Here are the results from Larry H’s Fourteenth Annual (2010) Semi-Scientific Academy Awards Poll. The poll was conducted the week of February 21, 2011, The Oscars will be awarded this Sunday night on February 27th on ABC; the hosts will be James Franco and Anne Hathaway.
Last year, this poll was correct on 5 out of 6 of the major categories and it was a two-way race with the eventual winner “The Hurt Locker” getting 25% of the poll’s votes and “Avatar” garnering 36%. This year Natalie Portman (80%) got more than last year’s Best Actress, Sandra Bullock (69%) and Colin Firth (68%) beat last year’s winner for Best Actor for “Crazy Heart” Jeff Bridges (50%.) What does this mean? Portman and Firth will win!
This poll predicts Geoffrey Rush (48%) will beat out Christian Bale (33%) for Best Supporting Actor and Hailee Steinfeld (51%) will best Helena Bonham Carter (22%) and Amy Adams (20%). Larry H. however, predicts that Bale will beat Rush. Best Supporting Actress is too close to call but young Ms. Steinfeld is the favorite.
The poll vote for “The King’s Speech” and “True Grit” were close but Larry H. gives the winning nod to “The King’s Speech.” The results are ranked by percentage of the total vote.
Best Supporting Actor: 33 Christian Bale The Fighter
5 John Hawkes Winters Bone
5 Jeremy Renner The Town
9 Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right
48 Geoffrey Rush The King’s Speech
Actual Winner – Christian Bale Best Supporting Actress: 20 Amy Adams The Fighter
22 Helena Bonham Carter The King’s Speech
6 Melissa Leon The Fighter
51 Hailee Steinfeld True Grit
0 Jacki Weaver Animal Kingdom
Actual Winner – Melissa Leon Best Actor: 0 Javier Bardem Biutiful
20 Jeff Bridges True Grit
7 Jesse Eisenberg The Social Network
68 Colin Firth The King’s Speech
5 James Franco 127 Hours
Actual Winner – Colin Firth Best Actress: 17 Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right
0 Nicole Kidman Rabbit Hole
3 Jennifer Lawrence Winter’s Bone
80 Natalie Portman Black Swan
0 Michelle Williams Blue Valentine
Actual Winner – Natalie Portman Best Director” 10 Darren Aronofsky The Black Swan
5 David O. Russell The Fighter
35 Tom Hooper The King’s Speech
15 David Fencher The Social Network
35 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen True Grit
Actual Winner – Tom Hooper Best Picture: 5 Black Swan
0 The Fighter
13 Inception
0 The Kids Are All Right
42 The King’s Speech
0 127 Hours
7 The Social Network
2 The Toy Story
29 True Grit
2 Winter’s Bone
Actual Winner – The King’s Speech