Oscar predictions from top experts
Here’s the latest Oscar predictions from these top experts: Thelma Adams (Us Weekly, Thelmadams.com), Tim Appelo (Hollywood Reporter), Erik Davis (Cinematical), Scott Feinberg (ScottFeinberg.com), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Joseph Kapsch (Zap2It), Dave Karger (Entertainment Weekly), Kevin Lewin (WENN), Guy Lodge (In Contention), Michael Musto (Village Voice), Tom O’Neil (Gold Derby, The Envelope), Kevin Polowy (NextMovie), Steve Pond (The Odds, The Wrap), Paul Sheehan (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDB), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Kris Tapley (In Contention), Bob Tourtellotte (Reuters), Peter Travers (Rolling Stone), Chuck Walton (Fandango), Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood-Elsewhere), Susan Wloszczyna (USA Today).
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BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception” — Simanton
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King’s Speech” — Adams, Appelo, Feinberg, Hammond, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Pond, Sheehan, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Walton, Wloszczyna
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network” — Davis, Kapsch, Polowy, Stone, Travers, Wells
“Toy Story 3”
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, “Black Swan”
David O. Russell, “The Fighter”
Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech” — Feinberg, Musto, Pond, Tapley, Walton, Wloszczyna
David Fincher, “The Social Network” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Hammond, Kapsch, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, O’Neil, Polowy, Sheehan, Simanton, Stone, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Wells
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “True Grit”
BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges, “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg, “The Social Network”
Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Stone, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wells, Wloszczyna
James Franco, “127 Hours”
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, “The Kids Are All Right” — Hammond, Travers
Nicole Kidman, “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman, “Black Swan” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Kapsch, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Stone, Tapley, Thompson. Tourtellotte, Walton, Wells, Wloszczyna
Michelle Williams, “Blue Valentine”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, “The Fighter” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wells, Wloszczyna
John Hawkes, “Winter’s Bone” — Simanton
Jeremy Renner, “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo, “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush, “The King’s Speech” — Stone
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter, “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo, “The Fighter” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wells, Wloszczyna
Hailee Steinfeld, “True Grit” — Karger, Stone, Tapley, Thompson
Jacki Weaver, “Animal Kingdom” — Polowy
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Stone, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wells, Wloszczyna
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network” — Adams, Appelo, Feinberg, Davis, Hammond, Karger, Kapsch, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Stone, Tapley, Thompson. Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wloszczyna
“Toy Story 3”
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Another Year”
“The Fighter”
“Inception” — Polowy
“The Kids Are All Right” — Adams
“The King’s Speech” — Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Karger, Kapsch, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Stone, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wells, Wloszczyna
BEST ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland” — Adams, Appelo, Hammond, Karger, O’Neil, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Thompson
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
“Inception” — Kapsch, Lewin, Stone, Wloszczyna
“The King’s Speech” — Davis, Feinberg, Lodge, Musto, Polowy, Tapley, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wells
“True Grit”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan” — Adams, Davis, Kapsch, Karger, Travers
“Inception” — Lewin, Simanton
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit” — Appelo, Feinberg, Hammond, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Stone, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Walton, Wloszczyna
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland” — Adams, Appelo, Hammond, Kapsch, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Stone, Thompson, Wloszczyna
“I Am Love”
“The King’s Speech” — Davis, Feinberg, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, Simanton, Tapley, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton
“The Tempest”
“True Grit”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Exit through the Gift Shop” — Adams, Lodge, Tapley, Walton
“Gasland” — Lewin
“Inside Job” — Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Karger, Musto, Pond, Stone, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Wells, Wloszczyna
“Restrepo” — Polowy
“Waste Land” — Simanton
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“Killing, the Name” — Lewin
“Poster Girl” — Stone
“Strangers No More” — Davis, Kapsch, Simanton, Tapley, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang” — Adams, Musto, Thompson
BEST FILM EDITING
“Black Swan” — O’Neil, Wloszczyna
“The Fighter” — Hammond, Lodge
“The King’s Speech” — Kapsch, Karger
“127 Hours” — Lewin, Simanton, Tourtellotte
“The Social Network” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Musto, Polowy, Stone, Tapley, Thompson, Travers, Walton
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Biutiful,” Mexico — Appelo, Feinberg, Lewin, Thompson, Walton, Wells
“Dogtooth,” Greece
“In a Better World,” Denmark — Adams, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Simanton, Tourtellotte, Travers
“Incendies,” Canada — Davis, Hammond, Kapsch, O’Neil, Pond, Sheehan, Stone, Wloszczyna
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi),” Algeria
BEST MAKEUP
“Barney’s Version” — Lewin, Lodge, Simanton
“The Way Back”
“The Wolfman” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Karger, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Stone, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wloszczyna
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“Inception” — Polowy
“The King’s Speech” — Kapsch, Stone, Tapley, Thompson
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wloszczyna
BEST SONG
“Coming Home” (“Country Strong”)
“I See the Light” (“Tangled”) — Stone
“If I Rise” (“127 Hours”) — Karger, Lewin, Musto, Wloszczyna
“We Belong Together” (“Toy Story 3”) — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Lodge, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Day & Night” — Adams, Davis, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wloszczyna
“The Gruffalo” — Kapsch, Lodge, Simanton, Stone, Tapley
“Let’s Pollute” — Musto
“The Lost Thing” — Lewin
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“The Confession” — Davis
“The Crush” — Simanton
“God of Love” — Lewin
“Na Wewe” — Musto, Tapley, Travers
“Wish 143” — Adams, Kapsch, Stone, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Walton
BEST SOUND EDITING
“Inception” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wloszczyna
“Toy Story 3”
“Tron: Legacy”
“True Grit” — Stone
“Unstoppable”
BEST SOUND MIXING
“Inception” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wloszczyna
“The King’s Speech”
“Salt”
“The Social Network” — Karger
“True Grit” — Stone
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice, Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
“Hereafter”
“Inception” — Adams, Appelo, Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Kapsch, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O’Neil, Polowy, Pond, Sheehan, Simanton, Stone, Tapley, Thompson, Tourtellotte, Travers, Walton, Wloszczyna
“Iron Man 2”
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