Entertainment journalist and broadcaster Sarina Bellissimo joined Shane Coleman this morning to talk about her picks for the Oscars 2014.

She has been following Hollywood closely and is expecting Leonardo DiCaprio to miss out again this year after being nominated five time in total.

Here are some of her picks:

Best film

Stand out contenders:

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

12 Years a Slave

Prediction: 12 years a Slave

Best actor:

Christian Bale in “American Hustle”

Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”

Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”

Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”

Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Prediction: Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Actress in a Leading Role

Amy Adams in “American Hustle”

Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”

Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”

Judi Dench in “Philomena”

Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”

Prediction: Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”

Irish interest

Sarina is predicting Ireland will be able to claim at least one statue with U2 likely to grab one.

U2 is nominated for Best Original Song with ‘Ordinary Love’ from the movie, ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’. U2 lost out to Eminem in 2002.

Irish based movie Philomena is also up for Best Picture. The story is based on Irishwoman Philomena Lee, who gave birth to her son in 1952, the boy is taken from her by the Catholic home for unwed mothers to which she had been consigned, and adopted out to a family in America.

Accompanied by a former BBC correspondent in search of a human interest story, Philomena travels to Washington, D.C. in an attempt to find her now-grown child.

Michael Fassbender is also up for Best Supporting actor, however Sabrina believes Jared Leto will get the nod ahead of him.

Listen to Sabrina's full analysis here: