TheIsleOfMan.Net Contest: 2012 Oscars Pick 'Em

This week, I'm taking a break from the "Friday Funhouse." I hope you'll understand. There's a lot of other stuff going on. We'll get back to it. I promise.

On Sunday night (Feb. 26, 2012), the 84th edition of the Academy Awards (aka: "The Oscars") will take place at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California.

In honor of the awards, I wanted to announce two things:

1) I will be Tweeting all throughout the award show. If you're not following me, click HERE and get on that. I'd love for you to join in the conversation. To aid with this, I'll be using the hashtag: #IsleOfOscar. Hopefully, you will too. 

2) I'd like to make the awards a little more interesting by implementing a contest with a prize for you, the readers.

Check out the details after the jump (click "Read More"):

In the comments section below, place your best educated guesses as to who will win in the following categories:

BEST PICTURE

The Artist

The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Demián Bichir (A Better Life)

George Clooney (The Descendants)

Jean Dujardin (The Artist)

Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)

Viola Davis (The Help)

Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

There are other categories, but those are the six I chose to make part of the contest. So do your homework and make your best predictions.

The reader who makes the most correct guesses will win their choice of the following Kindle books:

The winner will be announced on Tuesday (gives me a day to do math). It costs you nothing to play. You're encouraged to RT this post on Twitter and get your friends to come play along.

All predictions must be made by 8 p.m. ET on Sunday evening in order to qualify. No double-posts. You can only play once.

In the event of a tie, I reserve the right to choose a winner based on purely subjective criteria (ex: who I like better, who RT's me the most often, who has the pet with the most creative name, etc).

So what are you waiting for? Get guessing!