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.