Who will win this year's Oscars?

This year marks a first for this critic: Never have so many of my “should win’s” matched up with my “will win’s” in an Oscar preview. Hollywood has, against all odds, fallen in love with “The Artist” — as this critic did, as well. Perennial favorites Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, George Clooney and Brad Pitt are the dark horses this year, as previously unknown names such as Michel Hazanavicius and Jean Dujardin look likely to take home — to France — the gold.

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