My Final Oscar Predictions

The Oscars are tomorrow! My fave day of the year. I've been very lax this season with the blog. You can find me on twitter though @ME_Says.

Here are my predictions:
BEST PICTURE
Only predicting 6, I'm thinking the big 5 plus Tree of Life because there are passionate lovers of that movie.

The Artist
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Tree Of Life

BEST DIRECTOR
Again passion brings in Malick, remember The Thin Red Line?
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne The Descendants
Terence Malick, Tree Of Life
Martin Scorsese Hugo
Woody Allen Midnight in Paris

BEST ACTRESS
I'm thinking Close gets in for her strong "it took me forever to make this happen " storyline and Rooney because that movie is a hit. Sorry Tilda.
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

BEST ACTOR
Leo is in!
Leonard Di Caprio, J Edgar
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
George Clooney, The Descendants
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Michael Fassbender, Shame

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
I'm thinking Woodley gets left behind. We will see.
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Meh. What happened here, only Plummer & Brooks deserve to be here.
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Nick Nolte, Warrior

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wishful thinking on my part for A Separation one of my faves of the year.
Will Reiser, 50/50
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Ashgar Farhadi, A Separation

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steven Zaillian, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tate Taylor, The Help
John Logan, Hugo
Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, Moneyball