It has been an overwhelming couple of weeks and this little blog is getting neglected, but I would be remiss to not put my Oscar guesses somewhere, so here they are independent of context:

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o
Original Screenplay: Her
Adapted Screenplay: 12 Years a Slave
Best Animated Feature: Frozen
Cinematography: Gravity
Documentary: The Act of Killing
Documentary Short: The Lady in Number 6
Cosutme Design: American Hustle
Film Editing: Captain Phillips
Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty
Make-Up: Dallas Buyers Club
Production Design: Great Gatsby
Original Score: Saving Mr Banks
Original Song: Let It Go
Animated Short: Get a Horse!
Live Action Short: Helium
Sound Editing: Gravity
Sound Mixing: Gravity
Visual Effects: Gravity