Academy Award Predictions, 1st Edition

Here's my first set of predictions for the upcoming Academy Awards:

Best Picture
"Avatar" (WINNER)
"The Hurt Locker"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"Inglorious Basterds"
"Up in the Air"
"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"
"Up"
"A Serious Man"
"An Education"

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges - "Crazy Heart" (WINNER)
Colin Firth - "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman - "Invictus"
George Clooney - "Up in the Air"
Jeremy Renner - "The Hurt Locker"

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan - "An Education"
Meryl Streep - "Julie & Julia" (WINNER)
Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"
Sandra Bullock - "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren - "The Last Station"

Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer - "The Last Station"
Woody Harrelson - "The Messenger"
Christoph Waltz - "Inglorious Basterds" (WINNER)
Stanley Tucci - "The Lovely Bones"
Matt Damon - "Invictus"

Best Supporting Actress
Vera Farmiga - "Up in the Air"
Anna Kendrick - "Up in the Air"
Maggie Gyllenhaal - "Crazy Heart"
Penelope Cruz - "Nine"
Mo'Nique - "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" (WINNER)

Best Director
James Cameron - "Avatar" (WINNER)
Kathryn Bigelow - "The Hurt Locker"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglorious Basterds"
Jason Reitman - "Up in the Air"
Lee Daniels - "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"

Best Original Screenplay
"The Hurt Locker" (WINNER)
"Inglorious Basterds"
"Up"
"A Serious Man"
"The Messenger"

Best Adapted Screenplay
"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"
"Up in the Air" (WINNER)
"In the Loop"
"District 9"
"An Education"

Best Cinematography
"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker" (WINNER)
"Inglorious Basterds"
"The White Ribbon"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

Best Editing
"The Hurt Locker" (WINNER)
"District 9"
"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"
"Avatar"
"Inglorious Basterds"

Best Sound Mixing
"Star Trek"
"Avatar"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"Inglorious Basterds"
"The Hurt Locker" (WINNER)

Best Sound Editing
"The Hurt Locker"
"Up"
"Avatar" (WINNER)
"Star Trek"
"Inglorious Basterds"

Best Animated Film
"Up" (WINNER)
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"Coraline"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"

Best Art Direction
"Avatar"
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Sherlock Holmes" (WINNER)
"Nine"
"The Young Victoria"

Best Costume Design
"The Young Victoria"
"Nine"
"Bright Star" (WINNER)
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Coco avant Chanel"

Best Visual Effects
"Avatar" (WINNER)
"Star Trek"
"District 9"

Best Makeup
"Star Trek"
"The Young Victoria" (WINNER)
"Il divo"

Best Original Score
"Sherlock Holmes"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"Up" (WINNER)
"The Hurt Locker"
"Avatar"