First things first, I apologise for not keeping my promise of making monthly Oscar predictions….

However I am a working man these days hence the limit to what I have been writing on the site lately. But with the 86th Academy Award nominations set to be announced tomorrow afternoon (13:30 GMT), U have managed to come up with my final nomination predictions of this fantastic Oscar season.

What can we expect from tomorrow then? 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle and Gravity should all be leading the way but expect some multiple mentions for the likes of Captain Phillips and the upcoming The Wolf of Wall Street.

I personally hope that Saving Mr Banks AND Philomena can get nominated in Best Picture but that will depend on whether the Academy are prepared to mention ten films in that category (which hasn’t happened since 2010).

I also hope that the likes of Emma Thompson (Mr Banks), Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Daniel Bruhl (Rush) and Steve Coogan’s screenplay for Philomena are mentioned too. I will be terribly disappointed if the harshly-treated Prisoners doesn’t at least garner one nomination tomorrow!

Here are my final nomination predictions for this year’s competition….

BEST PICTURE

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• AMERICAN HUSTLE
• CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
• DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
• GRAVITY
• HER
• NEBRASKA
• PHILOMENA
• SAVING MR BANKS
• THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

ALT: Blue Jasmine, The Butler, Inside Llewyn Davies

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BEST DIRECTOR

• Alfonso Cuaron – GRAVITY
• Paul Greengrass – CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
• Steve McQueen – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• David O. Russell – AMERICAN HUSTLE
• Martin Scorsese – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

ALT: Joel & Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davies, Spike Jonze – Her, Alexander Payne – Nebraska

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BEST ACTOR

• Bruce Dern – NEBRASKA
• Leonardo Di-Caprio – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• Tom Hanks – CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
• Matthew McConaughey – DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

ALT: Christian Bale – American Hustle, Robert Redford – All is Lost, Forest Whitaker – The Butler

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BEST ACTRESS

• Amy Adams – AMERICAN HUSTLE
• Cate Blanchett – BLUE JASMINE
• Sandra Bullock – GRAVITY
• Judi Dench – PHILOMENA
• Emma Thompson – SAVING MR BANKS

ALT: Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue is the Warmest Color, Brie Larson – Short Term 12,
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Barkhad Abdi – CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
• Daniel Bruhl – RUSH
• Bradley Cooper – AMERICAN HUSTLE
• Michael Fassbender – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• Jared Leto – DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

ALT: James Gandolfini – Enough Said, Tom Hanks – Saving Mr Banks,
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jennifer Lawrence – AMERICAN HUSTLE
• Lupita Nyong’o – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• Julia Roberts – AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
• June Squibb – NEBRASKA
• Oprah Winfrey – THE BUTLER

ALT: Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine, Margot Robbie – The Wolf of Wall Street,
Octavia Spencer – Fruitvale Station

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• AMERICAN HUSTLE
• BLUE JASMINE
• HER
• INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIES
• NEBRASKA

ALT: Dallas Buyers Club, Enough Said, Saving Mr Banks

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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• BEFORE MIDNIGHT
• CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
• PHILOMENA
• THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

ALT: August: Osage County, Blue is the Warmest Color, Lone Survivor

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• GRAVITY
• THE GREAT GATSBY
• THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
• SAVING MR BANKS

ALT: Inside Llewyn Davies, The Invisible Woman, Oz: The Great and Powerful

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
• GRAVITY
• PRISONERS
• RUSH

ALT: Her, Inside Llewyn Davies, Nebraska

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• AMERICAN HUSTLE
• THE GREAT GATSBY
• THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
• SAVING MR BANKS

ALT: Inside Llewyn Davies, The Lone Ranger, Oz: The Great and Powerful

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BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

• AMERICAN HUSTLE
• THE GREAT GATSBY
• THE LONE RANGER

ALT: Bad Grandpa, Dallas Buyers Club, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

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BEST EDITING

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE
• AMERICAN HUSTLE
• CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
• GRAVITY
• THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

ALT: Her, Inside Llewyn Davies, Rush

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BEST SOUND MIXING

• ALL IS LOST
• GRAVITY
• INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIES
• LONE SURVIVOR
• RUSH

ALT: 12 Years a Slave, Captain Phillips, Pacific Rim

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BEST SOUND EDITING

• ALL IS LOST
• CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
• GRAVITY
• LONE SURVIVOR
• RUSH

ALT: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Man of Steel, Pacific Rim

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• GRAVITY
• THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
• IRON MAN 3
• PACIFIC RIM
• WORLD WAR Z

ALT: Elysium, The Lone Ranger, Oblivion, Star Trek into Darkness, Thor: The Dark World

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Alexandre Desplat – PHILOMENA
• Thomas Newman – SAVING MR BANKS
• Steven Price – GRAVITY
• John Williams – THE BOOK THIEF
• Hans Zimmer – 12 YEARS A SLAVE

ALT: Alex Ebert – All is Lost, Henry Jackman – Captain Phillips, Arcade Fire – Her,
Hans Zimmer – Rush

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BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “In the Middle of the Night” – THE BUTLER
• “Let it Go” – FROZEN
• “Young and Beautiful” – THE GREAT GATSBY
• “The Moon Song” – HER
• “Ordinary Love” – MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

ALT: “Amen” – All is Lost, “Atlas” – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, “I See Fire” – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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BEST ANIMATED FILM

• THE CROODS
• ERNEST & CELESTINE
• FROZEN
• MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
• THE WIND RISES

ALT: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Despicable Me 2, Epic