Here Are the Favorites to Win the Major Oscar Categories
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.)