And The Oscar Goes To......

We are now about 24 hours away from Seth MacFarlane welcoming the world to the Academy Awards Show.  This has been quite a controversial year with many movies not nominated for major awards and at least two directors who were snubbed in the Best Director category.

In what has been an annual tradition for this blog, The Shadow is now prepared to give you his predictions of the Academy Award winners in the major categories this year.  They are:

• Best Picture - Argo
• Best Director - Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
• Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
• Best Actress - Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
• Best Supporting Actor - Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
• Best Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
• Original Screenplay - Zero Dark Thirty
• Adapted Screenplay - Argo
• Animated Feature - Brave
• Cinematography - Life of Pi
• Original Score - Life of Pi
• Original Song - Skyfall

Be sure to return to this blog after the award ceremony for the actual winners list.  Enjoy the show!

Good night and good luck.