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PAGE 10 WEEKEND TULSA WORLD • FEBRUARY 27, 2014 FROM THE COVER ALL ABOUT OSCARS Pick your favorites, find fun facts, try film-inspired drinks and more BY MICHAEL SMITH / WORLD SCENE WRITER he Academy Awards are Sunday night, when Who will win at the 86th annual Academy Awards? Pick your favorites with our ballot. CHRIS PIZZELLO/In Hollywood dresses up in its who-are-you- June Squibb, “Nebraska” wearing finest and honors its best in motion The ballot BEST DIRECTOR pictures for the year. You can keep score at the Oscars and have your key Acad- Steve McQueen, It’s also your excuse to dress up and cel- emy Awards talking points in hand with this ballot of the most “12 Years a Slave” ebrate on this night when some of the most high-proile races. Then read Sunday’s Tulsa World to learn my David O. Russell, picks in many races. A sneak preview: Bet the house on Cate “American Hustle” Tpainful questions are asked on the preshow red carpet and Alexander Payne, Blanchett in the best actress category. — MICHAEL SMITH, some of the best acting will be done by the losers who are “Nebraska” World Scene Writer Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity” applauding those who just won in their category. Martin Scorsese, “It’s like a big maternity ward in BEST PICTURE Sandra Bullock, “Gravity” “The Wolf of Wall Street” here,” legendary host Bob Hope once “12 Years a Slave” Judi Dench, “Philomena” 2014 OSCARS “American Hustle” Meryl Streep, BEST ANIMATED FEATURE When: 7 p.m. Sunday told the audience. “Everyone’s expect- “Captain Phillips” “August: Osage County” “The Croods” (6 p.m. red-carpet ing.” “Dallas Buyers Club” “Despicable Me 2” preshow) The anticipation has been build- “Gravity” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR “Ernest & Celestine” Where: Dolby The- “Her” Barkhad Abdi, “Frozen” ater, Los Angeles ing for months now, as the Academy “Nebraska” “Captain Phillips” “The Wind Rises” TV: ABC, channel 8 decided to wait until the Winter Olym- “Philomena” Bradley Cooper, Show host: Ellen “The Wolf of Wall Street” “American Hustle” BEST ADAPTED DeGeneres pics were over to hand out the little Michael Fassbender, SCREENPLAY golden guys. So who will be immortal- BEST ACTOR “12 Years a Slave” “12 Years a Slave,” written by John Ridley ized on Sunday night? Christian Bale, Jonah Hill, “American Hustle” “The Wolf of Wall Street” “Before Midnight,” written Test your guesses on our ballot here. Take our movie quiz Bruce Dern, “Nebraska” Jared Leto, by Richard Linklater, Julie just for fun, or use it as a game at your Oscar party. Use our Leonardo DiCaprio, “Dallas Buyers Club” Delpy and Ethan Hawke “The Wolf of Wall Street” “Captain Phillips,” BEST SUPPORTING fun facts and you will sound like you saw all of the nomi- Chiwetel Ejiofor, written by Billy Ray ACTRESS nated films, regardless if that’s true. And you had better “12 Years a Slave” “Philomena,” written by Sally Hawkins, Matthew McConaughey, Steve Coogan and Jef Pope know what you are talking about when it comes to “August: “Blue Jasmine” “Dallas Buyers Club” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” Osage County,” Oklahoma’s own two-time Oscar nominee. Jennifer Lawrence, written by Terence Winter Try your hand at our movie-inspired recipes to get into BEST ACTRESS “American Hustle” Amy Adams, Lupita Nyong’o, BEST ORIGINAL the spirit. But if the spirits are those in your Harvey Wall- “American Hustle” “12 Years a Slave” SCREENPLAY banger, take it slow — the Oscar ceremony is an endurance Cate Blanchett, Julia Roberts, “American Hustle,” writ- “August: Osage County” ten by Eric Warren Singer race, not a sprint. “Blue Jasmine” Enjoy the show. Michael Smith 918-581-8479 [email protected] PICK THE OSCARS, WIN A HOUSE OF WINDOWS Are you a good judge of movies? You can enter a Tulsa World contest where the person with the most Oscar pick will win a house full of windows from Community Builders Inc. Go to tulsaworld.com/contests to enter. SEE MORE OSCARS COVERAGE ON 12-13.