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THE OSCAR ISSUE / HUFFINGTON / 02.10-17.13

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Amour runs deeper than we might assume. Which means, in a weak category
that managed to ignore Affleck, Bigelow
and Tarantino, Michael Haneke could
sneak in and steal the trophy. Your pick
of Spielberg obviously makes sense — as
would Ang Lee — but both of those guys
are boring. More important, they’ve won
and they’ll be here again. Who’s to say
when Haneke will have another shot?
best actress

HOGAN’S PICK:
JENNIFER LAWRENCE, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
I held out for so long. I picked Jessica
Chastain before even seeing Zero Dark

Clockwise: Daniel
Day Lewis in
Lincoln, Anne
Hathaway in
Les Misérables,
Jennifer Lawrence
in Silver Linings
Playbook, Steven
Spielberg and
Michael Haneke.

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THE GOLD

Thirty. Then, when I saw it and realized
Chastain doesn’t do anything but glower
for three hours (it’s exquisite glowering, I
should add), I changed my vote to Quvenzhané Wallis of Beasts of the Southern
Wild. But J-Law won a Globe and the
SAG, and I think she’s dancing all the way
to the Dolby podium. Who’s cutting the
gif of Naomi Watts’ B-face?

ROSEN’S PICK:
JENNIFER LAWRENCE, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Here’s what Grantland’s Zach Baron
wrote about Jennifer Lawrence: “She is
Godzilla stomping a building, she is a
Just Blaze beat, she is all the natural di-