In just a few hours the winners of the 82nd annual Academy Awards will be announced, and so before they do I thought I'd get in with my last minute predictions. I'll be at uni for much of the ceremony, but hopefully I'll be home before they finish and will be able to update the bigger awards in real time. In the meantime, you can find a bunch of my fellow bloggers and movie enthusiasts live-tweeting the ceremony here. My predictionse (and the results) are as follows:BEST PICTURE
THE NOMINEES
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
WHO SHOULD WIN
Up
WHO WILL WIN
The Hurt Locker
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Hurt Locker
BEST DIRECTOR
THE NOMINEES
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Lee Daniels - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
WHO SHOULD WIN
Kathryn Bigelow
WHO WILL WIN
Kathryn Bigelow
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Kathryn Bigelow
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
THE NOMINEES
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
WHO SHOULD WIN
George Clooney (I haven't seen Crazy Heart)
WHO WILL WIN
Jeff Bridges
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Jeff Bridges
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
THE NOMINEES
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
WHO SHOULD WIN
Carey Mulligan (I haven't seen The Blind Side, The Last Station or Julie & Julia)
WHO WILL WIN
Sandra Bullock
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Sandra Bullock
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
THE NOMINEES
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
WHO SHOULD WIN
Christoph Waltz (I haven't seen The Messenger or The Last Station)
WHO WILL WIN
Christoph Waltz
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Christoph Waltz
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
THE NOMINEES
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo’Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
WHO SHOULD WIN
Mo'Nique (I haven't seen Nine or Crazy Heart)
WHO WILL WIN
Mo'Nique
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Mo'Nique
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE NOMINEES
Neill Blomkamp - District 9
Nick Hornby - An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche - In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
WHO SHOULD WIN
In the Loop
WHO WILL WIN
Up in the Air
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Precious
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE NOMINEES
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Oren Moverman - The Messenger
Joel and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Pete Docter and Bob Peterson - Up
WHO SHOULD WIN
A Serious Man
WHO WILL WIN
Inglourious Basterds
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Hurt Locker
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE NOMINEES
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of the Kells (I've never heard of it either)
Up
WHO SHOULD WIN
Up
WHO WILL WIN
Up
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE NOMINEES
Ajami - Israel
El Secreto de sus Ojos - Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow - Peru
A Prophet - France
The White Ribbon - Germany
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen A Prophet
WHO WILL WIN
A Prophet
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
El Secreto de sus Ojos
BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE NOMINEES
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen The Cove
WHO WILL WIN
The Cove
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Cove
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
WHO SHOULD WIN
Avatar
WHO WILL WIN
The Hurt Locker
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Avatar
BEST FILM EDITING
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Precious
WHO SHOULD WIN
The Hurt Locker
WHO WILL WIN
The Hurt Locker
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Hurt Locker
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
THE NOMINEES
James Horner - Avatar
Alexandre Desplat - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders - The Hurt Locker
Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes
Michael Giacchino - Up
WHO SHOULD WIN
Up
WHO WILL WIN
Up
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Up
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
THE NOMINEES
"Almost There" - The Princess and the Frog
"Down in New Orleans" - The Princess and the Frog
"Loin de Paname" - Paris 36
"Take It All" - Nine
"The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen The Princess and the Frog
WHO WILL WIN
"The Weary Kind"
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
"The Weary Kind"
BEST ART DIRECTION
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen Avatar and Sherlock Holmes
WHO WILL WIN
Avatar
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Avatar
COSTUME DESIGN
THE NOMINEES
Bright Star
Coco avant Chanel
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
WHO SHOULD WIN
I have seen none of the nominees
WHO WILL WIN
Bright Star
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Young Victoria
BEST MAKEUP
THE NOMINEES
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen Star Trek
WHO WILL WIN
Star Trek
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Star Trek
VISUAL EFFECTS
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
WHO SHOULD WIN
Avatar
WHO WILL WIN
Avatar
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Avatar
SOUND MIXING
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
WHO SHOULD WIN
I don't know the difference between sound mixing and sound editing
WHO WILL WIN
Avatar
AND THE OSCAR GOES TOO...
The Hurt Locker
SOUND EDITING
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
WHO SHOULD WIN
See above
WHO WILL WIN
The Hurt Locker
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Hurt Locker
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
THE NOMINEES
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
WHO SHOULD WIN
I have seen none of the nominees
WHO WILL WIN
I have no idea
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The New Tenants
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
THE NOMINEES
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
WHO SHOULD WIN
I have only seen A Matter of Loaf and Death
WHO WILL WIN
A Matter of Loaf and Death
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Logorama
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
THE NOMINEES
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
WHO SHOULD WIN
I have seen none of the nominees
WHO WILL WIN
I have no idea
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Music by Prudence
THE NOMINEES
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
WHO SHOULD WIN
Up
WHO WILL WIN
The Hurt Locker
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Hurt Locker
BEST DIRECTOR
THE NOMINEES
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Lee Daniels - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
WHO SHOULD WIN
Kathryn Bigelow
WHO WILL WIN
Kathryn Bigelow
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Kathryn Bigelow
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
THE NOMINEES
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
WHO SHOULD WIN
George Clooney (I haven't seen Crazy Heart)
WHO WILL WIN
Jeff Bridges
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Jeff Bridges
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
THE NOMINEES
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
WHO SHOULD WIN
Carey Mulligan (I haven't seen The Blind Side, The Last Station or Julie & Julia)
WHO WILL WIN
Sandra Bullock
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Sandra Bullock
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
THE NOMINEES
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
WHO SHOULD WIN
Christoph Waltz (I haven't seen The Messenger or The Last Station)
WHO WILL WIN
Christoph Waltz
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Christoph Waltz
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
THE NOMINEES
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo’Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
WHO SHOULD WIN
Mo'Nique (I haven't seen Nine or Crazy Heart)
WHO WILL WIN
Mo'Nique
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Mo'Nique
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE NOMINEES
Neill Blomkamp - District 9
Nick Hornby - An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche - In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
WHO SHOULD WIN
In the Loop
WHO WILL WIN
Up in the Air
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Precious
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE NOMINEES
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Oren Moverman - The Messenger
Joel and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Pete Docter and Bob Peterson - Up
WHO SHOULD WIN
A Serious Man
WHO WILL WIN
Inglourious Basterds
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Hurt Locker
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE NOMINEES
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of the Kells (I've never heard of it either)
Up
WHO SHOULD WIN
Up
WHO WILL WIN
Up
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE NOMINEES
Ajami - Israel
El Secreto de sus Ojos - Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow - Peru
A Prophet - France
The White Ribbon - Germany
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen A Prophet
WHO WILL WIN
A Prophet
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
El Secreto de sus Ojos
BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE NOMINEES
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen The Cove
WHO WILL WIN
The Cove
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Cove
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
WHO SHOULD WIN
Avatar
WHO WILL WIN
The Hurt Locker
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Avatar
BEST FILM EDITING
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Precious
WHO SHOULD WIN
The Hurt Locker
WHO WILL WIN
The Hurt Locker
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Hurt Locker
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
THE NOMINEES
James Horner - Avatar
Alexandre Desplat - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders - The Hurt Locker
Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes
Michael Giacchino - Up
WHO SHOULD WIN
Up
WHO WILL WIN
Up
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Up
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
THE NOMINEES
"Almost There" - The Princess and the Frog
"Down in New Orleans" - The Princess and the Frog
"Loin de Paname" - Paris 36
"Take It All" - Nine
"The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen The Princess and the Frog
WHO WILL WIN
"The Weary Kind"
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
"The Weary Kind"
BEST ART DIRECTION
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen Avatar and Sherlock Holmes
WHO WILL WIN
Avatar
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Avatar
COSTUME DESIGN
THE NOMINEES
Bright Star
Coco avant Chanel
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
WHO SHOULD WIN
I have seen none of the nominees
WHO WILL WIN
Bright Star
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Young Victoria
BEST MAKEUP
THE NOMINEES
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
WHO SHOULD WIN
I've only seen Star Trek
WHO WILL WIN
Star Trek
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Star Trek
VISUAL EFFECTS
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
WHO SHOULD WIN
Avatar
WHO WILL WIN
Avatar
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Avatar
SOUND MIXING
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
WHO SHOULD WIN
I don't know the difference between sound mixing and sound editing
WHO WILL WIN
Avatar
AND THE OSCAR GOES TOO...
The Hurt Locker
SOUND EDITING
THE NOMINEES
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
WHO SHOULD WIN
See above
WHO WILL WIN
The Hurt Locker
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The Hurt Locker
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
THE NOMINEES
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
WHO SHOULD WIN
I have seen none of the nominees
WHO WILL WIN
I have no idea
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
The New Tenants
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
THE NOMINEES
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
WHO SHOULD WIN
I have only seen A Matter of Loaf and Death
WHO WILL WIN
A Matter of Loaf and Death
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Logorama
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
THE NOMINEES
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
WHO SHOULD WIN
I have seen none of the nominees
WHO WILL WIN
I have no idea
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Music by Prudence
