Michelle’s Oscar Picks

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I’m not going to give you a lot of reasons regarding my Oscar Picks, they are what they are and more than likely I probably won’t even bother to watch this year’s Show. I haven’t watched it in the past 10 years, no compelling reason to start now. Here are my picks:

BEST PICTURE:

  • Avatar
  • The Blind Side
  • District 9
  • An Education
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Precious
  • A SeriousMan
  • Up
  • Up in the Air

What will win?  Avatar

What would make me happy? Inglourious Basterds

BEST ACTRESS:

  • Sandra Bullock The Blind Side
  • Helen Mirren The Last Station
  • Carey Mulligan An Education
  • Gabourey Sidibe Precious
  • Meryl Streep Julie&Julia


Who will win? Sandra Bullock
Who should win?  Gabourey Sidibe


BEST ACTOR:

  • Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart
  • George Clooney Up in the Air
  • ColinFirthA Single Man
  • Morgan Freeman Invictus
  • Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker

Who will and should win – Jeff Bridges

BEST SUPPORTINGACTRESS:

  • Penelope Cruz Nine
  • Vera Farmiga Up in the Air
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal CrazyHeart
  • Anna Kendrick Up in the Air
  • Mo’Nique Precious

Who will and should win? Mo’Nique

BEST SUPPORTINGACTOR:

  • Matt Damon Invictus
  • Woody Harrelson TheMessenger
  • Christopher Plummer
  • The Last Station
  • Stanley Tucci The Lovely Bones
  • Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds

Who will and should win? Christoph Waltz

BEST DIRECTOR:

  • Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
  • James Cameron Avatar
  • Lee Daniels Precious
  • Jason Reitman Up in the Air
  • Quentin Tarantino
  • Inglourious Basterds

Who should and will win? Kathryn Bigelow

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

  • Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell District 9
  • Nick Hornby An Education
  • Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell
  • Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche In the Loop
  • Geoffrey Fletcher Precious
  • Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner Up in the Air

Who will win? Geoffrey Fletcher

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

  • Mark Boal The Hurt Locker
  • Quentin Tarantino  Inglourious Basterds
  • Alessandro Camon andOren Moverman TheMessenger
  • Joel Coen and Ethan Coen A Serious Man
  • Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy – Up

Who will win? Mark Boal

BEST ANIMATEDFEATURE:

  • Coraline Focus Features Henry Selick
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox Fox Searchlight Wes Anderson
  • The Princess and the Frog Disney John Musker and Ron Clements
  • The Secret of Kells GKIDS Tomm Moore
  • Up Disney Pete Docter

Who will  Win? The Fantastic Mr. Fox
What would make me happy? Coraline