Actor In A Supporting Role?: Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Nominees:
Matt Damon in Invictus?
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger?
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station?
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones?
handbag.com prediction: Christoph Waltz
Not many actors could pitch a performance as the dastardly Nazi Colonel Hans Landa as brilliantly as Christoph Waltz. He’d rightly been winning all the best supporting actor awards so far this year. And that didn't stop at the Oscars.

Actress In A Supporting Role: Mo’Nique in Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Nominees:
Penélope Cruz in Nine?
Vera Farmiga in Up In The Air?
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart?
Anna Kendrick in Up In The Air?
handbag.com prediction: Mo’Nique’s performance in Precious has swept all before her so far this award’s season, even beating Brits Anne-Marie Duff and Kristin Scott Thomas at the Baftas. The question was not if she'd win the Oscar, but whether she’d shave her legs beforehand!

Actor In A Leading Role: Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart?
Nominees:
George Clooney in Up In The Air?
Colin Firth in A Single Man?
Morgan Freeman in Invictus?
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
handbag.com prediction: Jeff Bridges
Although Colin Firth picked up the Bafta in this category last month, Bridges had already won the Golden Globe for his role as grizzled country and western singer in Crazy Heart. With four previous Oscar nominations to his name (for The Last Picture Show in 1971, Thunderbolt And Lightfoot in 1974, Starman in 1984 and, most recently, The Contender in 2000) the feeling among insiders was that this would finally be Bridges’ year. And their feelings, and ours, were right!

Actress In A Leading Role?: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side?
Nominees:
Helen Mirren in The Last Station?
Carey Mulligan in An Education?
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire?
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
handbag.com prediction: Sandra Bullock
Although The Blind Side missed out on the Bafta (it wasn’t eligible for inclusion), Sandra Bullock has won all the other major awards so far this season. Based on the true story of a young man’s journey from an impoverished beginnings in foster care, to becoming a top American footballer, all thanks to the help of a gutsy suburban mum it’s proved popular with the American judging panels and nothing changed at the Oscars. Should have also been honoured for a refreshing, funny and honest speech.

Directing: The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow
Nominees:
Avatar - James Cameron
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire - Lee Daniels
Up In The Air - Jason Reitman
handbag.com prediction: Kathryn Bigelow
If this was down to box office business success then James Cameron would have had the Oscar wrapped up long ago. And by winning the Golden Globe, he certainly made the early running but there was a shift of opinion recently. The Hurt Locker dominated the Baftas, taking five awards in total including best director. No doubt Avatar is an incredible achievement, but we think it’s reliance on special effects ultimately prevented James Cameron winning and left the door open for his ex-wife Bigelow.

Best Picture?: The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal, Kathyrn Bigelow and Greg Shapiro
Nominees:
Avatar - James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
District 9 - Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
An Education - Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
Inglourious Basterds - Lawrence Bender, Producer
Precious: - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
A Serious Man - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers?
Up - Jonas Rivera, Producer
Up In The Air - Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
handbag.com prediction: With all the pre-awards hype focusing on former couple James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow’s chances, we figured the road was clear for someone else to sneak up and win. So we backed Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire to win the top honours but were delighted to be wrong.

Animated Feature Film?: Up - Pete Docter
Nominees:
Coraline - Henry Selick?
Fantastic Mr Fox - Wes Anderson?
The Princess And The Frog - John Musker and Ron Clements?
The Secret Of Kells - Tomm Moore?
handbag.com prediction: Up
With previous winners like Toy Story, Monsters, Inc, The Incredibles and Cars, they should really rename this award Pixar Film Of The Year. While Coraline looked great and Fantastic Mr Fox was highly inventive, but there was only ever going to be one winner.

Full list of winners:

Music (Original Song): The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) - from Crazy Heart. Music and lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Nominees:
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

Writing (Original Screenplay):The Hurt Locker - Written by Mark Boal
Nominees:
Inglourious Basterds - Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger - Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man - Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up - Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Short Film (Animated)?: French Roast - Fabrice O Joubert
Nominees:
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty - Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady And The Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) - Javier Recio Gracia?Logorama - Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter Of Loaf And Death - Nick Park

Documentary (Short Subject): Music By Prudence - Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Nominees:
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province - Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign Of Governor Booth Gardner - Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing Of A GM Plant - Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert?
Rabbit á la Berlin - Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Short Film (Live Action): The New Tenants - Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Nominees:
The Door - Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead Of Abracadabra - Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström?Kavi - Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish - Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

Make-up: Star Trek - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
Nominees:
Il Divo - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
The Young Victoria - Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire - Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
District 9 - Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education - Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In The Loop - Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Up In The Air - Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Art Direction?: Avatar - Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair?
Nominees:
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

Costume Design: The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell
Nominees:
Bright Star - Janet Patterson
Coco Before Chanel - Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus - Monique Prudhomme
Nine - Colleen Atwood

Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker - Paul NJ Ottosson
Nominees:
?Avatar - Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Inglourious Basterds - Wylie Stateman
Star Trek - Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up - Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker - Paul NJ Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Nominees:
Avatar - Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
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

Cinematography: Avatar - Mauro Fiore
Nominees:
?Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince - Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon - Christian Berger

Music (Original Score)?: Up - Michael Giacchino
Nominees:
Avatar - James Horner
Fantastic Mr Fox - Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker - Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer

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

Documentary (Feature): The Cove - Fisher Stevens and Louis Physios
Nominees:
Burma VJ - Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
Food, Inc - Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers - Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home - Rebecca Cammisa

Film Editing?: The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Nominees:
Avatar - Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 - Julian Clarke
Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire - Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina
Nominees:
Ajami – Israel
The Milk Of Sorrow – Peru
Un Prophéte – France
The White Ribbon – Germany

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