My 2014 Nomination Predix and how they played out...

Not sure why this never was posted, as I wrote it the week before the nominations were announced, but just for continuity, here were my predictions for what would be chosen as this year's nominees in every category except the 3 short films. As always, I chose my predix, plus 2 alternate for each category. Out of 106 possible total nods, I correctly got 81 right, for a 76.4% rate! And if you add in the alternate choices as well, I KILLED IT! Total goes up to a whopping 100/106, for a 94.3% correct prediction rate! Here's how they played out...

* = Correct guesses

BEST PICTURE (8/8)
*Birdman
*Boyhood
*The Grand Budapest Hotel
*The Imitation Game
*The Theory of Everything
*Whiplash (if 6)
*Selma (if 7)
*American Sniper (if 8)
Gone Girl (if 9)
Nightcrawler (if 10)
     (alt) Foxcatcher
     (alt) Interstellar

BEST DIRECTOR (4/5) [5/5 w/alt]
*Wes Anderson "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Clint Eastwood "American Sniper"
*Alejandro G. Inarritu "Birdman"
*Richard Linklater "Boyhood"
*Morten Tyldum "The Imitation Game"
     (alt) Damien Chazelle
     (alt) *Bennett Miller

BEST ACTOR (3/5) [4/5 w/alt]
*Benedict Cumberbatch "The Imitation Game"
Jake Gyllenhaal "Nightcrawler"
*Michael Keaton "Birdman"
David Oyelowo "Selma"
*Eddie Redmayne "The Theory of Everything"
     (alt) *Bradley Cooper
     (alt) Ralph Fiennes

BEST ACTRESS (4/5) [5/5 w/alt]
Amy Adams "Big Eyes"
*Felicity Jones "The Theory of Everything"
*Julianne Moore "Still Alice"
*Rosamund Pike "Gone Girl"
*Reese Witherspoon "Wild"
     (alt) Jennifer Aniston
     (alt) *Marion Cotillard

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (5/5)
*Robert Duvall "The Judge"
*Ethan Hawke "Boyhood"
*Edward Norton "Birdman"
*Mark Ruffalo "Foxcatcher"
*J.K. Simmons "Whiplash"
     (alt) Steve Carell
     (alt) Alfred Molina

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (4/5) [5/5 w/alt]
*Patricia Arquette "Boyhood"
Jessica Chastain "A Most Violent Year"
*Keira Knightley "The Imitation Game"
*Emma Stone "Birdman"
*Meryl Streep "Into the Woods"
     (alt) *Laura Dern
     (alt) Rene Russo

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (5/5)
*Birdman
*Boyhood
*Foxcatcher
*The Grand Budapest Hotel
*Nightcrawler
     (alt) Interstellar
     (alt) Selma

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (4/5) [5/5 w/alt]
*American Sniper
Gone Girl
*The Imitation Game
*The Theory of Everything
*Whiplash
     (alt) *Inherent Vice
     (alt) Wild

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE (4/5) [5/5 w/alt]
*Big Hero 6
*The Boxtrolls
*How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
*The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
     (alt) The Book of Life
     (alt) *Song of the Sea

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (3/5) [5/5 w/alt]
*Birdman
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
*Mr. Turner
*Unbroken
     (alt) *The Grand Budapest Hotel
     (alt) *Ida

BEST FILM EDITING (3/5) [5/5 w/alt]
*American Sniper
Birdman
*Boyhood
Gone Girl
*The Imitation Game
     (alt) *The Grand Budapest Hotel
     (alt) *Whiplash

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (4/5) [5/5 w/alt]
Birdman
*The Grand Budapest Hotel
*The Imitation Game
*Interstellar
*Into the Woods
     (alt) *Mr. Turner
     (alt) Nightcrawler

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (3/5) [4/5 w/alt]
*The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
*Into the Woods
*Maleficent
The Theory of Everything
     (alt) *Mr. Turner
     (alt) Selma

BEST SOUND MIXING (3/5) [5/5 w/alt]
*American Sniper
*Birdman
Guardians of the Galaxy
*Interstellar
Into the Woods
     (alt) *Unbroken
     (alt) *Whiplash

BEST SOUND EDITING (4/5) [5/5 w/alt]
*American Sniper
*Birdman
Guardians of the Galaxy
*The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
*Interstellar
     (alt) *Unbroken
     (alt) Whiplash

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (3/5) [5/5 w/alt]
*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Godzilla
*Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
*Interstellar
     (alt) *Captain America: The Winter Soldier
     (alt) *X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING (3/3)
*Foxcatcher
*The Grand Budapest Hotel
*Guardians of the Galaxy
     (alt) Maleficent
     (alt) The Theory of Everything

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (3/5) [4/5 w/alt]
Gone Girl
*The Imitation Game
*Interstellar
Noah
*The Theory of Everything
     (alt) *The Grand Budapest Hotel
     (alt) Under the Skin

BEST ORIGINAL SONG (4/5)
"Big Eyes" - Big Eyes
* "Everything Is Awesome" - The Lego Movie
* "Glory" - Selma
* "Lost Stars" - Begin Again
* "Not Gonna Miss You" - Glen Campbell: I'll Miss You
     (alt) "The Last Goodbye" - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
     (alt) "Mercy" - Noah

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (4/5) [5/5 w/alt]
Force Majeure
*Ida
*Leviathan
*Tangerine
*Wild Tales
     (alt) The Accused
     (alt) Timbuktu

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (3/5)
*Citizenfour
Joredowsky's Dune
*Last Days in Vietnam
Life Itself
*Virunga
     (alt) Art and Craft
     (alt) Citizen Koch