84th Academy Awards 2012 Predictions

Here is the list of my predictions and choices for the 2012 Oscar Awards:

BEST PICTURE

Will Win: The Artist (2011)

My Choice: The Help (2011)

The Nominees:

The Artist (2011)

The Descendants (2011)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

The Help (2011)

Hugo (2011)

Midnight in Paris (2011)

Moneyball (2011)

The Tree of Life (2011)

War Horse

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Will Win: Jean Dujardin, The Artist

My Choice: Brad Pitt, Moneyball

The Nominees:

Demian Bechir, A Better Life

George Clooney, The Descendants

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt, Moneyball

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Will Win: Viola Davis, The Help

My Choice: Viola Davis, The Help

The Nominees:

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis, The Help

Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo

Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Will Win: Christopher Plummer, Beginners

My Choice: Nick Nolte, Warrior

The Nominees:

Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn

Jonah Hill, Moneyball

Nick Nolte, Warrior

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Will Win: Octavia Spencer, The Help

My Choice: Octavia Spencer, The Help

The Nominees:

Berenice Bejo, The Artist

Jessica Chastain, The Help

Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer, The Help

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Will Win: Rango (2011)

My Choice: Rango (2011)

The Nominees:

A Cat in Paris (2010)

Chico and Rita (2010)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Puss in Boots (2011)

Rango (2011)

BEST IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

Will Win: The Tree of Life (2011)

My Choice: War Horse (2011)

The Nominees:

The Artist (2011)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (20110

Hugo (2011)

The Tree of Life (2011)

War Horse (2011)

BEST  ART DIRECTION

Will Win: Hugo (2011)

My Choice: Hugo (2011)

The Nominees:

The Artist (2011)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

Hugo (2011)

War Horse (2011)

BEST IN COSTUME DESIGN

Will Win: Jane Eyre (2011)

My Choice: Anonymous (2011)

The Nominees:

Anonymous (2011)

The Artist (2011)

Hugo (2011)

Jane Eyre (2011)

W. E. (2011)

BEST IN DIRECTING

Will Win: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

My Choice: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

The Nominees:

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Alexander Payne, The Descendants 

Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

BEST IN FILM EDITING

Will Win: The Artist (2011)

My Choice: Hugo (2011)

The Nominees:

The Artist (2011)

The Descendants (2011)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Hugo (2011)

Moneyball (2011)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Will Win: A Separation (2011)

My Choice: A Separation (2011)

The Nominees:

Bullhead, Belgium

Monsieur Lazhar, Canada

A Separation, Iran

Footnote, Israel

In Darkness, Poland

BEST IN MAKE-UP

Will Win: The Iron Lady (2011)

My Choice: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

The Nominees:

Albert Nobbs (2011)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

The Iron Lady (2011)

BEST IN MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE

Will Win: The Artist (2011)

My Choice: The Artist (2011)

The Nominees:

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

The Artist (2011)

Hugo (2011)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

War Horse (2011)

BEST IN SOUND EDITING

Will Win: War Horse (2011)

My Choice: War Horse (2011)

The Nominees:

Drive (2011)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Hugo (2011)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

War Horse (2011)

BEST IN SOUND MIXING

Will Win: War Horse (2011)

My Choice: War Horse (2011)

The Nominees:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Hugo (2011)

Moneyball (2011)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

War Horse (2011)

BEST IN VISUAL EFFECTS

Will Win: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

My Choice: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

The Nominees:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

Hugo (2011)

Real Steel (2011)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Will Win: The Descendants (2011)

My Choice: Moneyball (2011)

The Nominees:

The Descendants (2011)

Hugo (2011)

The Ides of March (2011)

Moneyball (2011)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Will Win: Midnight in Paris (2011)

My Choice: The Artist (2011)

The Nominees:

The Artist (2011)

Bridesmaids (2011)

Margin Call (2011)

Midnight in Paris (2011)

A Separation (2011)

No predictions for: 

BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG

Man or Muppet, The Muppets

Real in Rio, Rio 

BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED

Dimanche/Sunday

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

La Luna

A Morning Stroll

Wild Life

BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION

Pentecost

Raju

The Shore

Time Freak

Tuba Atlantic

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Hell and Back Again

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Pina

Undefeated

BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

God is the Bigger Elvis

Incident in New Baghdad

Saving Face

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

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