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2012 Oscar Predictions - Round 3

Best Picture

1. The Artist
2. The Descendants
3. The Help
4. War Horse
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
6. Moneyball (Promoted)
7. Midnight In Paris (Promoted)

2nd Tier
The Tree Of Life (Demoted)
J. Edgar (Demoted)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Promoted Back)

Dropped Out
The Ides of March
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Director

1. Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
2. Alexander Payne, The Descendants
3. Steven Spielberg, War Horse
4. Stephen Daldry, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
5. Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life (Promoted)

2nd Tier
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris (New)
Bennett Miller, Moneyball (New) 

Dropped Out

Clint Eastwood, J. Edgar
George Clooney, The Ides of March

 

Best Actor

1. George Clooney, The Descendants
2. Jean Dujardin, The Artist
3. Brad Pitt, Moneyball
4. Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
5. Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2nd Tier
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter (Promoted Back)

Dropped Out
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March


Best Actress

1. Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
2. Viola Davis, The Help
3. Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
4. Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
5. Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene (Promoted)

2nd Tier
Charlize Theron, Young Adult (Demoted)
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk about Kevin
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


Best Supporting Actor

1.  Christopher Plummer, Beginners
2.  Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marylin
3.  Albert Brooks, Drive (New)
3.  Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Ides of March
5.  Jim Broadbent, The Iron Lady

2nd Tier
Armie Hammer, J. Edgar (Promoted Back)

Dropped Out
Nick Nolte, Warrior


Best Supporting Actress

1. Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus
2. Octavia Spencer, The Help
3. Shailene Woodley, The Descendants.
4. Sandra Bullock, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
5. Berenice Bejo, The Artist (Promoted)

2nd Tier
Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life (Promoted Back)

Dropped Out
Keira Knightley, A Dangerous Method

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2012 Oscar Predictions - Round 2

Best Picture

1. The Artist (New)
2. War Horse
3. The Descendants
4. J. Edgar
5. The Tree of Life
6. The Help (New)
7. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (New)

2nd Tier
Moneyball (New)
Midnight in Paris (New)
The Ides of March (Demoted)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (New)

Dropped Out
A Dangerous Method
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo Cabret
Super 8
The Iron Lady
We Bought A Zoo
Contagion
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Like Crazy


Best Director

1. Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist (New)
2. Steven Spielberg, War Horse
3. Alexander Payne, The Descendants
4. Clint Eastwood, J. Edgar
5. Stephen Daldry, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (New)

2nd Tier
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life (Demoted)
George Clooney, The Ides of March (Demoted)

Dropped Out
David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
David Cronenberg, A Dangerous Method


Best Actor

1. Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
2. George Clooney, The Descendants
3. Jean Dujardin, The Artist (New)
4. Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
5. Brad Pitt, Moneyball (New)

2nd Tier
Michael Fassbender, Shame (New)
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March (Demoted)

Dropped Out
Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Antonio Banderas, The Skin That I Inhabit


Best Actress

1. Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
2. Viola Davis, The Help (New)
3. Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
4. Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
5. Charlize Theron, Young Adult

2nd Tier
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk about Kevin (Demoted)
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene

Dropped Out
Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia


Best Supporting Actor

1.  Christopher Plummer, Beginners
2.  Albert Brooks, Drive (New)
3.  Nick Nolte (New)
4.  Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Ides of March
5.  Jim Broadbent, The Iron Lady

2nd Tier
Nil

Dropped Out
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Armie Hammer, J. Edgar
Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life


Best Supporting Actress

1. Octavia Spencer, The Help (New)
2. Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus
3. Sandra Bullock, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (New)
4. Shailene Woodley, The Descendants (New)
5. Keira Knightley, A Dangerous Method

2nd Tier
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter

Promoted to Best Actress
Viola Davis, The Help

Dropped Out
Marisa Tomei, The Ides of March
Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life
Scarlett Johansson, We Bought A Zoo
Judi Dench, J. Edgar