The time for hemming, hawing and vacillating is complete. Tomorrow, the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards will be revealed. Without much time left, we’re giving to you our final predictions for this years awards. It’s interesting to see all the differences between our predictions over the past several months begin to coalesce into a list of frontrunners. While we cannot guarantee everything on our lists, when the three of us (Wesley, Peter and Tripp) agree, it’s a safe bet the nomination will happen. Here are predictions in all of the categories that will be announced tomorrow. All of us contributed predictions in each category with the exception of the Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film and Animated Short Film Categories, for which only I submitted predictions.

If you want to see my final list, check it out at the link in the sidebar at the right under “Oscar Hopefuls”. You can also take a look at my Oscar Monring primer which will post at 11am Eastern today. But, without further ado, here are our final nomination predictions.

The Academy changed their nominations procedures for both Best Animated Feature and Best Picture. This created a bit of a quandary for us as the only way we could adequately share our predictions while giving the possibility of fewer than 10 (Picture) or 5 (Animated Feature) nominees. Now, the rules are different for each category. Animated Feature could have anywhere from 0 to 5 nominations depending on the quantity of animated features in release. With the number of entries, Animated Feature is likely set to feature 5 full nominations.

The rules for Best Picture are a bit more complex, To get a nomination for Best Picture, you must have at least 5% of the total vote. This isn’t necessarily just first place votes as the preferential balloting method the Academy uses, which is unnecessarily complex, can put votes into a film’s column even if they are second- or third-place votes. How this will all play out is a mystery to us. All we do know is that Best Picture could have anywhere from 5 to 10 nominations. There could be 5 or 7 or 8 or 10…we won’t know until the nominations are announced. Each of our contributors selected ten films for Best Picture and ranked them in the order they think the film is most likely to get an Oscar nomination. We then totaled the results and ranked the final list by our totals. 10 points for a first place vote, 9 for a second and so forth. In addition, we still color-code each predictions so you know how many of us put that contender on our lists. Below are the results of our labor.

As for deciphering what we have below in Best Picture? The numbers in parentheses next to our individual initials indicates how we ranked the film. The higher the points, the higher it’s ranked. The number to the left of the title indicates the total points between our three sets of prediction ranks.

KEY:

BEST PICTURE

• (30) The Artist (10)(N) (10)(A) (10)(M)
• (24) The Descendants (8)(M) (9)(M) (7)(S)
• (24) The Help (9)(A) (6)(N) (9)(N)
• (21) Hugo (5)(J) (8)(N) (8)(N)
• (17) Midnight in Paris (7)(A) (4)(N) (6)(A)
• (13) Moneyball (6)(SAG) (2)(S) (5)(M)
• (11) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4)(J) (3)(J) (4)(J)
• (11) War Horse (3)(M) (7)(M) (1)(M)
• (9) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2)(J) (5)(M) (2)(J)
• (5) The Tree of Life (1)(M) (1)(J) (3)(M)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• The Adventures of Tintin (1)(S) (1)(N) (1)(N)
• Arthur Christmas (1)(A) (1)(J) (New)(1)(F)
• Cars 2 (2)(N) (1)(M)
• Kung Fu Panda 2 (3)(J)
• Puss in Boots (2)(N) (1)(N)
• Rango (1)(M) (1)(A) (1)(M)
• Winnie the Pooh (3)(A)

BEST DIRECTOR

• Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris (J) (J) (J)
• David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (N)
• Michael Haznavicius – The Arist (J) (A) (N)
• Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (A)
• Alexander Payne – The Descendants (N) (M) (N)
• Martin Scorsese – Hugo (J) (J) (J)
• Steven Spielberg – War Horse (M)

BEST ACTOR

• George Clooney – The Descendants (M) (M) (N)
• Jean Dujardin – The Artist (N) (A) (S)
• Michael Fassbender – Shame (N) (New)(F)
• Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy (M) (New)(F)
• Brad Pitt – Moneyball (S) (S) (S)
• Michael Shannon – Take Shelter (J) (J)

BEST ACTRESS

• Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs (A) (M) (A)
• Viola Davis – The Help (N) (N) (N)
• Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (M) (M) (M)
• Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin (SAG) (SAG) (New)(F)
• Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn (M) (N) (M)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Kenneth Branagh – My Life With Marilyn (SAG) (M) (SAG)
• Albert Brooks – Drive (S) (SAG) (S)
• Jonah Hill – Moneyball (J) (SAG)
• Ben Kingsley – Hugo (New)(F)
• Nick Nolte – Warrior (SAG) (New)(F)
• Christopher Plummer – Beginners (M) (M) (M)
• Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (New)(F)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Bérénice Bejo – The Artist (SAG) (J) (SAG)
• Jessica Chastain – The Help (SAG) (SAG) (New)(F)
• Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs (SAG) (S) (SAG)
• Octavia Spencer – The Help (A) (N) (N)
• Shailene Woodley – The Descendants (N) (N) (S)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• 50/50 (J) (J)
• The Artist (N) (A) (A)
• Beginners (J)
• Midnight in Paris (M) (A) (M)
• A Separation (J) (J)
• Win Win (J) (J) (J)
• Young Adult (J)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Descendents (M) (A) (N)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (N) (J)
• The Help (N) (N)
• Hugo (J) (J) (J)
• Moneyball (J) (New)(F) (M)
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (A)
• War Horse (A)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• The Adventures of Tintin (F)
• The Artist (F) (F) (F)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (F) (F)
• The Help (F) (F)
• Hugo (F) (F) (F)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (F)
• War Horse (F) (F) (F)

BEST SONG

• Hello Hello – Gnomeo & Juliet (F)
• Lay Your Head Down – Albert Nobbs (F) (F)
• Life’s a Happy Song – The Muppets (F) (F) (F)
• The Living Proof – The Help (F) (F) (F)
• Pictures in My Head – The Muppets (F) (F) (F)
• Star Spangled Man – Captain America: The First Avenger (F) (F) (F)

BEST EDITING

• The Artist (F) (F) (F)
• The Descendants (F) (F) (F)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (F) (F)
• The Help (F) (F)
• Hugo (F)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (F)
• War Horse (F) (F) (F)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Artist (J) (J) (J)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (J) (J)
• Hugo (J) (J) (J)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (J)
• The Tree of Life (J) (J) (J)
• War Horse (J) (J) (J)

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Anonymous (J)
• The Artist (J) (J) (J)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (J) (J) (J)
• The Help (J)
• Hugo (J) (J) (J)
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (J)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (J)
• War Horse (J) (J)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Anonymous (F) (F)
• The Artist (F) (F) (F)
• A Dangerous Method (F)
• The Help (F) (F)
• Hugo (F) (F)
• Jane Eyre (F) (F)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (F)
• W.E. (F)
• War Horse (F)

BEST MAKEUP

• Albert Nobbs (F) (F)
• The Artist (F)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (F)
• Hugo (F)
• The Iron Lady (F) (F) (F)
• J. Edgar (F)

BEST SOUND MIXING

• The Adventures of Tintin (F)
• Drive (F)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (F)
• Hanna (F)
• Hugo (F)
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (F)
• Moneyball (F)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (F) (F) (F)
• Super 8 (F) (F)
• War Horse (F) (F) (F)

BEST SOUND EDITING

• The Adventures of Tintin (F)
• Drive (F)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (F)
• Hugo (F)
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (F)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (F) (F) (F)
• Super 8 (F) (F)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (F)
• The Tree of Life (F)
• War Horse (F) (F) (F)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Captain America: The First Avenger (J)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (J) (J) (J)
• Hugo (J) (J) (J)
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (F)
• Real Steel (J)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (J) (J) (J)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (J) (J)
• The Tree of Life (J)

BEST FOREIGN FILM

• Bullhead (F)
• Footnote (F) (F)
• In Darkness (F) (F) (F)
• Monsieur Lazhar (F)
• Omar Killed Me (F) (F)
• Pina (F)
• A Separation (F) (F) (F)
• Warriors of the Rainbow (F) (F)

BEST DOCUMENTARY – FEATURE

• Battle for Brooklyn (J)
• Bill Cunningham New York (J)
• Buck (New)(F)
• Page One: Inside the New York Times (J)
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (J)
• Pina (J)
• Project Nim (J) (J) (J)
• Semper Fi: Always Faithful (J)
• Tabloid (J)
• Undefeated (J)
• Under Fire (J)
• We Were Here (J) (New)(F)

BEST DOCUMENTARY – SHORT

• Barber of Birmingham (F)
• In Tahrir Square (F)
• Incident in New Baghdad (F)
• Saving Face (F)
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (F)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

• Dimanche (F)
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (F)
• Luminaris (F)
• Magic Piano (F)
• Specky Four-Eyes (F)

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

• Love at First Sight (F)
• Pentecost (F)
• Raju (F)
• Sailcloth (F)
• Time Freak (F)