2010 OSCAR PREDICTIONS - TAKE TWO

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BEST PICTURE

An Education
Avatar
Brothers
The Hurt Locker
Invictus
The Lovely Bones
Nine
Precious
Up
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST DIRECTOR

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Peter Jackson, The Lovely Bones
Rob Marshall, Nine
Lone Scherfig, An Education

BEST ACTOR

Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS

Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Hilary Swank, Amelia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Richard Gere, Amelia
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
Alfred Molina, An Education
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Marion Cotillard, Public Enemies
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Judi Dench, Nine
Mo’Nique, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Biutiful
Bright Star
Broken Embraces
The Hurt Locker
Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

An Education
Invictus
The Lovely Bones
Nine
Precious

Contenders I Have a Good Feeling About: An Education, Avatar, Away We Go, Biutiful, Bright Star, Broken Embraces, Brothers, Funny People, The Hurt Locker, Julie & Julia, The Lovely Bones, Nine, Precious, Up, Where the Wild Things Are

Contenders I Can’t Fully Back Just Yet, For One Reason Or Another: A Serious Man, Agora, Amelia, Antichrist, Cheri, Green Zone, Invictus The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, The Informant, The Last Station, Love Ranch, Public Enemies, Shutter Island, Taking Woodstock, Tetro, The Tree of Life, Whatever Works