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BEST PICTURE SUPPORTING ACTOR

 “Avatar”  Matt Damon, “Invictus”

 “The Blind Side”  Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”

 “District 9”  Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”

 “An Education”  Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”

 “The Hurt Locker”  Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

 “Inglourious Basterds” SPOTLIGHT: Christoph Waltz is a lock. What else is there to say?

 “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

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 “A Serious Man”

 “Up”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 “Up in the Air”

 Penelope Cruz, “Nine”

SPOTLIGHT: In a classic David-versus-Goliath fight, pitting more than $2-

 Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”

billion box office giant “Avatar” against “The Hurt Locker,” a maverick indie that

has reaped only $16 million worldwide. Possible spoiler: “Inglourious Basterds.”  Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart”

 Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel

‘Push’ by Sapphire”

DIRECTOR

SPOTLIGHT: When upsets occur, they usually happen in the supporting

 Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker” categories, but this one seems like Mo’Nique has it all wrapped up.

 James Cameron, “Avatar”

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‘Push’ by Sapphire”

 Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

 Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”  Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”

 Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

SPOTLIGHT: A Hollywood drama come to life: “Titanic’s” Oscar king returns

with an even more successful film but his chief rival turns out to be his ex-wife.  Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman,

“The Messenger”

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man”

 Bob Peterson and Pete Docter; story by Pete

LEAD ACTOR Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, “Up”

 Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart” SPOTLIGHT: Quentin Tarantino is the favorite — unless “The Hurt Locker”

 George Clooney, “Up in the Air” awards juggernaut is unstoppable.

 Colin Firth, “A Single Man” -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”

 Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker” ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

 Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell,

SPOTLIGHT: Jeff Bridges is the front-runner because he won the Golden Globe “District 9”

and Screen Actors Guild Award, he’s an overdue veteran (four previous losses)

 Nick Hornby, “An Education”

and he plays drunk. Voters are suckers for sots. Watch out for dark horse Jeremy

Renner, who could ride a “Hurt Locker” sweep.  Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando

Iannucci, Tony Roche, “In the Loop”

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 Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious: Based on the

Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

LEAD ACTRESS

 Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”

 Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side” SPOTLIGHT: “Up in the Air” is the front-runner after having already nabbed

 Helen Mirren, “The Last Station” script laurels from the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, Los Angeles Film Critics

 Carey Mulligan, “An Education” Assn. and others. But watch out for that eerie “District 9” and recent BAFTA

 Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious: Based on the winner “An Education.”

Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

 Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”



SPOTLIGHT: It’s a veteran diva smackdown. Streep may hold the record for

most acting nominations (16), but she hasn’t won in 28 years. Bullock’s never

even been nominated, despite starring in best picture “Crash.”

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 “Coraline” FILM EDITING LIVE-ACTION SHORT

 “Fantastic Mr. Fox”

 “The Princess and the Frog”  “Avatar,” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James  “The Door”

 “The Secret of Kells” Cameron  “Instead of Abracadabra”

 “Up”  “District 9,” Julian Clarke  “Kavi”

 “The Hurt Locker,” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis  “Miracle Fish”

 “The New Tenants”

---------------------------------------------------------------------------  “Inglourious Basterds,” Sally Menke

ART DIRECTION  “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sap- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------



phire,” Joe Klotz

 “Avatar,” Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg

SOUND EDITING

---------------------------------------------------------------------------  “Avatar,” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates

 “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” Dave

Warren and Anastasia Masaro Whittle

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM  “The Hurt Locker,” Paul N.J. Ottosson

 “Nine,” John Myhre

 “Ajami” (Israel)  “Inglourious Basterds,” Wylie Stateman

 “Sherlock Holmes,” Sarah Greenwood

 “Star Trek,” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin

 “The Young Victoria,” Patrice Vermette  “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Argentina)

 “Up,” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

 “The Milk of Sorrow” (Peru)

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 “The White Ribbon” (Germany)

CINEMATOGRAPHY SOUND MIXING

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 “Avatar,” Mauro Fiore  “Avatar,” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy

MAKEUP Nelson and Tony Johnson

 “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” Bruno

Delbonnel  “Il Divo,” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano  “The Hurt Locker,” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray

 “The Hurt Locker,” Barry Ackroyd  “Star Trek,” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Beckett

 “Inglourious Basterds,” Michael Minkler, Tony

 “Inglourious Basterds,” Robert Richardson Harlow

Lamberti and Mark Ulano

 “The White Ribbon,” Christian Berger  “The Young Victoria,” Jon Henry Gordon and

 “Star Trek,” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter

Jenny Shircore

COSTUME DESIGN J. Devlin

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 “Bright Star,” Janet Patterson Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

 “Coco Before Chanel,” Catherine Leterrier

 “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” Monique  “Avatar,” James Horner ---------------------------------------------------------------------------



Prudhomme  “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” Alexandre Desplat

VISUAL EFFECTS

 “Nine,” Colleen Atwood  “The Hurt Locker,” Marco Beltrami and Buck

 “The Young Victoria,” Sandy Powell Sanders  “Avatar,” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard

 “Sherlock Holmes,” Hans Zimmer Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

---------------------------------------------------------------------------  “District 9,” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert

 “Up,” Michael Giacchino

Habros and Matt Aitken

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE  “Star Trek,” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kav-

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anagh and Burt Dalton

 “Burma VJ”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

 “The Cove”

 “Food, Inc.”  “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”

 “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel  “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and

Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” the Frog”

 “Which Way Home”  “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36”

 “Take It All” from “Nine”

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 “The Weary Kind (Theme From ‘Crazy Heart’)”

DOCUMENTARY SHORT from “Crazy Heart” Text by Tom O’Neil; photos on first

page, clockwise from top right, by

 “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Francois Duhamel The

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weinstein Co.; Anne Marie

Province” Fox Lionsgate; Don

Bartletti Los Angeles Times;

 “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” ANIMATED SHORT Dale Robinette Paramount

 Pictures; Ralph Nelson Warner

 “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” “French Roast” Bros.; Lorey Sebastian Fox

 Searchlight; Jonathan

 “Music by Prudence” “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Olley Summit Entertainment;

 20th Century Fox

 “Rabbit à la Berlin” “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)”

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“Logorama”

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“A Matter of Loaf and Death”