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie – Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson

-"Glory" from Selma – Music and Lyric by John Legend and Common

-"Grateful" from Beyond the Lights – Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

-"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me – Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond

-"Lost Stars" from Begin Again – Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

*WILL WIN: "Glory"
*SHOULD WIN: "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" OR "Lost Stars" (just so "Begin Again" can get some recognition!)
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Best Sound Editing
-American Sniper
-Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
-Interstellar
-Unbroken

*WILL WIN: Birdman OR Interstellar
*SHOULD WIN: Birdman OR Interstellar
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Best Sound Mixing
-American Sniper
-Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-Interstellar
-Unbroken
-Whiplash

*WILL WIN: Birdman OR Whiplash
*SHOULD WIN: Birdman OR Whiplash
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Best Production Design
-The Grand Budapest Hotel
-The Imitation Game
-Interstellar
-Into the Woods
-Mr. Turner

*WILL WIN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
*SHOULD WIN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
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Best Cinematography
-Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
-The Grand Budapest Hotel
-Ida
-Mr. Turner
-Unbroken

*WILL WIN: Birdman
*SHOULD WIN: Birdman
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Best Makeup and Hairstyling
-Foxcatcher
-The Grand Budapest Hotel
-Guardians of the Galaxy

*WILL WIN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
*SHOULD WIN: Guardians of the Galaxy
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Best Costume Design
-The Grand Budapest Hotel
-Inherent Vice
-Into the Woods (dark-horse)
-Maleficent
-Mr. Turner

*WILL WIN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
*SHOULD WIN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
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Best Film Editing
-American Sniper
-Boyhood
-The Grand Budapest Hotel
-The Imitation Game
-Whiplash

*WILL WIN: Boyhood (Linklater had to hold onto 12 years of film, so...)
*SHOULD WIN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
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Best Visual Effects
-Captain America: The Winter Soldier
-Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
-Guardians of the Galaxy
-Interstellar
-X-Men: Days of Future Past

*WILL WIN: Interstellar
*SHOULD WIN: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (THAT IS A FAKE ORANGUTAN IN THE PHOTO ABOVE...COME ON!!!)
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