Predictions for the 2013 Oscar nominations (Video)

Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford on May 12, 1907 and has won four Academy Awards. One was a Best Actress statute in 1934 for the movie "Morning Glory" and the other three, Best Supporting Actress awards. Who will join her as Oscar winners when the awards are announced on February 24th, only time will tell. However, Hartford tune in on January 9, 2013 as Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane announce the nominees. Below are some Oscar nominee predictions in the major categories.

Best Picture:

1. Lincoln

2. Argo

3. Zero Dark Thirty

4. Les Miserables

5.Django Unchained

6.Silver Linings Playbook

7. Amour

Consider: Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Director:

1. Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

2. Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

3. Ben Affleck, Argo

4. David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

5. Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Best Actor:

1. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

2. John Hawkes, The Sessions

3. Denzel Washington, Flight

4. Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

5. Joaquin Phoenix, The Master or Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Consider: Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained

Best Actress:

1. Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

2. Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

3. Naomi Watts, The Impossible

4. Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

5. Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

2. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

3. Alan Arkin, Argo

4. Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

5. Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook

Consider: Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables or Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

2. Sally Field, Lincoln

3. Helen Hunt, The Sessions

4. Amy Adams, The Master

5. Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

Consider: Gloria Reuben, Lincoln

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Tracy Dunstan is a twentysomething living in downstate, New York. She loves movies and can be counted on to state various random facts about them---she kills the competition while playing Scene It. She also has a MA from Fordham University. Contact Tracy at Tracy.Dunstan@gmail.com.

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