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Put yer money on a Chicago sweep.

[updated 03.24.03: winners are starred]

Picture
*Chicago [will win]
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [should win]
The Pianist
I'd have nominated:
Adaptation
25th Hour

Animated Feature
Ice Age
Lilo & Stitch [dark horse]
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
*Spirited Away [will win] [should win]
Treasure Planet
I'd have nominated:
Stuart Little 2
The Powerpuff Girls Movie

Actor
*Adrien Brody: The Pianist [dark horse]
Nicolas Cage: Adaptation [should win]
Michael Caine: The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis: Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson: About Schmidt [will win]
I'd have nominated:
Steve Coogan: 24 Hour Party People
Sam Rockwell: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Actress
Salma Hayek: Frida
*Nicole Kidman: The Hours [will win] [should win]
Diane Lane: Unfaithful
Julianne Moore: Far from Heaven [dark horse]
Renée Zellweger: Chicago
I'd have nominated:
Emily Watson: Punch-Drunk Love

Supporting Actor
*Chris Cooper: Adaptation [should win]
Ed Harris: The Hours
Paul Newman: Road to Perdition [will win]
John C. Reilly: Chicago [dark horse]
Christopher Walken: Catch Me If You Can
I'd have nominated:
Dennis Quaid: Far from Heaven
Kenneth Branagh: Rabbit-Proof Fence

Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates: About Schmidt [dark horse]
Julianne Moore: The Hours
Queen Latifah: Chicago
Meryl Streep: Adaptation [will win] [should win]
*Catherine Zeta-Jones: Chicago
I'd have nominated:
Patricia Clarkson: Far from Heaven
Samantha Morton: Minority Report

Director
Rob Marshall: Chicago [will win]
Martin Scorsese: Gangs of New York [should win]
Stephen Daldry: The Hours
*Roman Polanski: The Pianist
Pedro Almodóvar: Talk to Her
I'd have nominated:
Peter Jackson: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Todd Haynes: Far from Heaven

Adapted Screenplay
Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz: About a Boy
Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman: Adaptation [will win] [should win]
Bill Condon: Chicago
David Hare: The Hours
*Ronald Harwood: The Pianist
I'd have nominated:
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
David Benioff: 25th Hour

Original Screenplay
Todd Haynes: Far from Heaven [dark horse]
Jay Cocks, Steve Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan: Gangs of New York
Nia Vardalos: My Big Fat Greek Wedding [will win]
*Pedro Almodóvar: Talk to Her
Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón: Y Tu Mamá También [should win]
I'd have nominated:
Dylan Kidd: Roger Dodger
Joe Carnahan: Narc

Art Direction
*Chicago [will win]
Frida
Gangs of New York [dark horse]
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [should win]
Road to Perdition
I'd have nominated:
Far from Heaven
CQ

Cinematography
Chicago
Far from Heaven [will win] [should win]
Gangs of New York
The Pianist
*Road to Perdition [dark horse]
I'd have nominated:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
24 Hour Party People

Original Score
Catch Me If You Can
Far from Heaven [will win] [should win]
*Frida
The Hours
Road to Perdition
I'd have nominated:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Spirited Away

Original Song
"Burn It Blue": Frida
"Father and Daughter": The Wild Thornberrys Movie [dark horse]
"The Hands That Built America": Gangs of New York
"I Move On": Chicago [will win] [should win]
*"Lose Yourself": 8 Mile
I'd have nominated:
"The Fuse": 25th Hour
"Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride": Lilo & Stitch

Costumes
*Chicago [will win]
Frida
Gangs of New York [should win]
The Hours [dark horse]
The Pianist

Film Editing
*Chicago [will win]
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [should win]
The Pianist
I'd have nominated:
Bloody Sunday
24 Hour Party People

Makeup
*Frida
The Time Machine [will win] [should win]

Sound
*Chicago
Gangs of New York [dark horse]
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [will win] [should win]
Road to Perdition
Spider-Man

Sound editing
*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [will win] [should win]
Minority Report
Road to Perdition

Visual effects
*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [will win] [should win]
Spider-Man
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

--MaryAnn Johanson
03.19.03

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