UPDATED: 2/21/13 -- FINAL PREDICTIONS

Best Picture
"Argo"
(alt. "Silver Linings Playbook")

Best Director
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
(alt. David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook")

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
(alt. Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook")

Best Actress
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
(alt. Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook")

Best Supporting Actor
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
(alt. Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained")

Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
(alt. Sally Field, "Lincoln")

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"Argo"
(alt. "Silver Linings Playbook")

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
"Amour"
(alt. "Django Unchained")

Best Cinematography
"Life of Pi"
(alt. "Skyfall")

Best Costume Design
"Anna Karenina"
(alt. "Les Misérables)

Best Film Editing
"Argo"
(alt. "Life of Pi")

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"Les Misérables"
(alt. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey")

Best Music (Original Score)
"Life of Pi"
(alt. "Skyfall")

Best Music (Original Song)
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall"
(alt. "Suddenly" from "Les Misérables")

Best Production Design
"Les Misérables"
(alt. "Life of Pi")

Best Sound Editing
"Life of Pi"
(alt. "Argo")

Best Sound Mixing
"Les Misérables"
(alt. "Life of Pi")

Best Visual Effects
"Life of Pi"
(alt. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey")

Best Animated Feature Film
"Brave"
(alt. "Wreck-It Ralph")

Best Foreign Language Film
"Amour" - Austria
(alt. "Kon-Tiki" - Norway)

Best Documentary Feature
"Searching for Sugar Man"
(alt. "The Gatekeepers")

Best Documentary Short
"Mondays at Racine"
(alt. "Open Heart")

Best Short Film (Animated)
"Paperman"
(alt. "Head Over Heels")

Best Short Film (Live Action)
"Curfew"
(alt. "Buzkashi Boys")

Kristopher Tapley
Editor-at-Large

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Kristopher Tapley has covered the film awards landscape for over a decade. He founded In Contention in 2005. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Times of London and Variety. He begs you not to take any of this too seriously.