What an interesting result, eh?  Some of my predictions from earlier were correct, but as expected many were way off.  Oh well…  Congratulations to the winners and maybe next year for the losers…… Winners are in RED, my predictions are in BLUE.

Best Picture:

“Beasts of the Southern Wild”

“Silver Linings Playbook”

“Zero Dark Thirty”

“Lincoln”  Tutt tutt, thought this had it in the bag!

“Les Miserables”

“Life of Pi”

“Amour”

“Django Unchained”

“Argo” WINNER!!

Best Supporting Actor:

Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”  YAY!!!!

Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”

Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Alan Arkin, “Argo”  Damn…

Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”

Best Supporting Actress:

Sally Field, “Lincoln”

Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”

Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”  Damn, so close!

Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”

Amy Adams, “The Master”

Best Director:

David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”  I got it!!  Yay!!

Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”

Michael Haneke, “Amour”

Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Best Actor:

Daniel Day Lewis, “Lincoln”  Predicted!!  Ok, that was an easy one!!

Denzel Washington, “Flight”

Hugh Jackman, “Les Miserables”

Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”

Best Actress:

Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”

Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”

Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”  Oh well….

Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Was pleased to hear Quentin Tarantino won for Best Original Screenplay, but disappointed that yet again, a Pixar movie got the Best Animated Feature Film nod, for the otherwise forgettable Brave … must have been a weak year in that catagory.