Okay, because I love being punished (oh yes), here are my predictions for which films and performers will recieve Oscar nominations in the 6 major categories tomorrow morning. As opposed to my previous post on the Oscars, these are the films that I expect to see nominated (as opposed to who and what I personally would like to see nominated.)
Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Bleh! Not happy about this one)
The Help
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
Best Director
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanvicius for The Artist
Alexander Payne for The Descendants
Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Tate Taylor for The Help
(Yes, I’m going out on a limb and making a random prediction for Taylor. If I’m wrong, I’ll still be 4 for 5. And if I’m right, then I’ll be a freaking genius.)
Best Actor
Demian Bichir for A Better Life
George Clooney for The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin for The Aritst
Brad Pitt for Moneyball
(Yes, I am predicting that Michael Fassbender will be passed over in favor of a more politically correct nomination for Bichir. There’s always at least one brilliant performance and film that is ignored and I think that this year, it’ll be Fassbender and Shame in general.)
Best Actress
Viola Davis for The Help
Rooney Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (bleh)
Meryl Streep for The Irony Lady
Tilda Swinton for We Need To Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh for My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks for Drive
Jonah Hill for Moneyball
Nick Nolte for Warrior
Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo for The Artist
Jessica Chastain for The Help
Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer for The Help
Shailene Woodley for The Descendants
Through the Shattered Lens 
interesting! I think Melissa McCarthy will get the edge over Janet McTeer; even though both actresses have gotten accolades for their performances, I feel like Bridesmaids has gotten way more praise as a film (as a whole) than Albert Nobbs. I could be wrong, though. I mean, I’m predicting the best actor nominees to be Clooney, Dujardin, Pitt – the obvious three – but also Michael Fassbender and Michael Shannon. (Why not? The Academy has been kind to Shannon before.) But knowing how things usually work, Leo will probably be nominated anyway.
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I hope that Fassbender, Shannon, and McCarthy are all nominated. 🙂
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Isn’t the best picture category up to ten nominees now?
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They changed up the rules a little — now they can nominate anywhere from 5 to 10 films. They changed it up because they said that nominating 10 films meant that a lot of merely good films would end up scoring best picture noms. Oddly enough, This year they actually ended up nominating 9.
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So I see! I’m as glad as you are that “Dragon Tattoo” was left off. Needless to say I’m not expecting of the films that were actually good to take home any ofthe big awards — look for “The Help” to clean up, no pun intended.
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