Oscars Scorecard: Can Anyone Stop Daniel Day Lewis?

Best Actor

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No contest.

Nominees
Bradley Cooper,Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman,Les Miserables
Daniel Day-Lewis,Lincoln
Joaquin Phoenix,The Master
Denzel Washington,Flight

Should win: There are some great performances in this group. Bradley Cooper does the impossible of making his grating personality actually sympathetic inSilver Linings. Hugh Jackman sings! Joaquin Phoenix holds a film with a totally original character inThe Master. And Denzel is entirely believable as ever playing an alcoholic pilot inFlight. But one performance just so completely inhabits the character that it is impossible to ignore. No one has taken on a feature length portrayal of America's most titanic and mysterious president on the big screen in 70 years, and the reason is clear. Stepping into a statue is generally death for most performers. But Daniel Day-Lewis becomes the part so completely, that you push all the statuary out of your mind and while you are watching the film, you are with a real, tormented and troubled man thrust into great times.

Will win: There are lots of reasons why in theory DDL could lose: he's won too many times already (two Best Actor trophies sit on his mantle); Oscar is moving away from stuffy historical pieces and favoring, hipper, younger sorts roles of late; Jackman sings — and he's a former Oscar host; it's their chance to acknowledgeThe Master. But all of these could be's will come to naught on Sunday night. It's Daniel Day-Lewis.

Best Production Design

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Nominees:
Sarah Greenwood, Katie SpencerAnna Karenina
Dan Hennah,Ra Vincent, Simon BrightThe Hobbit
Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-RobinsonLes Misérables
David Gropman, Anna PinnockLife of Pi
Rick Carter, Jim EricksonLincoln

Should win: There are beautiful sets and costumes galore in this field. But the design forAnna Karenina, built around the conceit that the entire film was taking place on a stage which somehow became Tsarist Russia, was so imaginative and creative, it literally stole the scenes.

Will win: BetweenAnna,Les Misérables, andLife of Pi, you have three films built around dazzling productions, and thus a very tight three-way race for the top without much clear precedent to show it breaking towards any one of these films. That said,Anna is the peacock of the bunch, wearing its colors on its sleeves, showing off the production designer's craft and in the end, the one likeliest to walk away with it all.

Other prediction categories

Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Original Song
Best Original Score
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
Best Animated Short
Best Live Action Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Actress
Best Editing

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