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Jan 24, 2011

For posterity...my Academy Award nomination predictions

I gave these on a recent LAMBcast on the subject, but I might've changed my mind on some of them, and besides, I wanted to get them down in writing:

Best Picture
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
Toy Story 3
The Social Network
Black Swan
True Grit
127 Hours
Winter's Bone
Inception
The Fighter

Results: 10/10

Best Actress
Natalie Portman
Jennifer Lawrence
Annette Bening
Nicole Kidman
Michelle Williams

Results: 5/5

Best Actor
James Franco
Jesse Eisenberg
Colin Firth
Jeff Bridges
Ryan Gosling

Results: 4/5

Best Supporting Actress
Hailee Steinfeld
Julianne Moore
Melissa Leo
Helena Bonham Carter
Amy Adams

Results: 4/5 (absolute oversight w/ my not including Weaver - that was weird)

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Ruffalo
Christian Bale
Jeremy Renner
Andrew Garfield
Geoffrey Rush

Results: 4/5

Best Director
David Fincher
Darren Aronofsky
Coen brothers
Christopher Nolan
Tom Hooper

Results: 4/5

Best Original Screenplay
Black Swan
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
Another Year
The King's Speech

Results: 4/5

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network
127 Hours
Winter's Bone
True Grit
Toy Story 3

Results: 5/5

I'll be happy if I get more than 35/45 correct. Which deviations would you make?

Overall results: 40/45


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