85th Academy Awards Nomination Predictions

Contributed By: Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson

Okay Oscar junkies (us included!), it’s that time of year once again, and it’s gonna be a barn-burner! 2012 was the year of Old Hollywood glory with the return of big studio films. Filmmakers took audiences on a trip to revolutionary France to meet Jean Valjean, Civil War America with an introduction to President Lincoln, on a fantasy adventure to the “Bathtub” with Hushpuppy and in the Pacific Ocean on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

A handful of films will take the lions share, but there’s always room for a good upset when 10 of the 24 categories are announced. Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards will be announced by the show’s host, Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone at the 5:30 a.m. PT news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world (including WAMG) will be gathered. Below are our guesses on how the morning will go down.

The Oscar® Nominations Announcement will be streamed live on YouTube.

85^th Academy Awards Nominees Predictions

Best Picture

1. ARGO
2. BEASTS OF THE  SOUTHERN WILD
3. DJANGO UNCHAINED
4. LES MISERABLES
5. LIFE OF PI 
6. LINCOLN
7. MOONRISE KINGDOM
8. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
9. SKYFALL
10. ZERO DARK THIRTY

ALT:  THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL 

Best Actor

1. BRADLEY COOPER – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
2. DANIEL DAY LEWIS – LINCOLN
3. JOHN HAWKES – THE SESSIONS
4. HUGH JACKMAN – LES MISERABLES
5. DENZEL WASHINGTON – FLIGHT

ALT: JACK BLACK – BERNIE

Best Actress

1. JESSICA CHASTAIN – ZERO DARK THIRTY
2. MARION COTILLARD – RUST AND BONE
3. JENNIFER LAWRENCE – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
4. HELEN MIRREN – HITCHCOCK
5. NAOMI WATTS – THE IMPOSSIBLE

ALT: EMMANUELLE RIVA – AMOUR  or  QUVENZHANE WALLIS – BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Best Supporting Actor

1. ALAN ARKIN – ARGO
2. JAVIER BARDEM – SKYFALL
3. ROBERT DE NIRO – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
4. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – THE MASTER
5. TOMMY LEE JONES – LINCOLN

ALT: CHRISTOPH WALTZ – DJANGO UNCHAINED

Best Supporting Actress 

1. SALLY FIELD – LINCOLN
2. ANNE HATHAWAY – LES MISERABLES
3. HELEN HUNT – THE SESSIONS
4. NICOLE KIDMAN – THE PAPERBOY
5. MAGGIE SMITH – THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

ALT: AMY ADAMS – THE MASTER

Best Director

1. BEN AFFLECK – ARGO
2. KATHRYN BIGELOW – ZERO DARK THIRTY
3. TOM HOOPER – LES MISERABLES
4. ANG LEE – LIFE OF PI
5. STEVEN SPIELBERG – LINCOLN

ALT: MICHAEL HANEKE – AMOUR

Best Animated Feature

1. BRAVE
2. FRANKENWEENIE
3. PARANORMAN
4. RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
5. WRECK-IT RALPH

ALT: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

Original Screenplay

1. AMOUR
2. DJANGO UNCHAINED
3. THE MASTER
4. MOONRISE KINGDOM
5. ZERO DARK THIRTY

ALT: LOOPER

Adapted Screenplay

1. ARGO
2. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
3. LINCOLN
4. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
5. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

ALT:  LIFE OF PI

Motion picture, television and theater producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will produce this year’s Oscars. The 85th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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You Can Even Follow the Oscars’ Producer on Twitter for Behind the Scenes Updates
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