The Advocate's 2016 Oscar Predictions

Predicting who will win the Academy Awards (to be announced this Sunday, February 28 on ABC at 8:30 p.m. Eastern) can be a dicey proposition. But after many years of practice, which includes setting aside one's personal favorites and trying to think like the 7,000 or so Academy voters, it's possible to make some fairly accurate predictions.

So here, without further ado, are our official predictions of who will take home this year's Oscar gold.