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The 84th Academy Awards…and the Oscar goes to….

It’s that time of the year when we all gather around our TV for the biggest night in Entertainment…..The Oscars! That’s right, the 84th showing of the Academy Awards will air on ABC on Sunday the 26th of February and we at Geek for E have decided to join in on the fun and give you our predictions of who will win.

Each day leading up to the broadcast we’ll list the category and the nominations and give you our opinion on why we think our selection will win! We hope that you’ll chime in under comments each day with your prediction and while you’re there, let us know what you think of our picks too.

Sit back…relax…and enjoy the show!
-Alex

 

Here is the list of this year’s nominations.

BEST PICTURE
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Moneyball”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Demian Bichir for “A Better Life”
George Clooney for “The Descendants”
Jean DuJardin for “The Artist”
Gary Oldman for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt for “Moneyball”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis for “The Help”
Rooney Mara for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams for “My Week with Marilyn”
DIRECTING
Michel Hazanavicius for “The Artist”
Alexander Payne for “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese for “Hugo”
Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris”
Terrence Malick for “The Tree of Life”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kenneth Branagh for “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill for “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte for “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer for “Beginners”
Max Von Sydow for “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Bernice Bejo for “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain for “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy for “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer for “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer for “The Help”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Bullhead” – Belgium
“Footnote” – Israel
“In Darkness” – Poland
“Monsieur Lazhar” – Canada
“A Separation” – Iran

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“A Cat in Paris”
“Chico and Rita”
“Kung Fu Panda 2”
“Puss in Boots”
“Rango”

SCREENPLAY (Adapted)
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash for “The Descendants”
John Logan for “Hugo”
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon for “The Ides of March”
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin & Stan Chervin for “Moneyball”
Bridget o’Connor & Peter Straughan for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

SCREENPLAY (Original)
Michel Hazanavicius for “The Artist”
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig for “Bridesmaids”
J.C. Chandor for “Margin Call”
Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris”
Asghar farhadi for “A Separation”

ART DIRECTION
“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“War Horse”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Artist”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”

COSTUME DESIGN
“Anonymous”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
“Jane Eyre”
“W.E.”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Hell and Back Again”
“If a Tree Falls”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgator”
“Pina”
“Undefeated”

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“The Barber of Birmingham”
“God is the Bigger Elvis”
“Incident in New Baghdad”
“Saving Face”
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”

FILM EDITING
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”

MAKEUP
“Albert Nobbs”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two”
“The Iron Lady”

MUSIC (SCORE)
John Williams for “The Adventures of Tintin”
Ludovic Bource for “The Artist”
Howard Shore for “Hugo”
Alberto Iglesias for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
John Williams for “War Horse”

MUSIC (SONG)
‘Man or Muppet’ from “The Muppets”
‘Real in Rio’ from “Rio”

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Dimanche/Sunday”
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”
“La Luna”
“A Morning Stroll”
“Wild Life”

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“Pentecost”
“Raju”
“The Shore”
“Time Freak”
“Tuba Atlantic”

SOUND EDITING
“Drive”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”

SOUND MIXING
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”

VISUAL EFFECTS
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two”
“Hugo”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

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