OSCAR fever spreading all over Hollywood.
We are nearly 3 months away from Oscar night and the time for studios to begin campaigning has arrived. It won’t be too long before the Golden Globes and SAG awards give us better insight as to who will be nominated for an Academy Award. Nominations come out Jan. 25, with the Oscars presented on Feb. 27. Here’s a look at some serious contenders for best picture as well as for other top Oscar categories.
BEST PICTURE CONTENDERS (not in any order; 10 will be chosen)
The King’s Speech, The Social Network, Inception, Toy Story 3, The Town, The Kids Are All Right, Winter’s Bone, 127 Hours, Never Let Me Go, Hereafter, Another Year, Somewhere, Biutiful, The Ghost Writer, True Grit, How Do You Know?, Black Swan, Fair Game, Shutter Island, The Way Back, The Debt, The Fighter.
BEST DIRECTOR CONTENDERS (not in any order; 5 will be chosen)
David Fincher (The Social Network), Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), Christopher Nolan (Inception), Danny Boyle (127 Hours), Clint Eastwood (Hereafter), Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), Ben Affleck (The Town), The Coen Brothers (True Grit), Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island), Sofia Coppola (Somewhere), Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right), Peter Weir (The Way Back), Doug Liman (Fair Game), Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer), David O. Russell (The Fighter).
BEST ACTOR CONTENDERS (not in any order; 5 will be chosen)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), James Franco (127 Hours), Paul Giamatti (Barney’s Version), Kevin Spacey (Casino Jack), Edward Norton (Stone), Ben Affleck (The Town), Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Matt Damon (Hereafter), Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception)(Shutter Island), Stephen Dorff (Somewhere), Mark Wahlberg (the Fighter), Michael Douglas (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps), Robert Duvall (Get Low), Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine), Sean Penn (Fair Game), Ewan McGregor (The Ghost Writer), Jeff Bridges (True Grit), George Clooney (The American).
BEST ACTRESS CONTENDERS (not in any order; 5 will be chosen)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right), Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Diane Lane (Secretariat), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Helen Mirren (The Tempest), Hilary Swank (Conviction), Noami Watts (Fair Game), Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine), Reese Witherspoon (How Do You Know?), Sally Hawkins (Made in Dagenham), Lesley Manville (Another Year).
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR CONTENDERS (not in any order; 5 will be chosen)
Andrew Garfield (The Social Network), Justin Timberlake (The Social Network), Pierce Brosnan (The Ghost Writer), Vincent Cassel (Black Swan), Bill Murray (Get Low), Sam Rockwell (Conviction), Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right), Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech), Harrison Ford (Morning Glory), Michael Shannon (The Runaways), Jeremy Renner (The Town), Jack Nicholson (How Do You Know?) Ed Harris (The Way Back), Colin Farrell (The Way Back), Christian Bale (The Fighter), Matt Damon (True Grit).
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS CONTENDERS (not in any order; 5 will be chosen)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech), Marion Cotillard (Inception), Mila Kunis (Black Swan), Ellen Page (Inception), Olivia Williams (The Ghost Writer), Dakota Fanning (The Runaways), Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right), Loretta Devine (For Colored Girls), Whoopi Goldberg (For Colored Girls), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), Saoirse Ronan (The Way Back), Helen Mirren (The Debt), Barbara Hershey (Black Swan), Amy Adams (The Fighter).
