oscar predictions
bold = who I think will win
italics = my personal fave
# = films I've seen
Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
* George Clooney in "Up in the Air" #
* Colin Firth in "A Single Man"
* Morgan Freeman in "Invictus"
* Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" #
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Matt Damon in "Invictus"
* Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger"
* Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station"
* Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones" #
* Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" #
Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"
* Helen Mirren in "The Last Station"
* Carey Mulligan in "An Education" #
* Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" #
* Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia"
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Penélope Cruz in "Nine"
* Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air" #
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"
* Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air" #
* Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" #
Best animated feature film of the year
* "Coraline" Henry Selick
* "Fantastic Mr. Fox" Wes Anderson
* "The Princess and the Frog" John Musker and Ron Clements
* "The Secret of Kells" Tomm Moore
* "Up" Pete Docter
Achievement in art direction
* "Avatar"
* "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
* "Nine"
* "Sherlock Holmes" #
* "The Young Victoria"
Achievement in cinematography
* "Avatar"
* "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" #
* "The Hurt Locker" #
* "Inglourious Basterds" #
* "The White Ribbon"
Achievement in costume design
* "Bright Star"
* "Coco before Chanel"
* "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
* "Nine"
* "The Young Victoria"
Achievement in directing
* "Avatar" James Cameron
* "The Hurt Locker" Kathryn Bigelow #
* "Inglourious Basterds" Quentin Tarantino #
* "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Lee Daniels #
* "Up in the Air" Jason Reitman #
Best documentary feature
* "Burma VJ"
* "The Cove"
* "Food, Inc."
* "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
* "Which Way Home"
Achievement in film editing
* "Avatar"
* "District 9" #
* "The Hurt Locker" #
* "Inglourious Basterds" #
* "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" #
Best foreign language film of the year
* "Ajami" Israel
* "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" Argentina
* "The Milk of Sorrow" Peru
* "Un Prophète" France
* "The White Ribbon" Germany
Achievement in makeup
* "Il Divo"
* "Star Trek" #
* "The Young Victoria"
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
* "Avatar" James Horner
* "Fantastic Mr. Fox" Alexandre Desplat
* "The Hurt Locker" Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders #
* "Sherlock Holmes" Hans Zimmer #
* "Up" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino #
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36" Music by Reinhardt Wagner
Lyric by Frank Thomas
* "Take It All" from "Nine" Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
* "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart" Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Best motion picture of the year
* "Avatar" James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
* "The Blind Side" Nominees to be determined
* "District 9" Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers #
* "An Education" Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers #
* "The Hurt Locker" Nominees to be determined #
* "Inglourious Basterds" Lawrence Bender, Producer #
* "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers #
* "A Serious Man" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
* "Up" (Walt Disney) Jonas Rivera, Producer
* "Up in the Air" Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers #
Achievement in sound editing
* "Avatar"
* "The Hurt Locker" #
* "Inglourious Basterds" #
* "Star Trek" #
* "Up"
Achievement in sound mixing
* "Avatar"
* "The Hurt Locker" #
* "Inglourious Basterds" #
* "Star Trek" #
* "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Achievement in visual effects
* "Avatar"
* "District 9" #
* "Star Trek" #
Adapted screenplay
* "District 9" Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell #
* "An Education" Screenplay by Nick Hornby #
* "In the Loop" Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
* "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher #
* "Up in the Air" Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner #
Original screenplay
* "The Hurt Locker" Written by Mark Boal #
* "Inglourious Basterds" Written by Quentin Tarantino #
* "The Messenger" Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
* "A Serious Man" Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* "Up" Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy