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The Flick Chick’s Oscar cheat sheet

Here at TODAY, we not only set you thinking—but give you a leg up on life’s more important competitions. Like your office/university/movie club high-stakes Oscar pool—which, we all know, is as much about bragging rights as the most knowledgeable Hollywood guru as it is about the moolah.

Here at TODAY, we not only set you thinking—but give you a leg up on life’s more important competitions. Like your office/university/movie club high-stakes Oscar pool—which, we all know, is as much about bragging rights as the most knowledgeable Hollywood guru as it is about the moolah.

Not to say that we’re condoning gambling. But hey, it’s still Chinese New Year—so why say no to doubling your ang pow money?

BEST PICTURE: Amour, Argo, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Lincoln, Life Of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Bet: Argo

Don’t Be Surprised By: Lincoln

Dark Horse: Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR: Michael Haneke (Amour), Lee Ang (Life of Pi), David O Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Bet: Steven Spielberg

Don’t Be Surprised By: Ang Lee

Dark Horse: Benh Zeitlin

BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln), Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables), Joaquin Phoenix (The Master), Denzel Washington (Flight)

Best Bet: Daniel Day-Lewis

Don’t Be Surprised By: Daniel Day-Lewis

Dark Horse: Daniel Day-Lewis

BEST ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Best Bet: Jennifer Lawrence

Don’t Be Surprised By: Jessica Chastain

Dark Horse: Emmanuelle Riva or Quvenzhane Wallis

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alan Arkin (Argo), Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook), Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

Best Bet: Tommy Lee Jones

Don’t Be Surprised By: Robert De Niro or Christoph Waltz

Dark Horse: Philip Seymour Hoffman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams (The Master), Sally Field (Lincoln), Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables), Helen Hunt (The Sessions), Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Bet: Anne Hathaway

Don’t Be Surprised By: Sally Field

Dark Horse: Helen Hunt

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Bet: Lincoln

Dark Horse: Argo

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Amour, Django Unchained, Flight, Moonrise Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Bet: Zero Dark Thirty

Don’t Be Surprised By: Django Unchained

Dark Horse: Moonrise Kingdom” or Amour

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Brave, Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Wreck-It Ralph

Best Bet: Frankenweenie

Don’t Be Surprised By: Wreck-It Ralph

Dark Horse: Brave

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Amour (Austria), Kon-Tiki (Norway), No (Chile), A Royal Affair (Denmark), War Witch (Canada)

Best Bet: Amour

Don’t Be Surprised By: Amour

Dark Horse: Amour

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