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How do your Oscar picks line up with top predictor Nate Silver's?

2/24/2013

Nate Silver is the nation’s top predictor: the statistics geek who called every state correctly in the 2012 presidential election. And nerdy Nate is now training his horn-rimmed glasses on the Oscars. He based his picks on the results from 16 other award shows from this season. Silver’s bets:

Best Picture: "Argo"
Best Director: Steven Spielberg – "Lincoln"
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis – "Lincoln"
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence – "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones – "Lincoln"
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway – "Les Misérables:

Those were his highly scientific picks. How do they compare with yours? [Source]

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