Alright you guys, I’m sorry I haven’t updated in awhile, life’s gotten a bit stressful. That being said THE OSCARS are tomorrow. This has been one of the most stressful awards seasons since I started following the Oscars all those years ago. These are my final predictions and, as always, I’ll be live-blogging the show on my tumblr. So here goes nothing.
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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
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
- George Clooney for Up in the Air
- Colin Firth for A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman for Invictus
- Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
- Helen Mirren for The Last Station
- Carey Mulligan for An Education
- Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
- Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Matt Damon for Invictus
- Woody Harrelson for The Messenger
- Christopher Plummer for The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones
- Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Penélope Cruz for Nine
- Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air
- Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart
- Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air
- Mo’Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
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Best Achievement in Directing
- Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
- James Cameron for Avatar
- Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
- Jason Reitman for Up in the Air
- Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
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Best Original Screenplay
- The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
- Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
- The Messenger – Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman
- A Serious Man – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Up – Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy
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Best Adapted Screenplay
- District 9 – Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
- An Education – Nick Hornby
- In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher
- Up in the Air - Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
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Best Cinematography
- Avatar – Mauro Fiore
- The White Ribbon – Christian Berger
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
- The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
- Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
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Best Editing
- Avatar
- District 9
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
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Best Art Direction
- Avatar
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- Nine
- Sherlock Holmes
- The Young Victoria
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Best Costume Design
- Bright Star
- Coco avant Chanel
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- Nine
- The Young Victoria
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Best Makeup
- Il divo
- Star Trek
- The Young Victoria
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Best Original Score
- Avatar – James Horner
- Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
- The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
- Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
- Up – Michael Giacchino
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Best Original Song
- Crazy Heart – “The Weary Kind” - T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham
- Faubourg 36 – “Loin de Paname” - Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas
- Nine – “Take It All” - Maury Yeston
- The Princess and the Frog – “Almost There” - Randy Newman
- The Princess and the Frog – “Down in New Orleans” - Randy Newman
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Best Sound Mixing
- Avatar
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Star Trek
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Best Sound Editing
- Avatar
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Star Trek
- Up
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Best Visual Effects
- Avatar
- District 9
- Star Trek
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Best Animated Feature
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- The Princess and the Frog
- The Secret of Kells
- Up
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Best Foreign Language Film
- Ajami – Israel
- The White Ribbon – Germany
- El secreto de sus ojos – Argentina
- Un prophète – France
- La teta asustada – Peru
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Best Documentary Feature
- Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
- The Cove
- Food, Inc.
- The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
- Which Way Home
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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
- Królik po berlinsku
- Music by Prudence
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Best Animated Short
- French Roast
- Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
- La dama y la muerte
- Logorama
- Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death
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Best Live Action Short Film
- The Door
- Istället för abrakadabra
- Kavi
- Miracle Fish
- The New Tenants
Winner Count:
The Hurt Locker: 7
Avatar, Crazy Heart, Up: 2
Inglourious Basterds, Precious, Up In The Air: 1
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