{"id":898,"date":"2004-01-27T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-27T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=898"},"modified":"2004-01-27T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2004-01-27T22:17:00","slug":"academy-award-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=898","title":{"rendered":"Academy Award Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Nominations for the <\/span>76th Academy Awards<\/a><\/b> were announced today. Here are the nominees for the major categories and my predictions on who will win…<\/span> <\/div>\n

Best Picture<\/span>: \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King<\/a>\u201d<\/b> \/ \u201cLost in Translation<\/a>\u201d<\/b> \/ “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World<\/a>\u201d<\/b> \/ \u201cMystic River<\/a>\u201d<\/b> \/ \u201cSeabiscuit<\/a>\u201d<\/b>
My prediction: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King<\/b><\/p>\n

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Best Animated Feature<\/span>: \u201cBrother Bear<\/a>\u201d<\/b> \/ \u201cFinding Nemo<\/a>\u201d<\/b> \/ \u201cThe Triplets of Belleville\u201d<\/b>
My prediction: Finding Nemo<\/b><\/p>\n

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Leading Actor<\/span>: Johnny Depp<\/b> in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” \/ Ben Kingsley<\/b> in “House of Sand and Fog” \/ Jude Law<\/b> in “Cold Mountain”\/ Bill Murray<\/b> in “Lost in Translation” \/ Sean Penn<\/b> in “Mystic River”
My prediction: Bill Murray<\/b><\/p>\n

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Leading Actress:<\/span> Keisha Castle-Hughes<\/b> in “Whale Rider” \/ Diane Keaton<\/b> in “Something’s Gotta Give” \/ Samantha Morton<\/b> in “In America” \/ Charlize Theron<\/b> in “Monster” \/ Naomi Watts in “21 Grams”
My prediction: Charlize Theron<\/b><\/p>\n

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Directing<\/span>: “City of God” Fernando Meirelles \/ <\/b>“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King<\/a>” Peter Jackson<\/b> \/ “Lost in Translation” Sofia Coppola<\/b> \/ “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” Peter Weir \/ <\/b>“Mystic River” Clint Eastwood
<\/b>My prediction: Peter Jackson<\/b><\/p>\n

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Best Supporting Actor<\/span>: Alec Baldwin<\/b> “The Cooler” \/ Benicio Del Toro<\/b> “21 Grams” \/ Djimon Hounsou<\/b> “In America” \/ Tim Robbins<\/b> “Mystic River” \/ Ken Watanabe<\/b> “The Last Samurai”
My prediction: Tim Robbins<\/b>

<\/b>Best Supporting Actress<\/span>: Shohreh Aghdashloo<\/b> “House of Sand and Fog” \/ Patricia Clarkson <\/b>“Pieces of April” \/ Marcia Gay Harden<\/b> “Mystic River” \/ Holly Hunter<\/b> “Thirteen” \/ Ren\u00e9e Zellweger<\/b> “Cold Mountain”
<\/b>My prediction: Ren\u00e9e Zellweger<\/b><\/p>\n

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Original Screenplay<\/span><\/b><\/span>: The Barbarian Invasions” Denys Arcand<\/b> \/ “Dirty Pretty Things” Steven Knight<\/b> \/ “Finding Nemo” Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson<\/b> and David Reynolds<\/b> Original Story by Andrew Stanton<\/b> \/ “In America” Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan<\/b> \/ “Lost in Translation” Sofia Coppola<\/b>
My prediction: Sofia Coppola<\/b><\/p>\n

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As I said, these are just my predictions and not in every case the person that I would like to see win. The Academy Awards<\/b> will be presented on February 29th<\/b>… tune in and find out who wins and how good of a guesser I really am!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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