Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist” WILL WIN
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners” SHOULD/WILL WIN
Actress in a Leading Role
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer in “The Help” WILL WIN
Animated Feature Film
“Rango” Gore Verbinski WILL/SHOULD WIN
Art Direction
“Hugo” Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo WILL WIN
Cinematography
“Hugo” Robert Richardson
Costume Design
“The Artist” Mark Bridges
Directing
“The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius WILL WIN
Documentary (Feature)
“Undefeated” TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas SHOULD WIN
Documentary (Short Subject)
“Saving Face” Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy WILL WIN
Film Editing
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Foreign Language Film
“A Separation” Iran WILL WIN/ SHOULD WIN
Makeup
“The Iron Lady” Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland WILL WIN
Music (Original Score)
“The Artist” Ludovic Bource WILL WIN
Music (Original Song)
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie WILL WIN
Best Picture
“The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer WILL WIN
Short Film (Animated)
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”W. Joyce & B. Oldenburg WILL/SHOULD WIN
Short Film (Live Action)
“The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George WILL WIN
Sound Editing
“Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
Sound Mixing
“Hugo” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley WILL WIN
Visual Effects
“Hugo” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash WILL WIN
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen WILL WIN
I went 18/24…not bad at all. Oscar postmortem coming tomorrow.