WGN Entertainment Critic Dean Richards has made his Oscar predictions — have you?

The 85th annual Academy Awards airs Sunday, February 24 at 6 p.m. Central Time.

Best Picture

• “Amour”
• “Argo” – Dean’s Pick
• “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”
• Django Unchained”
• “Les Misérables”
• “Life Of Pi”
• “Lincoln”
• “Silver Linings Playbook”
• “Zero Dark Thirty”

Actor In A Leading Role  

• Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln” – Dean’s Pick
• Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”
• Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
• Denzel Washington, “Flight”

Actress In A Leading Role  

• Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty” – Dean’s Pick
• Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
• Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”
• Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”

Actor In A Supporting Role  

• Alan Arkin, “Argo”
• Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
• Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln” – Dean’s Pick
• Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

Actress In A Supporting Role  

• Amy Adams, “The Master
• Sally Field, “Lincoln”
• Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables” – Dean’s Pick
• Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
• Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Animated Feature Film  

• “Brave” – Dean’s Pick
• “Frankenweenie”
• “ParaNorman”
• “The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”
• “Wreck-It Ralph”

Cinematography  

• Seamus McGarvey, “Anna Karenina”
• Robert Richardson, “Django Unchained”
• Claudio Miranda, “Life Of Pi” – Dean’s Pick
• Janusz Kaminski, “Lincoln”
• Roger Deakins, “Skyfall”

Costume Design  

• Jacqueline Durran, “Anna Karenina” – Dean’s Pick
• Paco Delgado, “Les Misérables”
• Joanna Johnston, “Lincoln”
• Eiko Ishioka, “Mirror Mirror”
• Colleen Atwood, “Snow White And The Huntsman”

Directing  

• Michael Haneke, “Amour”
• Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”
• Ang Lee, “Life Of Pi”
• Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln” – Dean’s Pick
• David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Documentary (Feature)  

• “5 Broken Cameras”
• “The Gatekeepers”
• “How To Survive A Plague”
• “The Invisible War”
• “Searching For Sugar Man” – Dean’s Pick

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “Inocente”
• “Kings Point”
• “Mondays At Racine”
• “Open Heart” – Dean’s Pick
• “Redemption”

Film Editing

• William Goldenberg, “Argo” – Dean’s Pick
• Tim Squyres, “Life Of Pi”
• Michael Kahn, “Lincoln”
• Jay Cassidy And Crispin Struthers, “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Dylan Tichenor And William Goldenberg, “Zero Dark Thirty”

Foreign Language Film  

• “Amour” (Austria) – Dean’s Pick
• “Kon-tiki” (Norway)
• “No” (Chile)
• “A Royal Affair” (Denmark)
• “War Witch” (Canada)

Makeup  

• Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel, “Hitchcock”
• The Hobbit
• Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, “Les Misérables” – Dean’s Pick

Music (Original Score)  

• Dario Marianelli, “Anna Karenina”
• Alexandre Desplat, “Argo”
• Mychael Danna, “Life Of Pi”
• John Williams, “Lincoln” – Dean’s pick
• Thomas Newman, “Skyfall”

Music (Original Song)  

• “Before My Time” From “Chasing Ice” (Music and Lyrics: J. Ralph)
• “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” From “Ted” (Music: Walter Murphy; Lyrics: Seth Macfarlane)
• “Pi’s Lullaby” From “Life Of Pi” (Music: Mychael Danna; Lyrics: Bombay Jayashri)
• “Skyfall” From “Skyfall” (Music and Lyrics: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth) – Dean’s Pick
• “Suddenly” From “Les Misérables” (Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil)

Production Design  

• Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) – “Anna Karenina”
• Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration) – “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
• Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration) – “Les Misérables” – Dean’s Pick
• David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) – “Life Of Pi”
• Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration) – “Lincoln”

Short Film (Animated)  

• “Adam And Dog”
• “Fresh Guacamole”
• “Head Over Heels”
• “Maggie Simpson In ‘The Longest Daycare’” – Dean’s Pick
• “Paperman”

Short Film (Live Action)  

• “Asad” – Dean’s Pick
• “Buzkashi Boys”
• “Curfew”
• “Death Of A Shadow” (“Dood Van Een Schaduw”)
• “Henry”

Sound Editing  

• Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van Der Ryn, “Argo”
• Wylie Stateman, “Django Unchained”
• Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton, “Life Of Pi”
• Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers, “Skyfall”
• Paul N.J. Ottosson, “Zero Dark Thirty” – Dean’s PIck

Sound Mixing  

• John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia, “Argo”
• Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, “Les Misérables”
• Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin, “Life Of Pi”
• Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins, “Lincoln”
• Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson, “Skyfall” – Dean’s Pick

Visual Effects  

• Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White, “Life Of Pi” – Dean’s Pick
• Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
• Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick, “Marvel’s The Avengers”
• Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill, “Prometheus”
• Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson, “Snow White And The Huntsman”

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)  

• Chris Terrio, “Argo”
• Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”
• David Magee, “Life Of Pi”
• Tony Kushner, “Lincoln”
• David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook” – Dean’s Pick
  

Writing (Original Screenplay)  

• Michael Haneke, “Amour”
• Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained” – Dean’s Pick
• John Gatins, “Flight”
• Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, “Moonrise Kingdom”
• Mark Boal, “Zero Dark Thirty”