2010 Oscar Nominations Prediction

[chrisbrad]

Well, it is that time of year again. Time for the 2010 Oscar nominations.  Early Tuesday morning the AMPAS will make their announcements, so I am making my predictions today. How bold!

Below you will find my thoughts on what the Academy will likely nominate for the eight biggest categories. Note: These are NOT my personal picks, but rather my prediction about what the Academy will nominate.

This year there is one huge change -- making the biggest category even bigger by going from five Best Picture nominees to ten. That will really open things up, so making a final pick for the award show in March will be much harder.

On to the picks:

Best Picture:
Avatar
An Education
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow, for The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, for Avatar
Lee Daniels, for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Jason Reitman, for Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, for Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges, for Crazy Heart
George Clooney, for Up in the Air
Colin Firth, for A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, for Invictus
Jeremy Renner, for The Hurt Locker

Best Actress:
Sandra Bullock, for The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, for The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, for An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep, for Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor:
Matt Damon, for Invictus
Woody Harrelson, for The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, for The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, for The Lovely Bones
Christopher Waltz, for Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz, for Nine
Vera Farmiga, for Up in the Air
Ana Kendrick, for Up in the Air
Diane Kruger, for Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique, for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Best Screenplay (Original):
(500) Days of Summer, by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Avatar, by James Cameron
The Hangover, by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
The Hurt Locker, by Mark Boal
A Serious Man, by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Best Screenplay (Adapted):
Crazy Heart, by Scott Cooper
Julie & Julia, by Nora Ephron
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, by Geoffrey Fletcher
Star Trek, by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
Up in the Air, by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner