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

WILL WIN: The Hurt Locker
SHOULD WIN: A Serious Man

Achievement in directing
Avatar: James Cameron
The Hurt Locker: Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire: Lee Daniels
Up in the Air: Jason Reitman

WILL WIN: Kathryn Bigelow
SHOULD WIN: Kathryn Bigelow

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

WILL WIN: Jeff Bridges
SHOULD WIN: Colin Firth

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

WILL WIN: Sandra Bullock
SHOULD WIN: Carey Mulligan

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

WILL WIN: Christoph Waltz
SHOULD WIN: Christoph Waltz

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Penélope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

WILL WIN: Mo’Nique
SHOULD WIN: Mo’Nique

Best foreign language film of the year
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophète
The White Ribbon

WILL WIN: The White Ribbon
SHOULD WIN: N/A

Best documentary feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

WILL WIN: The Cove
SHOULD WIN: The Cove

Best animated feature film of the year
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

WILL WIN: Up
SHOULD WIN: Up

Adapted screenplay
District 9: Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education: Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop: Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire: Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air: Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

WILL WIN: Up in the Air
SHOULD WIN: Up in the Air

Original screenplay
The Hurt Locker: Written by Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds: Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger: Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man: Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up: Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter / Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

WILL WIN: Inglourious Basterds
SHOULD WIN: Inglourious Basterds

Achievement in cinematography
Avatar: Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker: Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds: Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon: Christian Berger

WILL WIN: Avatar
SHOULD WIN: Avatar

Achievement in film editing
Avatar: Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9: Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds: Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire: Joe Klotz

WILL WIN: The Hurt Locker
SHOULD WIN: The Hurt Locker

Achievement in art direction
Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith
Nine: John Myhre and Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria: Patrice Vermette and Maggie Gray

WILL WIN: Avatar
SHOULD WIN: Avatar

Achievement in costume design
Bright Star: Janet Patterson
Coco before Chanel: Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: Monique Prudhomme
Nine: Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria: Sandy Powel

WILL WIN: The Young Victoria
SHOULD WIN: The Young Victoria

Achievement in makeup
Il Divo: Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria: Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

WILL WIN: Star Trek
SHOULD WIN: Star Trek

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Avatar: James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox: Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker: Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes: Hans Zimmer
Up: Michael Giacchino

WILL WIN: Up
SHOULD WIN: Up

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog: Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog: Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36: Music by Reinhardt Wagner. Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from Nine: Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart: Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

WILL WIN: “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart
SHOULD WIN: “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart

Achievement in sound editing
Avatar: Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker: Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds: Wylie Stateman
Star Trek: Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up: Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

WILL WIN: Star Trek
SHOULD WIN: Star Trek

Achievement in sound mixing
Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker: Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds: Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek: Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

WILL WIN: Avatar
SHOULD WIN: Avatar

Achievement in visual effects
Avatar: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9: Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek: Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

WILL WIN: Avatar
SHOULD WIN: Avatar

Best live action short film
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

WILL WIN: Pending
SHOULD WIN: Pending

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
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin

WILL WIN: Pending
SHOULD WIN: Pending

Best animated short film
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death

WILL WIN: Pending
SHOULD WIN: Pending

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