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Annie Selak is a lay minister in the Roman Catholic Church and specializes in the question of young adults and vocation in the modern world.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Oscar Picks

IT'S THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD!  I'm so excited for the Oscars tonight.  My picks are bolded in red, with my commentary in purple italics.

Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook"- But I really want it to be Bradley!
Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"
Hugh Jackman in "Les Misérables"
Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master"
Denzel Washington in "Flight"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin in "Argo"
Robert De Niro in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln"
Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained"

Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty"- Total Toss-up between J.Law and Jess
Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"- But I love her!
Naomi Watts in "The Impossible"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in "The Master"
Sally Field in "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway in "Les Misérables"- Anne is by far my least favorite actress, but she'll probs win
Helen Hunt in "The Sessions"
Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook"- I WISH she would win.  Incredible, little Jacki, incredible!

Animated Feature Film
"Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
"Frankenweenie" Tim Burton
"ParaNorman" Sam Fell and Chris Butler
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Peter Lord
"Wreck-It Ralph" Rich Moore

Cinematography
"Anna Karenina" Seamus McGarvey
"Django Unchained" Robert Richardson
"Life of Pi" Claudio Miranda
"Lincoln" Janusz Kaminski
"Skyfall" Roger Deakins

Costume Design
"Anna Karenina" Jacqueline Durran
"Les Misérables" Paco Delgado
"Lincoln" Joanna Johnston
"Mirror Mirror" Eiko Ishioka
"Snow White and the Huntsman" Colleen Atwood

Directing
"Amour" Michael Haneke
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin
"Life of Pi" Ang Lee
"Lincoln" Steven Spielberg
"Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell

Film Editing
"Argo" William Goldenberg
"Life of Pi" Tim Squyres
"Lincoln" Michael Kahn
"Silver Linings Playbook" Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
"Zero Dark Thirty" Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Makeup and Hairstyling
"Hitchcock" Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"  Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
"Les Misérables" Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Song)
"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice," Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted," Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi," Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall," Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
"Suddenly" from "Les Misérables," Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best Picture
"Amour" Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
"Argo" Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers- Probably gonna win, but I really want SLP
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
"Django Unchained" Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
"Les Misérables" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
"Life of Pi" Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
"Lincoln" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
"Silver Linings Playbook" Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers- This may be more hopeful than anything, but I gotta go for it.
"Zero Dark ThirtyMark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Visual Effects
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" 
"Life of Pi" 
"Marvel's The Avengers" 
"Prometheus" 
"Snow White and the Huntsman"


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"Argo" Screenplay by Chris Terrio
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
"Life of Pi" Screenplay by David Magee
"Lincoln" Screenplay by Tony Kushner
"Silver Linings Playbook" Screenplay by David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)
"Amour" Written by Michael Haneke
"Django Unchained" Written by Quentin Tarantino
"Flight" Written by John Gatins
"Moonrise Kingdom" Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
"Zero Dark Thirty" Written by Mark Boal

And just to be fun, my predictions for best red carpet:
Best:
Beyonce (is she even going?  I don't know.  But if she does, she'll sweep the red carpet)
J. Law.
Octavia Spencer


Worst:
Jessica Chastain--- she's been on the struggle bus with dresses this awards season
Amy Adams
Anne Hathaway, obvi

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