LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS TO OSCAR PICKS

Just a couple hours away from the Oscar ceremony and I thought I'd give my final predictions as the landscape has changed these past few weeks with the pre-Oscar awards shows. The biggest surprise is that Argo has swept EVERY Best picture category, and is the overwhelming favorite tonight, which I previously thought was Lincoln. Ben Affleck would be the favorite for Best Director as he too has swept every directing award but is not nominated for an Oscar, so tonight's race should be interesting since we haven't seen any of the nominees win anything so far. So, here are my final picks for all 24 categories, plus a few upsets. The acronyms in parentheses show what awards my picks have already won:

GG-Golden Globe
SAG-Screen Actors Guild
BAFTA- British Academy Awards
CC-Critic's Choice
WGA-Writer's Guild
PGA-Producer's Guild

Best Picture
Winner:Argo (GG, SAG, BAFTA, PGA, CC)
Chance for upset: Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director
Winner: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Chance for upset: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook; Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Best Actor
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (GG, SAG, BAFTA, CC)
Chance for upset: None

Best Actress
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook (GG comedy, SAG, CC)
Chance for upset: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour (BAFTA); Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty (GG drama)

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained (GG, BAFTA)
Chance for upset: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln (SAG); Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables (GG, SAG, CC, BAFTA)
Chance for upset: None

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Chris Terrio, Argo (WGA)
Chance for upset: Tony Kushner, Lincoln (CC)

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained (GG, CC, BAFTA)
Chance at upset: Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty (WGA); Michael Haneke, Amour

Best Animated Film
Winner: Wreck-It Ralph
Chance for upset: Brave

Best Foreign Film
Winner: Amour

Best Cinematography
Winner: Life of Pi

Best Editing:
Winner: Argo

Best Production Design:
Winner: Anna Karenina

Best Costume Design
Winner: Anna Karenina

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Winner: The Hobbit

Best Original Score:
Winner: Life of Pi

Best Original Song
Winner: Skyfall

Best Sound Mixing
Winner: Argo

Best Sound Editing
Winner: Argo

Best Visual Effects
Winner: Life of Pi

Best Documentary, Feature
Winner: Searching for Sugar Man

Best Documentary, Short Subject
Winner: Kings Point

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: Head Over Heels

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: Henry

Enjoy the show everybody! I'll have a piece tomorrow to talk about winner, and the overall show. I hope Seth MacFarlane does as well as I think he's going to do.

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-Rex