My Predictions

Oscar nomination day is my favorite day of the year. I think I like it more than the actual award show which is often easy to predict. Here are my picks for 2009-2010:
BEST PICTURE
Up In The Air
Precious
The Hurt Locker
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Up
An Education
The Blind Side
A Serious Man
Crazy Heart

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

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

Sup Actor
Christopher Plummer "The Last Station"
Christoph Waltz "Inglorious Basterds"
Stanley Tucci "The Lovely Bones"
Woody Harrelson "The Messenger"
Alfred Molina "An Education"

Sup Actress
Mo'Nique "Precious"
Anna Kendrick "Up In The Air"
Vera Farmiga "Up In the Air"
Samantha Morton "The Messenger"
Maggie Gyllenhaal "Crazy Heart"

Director
Katherine Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron "Avatar"
Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds"
Jason Reitman "Up In The Air"
Lee Daniels "Precious"

Adapted Screenplay
"Precious"
"Up In The Air"
"Julie and Julia"
"An Education"
"District Nine"

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

Animated Feature
"Up"
"The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"Coraline"
"Ponyo"
"The Princess and the Frog"