Oscar Nom Nom Nom Predictions

Best Picture:

• Zero Dark Thirty
• Argo
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Life of Pi
• Les Misérables
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Amour
• Django

• Alternate: Skyfall, The Master, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel/The Perks of Being a Wallflower

• If I had a pick: Looper/Chronicle

Best Director

• Steven Spielberg  – Lincoln
• Ben Affleck – Argo
• Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
• David Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Ang Lee – Life of Pi

• Alternate: Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
• If I had a pick: Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible
• Emmanuelle Riva– Amour
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild   

• Alternate: Marion Cottillard – Rust and Bone
• If I had a pick: Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Smashed

Best Actor

• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
• Denzel Washington – Flight
• John Hawkes – The Sessions
• Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master

• Alternate: Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
• If I had a pick: Liam Neeson – The Grey

Best Supporting Actor

• Alan Arkin – Argo
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
• Robert DeNiro – Silver Linings Playbook
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
• Eddie Redmanye - Les Misérables

• Alternate: Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
• If I had a pick: Sam Rockwell/Christopher Walken – Seven Psychopaths

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Lincoln
• Argo
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Life of Pi
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

• Alternate: The Perks of being a Wallflower
• If I had a pick: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Original Screenplay

• Moonrise Kingdom
• Zero Dark Thirty
• The Master
• Django Unchained
• Amour

• Alternate: Flight
• If I had a pick: Safety Not Guaranteed

Best Supporting Actress

• Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
• Sally Field – Lincoln
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions
• Amy Adams – The Master
• Maggie Smith – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

• Alternate: Samantha Barks – Les Misérables
• If I had a pick: Emily Blunt – Looper 

Best Film Editing

• Zero Dark Thirty
• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Les Misérables
• Lincoln

• Alternate: The Master
• If I had a pick: Cloud Atlas

Best Art Direction/Production Design

• Anna Karenina
• Les Misérables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• The Master

•   Alternate: Django Unchained
•   If I had a pick: ParaNorman

Best Cinematography

• Life of Pi
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Anna Karenina
• Skyfall
• The Master

• Alternate: Lincoln
• If I had a pick: Beasts of the Southern Wild/The Grey/Dredd

Best Costume Design

• Anna Karenina
• Les Misérables
• Lincoln
• Django Unchained
• Mirror Mirror

• Alternate: Argo
• If I had a pick: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best Makeup

• Lincoln
• Les Misérables
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

• Alternate: Hitchcock
• If I had a pick: Snow White & the Huntsman

Best Feature Documentary

• Searching for Sugarman
• This is Not a Film
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Gatekeepers
• The Invisible War

• Alternate: The House I Live In
• If I had a pick: Not qualified for this one

Best Visual Effects

• Life of Pi
• The Avengers
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Skyfall
• Prometheus

• Alternate: The Dark Knight Rises
• If I had a pick: I’m fine with these choices

Best Sound Mixing

• Zero Dark Thirty
• Skyfall
• Life of Pi
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Misérables

• Alternate: The Impossible
• If I had a pick: The Grey

Best Sound Editing

• Zero Dark Thirty
• Skyfall
• The Impossible
• The Avengers
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

• Alternate: Les Misérables
• If I had a pick: The Dark Knight Rises

Best Original Score

• Alexandre Desplat – Argo
• Lincoln – John Williams
• Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
• The Master – Johnny Greenwood
• Life of Pi – Mychael Danna

• Alternate: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Howard Shore
• If I had a pick: Beasts of the Southern Wild/Cloud Atlas/Rise of the Guardians (yes I’m cheating)

Best Foreign Film

• Amour – Austria
• The Intouchables– France
• A Royal Affair: Denmark
• No – Chile
• War Witch – Canada

• Alternate: The Deep - Iceland
• If I had a pick: I’m not qualified for

Best Animated Film

• Brave
• Wreck-it-Ralph
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• The Rabbi’s

• Alternate: Rise of the Guardians 
• If I had a pick: I’m already rooting for ParaNorman.

Best Original Song

• “Skyfall” – Skyfall
• “Pi’s Lullaby” – Life of Pi
• “Learn on Me” - Brave
• “Suddenly” – Les Misérables
• “Still Alive” – Paul Williams Still Alive

• Alternate: “Song of the Lonely Mountain” – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• If I had a pick: “Breath of Life” – Snow White & the Huntsman