Here Are the Favorites to Win the Major Oscar Categories

February 22, 2015

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If you haven’t filled out your office Oscar pool yet, we’ve got you covered. Here are the odds-on favorites to win the major categories on Sunday . . . plus the nominee with the second-best odds, if you want to change it up a little.

We even listed some of the more obscure categories, since those may be the hardest for you to call.

 

Best Picture: “Birdman”, followed by “Boyhood”

Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (“Birdman”), followed by Richard Linklater (“Boyhood”)

Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”), followed by Michael Keaton (“Birdman”)

Best Actress: Julianne Moore (“Still Alice”), followed by Reese Witherspoon (“Wild”)

Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), followed by Edward Norton (“Birdman”)

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette (“Boyhood”), followed by Emma Stone (“Birdman”)

Best Adapted Screenplay: “The Imitation Game”, followed by “Whiplash”

Best Original Screenplay: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, followed by “Birdman”

Best Animated Feature Film: “How to Train Your Dragon 2”, followed by “Big Hero 6”

Best Foreign Film: “Ida” (Poland), followed by “Leviathan” (Russia)

Best Documentary Feature: “CitizenFour”, followed by “Virunga”

Best Original Score: “The Theory of Everything”, followed by “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Best Original Song: “Glory” (“Selma”), followed by “Everything Is Awesome” (“The Lego Movie”)

Best Costume Design: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, followed by “Into the Woods”

Best Animated Short Film: “Feast”, followed by “The Bigger Picture”

Best Live-Action Short Film: “The Phone Call”, followed by “Boogaloo and Graham”

Best Production Design: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, followed by “Into the Woods”

Best Visual Effects: “Interstellar”, followed by “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”

Best Cinematography: “Birdman”, followed by “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, followed by “Guardians of the Galaxy”

Best Film Editing: “Boyhood”, followed by “Whiplash”

(You can check out a full list of odds at Bovada.lv. Naturally, the lines may shift a little over time.)