85th Annual Academy Award Nomination Predictions

The Oscar nominations being pushed so much earlier has really created a lot of turmoil. Has it made the nominees any less predictable? Perhaps. Only because Academy voters seemed to be scrambling to get their ballots in. Yet here we are, and I'm ready to cast my predictions in all major categories for this Thursday's announcement for the 85th Annual Academy Award nominations.

Best Picture
1. Lincoln
2. Les Miserables
3. Argo
4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. Zero Dark Thirty
6. Life of Pi
7. The Master
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Django Unchained

I predict there will be nine nominees, but here's the rest if it gets expanded to ten:

10. Moonrise Kingdom

Best Director
1. Ben Affleck, "Argo"
2. Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"
3. Tom Hooper, "Les Miserables"
4. Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
5. Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"

Best Actor
1. Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
2. Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
3. Denzel Washington, "Flight"
4. Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"
5. John Hawkes, "The Sessions"

Best Actress
1. Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
2. Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
3. Marion Cotillard, "Rust and Bone"
4. Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
5. Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"

Best Supporting Actress
1. Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"
2. Sally Field, "Lincoln"
3. Amy Adams, "The Master"
4. Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
5. Maggie Smith, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"

Best Supporting Actor
1. Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
2. Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
3. Javier Bardem, "Skyfall"
4. Alan Arkin, "Argo"
5. Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Original Screenplay
1. Amour
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. Django Unchained
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. The Master

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Lincoln
2. Argo
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. The Life of Pi
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild