Your Oscar ballot cheat sheet: We predict all the winners

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Maybe you’ve been busy this week and haven’t had time to burrow into our in-depth, category-by-category Oscar predictions, like those found here and here and over here. (Want more? Keep on ramblin’ through 24 Frames ...) Or maybe you’ve just had a hectic year and haven’t had a chance to catch all the nominees, but you’d still like to make a respectable showing in your Oscar pool. Dear reader, we’re here to help. Just remember: These predictions are for entertainment purposes only. The Gold Standard assumes no liability for the loss of any money, particulary if those losses occur due to inaccuracies in those darn short film categories, which (c’mon!) are almost impossible to predict even if you’ve seen all the nominees. Good luck!

Picture: “The Artist”

Director: “The Artist,” Michel Hazanavicius

Lead actor: Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”

Lead actress: Viola Davis, “The Help”

Supporting actor: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”

Supporting actress: Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

Adapted screenplay: “The Descendants,” Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Original screenplay: “Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen

Animated film (feature): “Rango”

Documentary film (feature): “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”

Foreign-language film: “A Separation”

Art direction: “Hugo,” production design: Dante Ferretti; set decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

Cinematography: “The Tree of Life,” Emmanuel Lubezki

Costume design: “The Artist,” Mark Bridges

Film editing: “The Artist,” Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius

Makeup: “The Iron Lady,” Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Original score: “The Artist,” Ludovic Bource

Original song: “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets,” music and lyric by Bret McKenzie

Sound editing: “Hugo,” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty

Sound mixing: “Hugo,” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley

Visual effects: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett

Animated short: “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”

Documentary short: “Saving Face”

Live action short: “The Shore”

Films predicted to receive multiple Oscars:

“The Artist” -- 6
“Hugo” -- 3
“The Help” -- 2

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Glenn Whipp writes the Gold Standard column for The Envelope.