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Oscar predictions: Acting and Directing

Five of the top Academy Awards races boast the night?s closest competitions and no-contest front-runners.

This year?s Oscar favorites include Christopher Plummer, from left, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Jean Dujardin and Michel Hazanavicius.

Best Supporting Actress

Can anyone beat Octavia Spencer for her fiery, outsized performance in ?The Help?? If all the major precursors are any indication, the answer is, ?not on your life.? There isn?t a single high-profile pre-Oscar trophy that Spencer hasn?t claimed, making her impending win one of the most sewn-up victories of the night.

On the way-off chance there?s an unseen pocket of opposing support, odds are it?s for Melissa McCarthy, whose breakout turn in ?Bridesmaids? was a favorite among so many film watchers (some think the funny gal can pull a comedic upset, a la Marisa Tomei in ?My Cousin Vinny?). Happy to join the party, but bound to stay in their seats, are Janet McTeer (?Albert Nobbs?), B?r?nice Bejo (?The Artist?) and Jessica Chastain (?The Help?), the latter of whom deserves to win if only for her stunning 2011 output.

Will Win: Spencer
Could Win: McCarthy
Should Win: Chastain

?"The Help"

"Bridesmaids"

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Best Supporting Actor

As much a lock as Spencer, ?Beginners? co-star Christopher Plummer also has swept the ceremonies leading up to the big night for his tender role as a gay man finally liberated at the fresh age of 75. Giving the classiest speech at the Golden Globes, and maybe the SAG Awards, too, Plummer, 82, is poised to receive the show?s noisiest standing ovation for finally nabbing a statuette after decades in the biz. His toughest competition? For similar reasons, it?s fellow octogenarian Max von Sydow (also 82), a surprise nominee for ?Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.? Here?s betting that Nick Nolte (?Warrior?), Kenneth Branagh (?My Week with Marilyn?) and especially Jonah Hill (?Moneyball?) are wishing they weren?t so damned ... young.

Will Win: Plummer
Could Win: von Sydow
Should Win: Plummer

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"Beginners"

"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

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Best Actress

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