Quentin, Waltz, Affleck&Terrio, DDL, Jennifer

Academy Awards: my picks for Sunday [RESULTS]

16/24 and 18/24 with alternatives. Didn't see Life of Pi coming.

BEST FILM

Argo 

Alternative: Lincoln

BEST DIRECTOR

Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) 

Alternative: Michael Haneke (Amour)
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

Alternative: Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Chris Terrio (Argo)

Alternative: Tony Kushner (Lincoln)

BEST ACTOR

Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) 

Alternative: Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)

BEST ACTRESS

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) 

Alternative: Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway (Les Miserábles) 

Alternative: Amy Adams (The Master)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTORS

Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) 

Alternative: Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Amour (Austria)

Alternative: Kon-Tiki (Norway)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Wreck-it-Ralph 

Alternative: Frankenweenie
Brave

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Searching for Sugar Man 

Alternative: The Gatekeepers

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Lincoln (Janusz Kaminski)

Alternative: Skyfall (Roger Deakins)
Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)

BEST ART DIRECTION

Lincoln 

Alternative: Les Miserábles

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Lincoln

Alternative: Anna Karenina

BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP

Les Miserábles 

Alternative: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

BEST EDITING

Argo

Alternative: Zero Dark Thirty

BEST SOUND EDITING

Zero Dark Thirty 

Alternative: Skyfall
[it's a tie: both movies won the Oscar]

BEST SOUND MIXING

Les Miserábles 

Alternative: Skyfall

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Avengers 

Alternative: Life of Pi

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Lincoln 

Alternative: Skyfall
Life of Pi

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Skyfall" (Skyfall) 

Alternative: "Suddenly" (Les Miserábles)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

Asad

Alternative: Death of a Shadow
Curfew

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Paperman

Alternative: Heads Over Heels

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

Open Hearts

Alternative: Kings Point
Inocente

Oscar'13 nominees with lots of surprises

What the hell happened in there? Lots of surprises, chiefly the very unpredictable Best Director category.

Check out the whole nominees.