My 2010 Oscar Predictions Ken AshfordFebruary 15, 2011Popular CultureLeave a Comment 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