My Predictions for the Oscars

My guess for the winners of the 84th 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 - The Descendants
Best Original Screenplay - Midnight in Paris
Best Foreign Film - A Separation (Iran)
Best Animated Film - Rango
Best Art Direction - Hugo
Best Cinematography - The Artist
Best Costume Design - The Artist
Best Film Editing - The Artist
Best Documentary Film - Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Best Makeup - The Iron Lady
Best Original Score - The Artist
Best Original Song - "Man or Muppet", The Muppets
Best Sound Mixing - Hugo
Best Sound Editing - War Horse
Best Visual Effects - Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Best Documentary Short - Saving Face
Best Animated Short - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris
Best Live-Action Short - The Shore

Second choices in close categories:
Best Actress - Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Art Direction - Hugo
Best Cinematography - Hugo
Best Makeup - Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Best Visual Effects - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best Documentary Short - God Is the Bigger Elvis
Best Animated Short - La Luna
Best Live-Action Short - Raju