The Gold Knight: 2013 Oscar nominations predictions
Written by James A. Molnar | The Gold Knight | jmolnar@toledofreepress.comCalling Seth MacFarlane the Oscars host may be an understatement.
He will be joining Emma Stone early Thursday morning, Jan. 10, to announce the 85th Academy Awards nominations.
Typically, the motion picture academy president is one of the announcers. This will be the first time since 1972 that an Oscars host has participated in the nominations announcement.
MacFarlane and Stone will unveil nominations for about 10 of the 24 categories at a 8:35 a.m. ET news conference on Thursday in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hundreds of media representatives from around the world will be gathered.
Here are predictions for the nominations in every category (and predicted winners in bold).
Final Nominations Tally Prediction:
- “Lincoln”: 12
- “Django Unchained”: 9
- “Zero Dark Thirty”: 8
- “Les Misérables”: 8
- “Life of Pi”: 7
- “Argo”: 6
- “Silver Linings Playbook”: 5
- “Skyfall”: 5
Best Picture
- “Argo”
- “Beast of the Southern Wild”
- “Django Unchained”
- “Les Misérables”
- “Life of Pi”
- “Lincoln”
- “Silver Linings Playbook”
- “Zero Dark Thirty”
Dark Horses:
- “Skyfall”
- “Moonrise Kingdom”
- “Amour”
- “Flight”
- Ben Affleck, “Argo”
- Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty”
- Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
- \Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”
- Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained”
Dark Horses:
- David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Tom Hooper,” Les Misérables”
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
- Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”
- Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”
- Denzel Washington, “Flight”
Dark Horses:
- Jean Louis Trintignant, “Amour”
- John Hawkes, “The Sessions”
- Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
- Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
- Marion Cotillard, “Rust and Bone”
- Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
- Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Dark Horses:
- Helen Mirren, “Hitchcock”
- Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”
- Rachel Weisz, “The Deep Blue Sea”
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Alan Arkin, “Argo”
- Javier Bardem, “Skyfall”
- Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Leonardo DiCaprio, “Django Unchained”
- Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Dark Horses:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
- Mathew McConaughey, “Magic Mike”
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Amy Adams, “The Master”
- Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”
- Sally Field, “Lincoln”
- Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
- Maggie Smith, “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
Dark Horses:
- Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Ann Dowd, “Compliance”
- Kelly Reilly, “Flight”
- “Argo”
- “Life of Pi”
- “Lincoln”
- “Perks of Being a Wallflower”
- “Silver Linings Playbook”
Dark Horse:
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Best Writing — Original Screenplay
- “Amour”
- “Django Unchained”
- “Looper”
- “Moonrise Kingdom”
- “Zero Dark Thirty”
Dark Horse:
- “Flight”
- “The Master”
Best Animated Feature Film
- “Brave”
- “Frankenweenie”
- “ParaNorman”
- “Rise of the Guardians”
- “Wreck-It Ralph”
Dark Horses:
- “A Liar’s Autobiography”
- “The Painting”
- “Zarafa”
Best Cinematography
- “Django Unchained”
- “Life of Pi”
- “Lincoln”
- “Skyfall”
- “Zero Dark Thirty”
Dark Horse:
- “Anna Karenina”
- “The Master”
Best Costume Design
- “Anna Karenina”
- “Django Unchained”
- “Mirror Mirror”
- “Les Misérables”
- “Snow White and the Huntsman”
Dark Horse:
- “Lincoln”
Best Documentary — Feature
- “Bully”
- “Detropia”
- “The Gatekeepers”
- “How to Survive a Plague”
- “Searching for Sugar Man”
Dark Horses:
- “This is Not a Film”
- “The Invisible War”
Best Documentary — Short Subject
- “Inocente,” Shine Global, Inc.
- “Open Heart,” Urban Landscapes Inc.
- “Paraíso,” The Strangebird Company
- “The Perfect Fit,” SDI Productions Ltd.
- “Redemption,” Downtown Docs
Best Film Editing
- “Argo”
- “Les Misérables”
- “Life of Pi”
- “Lincoln”
- “Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Foreign Language Film
- Austria, “Amour,” Michael Haneke, director;
- Canada, “War Witch,” Kim Nguyen, director;
- Chile, “No,” Pablo Larraín, director;
- Denmark, “A Royal Affair,” Nikolaj Arcel, director;
- France, “The Intouchables,” Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, directors;
Dark Horses:
- Iceland, “The Deep,” Baltasar Kormákur, director;
- Norway, “Kon-Tiki,” Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors;
- Romania, “Beyond the Hills,” Cristian Mungiu, director.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- “Lincoln”
- “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
- “Men in Black 3″
Dark Horses:
- “Hitchcock”
- “Les Misérables”
Best Music — Original Score
- Alexandre Desplat, “Argo”
- Mychael Danna, “Life of Pi”
- Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek, “Cloud Atlas”
- John Williams, “Lincoln”
- Dan Romer & Beng Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Dark Horse:
- Alexandre Desplat, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Music — Original Song
- “Ancora Qui” (“Django Unchained”)
- “Learn Me Right” (Birdy/Mumford & Sons, “Brave”)
- “Skyfall” (Adele, “Skyfall”)
- “Song of the Lonely Mountain” (“The Hobbit”)
- “Suddenly” (Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”)
Dark Horse:
- “Pi’s Lullaby” (“Life of Pi”)
Best Production Design (formerly Art Direction)
- “Anna Karenina”
- “Cloud Atlas”
- “The Hobbit”
- “Les Misérables”
- “Lincoln”
Dark Horses:
- “Life of Pi”
- “The Dark Knight Rises”
- “The Master”
Best Short Film — Animated
- “Combustible”
- “Fresh Guacamole”
- “Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’”
- “The Paperman”
- “Tram”
Best Short Film — Live Action
- “A Fábrica (The Factory)”
- “Curfew”
- “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)”
- “The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars”
- “When You Find Me”
Best Sound Editing
- “The Avengers”
- “Django Unchained”
- “Flight”
- “Skyfall”
- “Zero Dark Thirty”
Dark Horses:
- “Cloud Atlas”
- “Prometheus”
Best Sound Mixing
- “The Dark Knight Rises”
- “Les Misérables”
- “Lincoln”
- “Skyfall”
- “Zero Dark Thirty”
Dark Horses:
- “The Hobbit”
- “Django Unchained”
- “Life of Pi”
Best Visual Effects
- “Cloud Atlas”
- “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
- “Life of Pi”
- “Marvel’s The Avengers”
- “Prometheus”
Dark Horses:
- “The Dark Knight Rises”
- “Skyfall”
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The 85th Academy Awards, for outstanding film achievements of 2012, will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and will be televised live locally on 13abc and in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Toledo Free Press Star Lead Designer and Film Editor James A. Molnar blogs about all things Oscar at TheGoldKnight.com. Watch him discuss movies on “WNWO Today” around 5:50 a.m. on Fridays. Also, listen to James discuss movies on “Eye on Your Weekend” on 1370 WSPD every Friday at 6 p.m.
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