Ok. My Oscar Picks:
Short Film Live Action: Curfew
Short Film Animated: Paperman
Visual Effects: Life of Pi (too bad for the Avengers)
Sound Mixing: Les Mis
Sound Editing: Zero Dark Thirty
Cinematography: Life of Pi
Film Editing: Zero Dark Thirty
Production Design: Les Mis
Makeup & Hair: Les Mis
Documentary Short: Open Heart
Original Score: Life of Pi
Original Song: Skyfall (almost a lock)
Costume Design: Anna Karenina
Adapted Screenplay: Lincoln
Original Screenplay: Moonrise Kingdom (I actually couldn’t decide between the other 4, all of which I thought were better bets so I picked this one to be my upset)
Foreign Film: Armour (a lock. Why do they even have this category still. If you’re the only foreign film nominated for best picture, its a gimme)
Animated Feature: Brave (went back and forth on this one too)
Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway (she won on the trailer alone)
Supporting Actor: Bobby De Niro
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (back and forth like 20 times on this one too…)
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (biggest lock of the night. if Hathaway won on the trailer, Lewis won from the movie poster alone)
Director: Spielberg (I guess… Affleck was totally robbed)
Best Picture: Argo (fingers crossed)
Ok, watching on DVR time delay… so going social media dark for a while.