It is probably this year's only safe Oscar prediction.

In a list of prizes that looks not very different from most Oscar predictions, Jamie Foxx won best actor for "Ray," Charlie Kaufman won for best screenplay for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," and Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor won for best adapted screenplay for "Sideways."

An Oscar prediction article?

Bit early for Oscar predictions isn't it.

The guests talk some basketball - they even briefly referred to the game the night before - but also touch on topics as varied as Oscar predictions and, the other day, the death of Johnny Carson.

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A glance at the early Oscar predictions for 2012 shows the The Artist on almost every wish list.

RICHARD BRODY: Ah, Oscar predictions, which always come back to bite-I'd have to say "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech."

Okay, time to make my Oscar predictions.