Buzzmeter Oscars 2015
The Envelope scoured the darkest of theaters to find six of the world's most highly trained Oscar pundits to predict this season’s nominees and, down the road, winners. Here they square off over nine of the Academy Awards’ top contests.
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Our panel
Dave Karger, Fandango
Tom O'Neil, Gold Derby
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
Nicole Sperling, Entertainment Weekly
Anne Thompson, Thompson on Hollywood
Glenn Whipp, The Envelope
Best picture
IFC Films
"Boyhood"
Alison Rosa / Fox Searchlight Pictures
"Birdman"
Keith Bernstein / Warner Bros.
"American Sniper"
Atsushi Nishijima / Paramount Pictures
"Selma"
Martin Scali / Fox Searchlight
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Jack English / The Weinstein Co.
"The Imitation Game"
Liam Daniel / Focus Features
"The Theory of Everything"
Daniel McFadden / Sony Pictures Classics
"Whiplash"
Director
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Alison Rosa / 20th Century Fox
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Birdman"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Bennett Miller, "Foxcatcher"
Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times
Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Lead actor
Taylor Jewell / Invision/AP
Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
Chris Pizzello / Invision/AP
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Theo Wargo / NBC
Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
Joel Ryan / Invision/AP
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Lead actress
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
Supporting actor
Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times
J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Edward Norton, "Birdman"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
Supporting actress
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
Emma Stone, "Birdman"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Laura Dern, "Wild"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"
Original screenplay
Fox Searchlight
"Grand Budapest Hotel"
IFC Films
"Boyhood"
Alison Rosa / 20th Century Fox
"Birdman"
Scott Garfield / Sony Pictures Classics
"Foxcatcher"
Open Road Films
"Nightcrawler"
Adapted screenplay
Jack English / The Weinstein Co.
"The Imitation Game"
Sony Pictures Classics
"Whiplash"
Liam Daniel / Focus Features
"The Theory of Everything"
Keith Bernstein / Warner Bros.
"American Sniper"
Warner Bros.
"Inherent Vice"
Animated feature
DreamWorks Animation
"How to Train Your Dragon 2"
Disney
"Big Hero 6"
WestEnd Films
"Song of the Sea"
Focus Features
"The Boxtrolls"
Hatake Jumusho / Studio Ghibli
"The Tale of Princess Kaguya"
Director
Credits: Produced by Andrea Wang., Soo Oh, Lily Mihalik