We’ve analyzed, we’ve perceived, we’ve guessed. Now, with the Academy Awards presenting live on ABC tomorrow (Sunday) night, we’ll finally be put to the test. It also means, we’ve got one last chance to change our predictions. Below is a list of all of our predictions for this year’s Academy Awards. Those which have changed have been so noted.
KEY: (Winner Prediction) (Alternate Winner)
Best Picture
- Avatar (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
- The Hurt Locker (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)

Best Animated Feature
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
- Up (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
Best Director
- Avatar – James Cameron (Tripp, Wes)
- The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
- Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino (Wesley, Peter) CHANGE: Peer selected an alternate.
Best Actor
- Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
- George Clooney – Up in the Air (Wesley, Tripp, Wes)
- Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker (Peter)

Best Actress
- Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side (Wesley, Tripp, Wes) (Peter)
- Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia (Peter) (Wesley, Tripp, Wes)
Best Supporting Actor
- Woody Harrelson – The Messenger (Tripp, Wes)
- Christopher Plummer – The Last Station (Wesley, Peter)
- Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
Best Supporting Actress

- Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air (Wesley, Tripp)
- Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air (Peter, Wes)
- Mo’Nique – Precious (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
Best Original Screenplay
- The Hurt Locker (Peter, Wes) (Wesley, Tripp)
- Inglourious Basterds (Wesley, Tripp) (Peter, Wes)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- An Education (Peter) CHANGE: Peter switched alternates.
- Precious (Wesley, Tripp, Wes)
- Up in the Air (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)

Best Original Score
- Avatar (Wesley, Tripp, Wes)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (Peter)
- Up (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
Best Original Song
- “Almost There” – The Princess and the Frog (Wesley, Peter)
- “Loin de Paname” – Paris 36 (Tripp, Wes)
- “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” – Crazy Heart (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
Best Editing

- Avatar – Steven Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
- The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski, Chris Innis (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
Best Cinematography
- Avatar (Tripp, Wes)
- The Hurt Locker (Wesley, Peter, Wes) (Tripp)
- The White Ribbon (Wesley, Peter)
Best Art Direction
- Avatar (Wesley, Tripp, Wes) (Peter)
- Sherlock Holmes (Peter) (Wesley, Tripp, Wes)

Best Costume Design
- Bright Star (Peter)
- Coco Before Chanel (Wes, Wesley) CHANGE: Wesley switched alternates.
- Nine (Tripp)
- The Young Victoria (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
Best Makeup
- Il Divo (Wesley, Peter, Wes)
- Star Trek (Tripp, Wes)
- The Young Victoria (Peter, Wesley) (Tripp) CHANGE: Wesley changed main and alternate picks.

Best Sound Mixing
- Avatar (Wesley, Wes) (Peter, Tripp)
- The Hurt Locker (Peter, Tripp) (Wesley, Wes)
Best Sound Editing
- Avatar (Wesley, Tripp, Wes) (Peter)
- The Hurt Locker (Peter) (Wesley, Tripp, Wes)
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
- District 9 (Wesley, Peter)
- Star Trek (Tripp, Wes) CHANGE: Wes added a pick.
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Best Foreign Language Film
- Ajami – Israel (Wesley, Wes)
- A Prophet – France (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
- El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina (Tripp)
- The White Ribbon – Germany (Peter) (Wes)
Best Documentary Feature
- Burma VJ (Wesley)
- The Cove (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
- Food, Inc. (Peter, Tripp, Wes)
Best Documentary Short Subject

- China’s Unnatural Disaster (Peter) (Wesley)
- The Last Truck (Wesley, Tripp, Wes)
- Music by Prudence (Tripp, Peter, Wes)
Best Animated Short Film
- French Roast (Wes)
- Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (Peter, Tripp)
- The Lady and the Reaper (Wesley)
- A Matter of Loaf and Death (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes)
Best Live Action Short Film
- Instead of Abracadabra (Wes)
- The Door (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
- Kavi (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
- The New Tenants (Wes)

















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