Academy Award predictions

The biggest night of the year in the movie industry is less then a week away. Indeed, the Academy Awards are on this sunday and I feel obligated to make predictions. So, with my fingers crossed here we go stabbing into the dark on who I believe will take home an oscar sunday night at 8/7 c 5/pm pt on ABC


Best Picture-
Nominees
- 127 hours
-Black Swan
- The Fighter
- Inception
-The Kids are all right
-The King's Speech
- The Social Network
-Toy story 3
- True Grit
- Winter's Bone

Winner: Really, It's a two horse race between The Kings Speech and The Social Network with True Grit  as a dark horse. My winner is The King's Speech


Best Actor
Nominees
- Javier Bardem "Biutiful"
- Jeff Bridges "True Grit"
- Jesse Eisenburg  " The Social Network"
- Colin Firth " The Kings Speech"
- James Franco  "127 hours"

Winner: Probably the most obvious category, 100% guarantee Colin Firth


Best Actress
Nominees
- Annette Bening  " The Kids are all right"
- Nicole Kidman  "Rabbit Hole"
- Jennifer Lawrence  "Winter's Bone"
- Natalie Portman  " Black Swan"
- Michelle Williams  "Blue Valentine"

Winner: Although, I loved Jennifer Lawrence in "Winters Bone" and Annette Bening was great in "The Kids Are All Right" the winner hear is Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"

Best Supporting Actor
Nominees
- Christian Bale "The Fighter"
- John Hawkes "Winter's Bone"
- Jeremy Renner "The Town"
- Mark Ruffalo " The Kids Are All Right"
- Geoffrey Rush "The Kings Speech"

Winner: Most people are going with Christian Bale but I'm going to go with an upset and pick
Geoffrey Rush in "The Kings Speech"


Best Supporting Actress
Nominees
-Amy Adams "The Fighter"
-Helena Bonham Carter "The Kings Speech"
-Melissa Leo  "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver "Animal Kingdom"

Winner: I was dazzled by the smart, witty, young 14 year old Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"


Best Director
Nominees
- Darren Aronofsky "Black Swan"
- David O. Russel "The Fighter"
- Tom Hooper "The King's Speech"
- David Fincher " The Social Network"

Winner: Although, In my opinion "The King's Speech" was the best film of the year, The Social Network directed by David Fincher was filmed more uniquely.

Other Smaller category winners 
- Toy Story 3 for Best Animated Feature and Original Song
- The Social Network for Best Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing
- Inception for Best Screenplay
- Biutiful for Best Foreign Film
- Alice in Wonderland for Best Art Direction and Costume Design
-  Inception for Best Visual Effects, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing
-  Restrepo for Best Documentary Feature
- True Grit for Cinematography


  
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