To start it off, I'm going to take a stab at guessing the upcoming nominations.
If I'm close, then you know to trust me with your office/workplace gambling. If I'm not, then I'm about as useful as Tom O' Neill.
PICTURE:
Gone Girl
Unbroken
Boyhood
Birdman
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Selma
Foxcatcher
DIRECTOR:
David Fincher (Gone Girl)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)
Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Ava DuVernay (Selma)
BEST ACTOR:
Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
Michael Keaton (Birdman)
David Oyelowo (Selma)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
BEST ACTRESS:
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Emily Blunt (Into the Woods)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher)
Robert Duvall (The Judge)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)
Carmen Ejogo (Selma)
Emma Stone (Birdman)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Boyhood
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash
Foxcatcher
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Imitation Game
Gone Girl
Unbroken
Wild
Inherent Vice
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Interstellar
Birdman
Unbroken
Gone Girl
Mr. Turner
BEST EDITING:
Whiplash
Boyhood
Birdman
Interstellar
Gone Girl
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Interstellar
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Godzilla (2014)
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Tale of Princess Kayuga
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Gone Girl
Interstellar
How To Train Your Dragon 2
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Unbroken
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
The Lego Movie
Selma
Begin Again
Big Eyes
Noah
Everything else I can't pin down yet.
If I'm close, then you know to trust me with your office/workplace gambling. If I'm not, then I'm about as useful as Tom O' Neill.
PICTURE:
Gone Girl
Unbroken
Boyhood
Birdman
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Selma
Foxcatcher
DIRECTOR:
David Fincher (Gone Girl)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)
Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Ava DuVernay (Selma)
BEST ACTOR:
Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
Michael Keaton (Birdman)
David Oyelowo (Selma)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
BEST ACTRESS:
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Emily Blunt (Into the Woods)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher)
Robert Duvall (The Judge)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)
Carmen Ejogo (Selma)
Emma Stone (Birdman)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Boyhood
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash
Foxcatcher
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Imitation Game
Gone Girl
Unbroken
Wild
Inherent Vice
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Interstellar
Birdman
Unbroken
Gone Girl
Mr. Turner
BEST EDITING:
Whiplash
Boyhood
Birdman
Interstellar
Gone Girl
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Interstellar
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Godzilla (2014)
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Tale of Princess Kayuga
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Gone Girl
Interstellar
How To Train Your Dragon 2
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Unbroken
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
The Lego Movie
Selma
Begin Again
Big Eyes
Noah
Everything else I can't pin down yet.