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Great new/old Lana Del Rey track - Dangerous Girl
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Oscar Predictions & Thoughts
Tomorrow is Oscar night. As usual, here are my predictions on who will win and my thoughts on who SHOULD win. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order and my favourites are ranked in brackets, with question marks appearing beside any films I haven’t seen. My prediction for who will win follows at the bottom. OK?
Best Picture
Artist, The (3)
Descendants, The (1 - SHOULD WIN)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (4)
Help, The (5)
Hugo (6)
Midnight in Paris (7)
Moneyball (2)
Tree of Life, The (9)
War Horse (8)
WHO WILL WIN: The Artist
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Best Directing
Allen, Woody - Midnight in Paris (4)
Hazanavicius, Michel - The Artist (1 - SHOULD WIN)
Malick, Terrence - The Tree of Life (5)
Payne, Alexander - The Descendants (2)
Scorsese, Martin - Hugo (3)
WHO WILL WIN: Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
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Best Actor
Bichir, Demian - A Better Life (3)
Clooney, George - The Descendants (1 - SHOULD WIN)
Dujardin, Jean - The Artist (2)
Oldman, Gary - Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy (5)
Pitt, Brad - Moneyball (4)
WHO WILL WIN: Jean Dujardin - The Artist
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Best Actress
Close, Glenn - Albert Nobbs (?)
Davis, Viola - The Help (1 - SHOULD WIN)
Mara, Rooney - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (3)
Streep, Meryl - The Iron Lady (2)
Williams, Michelle - My Week With Marilyn (?)
WHO WILL WIN: Viola Davis - The Help
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Best Supporting Actor
Branagh, Kenneth - My Week WIth Marilyn (?)
Hill, Jonah - Moneyball (3)
Nolte, Nick - Warrior (?)
Plummer, Christopher - Beginners (2)
Von Sydow, Max - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (1 - SHOULD WIN)
WHO WILL WIN: Christopher Plummer - Beginners
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Best Supporting Actress
Bejo, Berenice - The Artist (3)
Chastain, Jessica - The Help (4)
McCarthy, Melissa - Bridesmaids (2)
McTeer, Janet - Albert Nobbs (?)
Spencer, Octavia (1 - SHOULD WIN)
WHO WILL WIN - Octavia Spencer - The Help
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Best Original Screenplay
Allen, Woody - Midnight in Paris (3)
Chandor, J.C. - Margin Call (?)
Farhadi, Asghar - A Separation (?)
Hazanavicius, Michel - The Artist (2)
Wiig, Kristen & Mumolo, Annie - Bridesmaids (1 - SHOULD WIN)
WHO WILL WIN - Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris
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Best Adapted Screenplay
Clooney, George / Heslov, Grant / Willmon, Beau - The Ides of March (3)
Faxon, Nat / Payne, Alexander / Rash, Jim - The Descendants (1 - SHOULD WIN)
Logan, John - Hugo (5)
Sorkin, Aaron / Zaillian, Steven / Chervin, Stan - Moneyball (2)
Straughan, Peter / O’Connor, Bridget - Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (4)
WHO WILL WIN - The Descendants
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Art Direction
Artist, The (2)
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (?)
Hugo (1-SHOULD WIN)
Midnight in Paris (4)
War Horse (3)
WHO WILL WIN - Hugo
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Cinematography
Artist, The (5)
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (3)
Hugo (2)
Tree of Life, The (1 - SHOULD WIN)
War Horse (4)
WHO WILL WIN - The Tree of Life
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Costume Design
Anonymous (?)
Artist, The (2)
Jane Eyre (?)
Hugo (1- SHOULD WIN)
W.E. (?)
WHO WILL WIN - The Artist
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Film Editing
Artist, The (3)
Descendants, The (1 - SHOULD WIN)
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (4)
Hugo (5)
Moneyball (2)
WHO WILL WIN - The Artist
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Makeup
Albert Nobbs (?)
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (?)
Iron Lady, The (1 - SHOULD WIN)
WHO WILL WIN - The Iron Lady
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Original Score
Adventures of Tintin, The (?)
Artist, The (1- SHOULD WIN)
Hugo (2)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (4)
War Horse (3)
WHO WILL WIN: The Artist
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Original Song
Man or Muppet - The Muppets (?)
Real in Rio - Rio (?)
WHO WILL WIN: The Muppets
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Sound Mixing
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (1 - SHOULD WIN)
Hugo (2)
Moneyball (4)
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon (?)
War Horse (2)
WHO WILL WIN: Hugo
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Sound Editing
Drive (1-SHOULD WIN)
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2)
Hugo (3)
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon (?)
War Horse (4)
WHO WILL WIN: Hugo
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Visual Effects
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (?)
Hugo (1 - SHOULD WIN)
Real Steel (?)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (?)
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon (?)
WHO WILL WIN: Hugo
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THE BIG WINNERS FOR THE EVENING:
THE ARTIST - 6
HUGO - 4
THE HELP - 2
BEGINNERS - 1
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS - 1
THE DESCENDANTS - 1
THE TREE OF LIFE - 1
THE IRON LADY - 1
THE MUPPETS - 1
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