First Predictions: Major Categories

Here's my new prediction for best picture all based on buzz, awards, reviews and box office

Colors:
Dark Green - Fighting for the Win
Green - Locks
Yellow - Safe Bets
Red - Fighting

Best Picture:
1. Up in the Air
2. Avatar
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Precious
6. Up
7. An Education
8. Invictus
9. Star Trek
10. The Messenger

Bubbling Under:
Nine, District 9, A Serious Man, (500) Days of Summer

Best Director
1. Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
2. James Cameron - Avatar
3. Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
4. Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
5. Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino

Bubbling Under:
Lee Daniels, The Coen Brothers

Best Actor:
1. George Clooney - Up in the Air
2. Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
3. Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
4. Morgan Freeman - Invictus
5. Colin Firth - A Single Man

Bubbling Under:
Viggo Mortensen, Tobey Maguire

Best Actress:
1. Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
2. Carey Mulligan - An Education
3. Gabourey Sibide - Precious
4. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
5. Helen Mirren - The Last Station

Bubbling Under:
Melanie Laurent, Marion Cotillard, Abbie Cornish, Emily Blunt, Tilda Swinton

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
2. Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
3. Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
4. Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
5. Matt Damon - Invictus

Bubbling Under:
Christian McKay, Anthony Mackie, Alfred Molina

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Mo'Nique - Precious
2&3. Anna Kendrick & Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
4. Julianne Moore - A Single Man
5. Samantha Morton - The Messenger

Bubbling Under:
Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Diane Krüger, Melanie Laurent

Best Original Screenplay:
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. (500) Days of Summer
3. Up
4. The Hurt Locker
5. A Serious Man

Bubbling Under:
The Messenger

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Up in the Air
2. Precious
3. An Education
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. District 9

Bubbling Under:
Invictus, Bright Star, In the Loop etc. etc. (This race is very crowded)

Best Animated Feature:
1. Up
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. The Princess and the Frog
4. Coraline
5. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Bubbling Under:
9, Ponyo

Best Foreign Language Film:
1. Germany
2. France
3. Argentina
4. Finland
5. Norway

Bubbling Under:
God Knows?

Best Documentary Feature Film
1. The Cove
2. The Beaches of Agnes
3. Food, Inc.
4. Burma VJ
5. Under Our Skin

Bubbling Under:
Valentino: The Last Emperor? Every Little Step?

Best Animated Short Film (?)
1. The Cat Piano
2. Partly Cloudy
3. A Matter of Loaf and Death
4. French Roast
5. Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty


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