Quick Oscar Update

I've fallen behind on my blogging again (sigh) but with so much recent Oscar news I felt compelled to (quickly) post some updates to my Oscar brackets, now including the Screenplay categories. I don't have time to really post any analysis but here are some of the news stories I'm taking into account-

• Monuments Men being delayed to 2014
• The Wolf of Wall Street apparently being ready in time for Christmas 2013
• Saving Mr. Banks premiering to mostly positive reviews
• Michael Fassbender's announcement that he will not be campaigning for an Oscar this year
• All is Lost flopping at the box office

BEST PICTURE:

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Gravity
3. American Hustle
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Saving Mr. Banks
6. Captain Phillips
7. Philomena 
8. Rush
9. Inside Llewyn Davis
10. Lee Daniels' The Butler
11. Dallas Buyers Club
12. Labor Day
13. Fruitvale Station
14. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
15. All is Lost
16. Her 
17. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
18. August: Osage County
19. Prisoners
20. Blue Jasmine
21. Nebraska
22. The Past
23. Out of the Furnace
24. The Counselor
25. Before Midnight
26. Lone Survivor
27. The Fifth Estate
28. Diana

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

1. Chiewetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
2. Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
3. Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
4. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Robert Redford, All is Lost
6. Christian Bale, American Hustle
7. Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
8. Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
9. Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels' The Butler
10. Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
11. Bruce Dern, Nebraska
12. Joaquin Phoenix, Her
13. Hugh Jackman, Prisoners
14. Ben Stiller, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
15. Michael Fassbender, The Counselor
16. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Fifth Estate

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

1. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2. Judi Dench, Philomena
3. Sandra Bullock, Gravity
4. Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
5. Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
6. Amy Adams, American Hustle
7. Kate Winslet, Labor Day
8. Berenice Bejo, The Past
9. Adéle Exarchopolous, Blue is the Warmest Color
10. Brie Larson, Short Term 12
11. Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
12. Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular Now

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

1. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
2. Tom Hanks, Saving Mr. Banks
3. Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
4. Daniel Brühl, Rush
5. Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
6. James Gandolfini, Enough Said
7. Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
8. Josh Brolin, Labor Day
9. John Goodman, Inside Llewyn Davis
10. George Clooney, Gravity
11. Jake Gyllenhaal, Prisoners
12. Chris Cooper, August: Osage County
13. Sam Rockwell, The Way, Way Back
14. Benedict Cumberbatch, August: Osage County
15. Jeremy Renner, American Hustle
16. Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
17. Javier Bardem, The Counselor
18. Woody Harrelson, Out of the Furnace
19. Matthew McConaughey, Mud
20. Alec Baldwin, Blue Jasmine
21. Steve Coogan, Philomena

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

1. Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
2. Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels' The Butler
3. Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
4. Naomie Harris, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
5. Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
6. Carey Mulligan, Inside Llewyn Davis
7. June Squibb, Nebraska
8. Margo Martindale, August: Osage County
9. Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station
10. Cameron Diaz, The Counselor
11. Amy Adams, Her
12. Felicity Jones, The Invisible Woman
13. Alfre Woodard, 12 Years a Slave
14. Jennifer Garner, Dallas Buyers Club
15. Melonie Diaz, Fruitvale Station
16. Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
17. Margot Robbie, The Wolf of Wall Street
18. Emily Watson, The Book Thief
19. Laura Linney, The Fifth Estate
20. Catherine Keener, Captain Phillips

BEST DIRECTOR:

1. Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
2. Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
3. David O. Russell, American Hustle
4. Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
5. Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
6. Ron Howard, Rush
7. John Lee Hancock, Saving Mr. Banks
8. Jason Reitman, Labor Day
9. Jean-Marc Vallée, Dallas Buyers Club
10. Stephen Frears, Philomena
11. Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
12. J.C. Chandor, All is Lost
13. Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
14. Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels' The Butler
15. Spike Jonze, Her
16. Ridley Scott, The Counselor

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

1. John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
2. Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Philomena
3. Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Tracy Letts, August: Osage County
5. Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
6. Billy Ray, Captain Phillips
7. Jason Reitman, Labor Day
8. Steve Conrad, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
9. William Nicholson, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
10. Michael Petroni, The Book Thief
11. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Spectacular Now

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

1. Eric Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle
2. Spike Jonze, Her
3. Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
4. Sue Smith and Kelly Marcel, Saving Mr. Banks
5. Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
6. Alfonso and Jonás Cuarón, Gravity
7. Danny Strong, Lee Daniels' The Butler
8. Peter Morgan, Rush
9. Cormac McCarthy, The Counselor
10. Craig Borten and Melissa Wallack, Dallas Buyers Club
11. Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
12. Bob Nelson, Nebraska
13. Aaron Guzikowski, Prisoners
14. J.C. Chandor, All is Lost
15. Asghar Farhadi, The Past
16. Brad Inglesby and Scott Cooper, Out of the Furnace
17. Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
18. Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Way, Way Back
19. Jeff Nichols, Mud

I'll get back to blogging more frequently soon, especially once I start to see the many "Oscar movies" this year.