The surprise success of the summer, “The Help” held the top spot in the weekend box office for four straight weekends in a row, having made $168 million in its theater run,  and only costing about $25 million to produce. With astonishing and heartwarming performances from several of the actresses in the film, specifically Viola Davis and Jessica Chastain, some acting nominations are almost guaranteed. Also, I see both Art Direction and Costume Design being honored, as well as the Screenplay (and those are just my safe bets for this film). I would not be surprised (especially with the expanded Best Picture category) if this one slipped into the big nomination as well.

BEST PICTURE
Produced by Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan

BEST DIRECTOR
Tate Taylor

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Tate Taylor
Base on the Novel by Kathryn Stockett

BEST ACTRESS**
Viola Davis
Emma Stone

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS**
Jessica Chastain
Bryce Dallas Howard
Allison Janney
Sissy Spacek
Octavia Spencer

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY**
Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC

BEST FILM EDITING
Hughes Winborne, A.C.E.

BEST ART DIRECTION
Mark Ricker (Production Designer)
Rena DeAngelo (Set Decorator)

BEST FILM EDITING
Hughes Winborne, A.C.E.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Sharen Davis

BEST MAKEUP
Brad Wilder
Camille Friend

BEST SOUND MIXING
Willie Burton, C.A.S. (Sound Mixer)
Scott Millan (Re-Recording Mixer)
David Giammarco (Re-Recording Mixer)

BEST SOUND EDITING
Dennis Drummond

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“The Living Proof”
Written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, and Harvey Mason Jr.