Oscar professionals estimate Meryl Streep will win for 'Iron Lady'

The discharge of a new poster for Meryl Streep's future movie and her predictable next Oscar nomination –- as English Excellent Reverend Maggie Thatcher in "The Metal Lady" -– provides up the irritating question: Can she actually win?

Streep is almost a definite nominee. When a derby happens without her fighting, like last season, it seems odd, like something well known and special is losing. She is been selected 16 periods, but the last 12 of those offers have been failures. She hasn't won since for 1982's "Sophie's Choice". Her only other success was as assisting celebrity for 1979's "Kramer vs. Kramer."

But now, if Jewelry Derby's Oscarologists are appropriate, she's set to succeed again. Eight top professionals asked by the website estimate Streep will win next February: Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Woman Karger (Entertainment Weekly), Erina Musto (Village Voice), Bob Lake (the Wrap), John Sheehan (Gold Derby), Sasha Diamond (AwardsDaily), S.T. VanAirsdale (Movieline), Mark Bore holes (Hollywood Elsewhere) and Leslie Wloszczyna (USA Today).

Gold Derby's Within Monitor gives Streep the best track possibilities (8 to 11), followed by Glenn Shut (11 to 2 for "Albert Nobbs") and Viola Davis (6 to 1 for "The Help"). Individually, I'm gambling on Viola Davis, but on unusual events, ahem, I've been incorrect.