Welcome to Awards Frenzy’s Live Oscar Blog. Stay tuned as we update you on all the awards as they are presented and offer you our expert analysis. There could be a lot of surprises in store for this evening. The big questions are how well with The Artist do and who will take home the top acting awards. Will it be George Clooney’s night, or will Jean Dujardin ride the Artist wave to an improbable win? It all gets started in a few minutes. Here we go…

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After much deliberation, here are Awards Frenzy’s final Academy Award predictions in all categories:

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 Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris

Best Adapted Screenplay: Moneyball

Best Art Direction: Hugo

Best Costume Design: The Artist

Best Cinematography: The Artist

Best Editing: The Artist

Best Makeup: The Iron Lady

Best Original Score: The Artist…
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By this point in the game known as Oscar predictions, a general consensus has formed as to most, if not all the categories. For those of us who consider ourselves “Oscar experts,” it can often be extremely difficult to abandon the consensus opinion and pick a so-called upset. After all, who wants to the person who didn’t correctly predict the category that 90% of others did. But you know what they say – no risk, no reward. There is only so much you can achieve by “playing it safe.” So with that said, let’s take a closer look at the…
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The biggest question heading into Oscar night is how well will “The Artist” do? Will it be a film that captures only the top awards of the evening, like “The King’s Speech” or “No Country For Old Men,” or will it sweep through most of the categories it’s nominated in, like “Return of the King” or “Slumdog Millionaire?” Knowing the answer to this question will be the key in effectively predicting this year’s Oscars.

Argubly, the last film to really “sweep” the Oscars was “Slumdog Millionaire.” It won 8 Academy Awards, including one for Best Sound, which came as…
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With About Schmidt and especially Sideways, Alexander Payne managed to brilliantly bridge comedy and serious themes, resulting in a realistic, entertaining and poignant experience.  With The Descendants, the experience is realistic but only depressing.  Every character has obvious flaws, but we see too much of them.  We encounter unrestrained thoughts and rantings, as subtext seemingly does not exist in this script.  We are put through uncomfortable conversations, encounters, and conflicts that normally might be avoided in most movies, yet with The Descendants, the filters and the gloves are off.  In the end, we don’t really learn anything new about the…
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