One last set of Pre-Season Oscar Predictions

I know that I've failed to finish my "Where We Stand" posts early enough (though I'll still try to get them done). However, there are bigger things at hand: Oscar season officially kicks off tomorrow (or is it Thursday?), and I wanted to make one last set of predictions before everything goes totally nuts. This is the real deal here, people; there are no "maybes", and no "alternates/other possibilities". It's just who/what I think - as of this moment - is going to the Kodak theater as a nominee on March 7, 2010.

P.S.: yes, I know I said that the Gotham Awards were the start of Awards Season. I lied.

(Nominees aren't ranked in any way)

Best Picture:
Avatar
Up in the Air
The Hurt Locker
Nine
Precious
A Single Man
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
Invictus
A Serious Man

Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels - Precious
Rob Marshall - Nine
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Clint Eastwood - Invictus

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Colin Firth - A Single Man
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine

Best Actress:
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
---- I would have put Helen Mirren here, but there's some debate as to whether she's being campaigned as supporting or lead.

Best Supporting Actor:
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Alfred Molina - An Education
Matt Damon - Invictus
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station

Best Supporting Actress:
Mo'nique - Precious
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Julianne Moore - A Single Man
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay:
The Hurt Locker
(500) Days of Summer
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
UP

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Precious
An Education
Nine
A Single Man
Up in the Air

Best Editing:
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
The Hurt Locker
Up in the Air
Avatar

Best Cinematography:
Nine
Bright Star
A Single Man
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds

Best Art Direction:
Nine
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
A Single Man
The Last Station

Best Costume Design:
Nine
A Single Man
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
The Young Victoria

Best Original Score:
James Horner - Avatar
Michael Giacchino - UP
Brian Eno - The Lovely Bones
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - The Road (if it's eligible)
Mark Bradshaw - Bright Star

Best Original Song:
"Cinema Italiano" - Nine
"Take it All" - Nine
"The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart
"I Can See in Color" - Precious
"Almost There" - The Princess and the Frog

Best Animated Film (expanded to 5 nominees this year):
UP
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Coraline
Ponyo
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Best Makeup:
District 9
Star Trek
The Road

Best Visual Effects:
Avatar
Star Trek
District 9

Best Sound Mixing:
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Nine
The Hurt Locker

Best Sound Editing:
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds

Note: on these last two categories I simply copied the lineups from AwardsCircuit.com, because I haven't been following the Foreign Language or Documentary races that well.

Best Foreign Language Film:
The White Ribbon
A Prophet
Samson and Delilah
Letters to Father Jacob
Mother

Best Documentary:
Food Inc.
The Cove
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Under Our Skin
Every Little Step