Here's the list of the nominations. Who do you think deserves the Academy Awards?

Best Picture

'Avatar'

'The Blind Side'

'District 9'

'An Education'

'The Hurt Locker'

'Inglourious Basterds'

'Precious'

'A Serious Man'

'Up'

'Up in the Air'

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow
'The Hurt Locker'

James Cameron
'Avatar'

Lee Daniels
'Precious'

Jason Reitman
'Up in the Air'

Quentin Tarantino
'Inglourious Basterds'

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

Penelope Cruz
'Nine'

Vera Farmiga
'Up in the Air'

Maggie Gyllenhaal
'Crazy Heart'

Anna Kendrick
'Up in the Air'

Mo'nique
'Precious'

Best Animated Feature Film

'Coraline'

'Fantastic Mr. Fox'

'The Princess and the Frog'

'The Secret of Kells'

'Up'

Best Original Screenplay

Mark Boal
'The Hurt Locker'

Quentin Tarantino
'Inglourious Basterds'

Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
'The Messenger'

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
'A Serious Man'

Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
'Up'

Best Adapted Screenplay

Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
'District 9'

Nick Hornby
'An Education'

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
'In the Loop'

Geoffrey Fletcher
'Precious'

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
'Up in the Air'


Best Foreign Language Film

'Ajami'
Israel

'El Secreto de Sus Ojos'
Argentina

'The Milk of Sorrow'
Peru

'Un Prophète'
France

'The White Ribbon'
Germany

Best Original Score

'Avatar'
James Horner

'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
Alexandre Desplat

'The Hurt Locker'
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders

'Sherlock Holmes'
Hans Zimmer

'Up'
Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song

'Almost There' from 'The Princess and the Frog'
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

'Down in New Orleans' from 'The Princess and the Frog'
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

'Loin de Paname' from 'Paris 36'
Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas

'Take It All' from 'Nine'
Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston

'The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)' from 'Crazy Heart'
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Art Direction

'Avatar'
Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'
Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith

Nine
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim

Sherlock Holmes
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

'The Young Victoria'
Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Best Cinematography

'Avatar'
Mauro Fiore

'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
Bruno Delbonnel

'The Hurt Locker'
Barry Ackroyd

'Inglourious Basterds'
Robert Richardson

'The White Ribbon'
Christian Berger


Best Art Direction

'Il Divo'
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
'Star Trek'
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
'The Young Victoria'
Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Best Film Editing
'Avatar'
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
'District 9'
Julian Clarke
'The Hurt Locker'
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
'Inglourious Basterds'
Sally Menke
'Precious'
Joe Klotz

Best Visual Effects

'Avatar'
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
'District 9'
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
'Star Trek'
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Best Sound Editing

'Avatar'
Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
'The Hurt Locker'
Paul N.J. Ottosson
'Inglourious Basterds'
Wylie Stateman
'Star Trek'
Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
'Up'
Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Best Sound Mixing

'Avatar'
Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
'The Hurt Locker'
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
'Inglourious Basterds'
Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
'Star Trek'
Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

...NOT Avatar..

..maybe except for the smaller awards like Best Visuals or something.

Best Picture? I havent seen some of the entries... but from what I have seen... it should be Hurt Locker... although Avatar has a bigger following... and personally... I am rooting for Up! Although I know it is a lost cause...

Best Director? Kathryn Bigelow perhaps? But I have a gut feeling they will Give it to James Cameron... although Lee Daniels did a fine job with Precious...

Best Actor? I want to give it to Jeff Bridges... but I have a feeling it will be Jeremy Renner

Best Actress? I want to give it to Sandra Bullock... but I somehow doubt it...

Supporting Actor? I want to give it to Christopher Waltz... Matt Damon is #2....

Supporting Actress? Couldnt tell ya...

Animated Feature? Got to be Up!... but Fantastic Mr. Fox has a good chance for a win....

hurt locker

kathryn bigelow

jeff bridgess

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christoph waltz

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up
tarantino
district 9
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sherlock holmes
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'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'
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I have a sneaking suspicion Cameron is going to win the Best Director. I think he deserves it and it'd be worth it for all the obnoxious Avatar haters reactions.

Yay James Cameron fail.

Well, the Hurt Locker cleaned up I guess. Most of the awards were predictable.. heck all of them were.

my preds were close

What about this year? Anybody unhappy with the results? Cause i'm pretty happy with the fact that Colin Firth FINALLY got an oscar! The man deserves it! Especially after A Single Man!