2010 Oscar Predictions

BEST DIRECTOR:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
(alt: Lone Scherfig, An Education; Coen Bros, A Serious Man)

BEST ACTOR:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
(alt: Morgan Freeman, Invictus; Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man)

BEST ACTRESS:
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
(alt: Helen Mirren, The Last Station; Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
(alt: Matt Damon, Invictus; Alfred Molina, An Education)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds
Mo'Nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
(alt: Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds; Samantha Morton, The Messenger)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up
(alt: The Messenger, Avatar)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
An Education
District 9
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air
(alt: Star Trek, Crazy Heart)

BEST EDITING:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Up in the Air
(alt: 500 Days of Summer, Precious)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Where the Wild Things Are
(alt: Bright Star, Public Enemies)

BEST ART DIRECTION:
An Education
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Where the Wild Things Are
(alt: Sherlock Holmes, Avatar)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
An Education
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
The Young Victoria
(alt: Coco Avant Chanel, A Single Man)

BEST MAKE-UP DESIGN:
District 9
The Road
Star Trek
(alt: Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Drag Me to Hell)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Avatar
Coco Avant Chanel
The Informant!
A Serious Man
Up
(alt: Sherlock Holmes, The Last Station)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"All is Love", Where the Wild Things Are
"Cinema Italiano", Nine
"Down in New Orleans", The Princess & the Frog
"I See You", Avatar
"The Weary Kind", Crazy Heart
(alt: "Winter", Brothers; "Almost There", The Princess & the Frog)

BEST SOUND EDITING:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Up
(alt: Nine, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)

BEST SOUND MIXING:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Nine
Star Trek
Up
(alt: District 9, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
(alt: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2012)

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess & the Frog
Up
(alt: Ponyo, Monsters vs. Aliens)

BEST FOREIGN FILM:
Ajami (Israel)
A Prophet (France)
Samson and Delilah (Australia)
The Secret of Her Eyes (Argentina)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
(alt: Winter in Wartime - Netherlands, Kelin - Kazakhstan)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Beaches of Agnes
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Under Our Skin
(alt: Mugabe and the White African, Every Little Step)