84nd Annual Academy Awards (2011)
Presentation to air on TV on Sunday, February 26, 2012 for films released in 2011.

... and yes, we skip some categories... just because I don't care about best editing, for example.

I've come to the notion that it's not necessarily the *best* in each category, but a combination of the quality of the nominees and politics. It's all politics and who you know, man. So I have both my picks that deserve to win, and those I figure are the "popular" picks to win (and those aren't always the same, obviously).

The is whom I think ought to win, the is my guess of who will win, and once announced, the title in bold is the actual winner (after the ceremony, of course).

Category	Nominees
Best Picture	The Artist The Descendants     Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close     The Help     Hugo     Midnight in Paris     Moneyball     The Tree of Life     War Horse
Best Director	Michael Hazanavicius - The Artist Alexander Payne - The Descendants     Martin Scorsese - Hugo     Wood Allen - Midnight in Paris     Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
Actor in a Leading Role	Demian Bichir - A Better Life George Clooney - The Descendants     Jean Dujardin - The Artist     Gary Oldman - Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy     Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Actress in a Leading Role	Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs     Viola Davis - The Help   Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo   Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady     Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
Actor in a Supporting Role	Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn     Jonah Hill - Moneyball     Nick Nolte - Warrior Christopher Plummer - Beginners     Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Actress in a Supporting Role	Berenice Bejo - The Artist     Jessica Chastain - The Help     Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids     Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer - The Help
Animated Feature Film	A Cat in Paris     Chico & Rita     Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots     Rango
Cinematography	The Artist   The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo     Hugo     The Tree of Life     War Horse
Costume Design	Anonymous     The Artist     Hugo     Jane Eyre     W.E.
Documentary Feature	Hell and Back Again     If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory     Pina     Undefeated
Foreign Language Film	Bullhead     Footnote     In Darkness     Monsieur Lazhar A Separation
Music (Score)	The Adventures of Tintin The Artist     Hugo     Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy     War Horse
Music (Song)	Man or Muppet - The Muppets Real in Rio - Rio
Visual Effects	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2     Hugo     Real Steel     Rise of the Planet of the Apes Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)	The Descendants     Hugo     The Ides of March     Moneyball     Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy
Writing (Original Screenplay)	The Artist     Bridesmaids     Margin Call     Midnight in Paris   A Separation