And the Winner is... Gavin Smith

I am a complete loser when it comes to predicting Oscar winners, especially this year as I opted to stay home and read books. Please, feel free to leave your comments concerning best picture, actor, etc., I would like to know what I have missed.
The above illustration was printed in Film Comment Magazine published by The Film Society of Lincoln Center. I ceased working for them on a regular freelance basis when the editor, Gavin Smith, sucker punched me in the stomach because I had the audacity to speak to a B level director at a New York Film Festival party held at Tavern on the Green. One cannot make these things up.
A socially inept academic, when given a little power, can be enormously cruel. While I am not excusing Mr. Smith's violent actions, I suspect peer rejection during his formative years played a major role in his present day illegal and ugly behavior.
The sad yet absurd point is that illustration work can be dangerous but do not live in fear, 99.9 percent of your clients will never use you as a punching bag.

I shall leave you with this serene photograph of Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly backstage at the 1956 Oscars, I am quite certain that neither was punched in the stomach during the evening's festivities.

Photo courtesy of dailymail.co.uk