Roll the red carpet!

Final Academy Awards Attempt

This is the fourth time I am revising the Oscar predictions.
Event is starting in 6 hours!

*UPDATE: AND THE EVENT HAS STARTED!!

Best Picture ... I managed to watch all and I'm broke now!
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Help"
"Moneyball"
"War Horse"
"The Tree of Life"

Ed's Choice: The Tree of Life
Probable Oscar Winner: The Artist (correct!)


Best Actor
Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"

Ed's Choice: Jean Dujardin (I’m right!)
Probable Oscar Winner: Jean Dujardin (correct!)


Best Actress
Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
Viola DAvis, "The Help"
Rooney Mara,"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"

Ed's Choice: Glenn Close
Probable Oscar Winner: Meryl Streep (correct!)


Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
Max Von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Ed's Choice: Kenneth Branagh
Probable Oscar Winner: Christopher Plummer (correct!)


Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

Ed's Choice: Janet McTeer
Probable Oscar Winner: Octavia Spencer (correct!)


Best Director
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"

Ed's Choice: Terrence Malick
Probable Oscar Winner: Michel Hazanavicius (correct!)


Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
JC Chandor, "Margin Call"
Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, "Bridesmaids"

Ed's Choice: Michel Hazanavicius
Probable Oscar Winner: Michel Hazanavicius
Actual Oscar Winner: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris" (dammit, wrong!)


Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
John Logan, "Hugo"
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, "Moneyball"
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

Ed's Choice: John Logan ~ Hugo
Probable Oscar Winner: Alexander Payne et al ~ The Descendants (correct!)


Best Animated Feature
"A Cat In Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

Ed's Choice: Kung Fu Panda 2
Probable Oscar Winner: Rango (correct!)



Original Score
"The Adventures of Tintin," John Williams
"The Artist," Ludovic Bource
"Hugo," Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse," John Williams

Ed's Choice: War Horse
Probable Oscar Winner: The Adventures of Tintin
Actual Oscar Winner: The Artist (dammit!!)


Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet," The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio," Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Ed's Choice: Man or Muppet (I’m right!)
Probable Oscar Winner: Man or Muppet (correct!)


Best Achievement in Art Direction
"The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"

Ed's Choice: Hugo (I’m right!!!)
Probable Oscar Winner: The Artist


Best Achievement in Cinematography
"The Artist"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

Ed's Choice: The Tree of Life
Probable Oscar Winner: War Horse
Actual Oscar Winner: Hugo (dammit..I knew it!)


Best Achievement in Costume Design
"Anonymous"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"W.E."

Ed's Choice: The Artist (I’m right!)
Probable Oscar Winner: The Artist (correct!)

*cross fingers*


*UPDATES: Out of 14 categories over here, I hit a total of…11 (inclusive my choice and probable)

Till next year!


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