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Episode Thirty Seven - New Oscar Thoughts

SAG Predix

Best Ensemble:
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The Social Network
The Town
Winter's Bone

Best Lead Actor:
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

Best Lead Actress:
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress:
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Dianne Wiest, Rabbit Hole

Golden Globe Predictions

Ahhhh! I still don't know anything! Here goes nothing!

Best Picture-Drama:
1. The Social Network
2. The King's Speech
3. Inception
4. True Grit
5. 127 Hours
(If six, Black Swan)

Best Picture-Comedy/Musical:
1. The Kids Are All Right
2. Made in Dagenham
3. Nowhere Boy
4. How Do You Know
5. Easy A
(If six, Barney's Version)

Best Director:
1. David Fincher, The Social Network
2. Christopher Nolan, Inception
3. Ethan and Joel Coen, True Grit
4. Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
5. Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
(If six, Danny Boyle, 127 Hours)

Best Lead Actor-Drama:
1. Colin Firth, The King's Speech
2. James Franco, 127 Hours
3. Jeff Bridges, True Grit
4. Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
5. Michael Douglas, Solitary Man
(If six, Aaron Ekhart, Rabbit Hole)

Best Lead Actress-Drama:
1. Natalie Portman, Black Swan
2. Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
3. Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
4. Lesley Manville, Another Year
5. Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
(If six, Noomi Rapace, The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo)

Best Lead Actor-Comedy/Musical:
1. Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version
2. Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs
3. Aaron Johnson, Nowhere Boy
4. Jim Carrey, I Love You Phillip Morris
5. Paul Rudd, How Do You Know
(If six, Ben Stiller, Greenberg)

Best Lead Actress-Comedy/Musical:
1. Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
2. Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
3. Sally Hawkins, Made in Dagenham
4. Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs
5. Emma Stone, Easy A
(If six, Reese Witherspoon, How Do You Know)

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
2. Christian Bale, The Fighter
3. Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
4. Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
5. Justin Timberlake, The Social Network
(If six, Jack Nicholson, How Do You Know)

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
2. Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy
3. Rosamund Pike, Barney's Version
4. Melissa Leo, The Fighter
5. Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
(If six, Rooney Mara, The Social Network)

Best Screenplay:
1. The Social Network
2. The Kids Are All Right
3. The King's Speech
4. Inception
5. Toy Story 3
(If six, Rabbit Hole)

Best Animated Feature:
1. Toy Story 3
2. Tangled
3. How to Train Your Dragon
4. Despicable Me
5. The Illusionist
(If six, Megamind)

Best Score:
1. The Social Network
2. Inception
3. True Grit
4. 127 Hours
5. The King's Speech
(If six, How to Train Your Dragon)

Best Song:
1. "I See the Light," Tangled
2. "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me," Burlesque
3. "We Belong Together," Toy Story 3
4. "Today Was a Fairytale," Valentine's Day
5. "If I Rise," 127 Hours
(If six, "Shine," Waiting for "Superman")

Best Foreign Film:
1. Biutiful, Mexico
2. I Am Love, France
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Sweden
4. Carlos, France
5. Mother, South Korea

Best Drama Series:
1. Mad Men
2. Boardwalk Empire
3. Dexter
4. True Blood
5. The Walking Dead
(If six, In Treatment

Best Actor-Drama:
1. Jon Hamm, Mad Men
2. Michael C. Hall, Dexter
3. Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
4. Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
5. Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
(If six, Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead)

Best Actress-Drama:
1. Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
2. Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
3. Anna Paquin, True Blood
4. Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
5. Glenn Close, Damages
(If six, Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire)

Best Comedy/Musical Series:
1. Glee
2. Modern Family
3. 30 Rock
4. The Big C
5. Entourage
(If six, Nurse Jackie)

Best Actor-Comedy/Musical:
1. Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
2. Steve Carell, The Office
3. Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
4. Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
5. Matthew Morrison, Glee
(If six, Joel McHale, Community)

Best Actress-Comedy/Musical:
1. Laura Linney, The Big C
2. Toni Collette, The United States of Tara
3. Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
4. Tina Fey, 30 Rock
5. Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
(If six, Lea Michele, Glee)

Best TV Movie/Miniseries:
1. The Pacific
2. Temple Grandin
3. You Don't Know Jack
4. The Special Relationship
5. Return to Cranford
(If six, The Pillars of the Earth)

Best Actor-M/M:
1. Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack
2. Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship
3. Michael Sheen, The Special Relationship
4. Kenneth Branagh, Wallander
5. Ian McShane, The Pillars of the Earth
(If six, James Badge Dale, The Pacific)

Best Actress-M/M:
1. Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
2. Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
3. Judi Dench, Return to Cranford
4. Winona Ryder, When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
5. Romola Garai, Emma
(If six, Maggie Smith, Capturing Mary)

Best Supporting Actor:
1. David Strathairn, Temple Grandin
2. Chris Colfer, Glee
3. John Goodman, You Don't Know Jack
4. Oliver Platt, The Big C
5. Jeremy Piven, Entourage
(If six, Ty Burrell, Modern Family)

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Jane Lynch, Glee
2. Susan Sarandon, You Don't Know Jack
3. Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
4. Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin
5. Debra Winger, In Treatment
(If six, Christina Hendricks, Mad Men)

National Board of Review Predictions

AKA the organization that likes to pretend they're critics and yell "FIRST!"

Here goes nothing...

Best Picture: The Social Network

Top 10:
Black Swan
Hereafter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
Love and Other Drugs
127 Hours
Rabbit Hole
The Town
Toy Story 3

Best Director: Ben Affleck, The Town
Best Debut Director: Derek Cianfrance, Blue Valentine

Best Lead Actor: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Best Lead Actress: Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Best Supporting Actress: Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy
Best Breakthrough Male Performance: Andrew Garfield, Never Let Me Go and The Social Network
Best Breakthrough Female Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Best Ensemble: The Town

Best Original Screenplay: The Kids Are All Right
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network

Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3
Best Documentary: Waiting for "Superman"
Best Foreign Film: Biutiful

Top 5 Foreign Films:
Aftershock
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
I Am Love
Mic Macs
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Top 5 Documentaries:
12th & Delaware
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Inside Job
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Wasteland

Top 10 Independent Films:
Blue Valentine
Get Low
Greenberg
Jack Goes Boating
Let Me In
Nowhere Boy
Please Give
Somewhere
Tiny Furniture
Winter's Bone