It's a Tie!
It's a 3-way tie for the 15th Annual Oscar Prediction Contest! (top score: 90/100) Since we only have the $300 beans in our budget, we'll have to give each person $100 and bragging rights for the next year. You guys were on your game this year! The three winners should check their e-mail and make sure to respond back within 48 hours or forfeit your winnings.
To see how YOU did in the grand scheme of things, click HERE! And, that's a wrap for this year's contest. Congrats to the winners and we'll see you all next year!
For anyone who is not yet aware, the Oscars will be announced this coming Sunday night, February 22nd, starting at 8:30 pm EST, but until then, you get a chance to win $300 bucks courtesy of JoBlo.com (as well as 'bragging rights', of course) if you are the person who ends up predicting the Oscars the best. This will be our 15th ANNUAL OSCAR PREDICTION CONTEST on JoBlo.com, which is now running directly on the Golden Schmoes section of our website.
All you need to do is enter your name or username, as well as a valid email address (if you put a phony one, we won't be able to email you if you win – we don't do anything else with 'em), and then choose your picks from a list. The highest score that you can attain is 100, you can see the list of nominees and their point values below, along with the basic contest guidelines. Once you SUBMIT your picks, you will be able to PRINT them for yourself afterwards. Good luck!!
RULES OF THE CONTEST:
1) Your guesses should be for those movies/people who you think WILL win the Oscar, not who you think should win! A very clear difference.
2) Points will be allotted to each category as specified below. Whoever ends up with the most points….well, wins!
3) In case of a tie, the winner will be selected at random and others in the tie will receive $50 each.
4) If you haven't included a valid email address with your picks, we won't be able to email you if you win, hence, you automatically forfeit the prize to the next person on the list.
5) The contest begins on February 16th and ends on February 22nd at 6pm (EST). The Oscars will be handed out on February 22nd beginning at 8:30 pm (EST).
You can check out the full list of nominations below, and the 87th Academy Awards will air on ABC on February 22, 2015.
1) Best Picture (10 points)
AMERICAN SNIPER
BIRDMAN
BOYHOOD
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
SELMA
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
WHIPLASH
2) Best Director (8 points)
Alejandro Iñárritu – BIRDMAN
Richard Linklater – BOYHOOD
Bennett Miller – FOXCATCHER
Wes Anderson – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Morten Tyldum – THE IMITATION GAME
3) Best Actor (8 points)
Steve Carell – FOXCATCHER
Bradley Cooper – AMERICAN SNIPER
Benedict Cumberbatch – THE IMITATION GAME
Michael Keaton – BIRDMAN
Eddie Redmayne – THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
4) Best Actress (8 points)
Marion Cotillard – TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
Felicity Jones – THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Julianne Moore – STILL ALICE
Rosamund Pike – GONE GIRL
Reese Witherspoon – WILD
5) Best Supporting Actor (6 points)
Robert Duvall – THE JUDGE
Ethan Hawke – BOYHOOD
Edward Norton – BIRDMAN
Mark Ruffalo – FOXCATCHER
J.K. Simmons – WHIPLASH
6) Best Supporting Actress (6 points)
Patricia Arquette – BOYHOOD
Laura Dern – WILD
Keira Knightley – THE IMITATION GAME
Emma Stone – BIRDMAN
Meryl Streep – INTO THE WOODS
7) Writing (Adapted Screenplay) (6 points)
AMERICAN SNIPER – Written by Jason Hall
THE IMITATION GAME – Written by Graham Moore
INHERENT VICE – Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
WHIPLASH – Written by Damien Chazelle
8) Writing (Original Screenplay) (6 points)
BIRDMAN – Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
BOYHOOD – Written By Richard Linklater
FOXCATCHER – Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
NIGHTCRAWLER – Written by Dan Gilroy
9) Production Design (5 points)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
THE IMITATION GAME – Maria Djurkovic (Production Design); Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration)
INTERSTELLAR – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration)
INTO THE WOODS – Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
MR. TURNER – Suzie Davies (Production Design); Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration)
10) Cinematography (5 points)
Emmanuel Lubezki – BIRDMAN
Robert Yeoman – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski – IDA
Dick Pope – MR. TURNER
Roger Deakins – UNBROKEN
11) Foreign Language Film (4 points)
IDA – Poland; Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
LEVIATHAN – Russia; Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
TANGERINES – Estonia; Directed by Zaza Urushadze
TIMBUKTU – Mauritania; Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
WILD TALES – Argentina; Directed by Damián Szifron
12) Animated Feature Film (3 points)
BIG HERO 6
THE BOXTROLLS
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
SONG OF THE SEA
THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA
13) Visual Effects (3 points)
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
INTERSTELLAR – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
14) Costume Design (3 points)
Milena Canonero – THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Mark Bridges – INHERENT VICE
Colleen Atwood – INTO THE WOODS
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive – MALEFICENT
Jacqueline Durran – MR. TURNER
15) Music (Original Score) (3 points)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Alexandre Desplat
THE IMITATION GAME – Alexandre Desplat
INTERSTELLAR – Hans Zimmer
MR. TURNER – Gary Yershon
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – Jóhann Jóhannsson
16) Music (Original Song) (3 points)
"Everything is Awesome" from THE LEGO MOVIE – Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
"Glory" from SELMA – Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
"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
17) Documentary Feature (2 points)
CITIZEN FOUR – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
THE SALT OF THE EARTH – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
VIRUNGA – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
18) Film Editing (2 points)
AMERICAN SNIPER – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
BOYHOOD – Sandra Adair
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Barney Pillling
THE IMITATION GAME – William Goldenberg
WHIPLASH – Tom Cross
19) Makeup and Hairstyling (2 points)
FOXCATCHER – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
20) Sound Editing (2 points)
AMERICAN SNIPER – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
BIRDMAN – Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES – Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
INTERSTELLAR – Richard King
UNBROKEN – Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
21) Sound Mixing (2 points)
AMERICAN SNIPER – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
BIRDMAN – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
INTERSTELLAR – Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
UNBROKEN – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
WHIPLASH – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
22) Documentary Short Subject (1 point)
CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
JOANNA – Aneta Kopacz
OUR CURSE – Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
THE REAPER (LA PARKA) – Gabriel Serra Arguello
WHITE EARTH – J. Christian Jensen
23) Short Film (Animated) (1 point)
THE BIGGER PICTURE – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
THE DAM KEEPER – Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
FEAST – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
ME AND MY MOULTON – Torill Kove
A SINGLE LIFE – Joris Oprins
24) Short Film (Live Action) (1 point)
AYA – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
BUTTER LAMP (LA LAMPE AU BEURRE DE YAK) – Hu Wei and Julien Féret
PARVANEH – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
THE PHONE CALL – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas