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2002 Oscar Predictions

By Shawn McKenzie 03/15/2002

It's Oscar time again...and time for my predictions for the major categories.  Last year I got five of the seven major categories right (I consider Best Original Song a major category because I am a big music geek.)  Below are the nominees with my predictions in bold.

Best Picture
"A Beautiful Mind," Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
"Gosford Park," Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, Producers
"In the Bedroom," Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, Producers
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," Nominees to be determined
"Moulin Rouge," Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, Producers

Best Director
Robert Altman, "Gosford Park"
Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind"
Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
David Lynch, "Mulholland Drive"
Ridley Scott, "Black Hawk Down"
 

Best Actor
Russell Crowe, "A Beautiful Mind"
Sean Penn, "I Am Sam"
Will Smith, "Ali"
Denzel Washington, "Training Day"
Tom Wilkinson, "In the Bedroom"

Best Actress
Halle Berry, "Monster's Ball"
Dame Judi Dench, "Iris"
Nicole Kidman, "Moulin Rouge"
Sissy Spacek, "In the Bedroom"
Renee Zellweger, "Bridget Jones's Diary"
 

Best Supporting Actor
Jim Broadbent, "Iris"
Ethan Hawke, "Training Day"
Sir Ben Kingsley, "Sexy Beast"
Sir Ian McKellen, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
Jon Voight, "Ali"

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Connelly, "A Beautiful Mind"
Helen Mirren, "Gosford Park"
Dame Maggie Smith, "Gosford Park"
Marisa Tomei, "In the Bedroom"
Kate Winslet, "Iris"

Best Original Song
"If I Didn't Have You," Music and Lyric by Randy Newman, Performed by Randy Newman ("Monsters, Inc.")
"May It Be," Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan, Performed by Enya ("The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring")
"There You'll Be," Music and Lyric by Diane Warren, Performed by Faith Hill ("Pearl Harbor")
"Until," Music and Lyric by Sting, Performed by Sting ("Kate & Leopold")
"Vanilla Sky," Music and Lyric by Sir Paul McCartney, Performed by Sir Paul McCartney ("Vanilla Sky"")

I am going to add one more prediction since it is a new category this year:

Best Animated Feature
"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"
"Monsters, Inc."
"Shrek"
 

Find out the results on Sunday, March 24th on ABC!

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