My Oscar Predictions

I just wanted to do a quick blog about my Oscar Award Predictions for the Academy Awards which will take place tomorrow and be on TV at 8pm EST.

The list of films with nominations that I saw include: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, Invictus, Nine, A Serious Man, Star Trek, Up.
Some of the major nominated films I did not get to seeing(or didn't want to) include: Crazy Heart, Julie & Julia, The Last Station, Lovely Bones, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, A Single Man, Up in The Air.

Some people say that predicting this year's Oscar Award winners is too easy...but there always seem to be some surprises that catch people off guard. That being said, here are my predictions of who will win:

LEADING ACTOR
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds

LEADING ACTRESS
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique - Precious

ANIMATED FEATURE
Up

ART DIRECTION
Avatar

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Hurt Locker

COSTUME DESIGN
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus

DIRECTING
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

DOCUMENTARY
Food, Inc.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Music by Prudence

FILM EDITING
District 9

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The White Ribbon

MAKEUP
Star Trek

ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar

ORIGINAL SONG
"The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart

SHORT FILM ANIMATED
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)

SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION
The Door

SOUND EDITING
Avatar

SOUND MIXING
Avatar

VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar

SCREENPLAY ADAPTED
An Education - Screenplay adapted by Nick Hornby

SCREENPLAY ORIGINAL
A Serious Man - The Coen Brothers

BEST PICTURE
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