Oscar Nominees Predictions!!!

best picture:
1. Argo
2. Lincoln
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Les Misérables
5. Life of Pi
6. Silver Linings Playbook
7. Django Unchained
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Moonrise Kingdom
10. Skyfall

directing:
1. Ben Affleck - Argo
2. Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
3. Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
4. Tom Hooper - Les Misérables
5. Ang Lee - Life of Pi

original screenplay:
1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3. Django Unchained
4. Amour
5. Looper

adapted screenplay:
1. Lincoln
2. Silver Linings Playbook
3. Argo
4. Life of Pi
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

animated feature:
1. Frankenweenie
2. Brave
3. Wreck-It-Ralph
4. ParaNorman
5. Rise of the Guardians

leading actor:
1. Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
2. Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
3. Denzel Washington - Flight
4. Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
5. John Hawkess - The Sessions

leading 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

supporting actor:
1. Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
3. Alan Arkin - Argo
4. Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
5. Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

supporting actress:
1. Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
2. Sally Field - Lincoln
3. Maggie Smith - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
4. Helen Hunt - The Sessions
5. Nicole Kidman - The Paperboy

cinematography:
1. Life of Pi
2. Skyfall
3. Lincoln
4. Les Misérables
5. Django Unchained

production design:
1. Les Misérables
2. Lincoln
3. Cloud Atlas
4. Anna Karenina
5. Life of Pi

costume design:
1. Les Misérables
2. Anna Karenina
3. Lincoln
4. Snow White and the Huntsman
5. Mirror Mirror

makeup:
1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2. Lincoln
3. Les Misérables

film editing:
1. Lincoln
2. Argo
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Les Misérables
5. Skyfall

visual effects:
1. Life of Pi
2. The Avengers
3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
4. Prometheus
5. Cloud Atlas

sound mixing:
1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Skyfall
3. Les Misérables
4. The Avengers
5. Prometheus

sound editing:
1. The Avengers
2. Skyfall
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Life of Pi
5. Prometheus

score:
1. Life of Pi
2. Lincoln
3. Argo
4. Cloud Atlas
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild

song:
1. Skyfall - Skyfall
2. Suddenly - Les Misérables
3. Still Alive - Paul Williams Still Alive
4. Touch the Sky - Brave
5. Pi's Lullaby - Life of Pi

... I haven't seen all of the great contenders, but from what I have, I hope for many nominations for Les Misérables and Life of Pi. I hope for Wallis and Riva to be both nominated, I hope for Looper and Skyfall to be nominated in many categories, I hope for Lincoln to be snubbed in major categories (which is not going to happen, I know) and most of all I hope for major surprises. It would be too boring without them !!!