It's Sandra Bullock's to Lose

Here are the nominees for today's Oscars, starting from the ones I predict most likely to win:

best picture: The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, Up in the Air, District 9, The Blind Side, A Serious Man, An Education, Up

best director:

Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
James Cameron for Avatar
Lee Daniels for Precious
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air


best original screenplay:

Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
A Serious Man
Up
The Messenger

best adapted screenplay:

Up in the Air
Precious
An Education
In the Loop
District 9


best actor:

Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus

best actress:

Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Helen Mirren in The Last Station


best supporting actor:

Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Matt Damon in Invictus

best supporting actress:

Mo'Nique in Precious
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Penelope Cruz in Nine


best foreign language film:

The White Ribbon

best animated feature:

Up


best cinematography:

The Hurt Locker

best editing:

The Hurt Locker


best art direction:

Avatar

best costume design:

Nine

best makeup:

Star Trek


best visual effects:

Avatar

best sound mixing:

Avatar

best sound editing:

The Hurt Locker


best original score:

Up

best original song:

The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart


best documentary feature:

Food, Inc.

best documentary short:

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant


best live action short:

The Door

best animated short:

A Matter of Loaf and Death