Oscar nominations
Yes it's time for the four hour plus horribly smug circle jerk that is the Oscars. Despite their making enough bad decisions to fill an encyclopedia with, I enjoy seeing who wins etc.
The nominations are:
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In the Air
BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron, Avatar
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarentino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up In The Air
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penélope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Mo'Nique, Precious
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neil Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
Neil Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In The Loop
Geofrey Fletcher, Precious
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boall, The Hurt locker
Quentin Tarentino, Inglourious Basterds
Joel And Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Predictions/thoughts? I think the following will win:
Film: Avatar (but The Hurt Locker should)
Director: James Cameron (see above)
Actor: Jeff Bridges
Actress: Sandra Bullock (a travesty if she does, The Blind Side looks truly awful)
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique
Animated Film: Up
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