My Official Oscar Nomination Predictions!

BEST PICTURE

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District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Invictus

Precious: Based On The Novel Push by Sapphire

A Serious Man

Up

Up In The Air

(ALTERNATE: Star Trek)

BEST DIRECTOR

James Cameron – Avatar

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Lee Daniels – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

Jason Reitman – Up In The Air

(ALT: Lone Scherfig- An Education)

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

(ALT: Viggo Mortenensen, The Road)

BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Helen Mirren – The Last Station

Carey Mulligan – An Education

Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

(ALT: Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Matt Damon – Invictus

Woody Harrelson – The Messenger

Christopher Plummer- The Last Station

Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

(ALT: Christan McKay, Me & Orson Welles)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air

Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air

Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds

Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Julianne Moore – A Single Man

(ALT: Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

(500) Days of Summer (by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber)

The Hurt Locker (by Mark Boal)

Inglourious Basterds (by Quentin Tarantino)

A Serious Man (by Joel & Ethan Coen)

Up (by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter)

(ALT: Avatar by James Cameron)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

District 9 (by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell)

An Education (by Nick Hornby)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (by Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach)

Precious: Based On The Novel Push by Sapphire (by Geoffrey Fletcher)

Up In The Air (by Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner)

(Alt: In the Loop)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Ponyo

The Princess and the Frog

Up

(ALT: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)

BEST ART DIRECTION

Avatar

Inglourious Basterds

Bright Star

The Young Victoria

Where the Wild Things Are

(ALT: Nine)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Avatar (Mauro Fiore)

The Hurt Locker (Barry Ackroyd)

Inglourious Basterds (Robert Richardson)

Nine (Dion Beebe)

The White Ribbon (Christian Berger)

(ALT: Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Coco Before Chanel

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Inglourious Basterds

Nine

The Young Victoria

(ALT: Bright Star)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Beaches Of Agnes

The Cove

Food, Inc.

Garbage Dreams

Valentino: The Last Emperor

BEST EDITING

Avatar (Steve R. Moore, John Refoua & Stephen Rivkin)

District 9 (Julian Clarke)

The Hurt Locker (Chris Innis & Bob Murawski)

Inglourious Basterds (Sally Menke)

Up in the Air (Dana E. Glauberman)

(ALT: Star Trek)

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Ajami (Israel)

The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)

A Prophet (France)

The White Ribbon (Germany)

Winter In Wartime (The Netherlands)

BEST MAKEUP

District 9

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Star Trek

(ALT: Watchmen)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Avatar (James Horner)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (Alexandre Desplat)

The Informant! (Marvin Hamlisch)

A Serious Man (Carter Burwell)

Up (Michael Giacchino)

(ALT: Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Almost There” (The Princess and the Frog)

“Cinema Italiano” (Nine)

“(I Want To) Come Home” (Everybody’s Fine)

“Invictus 9,000 Days” (Invictus)

“The Weary Kind” (Crazy Heart)

(ALT: "I See You", Avatar)

BEST SOUND

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District 9

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

(ALT: Up)

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

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District 9

Star Trek

The Hurt Locker

Up

(ALT: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar

District 9

Star Trek

(ALT: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)