Predicting the Oscar Noms

I'm holding off on posting my own noms and top 10 list till the weekend, when I can see Zero Dark Thirty. But the oscar noms come out tomorrow and should be pretty exciting - the race is a bit more open and unpredictable than in past years! Yay! Let's see how we can do.

Best Picture:
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Les Mis
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

If 8, Django Unchained
If 9, Moonrise Kingdom

Possible 10th: Amour, The Master, Skyfall, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Best Director:
Ben Affleck
Kathryn Bigelow
Ang Lee
David O. Russell
Steven Spielberg

Alternate: Quentin Tarantino. I refuse to discuss Tom Hooper.

Best Actress:
Jessica Chastain
Marion Cotillard
Jennifer Lawrence
Emmanuelle Riva
Naomi Watts

Aternate: Quevenzhane Wallis, Helen Mirren, Rachel Weisz

Best Actor:
Bradley Cooper
Daniel Day-Lewis
John Hawkes
Hugh Jackman
Denzel Washington

Alternate: Joaquin Phoenix

Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams
Sally Field
Anne Hathaway
Helen Hunt
Nicole Kidman

Alternate: Maggie Smith

Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin
Robert DeNiro
Leonardo DiCaprio
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Tommy Lee Jones

Alternate: Christoph Waltz, Matthew McConaughey, Eddie Redmayne, Javier Bardem

Screenplay - Original:
Django Unchained
Looper
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

Alternate: Flight, Amour

Screenplay - Adapted:
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lincoln
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook

Alternate: Life of Pi, Les Mis

Foreign:
Amour
Intouchables
No
A Royal Affair
War Witch

Alternate: Beyond the Hills, Kon-Tiki

Documentary:
Bully
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man

Alternate: Mea Maxima Culpa,

Animated:
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It-Ralph

Alternate: Hotel Transylvania (Or The Painting, if they decide to go all Chico & Rita, Cat in Paris on us)

Editing:
Argo
Les Mis
Lincoln
The Master
Zero Dark Thirty

Alternate: Life of Pi, Skyfall, Cloud Atlas, Dark Knight

Cinematography:
Life of Pi
Les Mis
Lincoln
The Master
Skyfall

Alternate: Anna Karenina, Zero Dark Thirty

Score:
Anna Karenina
Argo
Cloud Atlas
Life of Pi
Lincoln

Alternate: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Skyfall, The Master, Moonrise Kingdom

Song:
Ancora Qui - Django Unchained
Learn Me Right - Brave
Suddenly - Les Mis
Skyfall - Skyfall
Abraham's Daughter - Hunger Games


Alternate: Everybody Needs a Best Friend - Ted, Freedom - Django Unchained (This should SOOOO be nominated), Fire in the Blood - Lawless (THIS SHOULD ALSO BE NOMINATED), Lawless Love - Madagascar 3, Still Alive - Paul Williams Sill Alive, Safe and Sound - Hunger Games, Breath of Life - Snow White and the Huntsman, From Here to the Moon and Back - Joyful Noise

Production Design:
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
The Hobbit
Les Mis
Lincoln

Alternate: Argo, The Master, Life of Pi, Cloud Atlas

Costume:
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
Django Unchained
Les Mis
Lincoln

Alternate: Mirror Mirror, The Hobbit, Snow White and the Huntsman. I feel like the Academy doesn't tend to go for costumes on foreign films, so probably not A Royal Affair.

Sound Editing:
The Avengers
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Alternate: Flight, Killing them Softly, Les Mis, Dark Knight

Sound Mixing:
The Hobbit
Les Mis
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Alternate: Django Unchained, The Avengers, Life of Pi, Dark Knight

Unless the Academy decides to totally double the Edit/Mix categories again.

Visual Effects:
Avengers
Cloud Atlas
Hobbit
Life of Pi
Prometheus

Alternate: Battleship, Dark Knight, Skyfall

Makeup:
Hobbit
Les Mis
Lincoln

Alternate: Hitchcock, MIB3, Looper

It is so wrong that Cloud Atlas won't be up for this.

Short Documentary:
Inocente 
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
The Education of Mohammad Hussein

Alternate: Redemption

Short Animated:
Adam and Dog
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
Paperman
The Eagleman Stag

Alternate: Dripped, Fall of the House of Usher, Combustible

Short Live:
9meter
Asad
Curfew
Henry
when you find me

Alternate: Buzkashi Boys, A Fabrica, Salar