83rd ANNUAL OSCAR WINNERS (individual category pages, accessible by clicking on their titles are in process of updating.)
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BEST PICTURE
WINNER THE KING'S SPEECH
NOMINEES 127 Hours Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter's Bone
win prediction correct
nominee predictions 9/10 missing The Town for 127 hours which i had in 11th place.
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 4 of 10 -correctly guessed Fighter, Inception, Kids, and King's a year in advance
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BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER Hooper, King's Speech
NOMINEES Darren Aronofsky Black Swan Joel and Ethan Coen True Grit David Fincher The Social Network David O. Russell The Fighter
win prediction incorrect
nominee predictions 4/5 missing Coen Bros (who i had in 6th place) for Nolan.
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 1 of 5... only guessed Hooper a year in advance. Boo.
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BEST ACTOR
WINNER Colin Firth, The King's Speech
NOMINEES
Javier Bardem Biutiful Jeff Bridges True Grit Jesse Eisenberg The Social Network James Franco 127 Hours
win prediction correct
nominee predictions 5/5 but i feel bad for Gosling
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 1 of 5 -Ouch. Only got Firth a year ago.
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BEST ACTRESS
WINNER Portman, Black Swan
NOMINEES Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence Winter's Bone Michelle Williams Blue Valentine
win prediction correct
nominee predictions 5/5
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 3 of 5 correctly guessed a year ago. Tying my best years ever (also managed 60% a year early in 2008 & 2001)
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SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER Christian Bale The Fighter
NOMINEES John Hawkes Winter's Bone Jeremy Renner The Town Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right Geoffrey Rush The King's Speech
win prediction correct
nominee predictions 4/5 missing Hawkes for Garfield (who i had in 7th)
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) managed 2 of 5 a year in advance (Bale, Rush)
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER Melissa Leo, The Fighter
NOMINEES Amy Adams The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech Hailee Steinfeld True Grit Jacki Weaver Animal Kingdom
win prediction correct
my predictions 5/5 sensing they didn't like Black Swan as much as others
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 1 of 5 only a year in advance (HBC) ouch.
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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WINNER The King's Speech David Seidler
Mike Leigh Another Year Silver, Johnson & Tamasy The Fighter Nolan Inception Cholodenko & Blumberg The Kids Are All Right
win prediction correct
my predictions 4/5 missing Another Year (which i had in 7th) for Blue Valentine
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 3 of 5 year in advance. BEST YEAR EVER
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ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
WINNER The Social Network Aaron Sorkin
NOMINEES Boyle & 127 Hours Arndt (and others) Toy Story 3 The Coen Bros True Grit Granik & Rosellini Winter's Bone
win prediction correct
my predictions 4/5 missing 127 Hours (which i had in 6th) for The Ghost Writer a hunch
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 2 of 5 a year in advance
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER Pfister, Inception
NOMINEE Libatique Black Swan Cohen The King's Speech Cronenwerth The Social Network Deakins True Grit
win prediction wrong
my predictions 4/5 missing The King's Speech (what?) for 127 Hours.
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 2 of 5 a year in advance guessed Black Swan and Inception
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COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER Atwood Alice in Wonderland
NOMINEES Cannarozzi I Am Love Beavan The King's Speech Powell The Tempest Zophres True Grit
win prediction wrong. i switched at last second. argh.
my predictions 3/5 missing The Tempest and I Am Love (yay!)
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 2 of 5 a year in advance (king's and tempest)
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ART DIRECTION
WINNER Stromberg Alice in Wonderland
NOMINEES Craig Harry Potter Dyas Inception Stewart The King's Speech Gonchor True Grit
win prediction wrong
my predictions 4/5 missing Harry Potter (again? Jesus this is getting ridiculous. How many times can you reward someone for the same work?)
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 2 of 5 -correctly guessed Inception and King's a year in advance
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FILM EDITING
WINNER Baxter and Wall The Social Network
NOMINEES Harris 127 Hours Weisblum Black Swan Martin The Fighter Anwar The King's Speech
win prediction correct
my predictions 4/5 missing 127 Hours for Inception
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 1 of 5 a year in advance (fighter) though i'm still surprised it wasn't 2 of 5 (inception)
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VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER Inception
NOMINEES Alice in Wonderland Harry Potter and Death Hallows Pt. 1 Hereafter Iron Man 2
win prediction
correct
my predictions 4/5 missing Hereafter as I'd predicted Tron Legacy instead.
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 2 of 5 but I only guessed 3 candidates. they expanded the category.
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MAKEUP
WINNER The Wolfman
NOMINEES Barney's Version The Way Back
win prediction wrong -stupid to vote against werewolves. stupid me.
my predictions 1/3 missing Barney's Version and The Way Back assuming they'd go with Alice and True Grit
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 0 of 3 always the hardest category
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FOREIGN FILM
WINNER Denmark IN A BETTER WORLD
NOMINEES Algeria Outside the Law Canada Incendies Greece Dogtooth Mexico Biutiful
win prediction wrong. alternate won
my predictions 4/5 missing Dogtooth (which i had in 9th. oops) for South Africa's film.
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 0 of 5 0wwwwch.
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ORIGINAL SONG
WINNER "We Belong Together" TOY STORY 3
nominees "If I Rise" 127 Hours "Coming Home" Country Strong "I See The Light" Tangled "We Belong Together" Toy Story 3
win prediction WRONg - DUMB to vote against their urge to give Toy Story an additional statue despite the song being so rote.
my predictions 3/4I missed "If I Rise" (which I had in 6th place) for the Cher song. I'M SO PISSED.)
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 2 of 4 (tangled and toy story 3)
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ORIGINAL SCORE
WINNER Ross & Reznor The Social Network
NOMINEES Rahman 127 Hours Powell How To Train... Zimmer Inception Desplat The King's Speech
win prediction wrong and am genuinely shocked that such a deserving but non-traditioaal score won.
my predictions 3/5 I missed The Social Network (thinking it too progressive for them -- i had it in 7th and 127 Horus which is more of a mixed tape. Strange.alt. Elfman "Alice" Reznor and Ross "Social"
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 1 of 5. only Inception. oops
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SOUND EDITING WINNER Inception
NOMINEES Toy Story 3 Tron Legacy True Grit Unstoppable
win prediction correct
my predictions 3/5 missing Toy Story 3 (which I had in 7th) and Unstoppable
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 2 of 5 inception & toy story
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SOUND MIXING
WINNER Inception
NOMINEES The King's Speech Salt The Social Network True Grit
win prediction correct
my predictions 2/5 WOW screwed up here. Though Salt and Social Network were my two highest alternated. my predictions alt. Salt Social Network
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 1 of 5. ouch.
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ANIMATED FILM
WINNER Toy Story 3
NOMINEES How to Train... The Illusionist
win prediction correct
my predictions 3/3
April Fools Predictions (next attempt 04/01/2011) 3/3 but i guessed 5 given that we thought at the time there would be.
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ANIMATED SHORT
WINNER The Lost Thing
NOMINEES Day and Night The Gruffalo Let's Pollute The Lost Things Madagascar
win prediction totally wrong
my predictions 4/5 missing only Madagascar (my top alternate) for The Silence
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LIVE ACTION SHORT
WINNER God of Love
NOMINEES The Confession The Crush God of Love Na Wewe Wish 143
win prediction correct
my predictions 1/5 OUCH. I picked all the wrong finalists but Na Wewe
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DOCUMENTARY SHORT
WINNER Strangers No More
NOMINEES Killing in the Name Poster Girl Strangers No More Sun Come Up The Warriors of Qiugang
win prediction correct
my predictions 3/5 though the Warriors was my top alternate
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
WINNER inside Job
NOMINEES Exit Through... Gasland Inside Job Restrepo Wasteland
win prediction totally wrong
my predictions 3/5 missing Exit which i assumed they'd snub in place of the more traditional frontrunner (Superman) which didn't even get nominated!
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Nomination Tally
12 nominations THE KING'S SPEECH
10 nominations TRUE GRIT
8 nominations INCEPTION THE SOCIAL NETWORK
7 nominations THE FIGHTER
6 nominations 127 HOURS
5 nominations BLACK SWAN TOY STORY 3
4 nominations THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT WINTER'S BONE
3 nominations ALICE IN WONDERLAND
2 nominations BIUTIFUL HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PT 1 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON TANGLED
lone nomination ANIMAL KINGDOM ANOTHER YEAR BARNEY'S VERSION COUNTRY STRONG HEREAFTER I AM LOVE IRON MAN 2 THE ILLUSIONIST RABBIT HOLE SALT THE TEMPEST THE TOWN TRON LEGACY UNSTOPPABLE THE WAY BACK THE WOLFMAN
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