Going out on a hopefully prescient limb

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses for the photographers as he arrives for the screening of the movie The Revenant in Rome, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. AP P

ONCE in a rare, extraconfident or -intuitive while, we come up with predictions about the outcome of show biz contests, trends and such. This week, we feel such a prescient “moment” coming on, and we hope that events in the next few days or weeks will prove us right:

First off, later today, “Eat Bulaga” is holding the finals of its “AlDub” songwriting competition, with the program’s viewers “voting” for the best song or top winner, as the case may be.

We’ve listened to quite a number of the entries—and, taking a deep breath, we’d like to go out on a limb and predict that the winner will be—“Ta Pa (Tamang Panahon)” by Maria Nuevo and Karlo Zabala, interpreted by Aika Zabala.

The song is quite peppy and tuneful, and Aika is a pert, lively and vocally gifted interpreter. —We hope we’re right!

Best actor Oscar

Taking another deep breath, our next courageous or cocky prediction is that Leonardo DiCaprio will end up winning his first best actor Oscar in the Academy Awards on Feb. 28 for “The Revenant.”

Other exceptional actors have been nominated, but it’s the right time for the current Prince of Hollywood to claim his thespic trophy and scepter.
Aside from “perfect timing,” Leo invested so much in his latest stellar showcase, even “uglifying” himself to prove that he can “hold” viewers’ attention and involvement even without his celebrated “Golden Boy” looks. —What do you think?

‘Extreme’ TV show

“Botched” is a program about cosmetic surgery cases gone terribly wrong.

A recent shocker was a rich woman who kept getting a nip here and a tuck there, until she looked more like a human version of a scowling, yowling cat than a cute sex kitten!

Another cosmetic surgery junkie wanted to look exactly like a famous celebrity, or rather a mix of them—so, she ended up a big mess, with a star’s thick lips combined with another celebrity’s cleft chin
—etc.!