80.2% ACCURACY ON OSCAR PREDICTIONS
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The Social Network
The King’s Speech
Inception
Black Swan
True Grit
Toy Story 3
The Fighter
127 Hours
Winter’s Bone
The Kids Are All Right
*The Town – Blue Valentine possible upsets
Director
– Christopher Nolan – Inception
– Joel & Ethan Coen – True Grit
– Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
– Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
– David Fincher – The Social Network
*The Coens replace David O. Russell
Actor
– Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
– James Franco – 127 Hours
– Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
– Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
– Jeff Bridges – True Grit
*Mark Whalberg-The Fighter or Javier Bardem-Biutiful possible upsets
Actress
– Natalie Portman – Black Swan
– Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
– Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
– Annette Benning – The Kids Are All Right
– Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
*Lesley Manville – Another Year possible upset
Supporting Actor
– Christian Bale – The Fighter
– Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
– John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone
– Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
– Jeremy Renner – The Town
*Andrew Garfield – The Social Network possibility
Supporting Actress
– Amy Adams – The Fighter
– Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
– Melissa Leo – The Fighter
– Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
– Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
*Juliette Lewis – Conviction possible upset
Adapted Screenplay
– The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin
– The Town – whoever that guy/gal is
– 127 Hours – Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Aron Ralston
– True Grit – Joel & Ethan Coen, Charles Portis
– Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt
*Winter’s Bone possible upset
Original Screenplay
– Inception – Christopher Nolan
– The King’s Speech – David Seidler
– The Fighter – Silver, Tamasy, Johnson, Dorrington
– Black Swan – Heyman, Heinz, McLaughlin
– The Kids Are All Right
Original Score
– Inception – Hans Zimmer
– Alice In Wonderland – Danny Elfman
– The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplate
– The Social Network – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
– 127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
*The Ghost Writer or Toy Story 3 possible upsets
Cinematography
– Inception – Wally Pfister
– Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
– The Social Network – Cronenweth
– The King’s Speech – Danny Cohen
– True Grit – Roger Deakins
*127 Hours possible upset
Film Editing
– Inception – Lee Smith
– The King’s Speech – Tariq Anwar
– Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
– The Social Network – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
– The Fighter The Fighter
*127 Hours possible upset
Sound Editing
– Inception
– Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
– Black Swan
– True Grit
– The Social Network
*Shutter Island possible upset
Sound Mixing:
– Inception
– Black Swan
– True Grit
– The Social Network
– Toy Story 3
*Shutter Island – Tron Legacy – How To Train Your Dragon possible upsets
Art Direction:
– Harry Potter the Deathly Hallows Part 1 – Stuart Craig
– The King’s Speech – Netty Chapman
– Inception – Freeborn, Ricker, Wolcott
– Black Swan – David Stein
– Alice In Wonderland – Stefan Dechant
*Tron Legacy possible upset
Costume Design:
– Harry Potter the Deathly Hallows Part 1
– The King’s Speech – Jenny Beavan
– Black Swan – Amy Westcott
– Alice In Wonderland – Colleen Atwood
– True Grit – Mary Zophres
Make-up:
– Alice In Wonderland
– The Fighter
– True Grit
– Barney’s Version
– Jonah Hex
*Could Josh Brolin get 2 makeup noms in 1 year?!?!
Visual Effects:
– Inception
– Harry Potter the Deathly Hallows Part 1
– Iron Man 2
*Alice In Wonderland – Tron Legacy possible upsets
Animated
– Toy Story 3
– How To Train Your Dragon
– Tangled
– Despicable Me
– Megamind
*in order if only 3 nominees
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