83rd ANNUAL OSCAR WINNERS  (individual category pages, accessible by clicking on their titles are in process of updating.)
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 BEST PICTURE  
WINNER THE KING'S SPEECH
  NOMINEES 127 Hours Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter's Bone 
win prediction correct
  nominee predictions 9/10 missing The Town for 127 hours which i had in 11th place. 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011) 4 of 10 -correctly guessed Fighter, Inception, Kids, and King's a year in advance
 
  
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 BEST DIRECTOR 
  
WINNER Hooper, King's Speech
  
NOMINEES Darren Aronofsky Black Swan Joel and Ethan Coen True Grit David Fincher The Social Network David O. Russell The Fighter
  win prediction  incorrect 
nominee predictions  4/5 missing Coen Bros (who i had in 6th place) for Nolan. 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  1 of 5... only guessed Hooper a year in advance. Boo. 
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 BEST ACTOR  
  WINNER Colin Firth, The King's Speech 
NOMINEES
  
Javier Bardem Biutiful Jeff Bridges True Grit Jesse Eisenberg The Social Network James Franco 127 Hours 
win prediction correct
  
nominee predictions 5/5 but i feel bad for Gosling 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  1 of 5 -Ouch. Only got Firth a year ago. 
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 BEST ACTRESS  
  WINNER Portman, Black Swan 
NOMINEES Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence Winter's Bone Michelle Williams Blue Valentine 
win prediction correct
  nominee predictions 5/5 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  3 of 5 correctly guessed a year ago. Tying my best years ever (also managed 60% a year early in 2008 & 2001) 
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 SUPPORTING ACTOR 
  WINNER Christian Bale The Fighter 
 NOMINEES John Hawkes Winter's Bone Jeremy Renner The Town Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right Geoffrey Rush The King's Speech 
win prediction correct 
nominee predictions 4/5 missing Hawkes for Garfield (who i had in 7th) 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)   managed 2 of 5 a year in advance (Bale, Rush) 
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  SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
WINNER Melissa Leo, The Fighter
  
 NOMINEES Amy Adams  The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech Hailee Steinfeld True Grit Jacki Weaver Animal Kingdom 
win prediction correct 
my predictions 5/5 sensing they didn't like Black Swan as much as others 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  1 of 5 only a year in advance (HBC) ouch. 
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 ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
  WINNER The King's Speech David Seidler
  Mike Leigh Another Year Silver, Johnson & Tamasy The Fighter Nolan Inception Cholodenko & Blumberg The Kids Are All Right
  win prediction correct
  my predictions 4/5 missing Another Year (which i had in 7th) for Blue Valentine 
  April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)   3 of 5 year in advance. BEST YEAR EVER 
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 ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 
  WINNER The Social Network Aaron Sorkin 
NOMINEES Boyle &  127 Hours Arndt (and others) Toy Story 3 The Coen Bros True Grit Granik & Rosellini Winter's Bone
  win prediction correct
  my predictions  4/5 missing 127 Hours (which i had in 6th) for The Ghost Writer a hunch 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  2 of 5 a year in advance 
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 CINEMATOGRAPHY 
  WINNER Pfister, Inception 
NOMINEE Libatique Black Swan Cohen The King's Speech Cronenwerth The Social Network Deakins True Grit 
win prediction wrong
  
my predictions  4/5 missing The King's Speech (what?) for 127 Hours.  
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  2 of 5 a year in advance guessed Black Swan and Inception 
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 COSTUME DESIGN 
  WINNER Atwood Alice in Wonderland 
NOMINEES Cannarozzi I Am Love Beavan The King's Speech Powell The Tempest Zophres True Grit 
win prediction wrong. i switched at last second. argh.
  
my predictions 3/5 missing The Tempest and I Am Love (yay!) 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  2 of 5 a year in advance (king's and tempest) 
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  ART DIRECTION
  WINNER Stromberg Alice in Wonderland 
NOMINEES Craig Harry Potter Dyas Inception Stewart The King's Speech Gonchor True Grit 
win prediction wrong
  my predictions 4/5 missing Harry Potter (again? Jesus this is getting ridiculous. How many times can you reward someone for the same work?) 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  2 of 5 -correctly guessed Inception and King's a year in advance 
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 FILM EDITING 
  WINNER Baxter and Wall The Social Network 
NOMINEES Harris 127 Hours Weisblum Black Swan Martin The Fighter Anwar The King's Speech
  
win prediction correct
  my predictions 4/5 missing 127 Hours for Inception
 
  
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  1 of 5 a year in advance (fighter) though i'm still surprised it wasn't 2 of 5 (inception) 
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 VISUAL EFFECTS  
 WINNER Inception 
NOMINEES Alice in Wonderland Harry Potter and Death Hallows Pt. 1 Hereafter Iron Man 2 
win prediction 
correct   
my predictions 4/5 missing Hereafter as I'd predicted Tron Legacy instead. 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  2 of 5 but I only guessed 3 candidates. they expanded the category. 
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 MAKEUP  
  WINNER The Wolfman
  NOMINEES Barney's Version The Way Back
  
win prediction wrong -stupid to vote against werewolves. stupid me. 
my predictions  1/3 missing Barney's Version and The Way Back assuming they'd go with Alice and True Grit 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  0 of 3 always the hardest category 
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 FOREIGN FILM 
  WINNER Denmark IN A BETTER WORLD 
NOMINEES Algeria Outside the Law Canada Incendies Greece Dogtooth Mexico Biutiful 
win prediction wrong. alternate won
  
my predictions  4/5 missing Dogtooth (which i had in 9th. oops) for South Africa's film. 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  0 of 5 0wwwwch. 
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  ORIGINAL SONG 
  WINNER "We Belong Together" TOY STORY 3 
nominees "If I Rise" 127 Hours "Coming Home" Country Strong "I See The Light" Tangled "We Belong Together" Toy Story 3 
win prediction WRONg - DUMB to vote against their urge to give Toy Story an additional statue despite the song being so rote. 
my predictions 3/4I missed "If I Rise" (which I had in 6th place) for the Cher song. I'M SO PISSED.) 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  2 of 4 (tangled and toy story 3) 
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  ORIGINAL SCORE
  WINNER Ross & Reznor The Social Network
  NOMINEES Rahman 127 Hours Powell How To Train... Zimmer Inception Desplat The King's Speech
 
  
win prediction wrong and am genuinely shocked that such a deserving but non-traditioaal score won.
  
my predictions 3/5 I missed The Social Network (thinking it too progressive for them -- i had it in 7th and 127 Horus which is more of a mixed tape. Strange.alt. Elfman "Alice" Reznor and Ross "Social" 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  1 of 5. only Inception. oops 
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 SOUND EDITING     WINNER Inception   
NOMINEES Toy Story 3 Tron Legacy  True Grit Unstoppable 
win prediction correct
  
my predictions 3/5 missing Toy Story 3 (which I had in 7th) and Unstoppable   
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  2 of 5 inception & toy story 
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 SOUND MIXING 
  WINNER Inception
  
NOMINEES The King's Speech Salt The Social Network True Grit 
win prediction correct
  
my predictions  2/5 WOW screwed up here. Though Salt and Social Network were my two highest alternated. my predictions alt. Salt Social Network 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  1 of 5. ouch. 
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 ANIMATED FILM 
  WINNER Toy Story 3
  NOMINEES  How to Train... The Illusionist 
win prediction correct
  
my predictions 3/3 
April Fools Predictions  (next attempt 04/01/2011)  3/3 but i guessed 5 given that we thought at the time there would be. 
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  ANIMATED SHORT 
WINNER The Lost Thing
  NOMINEES Day and Night The Gruffalo Let's Pollute The Lost Things Madagascar 
win prediction totally wrong
  
my predictions 4/5 missing only Madagascar (my top alternate) for The Silence 
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 LIVE ACTION SHORT  
WINNER God of Love
  NOMINEES The Confession The Crush God of Love Na Wewe Wish 143 
win prediction correct
  
my predictions 1/5 OUCH. I picked all the wrong finalists but Na Wewe 
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 DOCUMENTARY SHORT  
WINNER Strangers No More
  NOMINEES Killing in the Name Poster Girl Strangers No More Sun Come Up The Warriors of Qiugang 
win prediction correct
  
my predictions 3/5 though the Warriors was my top alternate 
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 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE  
WINNER inside Job
  NOMINEES Exit Through... Gasland Inside Job Restrepo Wasteland 
win prediction totally wrong
  
my predictions 3/5 missing Exit which i assumed they'd snub in place of the more traditional frontrunner (Superman) which didn't even get nominated!
 
  
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Nomination Tally 
12 nominations THE KING'S SPEECH 
10 nominations TRUE GRIT 
8 nominations INCEPTION THE SOCIAL NETWORK 
7 nominations THE FIGHTER 
6 nominations 127 HOURS
  5 nominations BLACK SWAN TOY STORY 3 
4 nominations THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT WINTER'S BONE 
3 nominations ALICE IN WONDERLAND
  2 nominations BIUTIFUL HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PT 1 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON TANGLED 
lone nomination ANIMAL KINGDOM ANOTHER YEAR BARNEY'S VERSION COUNTRY STRONG HEREAFTER I AM LOVE IRON MAN 2 THE ILLUSIONIST RABBIT HOLE SALT THE TEMPEST THE TOWN TRON LEGACY UNSTOPPABLE THE WAY BACK THE WOLFMAN 
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