The 87th Academy Awards ceremony will kick off on Sunday, 22 February, 2015 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will honour best films of 2014 at the glittering event.
The Oscar Awards 2015 winners will be announced at the ceremony to be attended by who is who in the entertainment industry. To be hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris, the ceremony will kick off at 5:30 p.m. PST (8:30 p.m. EST/01:30 UTC) and telecast on ABC.
Several websites have predicted winners of the Oscar Awards 2015 amid curiosity as to who will win the coveted awards.
Oscars 2015 winners predictions by Indiewire:
Best Picture: "Boyhood" (Richard Linklater)
Best Director: Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Best Actress: Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Best Original Screenplay: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Best Adapted Screenplay: "Whiplash," Damien Chazelle
Best Animated Feature: "How to Train Your Dragon 2"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Wild Tales"
Best Documentary Feature: "Citizenfour"
Best Cinematography: "Birdman," Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Film Editing: "Boyhood"
Best Production Design: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Best Costume Design: "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Milena Canonero
Best Original Score: "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song: "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from "Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me"; Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
Best Visual Effects: "Interstellar"
Best Makeup & Hairstyling: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Best Sound Mixing: "Whiplash"
Best Sound Editing: "American Sniper"
Oscars 2015 winners prediction according to Slash Film:
Best Visual Effects: "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
Best Film Editing: "Boyhood" – Sandra Adair
Best Costume Design: "The Grand Budapest Hotel" – Milena Canonero
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: "Foxcatcher" – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
Best Cinematography: "Birdman" or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Production Design: "The Grand Budapest Hotel" – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Best Sound Mixing: "American Sniper" – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Best Original Score: "The Imitation Game" – Alexandre Desplat
Best Documentary – Feature: "Citizenfour" – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutsky
Best Foreign Language Film: "Ida" (Poland) in Polish – Pawel Pawlikowski
Best Animated Feature Film: "Big Hero 6" – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
Best Adapted Screenplay: "American Sniper" – Jason Hall from American Sniper by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
Best Original Screenplay: "Birdman" – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette – "Boyhood" as Olivia Evans
Best Supporting Actor: J. K. Simmons – "Whiplash" as Terence Fletcher
Best Actress: Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland
Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne – "The Theory of Everything" as Stephen Hawking
Best Director: Richard Linklater – "Boyhood"
Best Picture: "Birdman"
Predictions by IGN:
Best Picture: "Birdman"
Actor in a Leading Role: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Actress in a Leading Role: Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Actor in a Supporting Role: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
Actress in a Supporting Role: Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Directing: Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Animated Feature Film: "How to Train Your Dragon 2"
Visual Effects: "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
Best Original Screenplay: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Best Adapted Screenplay: "The Imitation Game"
Original Score: "The Theory of Everything"
Original Song: "Glory" from "Selma" - John Legend and Common
Foreign Film: "Ida"
Best Cinematography: "Birdman"
Production Design: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Costume Design: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Makeup & Hairstyling: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Film Editing: "Boyhood"
Sound Editing: "American Sniper"
Sound Mixing: "Whipalsh"
Best Documentary: "Citizenfour"
Best Animated Short: "Feast"
Best Documentary Short: "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1"
Best Live Action Short: "The Phone Call"
