` ` The Artist '' has been the unlikely frontrunner in the Academy Award race . Jean Dujardin ( `` The Artist '' ) WW . ` ` The Actress '' ' Viola Davis is the red - hot favorite in that race . All of which could make Sunday 's ceremony the most predictable and anti - climactic .
` ` The Artist '' has been the unlikely frontrunner in the Academy Award race . ` ` The Actress '' ' Viola Davis is the red - hot favorite in that race . All of which could make Sunday 's ceremony the most predictable and anti - climactic .