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Wednesday 3rd February 2010, 02:15
The Oscar shortlist
The Oscar shortlist has been announced. Here they be, along with predictions from Movie Banter's Paul Kerensa (marked PK), or at least what should win, even if it won't. I've gone a bit Brit-heavy, so I'm only lying to myself. Results announced on March 7th...
BEST PICTURE Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker - PK Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up in the Air
BEST DIRECTOR James Cameron (Avatar) Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) - PK Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) Lee Daniels (Precious) Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) - PK George Clooney (Up in the Air) Colin Firth (A Single Man) Morgan Freeman (Invictus) Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
BEST ACTRESS Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) Helen Mirren (The Last Station) Carey Mulligan (An Education) - PK Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Matt Damon (Invictus) Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) Christopher Plummer (The Last Station) Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones) - PK Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Penelope Cruz (Nine) Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart) Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) Mo'Nique (Precious) - PK
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Ajami (Israel) El Secreto de Sus Ojos - The Secret of Their Eyes (Argentina) The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) Un Prophete - A Prophet (France) - PK The White Ribbon (Germany)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) - PK Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman (The Messenger) Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (A Serious Man) Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy (Up)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell (District 9) Nick Hornby (An Education) Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche (In the Loop) - PK Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air)
BEST ANIMATION Coraline Fantastic Mr Fox The Princess and the Frog The Secret of Kells Up - PK
BEST ORIGINAL SONG Almost There from The Princess and the Frog by Randy Newman - PK Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog by Randy Newman Loin de Paname from Paris 36 by Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas Take It All from Nine by Maury Yeston The Weary Kind (theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart by Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Avatar (James Horner) Fantastic Mr Fox (Alexandre Desplat) The Hurt Locker (Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders) Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer) Up (Michael Giacchino) - PK
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