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Full Predictions For The 2013 Academy Awards

The 85th Academy Awards are being presented this Sunday night, and while we will have full coverage of the show and winners for you then, I thought it would be good to set the stage before the big event with my personal predictions for the awards.

Best Director

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Michael Haneke, Amour

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild 

One of the toughest categories to call due to Ben Affleck’s absence; usually, Best Director and Best Picture go hand in hand, but that will not be the case this year, and as such, my money is tentatively on Spielberg. The Academy clearly adores Lincoln – if Argo did not exist, it would be this year’s big winner – and Spielberg has more than enough clout, respect, and admiration within the voting body to win another Oscar. It will be well deserved, too, though I personally think, of the five nominees, David O. Russell’s film and direction is the best. If Life of Pi dominates the evening early on, there is a chance Ang Lee slips in here, and I would not count out Michael Haneke entirely, but I think it is safe to assume we will see Spielberg on stage at the end of the night.

Will Win: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Should Win: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

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