And The Oscar Goes To...

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UPDATE: Let's see how I did: 15 out of 24 correctly predicted (62.5% correct). Not too bad...although I can't say the same for the Best Picture winner. Zing!
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BEST PICTURE
Predicted Winner: Avatar
Preferred Winner: Inglourious Basterds

BEST DIRECTOR
Predicted Winner: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Preferred Winner: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST ACTOR
Predicted Winner: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Preferred Winner: Even though I have yet to see Crazy Heart or A Single Man, I'd prefer a win for either Jeff Bridges or Colin Firth over George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, or Jeremy Renner.

BEST ACTRESS
Predicted Winner: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Preferred Winner: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Predicted Winner: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Preferred Winner: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds (Best Supporting Actor performance of the decade?)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Predicted Winner: Mo'Nique, Precious
Preferred Winner: Mo'Nique, Precious

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Predicted Winner: Inglourious Basterds
Preferred Winner: Inglourious Basterds

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Predicted Winner: Up in the Air
Preferred Winner: Precious

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Predicted Winner: Up
Preferred Winner: Coraline (Although, I have yet to see Fantastic Mr. Fox, which I hear is...fantastic.)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Predicted Winner: The White Ribbon (Germany)
Preferred Winner: Sadly, I haven't seen any of this year's nominees.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Predicted Winner: The Cove
Preferred Winner: The Cove

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Predicted Winner: Avatar
Preferred Winner: Inglourious Basterds

BEST FILM EDITING
Predicted Winner: The Hurt Locker
Preferred Winner: Precious

BEST ART DIRECTION
Predicted Winner: Avatar
Preferred Winner: I've only seen Avatar, so...one of the other four nominees.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Predicted Winner: The Young Victorian
Preferred Winner: The one about the fashion designer?

BEST MAKEUP
Predicted Winner: Star Trek
Preferred Winner: Star Trek, I guess.

BEST SOUND EDITING
Predicted Winner: Avatar
Preferred Winner: Avatar

BEST SOUND MIXING
Predicted Winner: Avatar
Preferred Winner: Avatar

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Predicted Winner: Avatar
Preferred Winner: Avatar (Notice a pattern in the technical categories?)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Predicted Winner: Michael Giacchino, Up
Preferred Winner: Simply haven't seen (heard) enough of the nominees.

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Predicted Winner: 'The Weary Kind,' Crazy Heart
Preferred Winner: Once again, I'm ignorant in this category.

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Predicted Winner: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Preferred Winner: Speaking of being ignornant in a category...

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Predicted Winner: China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Preferred Winner: Uhh...yes?

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Predicted Winner: Kavi
Preferred Winner: Umm...we're done here.
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