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| Tony’s 2012 Oscar® Nominations & Winners by Tony Medley Generally, every year I have to come to the Academy’s rescue shortly after the Academy Awards, so out of touch have they been. However, this year, except for a couple of incidents, they got it pretty much right. The two exceptions are not nominating Ben Affleck for best director for Argo, an incomprehensible decision, and placing Christoph Waltz in the supporting actor category, instead of best actor. Waltz was the main mover in Django Unchained, and should have been in the best actor category. While I’m at it, I will say that this year’s Academy awards telecast was the best in many years. Seth McFarlane was superb and the skits were right on. It was a wonderful show. I thought the song and production number, “We saw your boobs,” funny and on target. The show moved with fine pace, the women were beautiful and interestingly attired, and the awards, for the most part, appropriate. That said, here are my nominations and awards for 2012. These are not meant as predictions, because I write this article after the Oscars have been awarded. These are just the way I would have nominated and chosen (since they are my nominations, I’m not limited to five; I don't have to have at least five; and I’m not bound by the Academy’s characterizations, so Christoph Waltz is properly placed in the Best Actor category). My winner is indicated by an asterisk (sorry about Best Actress; I just couldn’t choose between the two):
Best Original Screenplay Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks Nicholas Jarecki, Arbitrage Rashida Jones, Celeste and Jesse Forever *Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained Jay Reiss and Ian Helfer, The Oranges Josh Radnor, Liberal Arts Jill & Karen Sprecher, This Ice
Best Adapted Screenplay Chris Terrio, Argo David Magee, Life of Pi David O Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Skip Hollandsworth & Richard Linklater, Bernie *Richard Nelson, Hyde Park on the Hudson Nick Cave, Lawless
Best Supporting Actor Alan Arkin, Stand Up Guys Antonio Banderas, Ruby Sparks Rhys Ifans, The Amazing Spiderman Samuel West, Hyde Park on the Hudson Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained Samuel L Jackson, Django Unchained *Guy Pearce, Lawless
Best Supporting Actress Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook *Helen Mirren, Hitchcock Juno Temple, Killer Joe Mia Wasikowska, Lawless Alia Shawkat, The Oranges Elizabeth Olsen, Liberal Arts
Best Actor *Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Greg Kinnear, Thin Ice Bill Murray, Hyde Park on the Hudson Hugh Laurie, The Oranges
Best Actress *Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook *Naomi Watts, The Impossible Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone Shirley Maclaine, Bernie Meryl Streep, Hope Springs Charlize Theron, Snow White and the Huntsman Emma Stone, The Amazing Spiderman
Best Director Ang Lee, Life of Pi David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook *Ben Affleck, Argo Jill Sprecher, Thin Ice Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained Richard Linklater, Bernie
Best Movie Django Unchained *Argo Silver Linings Playbook Life of Pi The Impossible Hyde Park on the Hudson Salmon Fishing on the Yemen Thin Ice Moonrise Kingdom
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