Academy Awards (2012 films) WINNERS

*WILL WIN
+SHOULD WIN


Best Picture

"Amour"

*+"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

"Django Unchained"

"Les Miserables"

"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Director:

Michael Haneke, "Amour"

+Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"

David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

*Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"

Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Best Actor:

Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"

*Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln"

+Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"

Denzel Washington, "Flight"

Best Actress:

+Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"

*Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"

Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"

Best Supporting Actress:

Amy Adams, "The Master"

Sally Field, "Lincoln"

*Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"

Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"

+Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, "Argo"

Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"

Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

*+Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"

Best Original Screenplay:

"Amour"

*+"Django Unchained"

"Flight"

"Moonrise Kingdom"

"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Adapted Screenplay:

"Argo"

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

*+"Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Animated Feature:

*+"Brave"

"Frankenweenie"

"Paranorman"

"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"

"Wreck-It Ralph"

Best Foreign Feature:

*+"Amour"

"Kon-Tiki"

"No"

"A Royal Affair"

"War Witch"

Best Visual Effects:

*+"Life of Pi"

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

"The Avengers"

"Prometheus"

"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Best Cinematography:

"Skyfall"

"Anna Karenina"

"Django Unchained"

*+"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

Best Costume Design:

*+"Anna Karenina"

"Les Miserables"

"Lincoln"

"Mirror Mirror"

"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Best Documentary Feature:

*+"Searching for Sugar Man"

"How to Survive a Plague"

"The Gatekeepers"

"5 Broken Cameras"

"The Invisible War"

Best Documentary Short:

"Open Heart"

"Inocente"

"Redemption"

"Kings Point"

"Mondays at Racine"

"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Best Film Editing:

"Lincoln"

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Life of Pi"

*"Argo"

+"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

"Hitchcock"

+"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

*"Les Miserables"

Best Music (Original Score):

"Anna Karenina"

"Argo"

+"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

*"Skyfall"

Best Music (Original Song):

"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice"

"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted"

"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi"

*+"Skyfall" from "Skyfall"

"Suddenly" from "Les Misérables"

Best Sound Editing:

"Argo"

"Django Unchained"

"Life of Pi"

"Skyfall"

*+"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Sound Mixing:

"Argo"

*"Les Misérables"

+"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

"Skyfall" 

Best Production Design:

"Anna Karenina"

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

*"Les Misérables"

+"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

Best Short Film, Animated:

"Adam and Dog"

"Fresh Guacamole"

"Head over Heels"

"Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'"

"Paperman"

Best Short Film, Live Action:

"Asad"

"Buzkashi Boys"

"Curfew"

"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)"

"Henry"

Let's Meet the Nominees - 2013 Oscars (Part 1)

The Academy is known for it's love of "new blood", but this year, the voting members must have missed the memo. Out of 20 acting nominees, only 4 have never been nominated before (compared to last year's count of 9). 

The Newbies are:

Emmanuelle Riva - Best Actress Nominee

"Amour"

Quvenzhane Wallis - Best Actress Nominee

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Bradley Cooper - Best Actor Nominee

"Silver Linings Playbook

Hugh Jackman - Best Actor Nominee

"Les Miserables"

Too bad none of them stand a chance...

Our Oscar Predictions (2012 films)

Acting Oscar Nominations:

(% certainty)

Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis (100%)

Hugh Jackman (100%)

Bradley Cooper (90%)

John Hawkes (75%)

Denzel Washington (75%)

Joaquin Phoenix (50%)

Richard Gere (20%)
Ben Affleck (10%)

Actress

Jessica Chastain (100%)

Jennifer Lawrence (95%)

Helen Mirren (80%)

Marion Cotillard (80%)
Naomi Watts (70%)

Rachel Weisz (50%)

Emmanuelle Riva (25%)

Quvenzhane Wallis (10%)

Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin (100%)

Tommy Lee Jones (100%)

Philip Seymour Hoffman (90%)

Javier Bardem (70%)
Christoph Waltz (50%)

Robert De Niro (45%)

Leonardo DiCaprio (30%)

Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway (100%)

Sally Field (100%)

Helen Hunt (95%)

Nicole Kidman (70%)
Amy Adams (65%)

Maggie Smith (60%)

Judi Dench (50%)

Golden Satellite Award WINNERS (2012 films)

Best Picture

Skyfall

Lincoln

The Sessions

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Zero Dark Thirty

Silver Linings Playbook

Life of Pi

Moonrise Kingdom

Les Miserables

Director

David O. Russell - "Silver Linings Playbook"

Ben Affleck - "Argo"

Kim Ki-Duk - "Pieta"

Ben Lewin - "The Sessions"

Kathryn Bigelow - "Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"

Jessica Chastain - "Zero Dark Thirty"

Laura Linney - "Hyde Park on Hudson"

Keira Knightley - "Anna Karenina"

Emilie Dequenne - "Our Children"

Laura Birn - "Purge"

Emmanuelle Riva - "Amour"

Best Actor

Joaquin Phoenix - "The Master"

Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"

Hugh Jackman - "Les Miserables"

Omar Sy - "The Intouchables"

Denzel Washington - "Flight"

Bradley Cooper - "Silver Linings Playbook"

John Hawkes - "The Sessions"

Best Supporting Actress

Helen Hunt - "The Sessions"

Helene Florent - "Cafe De Flore"

Amy Adams - "The Master"

Judi Dench - "Skyfall"

Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"

Samantha Barks - "Les Miserables"

Best Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro - "Silver Linings Playbook"

Eddie Redmayne - "Les Miserables"

Javier Bardem - "Skyfall"

Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"

John Goodman - "Flight"

Tommy Lee Jones - "Lincoln"

International Film

Amour (Austria)

A Royal Affair (Denmark)

The Intouchables (France)

Our Children (Belgium)

Kon-Tiki (Norway)

Pieta (South Korea)

Beyond The Hills (Romania)

War Witch (Canada)

Caesar Must Die (Italy)

Animated Or Mixed Media

Paranorman

Wreck-It Ralph

Rise of the Guardians

Brave

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift

Frankenweenie

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Documentary

The Central Park Five

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

The Gatekeepers

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

West Of Memphis

Chasing Ice

Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

Searching For Sugar Man

Original Screenplay

Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache – “The Intouchables”

John Gatins – “Flight”

Kim Ki-Duk – “Pieta”

Roman Coppola, Wes Anderson - “Moonrise Kingdom”

Paul Thomas Anderson Times – “The Master”

Mark Boal – “Zero Dark Thirty”

Adapted Screenplay

Ben Lewin – “The Sessions”

Tony Kushner, John Logan, Paul Webb – “Lincoln”

Chris Terrio – “Argo”

Tom Stoppard – “Anna Karenina”

David O. Russell – “Silver Linings Playbook”

David Magee – “Life Of Pi”

Original Score

Alexandre Desplat Argo

Dario Marianelli Anna Karenina

Thomas Newman Skyfall

Jonny Greenwood The Master

John Williams Lincoln

Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Original Song

“Learn Me Right” Birdy & Mumford And Sons  - “Brave”

“Still Alive” Paul Williams – “Paul Williams: Still Alive”

“Skyfall” Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth – “Skyfall”

“Suddenly” Alain Boubil, Herbert Kretzmer – “Les Misérables”

“Fire In The Blood/Snake Song” Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis – “Lawless”

“Love Always Comes As A Surprise” Peter Asher & Dave Stewart – “Madagascar 3”

Cinematography

Ben Richardson – Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Mihai Malaimare Jr - The Master

Janusz Kaminski - Lincoln

Roger Deakins - Skyfall

Seamus Mcgarvey - Anna Karenina

Claudio Miranda - Life Of Pi

Visual Effects

Steve Begg, Arundi Asregadoo, Andrew Whitehurst - Skyfall

Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Martin Hill - Prometheus

Bill Westenhofer - Life Of Pi

Michael Lantieri, Kevin Baillie, Ryan Tudhope, Jim Gibbs - Flight

Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock, Stephane Ceretti - Cloud Atlas

Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin - The Dark Knight Rises

Film Editing

Lisa Bromwell - The Sessions

Jeremiah O’driscoll - Flight

Dylan Tichenor - Zero Dark Thirty

Alexander Berner - Cloud Atlas

Jay Cassidy - Silver Linings Playbook

Chris Dickens - Les Misérables

Sound (Editing and Mixing)

Dennis Leonard - Flight

John Warhurst, Lee Walpole, Simon Hayes - Les Misérables

Craig Henighan, Chris Munro - Snow White And The Huntsman

Baard H. Ingebretsen, Tormod Ringes - Kon-Tiki

Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton - Life Of Pi

Victor Ray Ennis, Ann Scibelli, John Cucci, Mark P. Stoeckinger - Prometheus

Art Direction & Production Design

Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank, Leslie McDonald - Lincoln

Nathan Crowley, Kevin Kavanaugh, James Hambidge, Naaman Marshall - The Dark Knight Rises

Niels Sejer - A Royal Affair

David Crank, Jack Fisk - The Master

Sarah Greenwood, Niall Moroney, Thomas Brown, Nick Gottschalk, Tom Still - Anna Karenina

Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson - Les Misérables

Costume Design

Colleen Atwood - Snow White And The Huntsman

Manon Rasmussen - A Royal Affair

Christian Gasc, Valerie Ranchoux - Farewell, My Queen

Jacqueline Durran - Anna Karenina

Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud - Cloud Atlas

Paco Delgado - Les Misérables