The following are the nominees and winners using each Oscar category, based solely on my opinion. No actual nominations, other award winners, or other websites played a role in my decisions. Each category nominee is listed in the order of finish. After the actual nominees are posted, I will make predictions for the actual show...



BEST PICTURE:
Avatar (Best Picture)
Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Single Man
Moon
Precious
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
500 Days of Summer
The Messenger
An Education

BEST DIRECTOR:
James Cameron/Avatar (winner)
Kathryn Bigelow/The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino/Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels/Precious
Tom Ford/A Single Man

BEST ACTOR:
Colin Firth/A Single Man (winner)
Jeff Bridges/Crazy Heart
Sam Rockwell/Moon
Matt Damon/The Informant!
Jeremy Renner/The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS:
Gabourey Sidibe/Precious (winner)
Zoe Saldana/Avatar
Meryl Streep/Julie & Julia
Carey Mulligan/An Education
Emily Blunt/The Young Victoria

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christoph Waltz/Inglourious Basterds (winner)
Brad Pitt/Inglourious Basterds
Woody Harrelson/The Messenger
Christopher Plummer/The Last Station
Alfred Molina/An Education

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Mo'Nique/Precious (winner)
Melanie Laurent/Inglourious Basterds
Julianne Moore/A Single Man
Vera Farmiga/Up In The Air
Samantha Morton/The Messenger

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Fantastic Mr. Fox (winner)
A Single Man
Precious
An Education
Public Enemies

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Inglourious Basterds (winner)
The Hurt Locker
500 Days of Summer
Up
The Messenger

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Inglourious Basterds (winner)
Avatar
A Single Man
The Hurt Locker
Away We Go

BEST ART DIRECTION:
Inglourious Basterds (winner)
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Nine
Public Enemies
A Single Man

BEST EDITING:
500 Days of Summer (winner)
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
Up In The Air

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Inglourious Basterds (winner)
Bright Star
The Young Victoria
Sherlock Holmes
Nine

BEST MAKEUP:
A Single Man (winner)
Star Trek
District 9
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Young Victoria

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
A Single Man (winner)
Avatar
Sherlock Holmes
Public Enemies
Moon

BEST SOUND EDITING:
Avatar (winner)
Up
Star Trek
The Hurt Locker
District 9

BEST SOUND MIXING:
Avatar (winner)
Up
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
District 9

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Avatar (winner)
Star Trek
District 9

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
The Fantastic Mr. Fox (winner)
Up
Coraline
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Princess and the Frog

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
The Cove (winner)
Food, Inc.