OSCAR PREDICTIONS 9 - 2 WEEKS TO GO

My new predictions, perhaps my silliest yet! Although, frequently, the Academy does equally silly things.

Best Picture
   ·          Argo
   ·          Beasts of the Southern Wild
   ·          Django Unchained
   ·          Life of Pi
   ·          Lincoln
   ·          The Master
   ·          Les Misérables
   ·          Silver Linings Playbook
   ·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Directing

·          Ben Affleck (Argo)

·          Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

·          Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

·          Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

·          John Hawkes (The Sessions)

·          Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)

·          Denzel Washington (Flight)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

·          Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

·          Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

·          Alan Arkin (Argo)

·          Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

·          Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

·          Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

·          Sally Field (Lincoln)

·          Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

·          Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

·          Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy)

·          Maggie Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

·          Amour

·          Django Unchained

·          The Master

·          Moonrise Kingdom

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

·          Argo

·          Beasts of the Southern Wild

·          Life of Pi

·          Lincoln

·          Silver Linings Playbook

Best Cinematography

·          Django Unchained

·          Life of Pi

·          Lincoln

·          Les Misérables

·          Skyfall

Best Film Editing

·          Argo

·          Life of Pi

·          Lincoln

·          Les Misérables

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Production Design

·          Anna Karenina

·          Cloud Atlas

·          Lincoln

·          Les Misérables

·          Moonrise Kingdom

Best Costume Design

·          Anna Karenina

·          Cloud Atlas

·          Les Misérables

·          Moonrise Kingdom

·          A Royal Affair

Best Sound Mixing

·          The Avengers

·          The Dark Knight Rises

·          Django Unchained

·          Les Misérables

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Sound Editing

·          The Avengers

·          The Dark Knight Rises

·          Django Unchained

·          Life of Pi

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Visual Effects

·          The Avengers

·          The Dark Knight Rises

·          Life of Pi

·          Prometheus

·          Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Makeup

·          Lincoln

·          Looper

·          Les Misérables

Best Music (Original Score)

·          Argo

·          Beasts of the Southern Wild

·          Life of Pi

·          Lincoln

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Music (Original Song)

·          ‘Learn Me Right’ (Brave)

·          ‘Skyfall’ (Skyfall)

·          ‘Still Alive’ (Paul Williams Still Alive)

·          ‘Suddenly’ (Les Misérables)

·          ‘Touch the Sky’ (Brave)

Best Animated Feature Film

·          Brave

·          Frankenweenie

·          ParaNorman

·          The Rabbi’s Cat

·          Wreck-It Ralph

Best Documentary Feature

·          5 Broken Cameras

·          The Gatekeepers

·          The Invisible War

·          Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

·          Searching for Sugar Man

Best Foreign Language Film

·          Amour

·          The Intouchables

·          Kon-Tiki

·          A Royal Affair

·          War Witch