OSCAR PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2012/2013 SEASON

Not all of the categories are here, just because I don't feel like doing it all. Anyways, here are my predictions. Agree? Disagree? Don't care? Feel free to share your opinions.

Best Picture:

Lincoln

The Master

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

The Hobbit

Moonrise Kingdom

Django Unchained

Argo

Cloud Atlas

Anna Karenina/Hyde Park on Hudson/Hitchcock (I lumped these together due to an equally likely chance of nomination)

Possibilities:

The Dark Knight Rises

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Lawless???

Best Director:

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master

Peter Jackson, The Hobbit

Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Tom Hooper, Les Miserables

Possibilities:

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Andy and Lana Wachowski, Cloud Atlas

Ben Affleck, Argo

Best Actor:

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Russell Crowe, Les Miserables (he could be in supporting actor, depending on whether the Academy considers Javert a lead)

Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock

Possibilities:

John Hawkes, The Sessions

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Clint Eastwood, Trouble With The Curve

Jaime Foxx or Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained (not sure what their positions are so I'm putting them both here)

Martin Freeman, The Hobbit (a really really long shot I know, but if it happened I would be so happy)

Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson

Best Actress:

Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina

and......I honestly do not know. This race is the most unclear to me

Best Supporting Actor:

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Jude Law, Anna Karenina

Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained

Alan Arkin  and/or John Goodman, Argo

Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, or Aaron Tveit, Les Miserables

Possibilities:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, either for Lincoln or The Dark Knight Rises

Wes Bentley, The Hunger Games (one that will likely never happen, but that I really really want)

James D'Arcy, Hitchcock

Best Supporting Actress:

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Samantha Barks, Les Miserables

Helena Bonham Carter, Les Miserables

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Sally Field, Lincoln

Possibilities:

Amy Adams, The Master

Helen Mirren, Hitchcock

Amanda Seyfried, Les Miserables

Best Animated Feature:

Brave

Wreck-it-Ralph

Rise of the Guardians

ParaNorman

Frankenweenie

Best Original Screenplay:

Django Unchained

Moonrise Kingdom

The Master

Looper???

Seven Psychopaths

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Anna Karenina

The Hobbit

Argo

Lincoln

The Dark Knight Rises (I really hope for this one)

Best Cinematography:

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

The Master

Anna Karenina

The Dark Knight Rises or Django Unchained

Best Editing:

Django Unchained

Lincoln

Argo

The Master

Life of Pi

Best Visual Effects:

Looper

The Dark Knight Rises

The Avengers

Life of Pi or Cloud Atlas

The Hobbit

The Amazing Spider-Man and Snow White and the Huntsman are also possibilities

Best Production Design:

Les Miserables

Anna Karenina

The Hobbit

Django Unchained

Cloud Atlas or Moonrise Kingdom

Best Costume Design:

Anna Karenina

Les Miserables

The Hobbit

Moonrise Kingdom

Mirror Mirror

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

The Hobbit

Anna Karenina

Hitchcock