2013 Oscars: Winners and Losers – LIVE

The 2013 Oscars have been announced. The winners are listed here, including my predictions and whether they were ultimately successful.

Winners are in bold.

Best Supporting Actor

• Alan Arkin – Argo
• Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

My Prediction: Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

Best Animated Short

• Adam and Dog
• Fresh Guacamole
• Head Over Heels
• The Longest Daycare
• Paperman

My Prediction: Paperman

Best Animated Feature

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists
• Wreck-It Ralph

My Prediction: Wreck-It Ralph

Best Cinematography

• Anna Karenina
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

My Prediction: Life of Pi

Best Visual Effects

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi
• Marvel’s The Avengers
• Prometheus
• Snow White & The Huntsman

My Prediction: Life of Pi

Best Costume Design

• Anna Karenina
• Les Misérables
• Lincoln
• Mirror Mirror
• Snow White & The Huntsman

My Prediction: Anna Karenina

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Hitchcock
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Misérables

My Prediction: Les Misérables

Best Documentary Feature

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching for Sugar Man

My Prediction: Searching for Sugar Man

Best Foreign Film

• Amour
• Kon-Tiki
• No
• A Royal Affair
• War Witch

My Prediction: Amour

Best Sound Mixing

• Argo
• Les Misérables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

My Prediction: Les Misérables

Best Sound Editing

• Argo
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty

My Prediction: Life of Pi

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams – The Master
• Sally Field – Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

My Prediction: Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables

Best Film Editing

• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

My Prediction: Argo

Best Production Design

• Anna Karenina
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Misérables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln

My Prediction: Anna Karenina

Best Original Score

• Anna Karenina
• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

My Prediction: Life of Pi

Best Original Song

• Before My Time – Chasing Ace
• Everybody Needs a Best Friend – Ted
• Pi’s Lullaby – Life of Pi
• Skyfall – Skyfall
• Suddenly – Les Misérables

My Prediction: Skyfall – Skyfall

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Chris Terrio – Argo
• Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• David Magee – Life of Pi
• Tony Kushner – Lincoln
• David O Russell – Silver Linings Playbook

My Prediction: Chris Terrio – Argo

Best Original Screenplay

• Michael Haneke – Amour
• Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
• John Gatins – Flight
• Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola – Moonrise Kingdom
• Mark Boal – Zero Dark Thirty

My Prediction: Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained

Best Director

• Michael Haneke – Amour
• Ang Lee – Life of Pi
• David O Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

My Prediction: Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible

My Prediction: Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor

• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
• Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
• Denzel Washington – Flight

My Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

Best Picture

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Misérables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

My Prediction: Argo

So there we are. The 2013 Oscars have been announced and there were no big surprises. Of the 24 categories, I got 17 right, 5 wrong and abstained from 2. It was great to see Argo get its deserved Best Picture gong and Daniel Day-Lewis is now cemented in history as the Academy’s most decorated actor of all-time.

Roll on next year!