It's the day before Oscar nominations announced! Nomination morning is always my Christmas Eve (with Oscar Day being Christmas, of course).
Hugh Jackman has a good reason to be excited: he's likely to receive his first (well-deserved) career nomination tomorrow for his work as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. It's amazing that it took Hollywood this long to recognize his musical talent - put him in more musicals, ASAP! (On a related note, make more musicals!)
It's been many months since I've last posted here - an entire fall has disappeared without me writing anything. I will soon explain what has been happening, as well as presenting my 2012 top 10 list and the recipients of the third annual Jarmo Awards. But until then, here's my final predictions for Oscar nominations.
BEST PICTURE (I'm predicting seven nominees this year)
Hugh Jackman has a good reason to be excited: he's likely to receive his first (well-deserved) career nomination tomorrow for his work as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. It's amazing that it took Hollywood this long to recognize his musical talent - put him in more musicals, ASAP! (On a related note, make more musicals!)
It's been many months since I've last posted here - an entire fall has disappeared without me writing anything. I will soon explain what has been happening, as well as presenting my 2012 top 10 list and the recipients of the third annual Jarmo Awards. But until then, here's my final predictions for Oscar nominations.
BEST PICTURE (I'm predicting seven nominees this year)
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Argo
Silver Linings Playbook
Life of Pi
Amour
(if more than seven, in order of likelihood of nomination)
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Moonrise Kingdom
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ben Affleck, Argo
Tom Hooper, Les Miserables
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Michael Haneke, Amour
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
BEST ACTOR
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Denzel Washington, Flight
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Sally Field, Lincoln
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Amy Adams, The Master
Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo; screenplay by Chris Terrio, based on the article "How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" by Joshuah Bearman
Silver Linings Playbook; screenplay by David O. Russell, based on the novel "The Silver Linings Playbook" by Matthew Quick
The Sessions; screenplay by Ben Lewin, based on the article "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate" by Mark O'Brien
Lincoln; screenplay by Tony Kushner, based in part on the book "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Beasts of the Southern Wild; screenplay by Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar, based on the play "Juicy and Delicious" by Lucy Alibar
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Zero Dark Thirty; written by Mark Boal
The Master; written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom; written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Amour; screenplay by Michael Haneke
Looper; written by Rian Johnson
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