Oscar Nominee Predictions

One week from today the Oscar nominees will be revealed! My predictions as follows:

Best Picture

The Social Network
Black Swan
Inception
The Fighter
The King's Speech
True Grit
127 Hours
The Kids Are All Right
Toy Story 3
Winter's Bone

Alternate: The Town
Hopeful for: Winter's Bone filling the tenth slot.

Best Actor

Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
James Franco, 127 Hours
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Robert Duvall, Get Low

Alternate: Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

Best Actress

Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Alternate: Lesley Manville, Another Year


Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale, The Fighter
Geoffery Rush, The King's Speech
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right

Alternate: John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Longshot/Hopeful for: John Hawkes and Matt Damon replace Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo

Best Supporting Actress

Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfield, True Grit
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Mila Kunis, Black Swan

Alternate: Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Longshot/Hopeful for: Barbara Hershey replaces Helena Bonham Carter

Best Director

David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David O. Russell, The Fighter

Alternate: Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit

Adapted Screenplay

Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Michael Arndt, Toy Story 3
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
Debra Granik, Anne Rossellini, Daniel Woodrell, Winter's Bone
Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours

Alternate: Ben Affleck, The Town

Original Screenplay

Daivd Speidler, The King's Speech
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin, Black Swan
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
Mike Leigh, Another Year

Alternate: Derek Cianfrance, Blue Valentine

Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland
Shutter Island
Inception
True Grit
The King's Speech

Alternate: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Pt. 1

Cinematography

True Grit
Inception
The Social Network
Black Swan
The King's Speech

Alternate: Shutter Island

Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland
The King's Speech
Black Swan
True Grit
The Tempest

Alternate: Burlesque

Film Editing

The Social Network
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Fighter

Alternate: True Grit

Makeup

Alice in Wonderland
The Wolfman
The Fighter

Alternate: Barney's Version

Original Score

Inception
The Social Network
How to Train Your Dragon
The King's Speech
127 Hours

Alternate: Alice in Wonderland

Original Song

"Shine" - Waiting for Superman
"We Belong Together" - Toy Story 3
"I See the Light" - Tangled
"If I Rise" - 127 Hours
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" - Burlesque

Alternate: "Bound to You" - Burlesque
Longshot/Hopeful for: "Stick & Stones" - How to Train Your Dragon

Sound Editing

Inception
TRON Legacy
How to Train Your Dragon
Iron Man 2
Toy Story 3

Alternate: Black Swan

Sound Mixing

Inception
Black Swan
The Social Network
True Grit
Shutter Island

Alternate: TRON Legacy

Best Visual Effects

Inception
Alice in Wonderland
TRON Legacy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Pt. 1
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Alternate: Iron Man 2

Animated Film

Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon
Tangled

Alternate: The Illusionist

Documentary

Waiting for Superman
Inside Job
Restrepo
The Tillman Story
Exit Through the Gift Shop

Alternate: Waste Land

Foreign Language Film

I am Love
Biutiful
In a Better World
Dogtooth
Of Gods and Men

Alternate: The Edge