There is an entire Internet subculture devoted to predicting the Oscars. Like sporting events, it has its own Vegas odds-makers, and several blogs are devoted to handicapping the ceremony. Hard and fast rules don't work, and even renowned statistician Nate Silver wasn't as good at predicting who got little gold men as he was at predicting how the 2012 election would unfold.
Picture: Argo
Director: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Original Screenplay: Django Unchained
Adapted Screenplay: Argo
Editing: Argo
Cinematography: Life of Pi
Score: Life of Pi
Song: "Skyfall" by Adele from Skyfall
Art Direction: Life of Pi
Costumes: Anna Karennina
Sound Mixing: Les Miserables
Sound Effects Editing: Skyfall
Makeup: The Hobbit
Visual Effects: Life of Pi
Foreign: Amour
Animated Feature: Wreck-It Ralph
Doc Feature: Searching for Sugar Man
Doc Short: Mondays at Racine
Animated Short: Paperman
Live Short: Curfew
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In the top six categories of CultureMap's "Pick the Oscar Winners" Contest, readers agreed with Duncan except for Best Supporting Actor, where the pick was Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained. And in a surprise for Best Director, newcomer Benh Zeitlin, who directed the haunting Beasts of the Southern Wild, narrowly beat out Spielberg in our readers poll.
Life of Pi should take a slew of technical awards.
