Academy Awards: Rex’s Predictions
LW’s Oscarologist, Rex Okpodu, has read the tea leaves and come up with his final selections. Let me say for the record that I disagree with Rex in two categories: I think that Jennifer Lawrence will win Best Actress (though I want Emmanuelle Riva) and that Christoph Waltz will win Best Supporting Actor (though the idea of him winning another Oscar for a Tarantino movie so soon after his first win for a Tarantino movie is, like “Django” itself, absolutely revolting). Anyway, thanks to Rex for all of his hard work and good luck to all of you who bet on Sunday night.
Best Picture:
Predicted winner: Argo
Alternate: Lincoln
The other contenders are:
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Director:
Predicted winner: Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Alternate: Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
The other contenders are:
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Benh Zeitlin (Beast of the Southern Wild)
Micheal Haneke (Amour)
Best Actor:
Predicted winner: Daniel-Day Lewis (Lincoln)
Alternate: Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
The other contenders are:
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Denzel Washington (Flight)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Best Actress:
Predicted winner: Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
Alternate: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
The other contenders are:
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Best Supporting Actor:
Predicted winner: Robert De Niro (Silver Lining Playbook)
Alternate: Christophe Waltz (Django Unchained)
The other contenders are:
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Alan Arkin (Argo)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Best Supporting Actress:
Predicted winner: Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
Alternate: Sally Field (Lincoln)
The other contenders are:
Jackie Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Amy Adams (The Master)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Predicted winner: Argo
Alternate: Lincoln
The other contenders are:
Silver Linings Playbook
Argo
Life of Pi
Best Original Screenplay
Predicted winner: Django Unchained
Alternate: Zero Dark Thirty
The other contenders are:
Amour
Moonrise Kingdom
Flight
Best Foreign Language Film:
Predicted winner: Amour (Austria)
Alternate: A Royal Affair (Denmark)
The other contenders are:
War Witch (Canada)
Lore (Australia)
No (Chile)
Best Animated Feature:
Predicted winner: Wreck-It Ralph
Alternate: Brave
The other contenders are:
Frankenweenie
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
ParaNorman
The rest of the predictions:
Best Cinematography: Life of Pi
Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina
Best Film Editing: Argo
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Les Miserables
Best Score: Life of Pi
Best Original Song: Skyfall
Best Production Design: Lincoln
Best Sound Editing: Skyfall
Best Sound Mixing: Les Miserables
Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi
Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man
Best Documentary Short: Inocente
Best Animated Short Film: Paperman
Best Live Action Short Film: Curfew
As usual Rex’s crystal ball seems to be well polished!