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Daniel Day Lewis (Best Actor)

Jennifer Lawrence (Best Actress)

Anne Hathaway (Best Supporting Actress)

Christoph Waltz (Best Supporting Actor)

2013

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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"

Writers Guild (2012 films)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

Flight, Written by John Gatins

Looper, Written by Rian Johnson

The Master, Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Moonrise Kingdom, Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

Argo, Screenplay by Chris Terrio

Life of Pi, Screenplay by David Magee

Lincoln, Screenplay by Tony Kushner

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky

Silver Linings Playbook, Screenplay by David O. Russell

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY 

The Central Park Five, Written by Sarah Burns and 

David McMahon and Ken Burns

The Invisible War, Written by Kirby Dick

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, 

Written by Alex Gibney

Searching for Sugar Man, Written by Malik Bendjelloul

We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, 

Written by Brian Knappenberger

West of Memphis, Written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin

Spirit Awards (2012 films) WINNERS

Best Feature


Beasts of the Southern Wild


Bernie


Keep the Lights On


Moonrise Kingdom


Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director


Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom


Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet


David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook


Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On


Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Screenplay


Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom


Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks


Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths


David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook


Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, Keep the Lights On

Best Female Lead


Linda Cardellini, Return


Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere


Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook


Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild


Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

Best Male Lead


Jack Black, Bernie


Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook


John Hawkes, The Sessions


Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On


Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe


Wendell Pierce, Four

Best Supporting Female


Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister's Sister


Ann Dowd, Compliance


Helen Hunt, The Sessions


Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice


Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere

Best Supporting Male


Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike


David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere


Michael Péna, End of Watch


Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths


Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

Best First Feature


Fill the Void


Gimme the Loot


Safety Not Guaranteed


Sound of My Voice


The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best First Screenplay


Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void


Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed


Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank


Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever


Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby

John Cassavetes Award (for feature made for under $500,000)


Breakfast with Curtis


Middle of Nowhere


Mosquita y Mari


Starlet

The Color Wheel

Best Cinematography


Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints


Lol Crawley, Here
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild


Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch


Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Documentary


How to Survive a Plague


Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present


The Central Park Five


The Invisible War


The Waiting Room

Best International Film


Amour (France)


Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey)


Rust and Bone (France/Belgium)


Sister (Switzerland)


War Witch (Democratic Republic of Congo)

16th Annual Piaget Producers Award


Nobody Walks


Prince Avalanche


Stones in the Sun

19th Annual Someone to Watch Award


Pincus


Gimme the Loot


Electrick Children

Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award


Leviathan


The Waiting Room


Only the Young

Robert Altman Award


Starlet

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Claire Trevor (Best Supporting Actress)

Jerry Wald (Thalberg Award)

Jane Wyman (Best Actress)

Walter Huston (Best Supporting Actor)

Laurence Olivier (Best Actor) not present

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Jon Voight (Best Actor)

Jane Fonda (Best Actress)

Maggie Smith (Best Supporting Actress)

Christopher Walken (Best Supporting Actor)

1979

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Marlon Brando (Best Actor)

Grace Kelly (Best Actress)

Edmond O'Brien (Best Supporting Actor)

Eva Marie Saint (Best Supporting Actress)

1955

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Liza Minnelli (Best Actress)

Joel Grey (Best Supporting Actor)

Eileen Heckart (Best Supporting Actress)

Marlon Brando (Best Actor) not present

He instead sent a woman to protest
the treatment of Native Americans

1973

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Meryl Streep (Best Actress)

Ben Kingsley (Best Actor)

Louis Gossett Jr. (Best Supporting Actor)

Jessica Lange (Best Supporting Actress)

1983

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Rita Moreno (Best Supporting Actress)

George Chakiris (Best Supporting Actor),

Greer Garson accepting an award for 

Sophia Loren (Best Actress)

Maximilian Schell (Best Actor)

Sophia Loren (Best Actress)

1962

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Sidney Poitier (Best Actor)

Patricia Neal (Best Actress) not present

Melvyn Douglas (Best Supporting Actor) not present

Margaret Rutherford (Best Supporting Actress) not present

 1964

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Diane Keaton (Best Actress)

Richard Dreyfuss (Best Actor)

Vanessa Redgrave (Best Supporting Actress)

Jason Robards (Best Supporting Actor) not present

1978

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Our Oscar Breakdown (2012 films)

Acting Oscar Nominees:

(% certainty of win)

Best Actor

Daniel Day Lewis (98%)

in his favor: he's won every other award to date and history has shown that when you're on a roll... it's a sure thing.

not in his favor: he's won this award twice before and he gives boring speeches. Plus, how many more times can we say Day Lewis is the greatest actor of his generation. We get it dude... you're the male Meryl Streep. 

Hugh Jackman (25%)

in his favor: his great live performance and intense physical transformation make him an Oscar favorite. Plus he took home the Globe and... more importantly gave a great, touching speech.

not in his favor: musical performances rarely win (see Musical Oscar Winners). 

Bradley Cooper (5%)

in his favor: this performance marks the first time he has really played "against type". Also, the Academy loves a mentally unstable character (i.e. Anthony Hopkins in "Silence of the Lambs", Jack Nicholson in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", and Natalie Portman in "Black Swan").

not in his favor: he was voted "Sexiest Man Alive" last year and that much exposure is not loved by the Academy.

Denzel Washington (2%)

in his favor: playing a flawed man (in this case an addict) is one of Oscars favorite things to highlight (i.e. Nicolas Cage in "Leaving Las Vegas", Christian Bale in "The Fighter", Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine", and Jamie Foxx in "Ray").

not in his favor: he has two Oscars already and voters do try and spread the wealth around.

Joaquin Phoenix (1%)

in his favor: despite the fact that he is utterly weird, even for Hollywood standards, he is a tremendous actor. This is his third time up to bat and voters might be craving an awkward speech.

not in his favor: he royally pissed off the Academy this year when he said that he hates the idea of the Oscars. He tried to backtrack when he told reporters that the Oscars have helped his career tremendously, but the damage was already done. It'll be years before he is forgiven.

Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence (75%)

in her favor: she is outstanding in "Silver Linings Playbook", she's young, beautiful, and she gives hilarious, quirky speeches. What's not to love? Plus she took the Globe and the SAG (which is the biggest indicator for the Oscars). 

not in her favor: she's young and Oscar has a way of avoiding the young, particularly since they have many more chances to win.

Jessica Chastain (60%)

in her favor: she's plays a strong female character, which is rare. Plus, she's been on a roller coaster ride since she burst on the scene in last year's "The Help". Also, voters got to see how humble and sweet she is when she took home the Globe.

not in her favor: she's not as well known as Lawrence and she's so new to the big leagues.

Emmanuelle Riva (50%)

in her favor: she won the BAFTA and she gives a wonderful performance

not in her favor: she's foreign, the film is in a foreign language, and voters have a hard time relating to a film with subtitles. Plus, she didn't even show up when she won the BAFTA.

Naomi Watts (25%)

in her favor: playing a mother who is trying to find her family is definitely an Oscar-worthy role. Plus, Watts is pretty popular in Hollywood.

not in her favor: had this film come out one or two years after the tsunami hit, you can bet she would have swept the awards season. It's been almost a decade and the immediate intensity and pain of the disaster aren't there to work in her favor.

Quvenzhane Wallis (5%)

in her favor: she's just about the most adorable nominee ever. Her performance is mesmerizing and it's hard to believe she has never done this before. 

not in her favor: she's the second youngest nominee EVER and no child has won a Best Actress Oscar before. 

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz (85%)

in his favor: he's gives one of the wittiest performance since... well, his performance in "Inglourious Basterds". Plus, he already took home the Globe and the BAFTA.

not in his favor: he won this same award just 3 years ago and he is soooooo boring during his speeches.

Tommy Lee Jones (75%)

in his favor: he does a bang-up job in one of the best films of the year and we all remember how cool he was in the 90s ("The Fugitive", "The Client", "Men in Black"). Plus he took the SAG home. 

not in his favor: he seems like a bit of a grinch in real life (we are specifically referring to his painfully obvious non-sense-of-humor when Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell announced Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy at the Golden Globes). No one wants a grumpy old man on stage. He didn't even redeem himself when he won the SAG because... he didn't bother to show up. Booo!!

Robert De Niro (30%)

in his favor: he gives the best and most touching performance of his career. He plays a man fighting for his son's life. Plus, he tearfully revealed in an interview that he also has a son with special needs. 

not in his favor: he already has 2 Oscars at home.

Alan Arkin (10%)

in his favor: he costars in the film that is sure to win Best Picture and he gives a great, funny performance. 

not in his favor: comedic performances rarely win. 

Philip Seymour Hoffman (10%)

in his favor: his performance is deep and outstanding and he's proven himself to be one of the most versatile actors today.

not in his favor: No one really saw this film and what's more, it's been tarnished by Phoenix's bad reputation.

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway (95%)

in her favor: she's won ever other award to date for this performance and her big scene has gone viral. She does a great job of singing live and conveying the deepest emotion of her career. It's in the bag.

not in her favor: she's annoying as hell in real life. Her speeches have all been over-the-top cheesy and she seems to have just as many haters as fans these days.

Sally Field (40%)

in her favor: she is a Hollywood favorite and gained 25 pounds for this role. Gaining and losing large amounts of weight has proven to be great in the Oscar race (Charlize Theron in "Monster", Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland", and Tom Hanks in "Philadelphia"). 

not in her favor: she has two Best Actress Oscars already and she was overshadowed by Daniel Day Lewis. 

Jacki Weaver (25%)

in her favor: Weaver is a tremendous actor and her performance will make you cry.

not in her favor: although she was nominated a couple years ago, she is still very unknown. 

Helen Hunt (10%)

in her favor: she is a very lovable actor and there are a lot of "Mad About You" fans still in the Academy.

not in her favor: she's been out of Hollywood for so long, many have forgotten the 1998 Best Actress winner.

Amy Adams (10%)

in her favor: she's becoming a regular Glenn Close. This is her 4th nomination in 7 years and she has yet to win ANY of the big awards. 

not in her favor: "The Master" hasn't been seen by many and Phoenix really tarnished it's name with his reputation.