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It's time! Oscar Nomination Predictions

February 2nd 2010 02:40

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker
Precious
Avatar
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up
District 9
The Hangover
An Education

Alternate: Swap out The Hangover for (500) Days of Summer
Dark Horse: The Messenger

Best Director

Kathyrn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Lee Daniels – Precious

Alternate: Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Dark Horse: Tom Ford – A Single Man

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Alternate: Swap out Morgan Freeman for Ben Forster (the Messenger)
Dark Horse: Matt Damon – The Informant

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabey Sidibe – Precious
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria

Alternate: Swap out Emily Blunt for Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
Dark Horse: Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actor

Woody Harelson – The Messenger
Matt Damon – Invictus
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Stanley Tucci – Julie and Julia
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station

Alternate: Swap out Stanley Tucci -Julie and Julia with Stanley Tucci – Lovely Bones
Dark Horse: Christian Mckay – Me and Orson Welles

Best Supporting actress

Mo’Nique – Precious
Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds
Julianne Moore – A Single Man

Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air

Alternate: Swap Diane Kruger for Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds
Dark Horse: Samantha Morton – The Messenger

Best Foreign Film

The White Ribbon
A Prophet
Winter in Wartime
Samson and Delilah
El Secreto de Sus Ojos

Alternate: Swap out Winter in Wartime for Adjani

Original Screenplay

The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Up
A Serious Man
500 Days of Summer

Alternate: Swap out (500) Days of Summer for Avatar
Dark Horse: The Messenger

Adapted Screenplay

Precious
Up in the Air
An Education
Crazy Heart
Fantastic Mr. Fox

Alternate: Swap out An Education for Star Trek
Dark Horse: Where the Wild Things Are

Animated Film

Up
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Princess and the Frog
Coraline
Ponyo

Alternate: Swap out Ponyo with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Dark Horse: Mary and Max

Art Direction

Inglourious Basterds
Avatar
Where the wild Things Are
District 9
A Serious Man

Alternate: Swap out A Serious Man for The Lovely Bones
Dark Horse: Public Enemies

Cinematography

The White Ribbon
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Avatar

Alternate: Swap out A Serious Man with Nine
Dark Horse: Broken Embraces

Best Costume Design

The Young Victoria
Inglourious Basterds
Bright Star
Nine
Public Enemies

Alternate: Swap out Young Victoria for Coco Before Chanel
Dark Horse: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Best Editing

Avatar
Inglourious basterds
Star Trek
A Serious Man
The Hurt Locker

Alternate: Swap out Star Trek for Up in the Air
Dark Horse: Precious

Best Make-up

Star Trek
District 9
Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Alternate: Swap out Imaginarium for The Road

Best Visual Effects

Avatar
Star Trek
District 9

Alternate: Swap out District 9 for Transformers

Best Original Score

Up
A Single Man
The Informant
Avatar
Up in the Air
Alternate: Swap out Up in the Air for The Princess and the Frog
Dark Horse: A Serious Man

Best Original Song

The Weary Kind – Crazy Heart
Almost There – The Princess and the Frog
Stu’s Song – The Hangover
I See You – Avatar
(I Want to)Come Home – Everybody’s Fine

Alternate: Swap out Stu’s Song for Cinema Italiano (Nine)
Dark Horse: All is Love – Where the Wild Things Are

Best Sound Mixing

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
District 9
Star Trek
Transformers 2

Alternate: Swap out Star Trek for Up
Dark Horse: 2012

Best Sound Editing

Avatar
Up
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
District 9

Alternate: Swap out District 9 for Transformers
Dark Horse: Inglourious Basterds

Best Documentary

The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Beaches of Agnes
Sergio
Burma VJ

Alternate: Swap out Sergio for Soundtrack of a Revolution
Dark Horse: Facing Ali

Am not predicting Doc Short, Live Short, or Animated Short

Total Nomination Tallies (does not include alternates or dark horses):

Avatar – 10
Inglourious Basterds - 9
Up in the Air - 8
The Hurt Locker – 8
Up – 6
District – 6
Star Trek – 5
Precious – 5
An Education – 3
The Hangover – 2
Invictus – 2

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