No big changes here either, though I feel confident it might soon be time to bump down Ben Affleck, whose Argo is looking like a big hit, but his lead performance is supposedly nothing spectacular. .
MORTAL LOCK
NONE
LIKELY CONTENDER
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
STILL IN THE RUNNING
Ben Affleck, Argo
Matt Damon, Promised Land
Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
Denzel Washington, Flight
OUTSIDE CHANCE
Jack Black, Bernie
Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
Jake Gyllenhaal, End of Watch
Tommy Lee Jones, Hope Springs
Tom Holland, The Impossible
Liam Neeson, The Grey
Brad Pitt, Killing Them Softly
Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
