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