PREDICTIONS	ACTUAL NOMINEES
Best Picture
Adaptation	Chicago
Chicago	Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York	The Hours
The Hours	LOTR: The Two Towers
Road to Perdition	The Pianist
Best Actor
Adrien Brody - The Pianist	Adrien Brody - The Pianist
Nicolas Cage - Adaptation	Nicolas Cage - Adaptation
Michael Caine - The Quiet American	Michael Caine - The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York	Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt	Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
Best Actress
Salma Hayek - Frida	Salma Hayek - Frida
Diane Lane - Unfaithful	Diane Lane - Unfaithful
Nicole Kidman - The Hours	Nicole Kidman - The Hours
Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven	Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven
Meryl Streep - The Hours	Renee Zellweger - Chicago
Best Supporting Actor
Ed Harris - The Hours	Chris Cooper - Adaptation
Ray Liotta - Narc	Ed Harris - The Hours
Alfred Molina - Frida	Paul Newman - Road to Perdition
Paul Newman - Road to Perdition	John C. Reilly - Chicago
Dennis Quaid - Far From Heaven	Christopher Walken - Catch Me If You Can
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates - About Schmidt	Kathy Bates - About Schmidt
Bebe Neuwirth - Tadpole	Juliane Moore - The Hours
Susan Sarandon - Igby Goes Down	Queen Latifa - Chicago
Meryl Streep - Adaptation	Meryl Streep - Adaptation
Catherine Zeta-Jones	Catherine Zeta-Jones
Best Director
P.T. Anderson - Punch Drunk Love	Pedro Almoldovar - Talk to Her
Stephen Daldry - The Hours	Stephen Daldry - The Hours
Todd Haynes - Far From Heaven	Rob Marshall - Chicago
Rob Marshall - Chicago	Roman Polanski - The Pianist
Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York	Martin Scorsese
Best Original Screenplay
Far From Heaven	Far From Heaven
Gangs of New York	Gangs of New York
The Good Girl	My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Punch Drunk Love	Talk to Her
Y Tu Mama Tambien	Y Tu Mama Tambien
Best Adapted Screenplay
Adaptation	About a Boy
Chicago	Adaptation
The Hours	Chicago
Road to Perdition	The Hours
The Pianist	The Pianist
Best Art Direction
Chicago	Chicago
Frida	Frida
Gangs of New York	Gangs of New York
LOTR: The Two Towers	LOTR: The Two Towers
Pinocchio	Road to Perdition
Best Cinematography
Chicago	Far From Heaven
Far From Heaven	Frida
Frida	Gangs of New York
LOTR: The Two Towers	The Pianist
Road to Perdition	Road to Perdition
Best Animated Picture
Ice Age	Ice Age
Lilo & Stitch	Lilo & Stitch
Spirit	Spirit
Spirited Away	Spirited Away
Treasure Planet	Treasure Planet
Best Score
Far From Heaven	Catch Me If You Can
Frida	Far From Heaven
Punch Drunk Love	Frida
The Pianist	The Hours
Road to Perdition	The Pianist
Best Original Song
Father & Daughter - The Wild Thornberrys	Burn it Blue - Frida
Hands That Built America - Gangs of New York	Father & Daughter - The Wild Thornberrys
Here I Am - Spirit	Hands That Built America - Gangs of New York
Lose Yourself - 8 Mile	I Move On - Chicago
Love Will Come Through - Moonlight Mile	Lose Yourself - 8 Mile
Best Costume
Chicago	Chicago
Far From Heaven	Frida
Frida	Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York	The Hours
LOTR: The Two Towers	The Pianist
Best Makeup
Chicago	*Frida*
LOTR: The Two Towers	The Time Machine
Best Editing
Chicago	Chicago
Frida	Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York	The Hours
The Hours	LOTR: The Two Towers
The Pianist	The Pianist
Best Sound Editing
Chicago	*LOTR: The Two Towers*
LOTR: The Two Towers	Minority Report
Panic Room	Road to Perdition
Best Sound Effects
Gangs of New York	Chicago
LOTR: The Two Towers	Gangs of New York
Spider-Man	LOTR: The Two Towers
Signs	Road to Perdition
Star Wars: Episode 2	Spider-Man
Best Visual Effects
LOTR: The Two Towers	LOTR: The Two Towers
Spider-Man	Spider-Man
Star Wars: Episode 2	Star Wars: Episode 2

HOW I FAIRED
CATEGORY	#S	SPOILERS & THOUGHTS
Best Picture	3/5	LOTR: The Two Towers; Not complaining. The Pianist; Not all that surprised.
Best Actor	5/5	None; Probably the easiest to figure out, with the exception of Animated Feature. Still wish Dicaprio could've been here for Catch Me If You Can. Still, it's just nice to see Adrien Brody finally get some recognition.
Best Actress	4/5	Renee Zellweger; Come on. Who'd have thought Renee Zellweger over Meryl Streep? All I have to say is "Take THAT you non-Salma Hayek supporters!"
Best Supporting Actor	2/5	Chris Cooper - Adaptation; eh... kind of expected it, and that's not a bad thing. John C. Reilly - Chicago; well... if you say so, but... Dennis Quaid are you THAT Far From Heaven? Christopher Walken - Catch Me If You Can; OOOOOH YEAAH! Two mice fell into a vat of cream... Love it!
Best Supporting Actress	3/5	Julianne Moore - The Hours; Well, I would've expected Meryl Streep over Moore to be the Hours double-nominee, but... oh well. Queen Latifah; not a bad choice, didn't see it happening, but I'm glad it did.
Best Director	3/5	Pedro Almoldovar - Talk to Her; If you say you saw this one coming, you're either lying or one lucky shot. Roman Polanski - The Pianist; Have we learned yet that any noms for The Pianist are neither surprise nor complaint?
Best Original Screenplay	3/5	My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Um... I may be wrong, but... isn't this ADAPTED? Talk to Her; haven't seen it, so I can't say, but Punch Drunk Love just holds a special place in my twisted heart.
Best Adapted Screenplay	4/5	About a Boy over Road to Perdition. I knew it was between one of these two great movies.
Best Art Direction	4/5	Road to Perdition over Pinocchio... I'm so glad I was wrong. I personally thought it was going to get it, but chose Pinocchio because I thought the Academy would chose it. I underestimate them yet again.
Best Cinematography	3/5	Gangs of New York; Eh... ok. The Pianist; here we go again.
Best Animated Picture	5/5	None; This was too easy. As for who will win...
Best Score	3/5	Catch Me If You Can; Both the Spielberg movies had great scores. Not complaining. I actually own this one. The Hours; This one's actually a pretty good one too, no complaints. There's just something about Punch Drunk Love though.
Best Original Song	3/5	Burn it Blue - Frida; Hm... no Spirit? Ok... I Move On - Chicago; well, the musical has to have something musical nominated. But Travis's "Love Will Come Through" is haunting.
Best Costume	3/5	The Hours; same as with Pianist. Not complaining. The Pianist; um... look up.
Best Makeup	0/2	Frida; I'll give you. The aging is amazing, but... The Time Machine; Ouch!
Best Editing	4/5	LOTR: The Two Towers; This or Frida...? Whichever. Both are great.
Best Sound Editing	0/3	Not a one. I suck.
Best Sound Effects Editing	3/5	Chicago; Guess I should've seen that one coming. Star Wars was pretty much filler on my list. Road to Perdition; damn, I would've almost bet money on Signs.
Best Visual Effects	3/3	None; and I thought this one was going to be difficult.
TOTAL	55/88	Well, I did worse than last year, but this was a difficult year. Best surprises: Salma Hayek's and Christopher Walken's nods. OH YEAH! Two Towers for best picture? Sure! Frida got a lot more love than was expected of it and to that I give major kudos, but... they missed Alfred Molina. Well, maybe next time. As for Chicago, Catherine Zeta-Jones, you are a QUEEN! Speaking of which... Ms. Latifa, I bow at your feet. With these fine performances and the battle between the female-heavy The Hours and Chicago for best picture, I must say, in the land of Hollywood, this is was the year of the woman. YOU GO, GIRLS! Disappointments: Dicaprio not getting recognized for his performance in Catch Me If You Can. In fact, the whole movie's lack of support. As well as the disappearing act we'll call Punch Drunk Love. Dennis Quaid, where are you? Did Spirit's soundtrack die with the movie's boxoffice? And lastly, just a random, unsurprised complaint, where's the love for Frailty?

Oscar Predictions

On the left are my predictions for who I thought would be nominated and to the right are the nominees as announced 2/12/02. My predictions for who will win are in bold and those I want to win are italicized.