Predict the 2015 Oscars: And The Nominees Are

[Sanji Himura]

I would like to experiment with a game formula, and the 2015 Oscars are the perfect time to try the formula out. Before I introduce the nominees for this year's Oscars, if you wish to partake in the game, here is how the game will work:

Each of you will submit your predictions for the 2015 Academy Awards, aired on February 22nd on ABC. The deadline for submitting your picks will be one week from the show, February 15th, at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time. During the week difference, I will tabulate all of the picks and present them on Google Docs for all to view. Here is how the scoring will break down:

Correctly predict the Oscar winner in a category: 1 point
Be part of the GTP consensus pick*: 1 additional point

*GTP Consensus pick: The pick where the majority of members of GTP have settled on to be the winner of a category. Percentile threshold for consensus: 51% with at least 7 voters participating in a category.

Now that's out of the way, here are the nominees for this year's Oscars:

The Categories that count:

Best Picture:
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Director:
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

Best Actor:
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress:
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Supporting Actor:
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress:
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into The Woods

The rest are here

Submit your entries, if you dare.

 

[Johnnypenso]

I make one prediction that is a certainty. The show will be way too long and boring as heck. Bet on it.

Entry submitted.