Early Oscar Predictions: Nominees and Winners for the 85th Academy Awards

So here are my early predictions for next year's Oscar race. I'd like to see Moonrise Kingdom, but I think it will get by on a Best Original Screenplay nod.

BEST PICTURE

ANNA KARENINA

BRAVE

DJANGO UNCHAINED

THE GREAT GATSBY

THE HOBBIT

LES MISERABLES

LIFE OF PI

LINCOLN

THE MASTER (Winner)

THE SURROGATE

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson for THE MASTER (Winner)

Tom Hooper for LES MISERABLES

Baz Lurhman for THE GREAT GATSBY

Steven Spielberg for LINCOLN

Quentin Tarantino for DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST ACTOR

Daniel Day-Lewis in LINCOLN

Leonardo DiCaprio in THE GREAT GATSBY

John Hawkes in THE SURROGATE (Winner)

Philip Seymour Hoffman in THE MASTER

Hugh Jackman in LES MISERABLES

BEST ACTRESS

Marion Cotillard in LOWLIFE

Helen Hunt in THE SURROGATE (Winner)

Keira Knightley in ANNA KARENINA

Carey Mulligan in THE GREAT GATSBY

Andrea Riseborough in SHADOW DANCER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Russell Crowe in LES MISERABLES

Leonardo DiCaprio in DJANGO UNCHAINED (Winner)

William H. Macy in THE SURROGATE

Joaquin Phoenix in THE MASTER

Aaron Tveit in LES MISERABLES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams in THE MASTER (Winner)

Samantha Barks in LES MISERABLES

Annette Bening in IMOGENE

Sally Field in LINCOLN

Anne Hathaway in LES MISERABLES

Oscar Predictons: Who Will Win?

Tonight the Oscars are on and here are my annual predictions. Also, I include who I would have voted for had I been an Oscar voter.

Best Motion Picture of the Year: THE ARTIST
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for THE ARTIST
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin in THE ARTIST
Best Actress: Viola Davis in THE HELP
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer in BEGINNERS
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer in THE HELP
Best Original Screenplay: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS by Woody Allen
Best Adapted Screenplay: THE DESCENDANTS by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Best Animated Picture: RANGO
Best Foreign Language Film: A SEPARATION
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for THE TREE OF LIFE
Best Editing: THE ARTIST
Best Art Direction: HUGO
Best Makeup: THE IRON LADY
Best Original Score: THE ARTIST
Best Original Song: THE MUPPETS
Best Sound Mixing: HUGO
Best Sound Editing: HUGO
Best Visual Effects: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Best Documentary: PINA
Best Short Documentary: THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
Best Short Animated Film: THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
Best Short Live Action Film: THE SHORE

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Now, for my fake Oscar Ballot:

Best Picture: THE TREE OF LIFE
Best Director: Terrence Malick for THE TREE OF LIFE
Best Actor: Gary Oldman for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Best Actress: Glenn Close for ALBERT NOBBS
Best Supporting Actor: Nick Nolte in WARRIOR
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain in THE HELP
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen for MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Best Adapted Screenplay: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon for THE IDES OF MARCH
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for THE TREE OF LIFE