2012 Oscar Nomination Predictions

2012 Oscars

Tomorrow morning the 2012 Oscar Nominations will be announced and months worth of speculation will finally be over. While correctly predicting the results of award shows has always been a bit of a crap shoot, this year's Academy Awards have been a little harder to anticipate especially considering the new rule change set on Best Picture category. There can now be no less than five and no more than ten nominees but my personal guess is that this year it's going to be eight. That being said, it's a pretty safe bet that I won't be batting 1.000 on this but I'll give it the old college try anyway. I'll be sure to post the actual nominations tomorrow to see how I did.

Best Picture
The Artist

The Descendants

Moneyball

Midnight In Paris

The Help

Hugo

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

War Horse

Best Actor
Brad Pitt- Moneyball

Michael Fassbender- Shame

George Clooney- The Descendants

Jean Dujardin- The Artist

Gary Oldman- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy


Best Actress
Viola Davis- The Help

Meryl Streep- The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams- My Week With Marilyn

Tilda Swinton- We Need To Talk About Kevin

Rooney Mara- Girl With The Dragon Tattoo


Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer- Beginners

Albert Brooks- Drive

Kenneth Branagh- My Week With Marilyn

Jonah Hill- Moneyball

Patton Oswalt- Young Adult


Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo- The Artist

Jessica Chastain- The Help

Shailene Woodley- The Descendants

Octavia Spencer- The Help

Melissa McCarthy- Bridesmaids


Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius- The Artist

Woody Allen- Midnight In Paris

Alexander Payne- The Descendants

David Fincher- Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Martin Scorcese- Hugo