A look back at my Oscar predictions...going 15 for 16 isn't bad

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The 2014 Oscars have come and gone, and after last year's hosting fiasco that was the comedic duo of  James Franco and Anne Hathaway, the Academy played it somewhat safe this time around by hiring media darling Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen and the academy's team of writers did a great job balancing humoristic light jabs and seemingly sporadically funny moments a-la pizza delivery or the infamous Samsung plugged selfie. 
The star studded event was not without controversy...an exchange between Liza Minnelli and Ellen made some headlines when the host called the stage legend a male impersonator of herself.
Water under the bridge perhaps, but the media is always looking for controversy even when there is really none.
With  fun musical  performances by Pharrell William and Idina Menzel and Ellen being funny Ellen, the Academy pulled of a successful show.
I do hope that Ellen is invited again next year to host and that the format and flow remains the same for the coming years.
Oh yes...lets not forget this is an award show, where hardware is handed out to a a select few...
Should I point out that yours truly has predicted 15 of 16 winners ;)

Here is the final list of winners:

Best Picture	12 Years a Slave
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Leading Role	Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Animated Feature	Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
Best Cinematography	Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Costume Design	The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
Best Directing	Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Best Documentary Feature	20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers)
Best Documentary Short	The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)
Best Film Editing	Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty (Italy)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling	Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Best Original Score	Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Original Song	Let It Go - Frozen
Best Production Design	The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Animated Short Film	Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
Best Live Action Short Film	Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
Best Sound Editing	Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Sound Mixing	Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
Best Visual Effects	Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
Best Adapted Screenplay	12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Best Original Screenplay	Her (Spike Jonze)