Oscars picked

Green indicates the winner and a correct prediction. Yay! Blue indicates the winner and an incorrect prediction. Boo.

And the winners are...

[OSCAR WINNER] [PREDICTED WIN] [SEEN IT]

BEST PICTURE
[X]......[X]......[X]......“The Artist”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“The Descendants”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“The Help”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Hugo”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Midnight in Paris”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Moneyball”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“The Tree of Life”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“War Horse”

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

Frack. Shoulda stuck w THE ARTIST.

ORIGINAL SONG
[X]......[X]......[ ]......“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Real in Rio” from “Rio”

Yay! I still can't believe I still haven't seen THE MUPPETS. *sigh*

LEADING ACTOR
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......George Clooney in “The Descendants”
[X]......[X]......[X]......Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”

DIRECTING
[X]......[X]......[X]......“The Artist”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“The Descendants”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Hugo”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Midnight in Paris”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“The Tree of Life”

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

Pretty and well crafted, but so far from economical. I mean, it felt slow and it's a short film, y'know?

SUPPORTING ACTOR
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
[ ]......[X]......[ ]......Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
[X]......[ ]......[X]......Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

Good for him!

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Hell and Back Again”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
[ ]......[X]......[ ]......“Pina”
[X]......[ ]......[ ]......“Undefeated”

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Pentecost”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Raju”
[X]......[ ]......[ ]......“The Shore”
[ ]......[?]......[ ]......“Time Freak”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Tuba Atlantic”

LEADING ACTRESS
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......Viola Davis in “The Help”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
[X]......[ ]......[ ]......Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
[ ]......[X]......[ ]......Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”

Yeah, I was a fool to go in against the Streep, wasn't I?

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
[ ]......[?]......[ ]......“God Is the Bigger Elvis”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Incident in New Baghdad”
[X]......[ ]......[ ]......“Saving Face”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”

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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
[ ]......[X]......[X]......Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
[X]......[ ]......[ ]......Octavia Spencer in “The Help”

FILM EDITING
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“The Artist”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“The Descendants”
[X]......[ ]......[X]......“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Hugo”
[ ]......[X]......[X]......“Moneyball”

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

ANIMATED FEATURE
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“A Cat in Paris”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Chico & Rita”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Kung Fu Panda 2”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Puss in Boots”
[X]......[X]......[X]......“Rango”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Bullhead”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Footnote”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“In Darkness”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Monsieur Lazhar”
[X]......[X]......[ ]......“A Separation”

VISUAL EFFECTS
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
[X]......[ ]......[ ]......“Hugo”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Real Steel”
[ ]......[X]......[X]......“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

ART DIRECTION
[ ]......[X]......[X]......“The Artist”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
[X]......[ ]......[ ]......“Hugo”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Midnight in Paris”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“War Horse”

MAKEUP
[ ]......[X]......[ ]......“Albert Nobbs”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
[X]......[ ]......[ ]......“The Iron Lady”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
[X]......[ ]......[X]......“The Descendants”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Hugo”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“The Ides of March”
[ ]......[X]......[X]......“Moneyball”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

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

ORIGINAL SCORE
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“The Adventures of Tintin”
[X]......[X]......[X]......“The Artist”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Hugo”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“War Horse”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“The Artist”
[ ]......[ ]......[ ]......“Bridesmaids”
[ ]......[ ]......[X]......“Margin Call”
[X]......[ ]......[X]......“Midnight in Paris”
[ ]......[X]......[ ]......“A Separation”

For those playing at home, that's 7 out of 24. Weak!

=)

Keep on keepin on~