Oscar-predicting Harvard whiz kid Ben Zauzmer, who got 75% of his predictions correct last year, doesn’t give a hoot in hell for all this Emmanuelle Riva talk. He’s sticking with Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress. He’s also predicting (a) Argo for Best Picture, Daniel Day Lewis for Best Actor, Tommy Lee Jones for Best Supporting Acto, and Anne Hathaway for Best Supporting Actress. Bens’ twitter handle is BensOscarMath.
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