My 2010 Oscar Predictions

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BEST PICTURE

The King's Speech

Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Colin Firth
The King's Speech

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Christian Bale
The Fighter

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Natalie Portman
Black Swan

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Hailee Steinfeld
True Grit

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Toy Story 3
Lee Unkrich

ART DIRECTION

Inception
Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design); Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Inception
Wally Pfister

COSTUME DESIGN

The King's Speech
Jenny Beavan

DIRECTING

The Social Network
David Fincher

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Exit through the Gift Shop
Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Poster Girl
Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block

FILM EDITING

The Fighter
Pamela Martin

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Biutiful
Mexico

MAKEUP

The Way Back
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

Inception
Hans Zimmer

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

127 Hours
"If I Rise"
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

The Gruffalo
Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

The Crush
Michael Creagh

SOUND EDITING

Toy Story 3
Tom Myers and Michael Silvers

SOUND MIXING

The King's Speech
Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley

VISUAL EFFECTS

Alice in Wonderland
Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

The Social Network
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

The King's Speech
Screenplay by David Seidler