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Oscars… I’ve seen nearly all the movies, so I can speak with some degree of certainty.

My predictions are in BOLD. I’ll update later in Italics, the actual winner.

If you’re in a pool, take my picks. You’re going perfect! Haha.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
• George Clooney in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Colin Firth in “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company)
• Morgan Freeman in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)
• Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)
  

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Matt Damon in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)
• Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
• Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones” (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.)
• Helen Mirren in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Carey Mulligan in “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
• Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Penélope Cruz in “Nine” (The Weinstein Company)
• Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
• Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Secret of Kells
• Up

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
• Inglorious 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
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
• Up in the Air

Best documentary feature

• Burma VJ
• The Cove
• Food, Inc.
• The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
• Which Way Home

Best documentary short subject

• China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
• The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
• The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
• Music by Prudence
• Rabbit a la Berlin

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
• El Secreto de Sus Ojos
• The Milk of Sorrow
• Un Prophète
• The White Ribbon

Achievement in makeup

• Il Divo
• Star Trek
• The Young Victoria

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• Avatar
• Fantastic Mr Fox
• The Hurt Locker
• Sherlock Holmes
• Up

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• Almost There from The Princess and the Frog
• Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog
• Loin de Paname from Paris 36
• Take It All from Nine
• The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart

Best motion picture of the year

• Avatar
• The Blind Side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

Best animated short film

• French Roast
• Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
• The Lady and the Reaper
• Logorama
• A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best live action short film

• The Door
• Instead of Abracadabra
• Kavi
• Miracle Fish
• The New Tenants

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
• An Education
• In The Loop
• Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
• Up in the Air

Original screenplay

• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• The Messenger
• A Serious Man
• Up