My picks for who should win are in BOLD and who I think they're going to pick are in ITALICS and UNDERLINED. Admittedly I have not seen every single movie nominated and I left out the less popular categories, not because they're less important but because I haven't seen the movies in those categories. Anyone who has seen those movies from the categories I left out (or are interested in sound editing etc..) feel free to add to the discussion.
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave - Right
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor - Winner = Matthew McConaughey
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) - Wrong
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) - Right
Sandra Bullock (Gravity) Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
Best Supporting Actor - Winner = Jared Leto
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) - Wrong
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Jonah Hill (Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) - Right
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Best Director - Winner = Alfonso Cuaron
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) - Wrong
Best Adapted Screenplay
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) - Right
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater (Before Midnight)
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena)
Best Original Screenplay
David O. Russell and Eric Singer (American Hustle) Bob Nelson (Nebraska)
Spike Jonze (Her) - Right
Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club)
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
Best Foreign Film (Unfortunately I have not seen any of the movies in this category) - Winner = The Great Beauty
Denmark, The Hunt
Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown
Italy, The Great Beauty
Palestine, Omar
Cambodia, The Missing Picture
Best Documentary Feature (Same for foreign films) - Winner = 20 Feet From Stardom
20 Feet from Stardom
The Act of Killing
Dirty Wars
The Square
Cutie and the Boxer
Best Animated Feature
The Wind Rises
Frozen - Right
Despicable Me 2
The Croods
Ernest & Celestine
Best Song
"Alone Yet Not Alone" (Alone Yet Not Alone)
"Happy" (Despicable Me 2)
"Let It Go" (Frozen) - Right
"The Moon Song" (Her)
"Ordinary Love" (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom_)_
As you can tell I really loved 12 Years A Slave. I'll see how well I do come Sunday. What are your picks and please feel free to add categories I missed out on.