The 84TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS – Winner Predictions!
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With under several hours to go until the 84th Annual Academy Awards, the question on every film fans lips is who will win an Oscar?
In a TOMORROW’S NEWS tradition, I have named those who are likely to walk away with a much-sought-after golden statuette, and I’ve even placed a small bet on some dead certs and underdogs! You’d be forgiven for thinking that the likes of Meryl Streep and Jean Dujardin are favourites to win prize, but even likely winners such as these have been disappointed in the past.
Who will win? Which dress designers will have their work parading on the red carpet? Anyone care to take a guess as to how many fashion faux-pas will be pointed out?
The 84th Annual Academy Awards ceremony (hosted by Billy Crystal) will be held tonight (Sunday 26th February, 2012) at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
But before the glitzy Oscars ceremony, here are my predictions:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Second choice: Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Second choice: Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Second choice: Viola Davis in “The Help”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
Second choice: Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Rango” Gore Verbinski
ART DIRECTION
“The Artist” Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
Second choice: “Hugo” Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Hugo” Robert Richardson
Second choice: “The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman”The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
COSTUME DESIGN
“Hugo” Sandy Powell
Second choice: “The Artist” Mark Bridges
DIRECTOR
“The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
Second choice: “Hugo” Martin Scorsese
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” An @radical.media Production, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Second choice: “Hell and Back Again” Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Second choice: “Incident in New Baghdad”James Spione
FILM EDITING
“The Artist” Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
Second choice: “Hugo” Thelma Schoonmaker
FILM IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
“In Darkness” Poland
Second choice: “A Separation” Iran
MAKEUP
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
Second choice: “The Iron Lady” Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
MUSIC (SCORE)
“The Artist” Ludovic Bource
Second choice: “Hugo” Howard Shore
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
BEST PICTURE
“The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
Second choice: “Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
Second choice: “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George
Second choice: “Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø
SOUND EDITING
“Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
Second choice: “War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
SOUND MIXING
“Hugo” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
Second choice: “War Horse” Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Second choice: “Hugo” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Second choice: “Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
Second choice: “Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen
