OSCAR WATCH: Oscar Predictions

Here we go, the last stop on the awards season. Despite it being a fairly predictable awards season, there are quite a few categories that are ripe for upsets. I'm telling ya, the tech categories will make or break your Oscar pool this year. These are my final predictions for the Academy Awards:

Best Picture
The Artist

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Best Actor
Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Best Actress
Viola Davis, The Help

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
The Artist

Best Film Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Makeup
The Iron Lady

Best Original Score
The Artist

Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet", The Muppets

Best Sound Editing
Hugo

Best Sound Mixing
Hugo

Best Visual Effects
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation

Best Animated Feature Film
Rango

Best Documentary Feature
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Best Documentary Short
Saving Face

Best Animated Short
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Best Short Film
The Shore