Best Actor Leading Role: Clooney, Pitt at #2 and Oldman with an outside chance
Best Actor Supporting Role: Nolte, Branagh with an outside chance
Best Actress Leading Role: Mara is my pick but you have Close at #2 and Streep is always in the running
Best Actress Supporting Role: Between Chastain and Spencer for The Help
Best Director: tough one to call as Scorsese is one of my favs but you have Malick and Allen who may get it
Best Picture: War Horse, #2 The Help and #3 The Descendents
will post the rest closer to the night....