When was the last the top two acting races were so competitive?
For actor, it would be between Mickey Rourke for "The Wrestler" and Sean Penn with "Milk" (the winner). For actress, any other time Meryl Streep was nominated prior to "The Iron Lady". "Doubt", "The Devil Wears Prada", and "Julie & Julia" were definitely the first runner-ups there.
The lead categories are the most interesting because you have a relatively close race in both of them.
In Actor, it's between George Clooney and Jean Dujardin.
In Actress, it's between Viola Davis and Meryl Streep.
When was the last the top two acting races were so competitive?
Jean Dujardin is in the best picture frontrunner, and he won the BAFTA and SAG, acting awards that have members who are eligible to vote for AMPAS. George Clooney is going to have to wait for that leading Oscar.
For actor, it would be between Mickey Rourke for "The Wrestler" and Sean Penn with "Milk" (the winner). For actress, any other time Meryl Streep was nominated prior to "The Iron Lady". "Doubt", "The Devil Wears Prada", and "Julie & Julia" were definitely the first runner-ups there.
Helen Mirren had a clean sweep throughout the 2006-2007 awards race.
My full predictions. The lessor categories are mostly guesses:
BEST PICTURE: The Artist
BEST ACTOR: Jean Dujardin - The Artist
BEST ACTRESS: Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christopher Plummer - Beginners
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Berenice Bejo - The Artist (Couldn't really make up my mind between her and Octavia Spencer.)
BEST DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - The Descendants
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Rango
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: A Separation
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: War Horse
BEST EDITING: The Artist
BEST ART DIRECTION: Hugo
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Anonymous
BEST MAKEUP: Albert Nobbs
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Ludovic Bource - The Artist
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Man or Muppet - The Muppet's
BEST SOUND MIXING: War Horse
BEST SOUND EDITING: War Horse
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: Hell And Back Again
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY: God Is The Bigger Elvis
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM: The Shore
Best Picture: The Artist
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jean Dujardin (Artist)
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Viola Davis (The Help)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer (Help)
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicus (Artist)
Best Animated Feature: Rango
Cinematography: Hugo
Art Direction: Hugo
Costume Design: Jane Eyre
Documentary: Undefeated
Documentary Short: Saving Face
Editing: Artist
Foreign Language Film: A Seperation (Iran)
Makeup: The Iron Lady
Music (Original Score): The Artist
Music (Original Song): Man or Muppet (the Muppets)
Short Film (Animated): The fantastic flying books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Short Film (Live Action): Tuba Atlantic
Sound Editing: War Horse
Sound Mixing: Hugo
Visual Effects: Hugo
Writing (Adapted): The Descendants
Writing (Original): The Artist
Best picture: The artist
best actor: Jean dujardin (the artist)
best actress: Meryl streep (the iron lady)
best supporting actor: Christopher plummer (beginners)
best supporting actress: Octavia spencer (the help)
best adapted screenplay: Moneyball
best original screenplay: Midnight in paris
best art direction: Hugo
best cinematography: The tree of life
best costume design: Jane eyre
best director: Martin scorsese (hugo)
best film editing: The artist
best original score: The artist
best original song: The muppets (man or muppet)
best sound editing: Hugo
best sound mixing: Hugo
best visual effects: Rise of the planet of the apes
best animated film: Rango
best foreign language film: A separation
God, I'd love that!
. Does anybody know how many nominations she already had?