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82nd Annual Academy Awards - Oscar Nominations & Winners

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Below are the Oscar nominees and winners for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, which celebrated the best movies of 2009.

Best Picture
  WINNER:
  The Hurt Locker
  Avatar - (My prediction) A- 
  The Blind Side B+ 
  District 9
  Education, An
  Inglourious Basterds B+ 
  Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
  A Serious Man A- 
  Up
  Up in the Air - (My pick)
Best Director
  WINNER:
  The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow (My prediction)
  Avatar - James Cameron A- 
  Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino (My pick) B+ 
  Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Lee Daniels
  Up in the Air - Jason Reitman
Best Actor in a Leading Role
  WINNER:
  Crazy Heart - Jeff Bridges (My pick and prediction)
  The Hurt Locker - Jeremy Renner
  Invictus - Morgan Freeman
  A Single Man - Colin Firth A- 
  Up in the Air - George Clooney
Best Actress in a Leading Role
  WINNER:
  The Blind Side - Sandra Bullock (My pick and prediction)
B+ 
  Education, An - Carey Mulligan
  Julie & Julia - Meryl Streep
  The Last Station - Helen Mirren B- 
  Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Gabourey Sidibe
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  WINNER:
  Inglourious Basterds - Christoph Waltz (My pick and prediction)
B+ 
  Invictus - Matt Damon
  The Last Station - Christopher Plummer B- 
  The Lovely Bones - Stanley Tucci B- 
  The Messenger - Woody Harrelson A- 
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  WINNER:
  Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Mo'Nique (My pick and prediction)
  Crazy Heart - Maggie Gyllenhaal
  Nine - Penelope Cruz
  Up in the Air - Anna Kendrick
  Up in the Air - Vera Farmiga
Best Original Screenplay
  WINNER:
  The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal (My prediction)
  Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino (My pick) B+ 
  The Messenger - Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman A- 
  A Serious Man - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen A- 
  Up - Bob Peterson, Pete Doctor. Story also by Tom McCarthy
Best Adapted Screenplay
  WINNER:
  Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Geoffrey Fletcher
  District 9 - Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
  Education, An - Nick Hornby
  In the Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche B- 
  Up in the Air - Jason Retiman and Sheldon Turner (My pick and prediction)
Best Foreign Picture
  WINNER:
  The Secret in Their Eyes
A+ 
  Ajami  
  The Milk of Sorrow C+ 
  A Prophet - (My prediction) A- 
  The White Ribbon A- 
Best Documentary Picture
  WINNER:
  The Cove - (My prediction)
  Burma VJ
  Food, Inc. B- 
  Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
  Which Way Home  
Best Animated Picture
  WINNER:
  Up - (My pick and prediction)
  Coraline B+ 
  The Fantastic Mr. Fox A- 
  The Princess and the Frog A- 
  The Secret of Kells B- 
Best Art Direction
  WINNER:
  Avatar - Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Kim Sinclair (My pick and prediction)
A- 
  The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Caroline Smith
  Nine - John Myhre; Gordon Sim
  Sherlock Holmes - Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer B+ 
  The Young Victoria - Patrice Vermette; Maggie Gray B- 
Best Cinematography
  WINNER:
  Avatar - Mauro Fiore (My prediction)
A- 
  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Bruno Delbonnel A- 
  The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd (My pick)
  Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson B+ 
  The White Ribbon - Christian Berger A- 
Best Costume Design
  WINNER:
  The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell
B- 
  Bright Star - Janet Patterson C+ 
  Coco Before Chanel - Catherine Leterrier C+ 
  The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Monique Prudhomme (My pick)
  Nine - Colleen Atwood (My prediction)
Best Film Editing
  WINNER:
  The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski and Chris Innis (My pick)
  Avatar - Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron (My prediction) A- 
  District 9 - Julian Clarke
  Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke B+ 
  Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Joe Klotz
Best Makeup
  WINNER:
  Star Trek - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow (My prediction)
A- 
  Il Divo - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano  
  The Young Victoria - Joe Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore B- 
Best Original Score
  WINNER:
  Up - Michael Giacchino (My prediction)
  Avatar - James Horner A- 
  The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat A- 
  The Hurt Locker - Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
  Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer B+ 
Best Original Song
  WINNER:
  Crazy Heart - (My pick and prediction)
  Nine
  Paris 36  
  The Princess and the Frog A- 
  The Princess and the Frog A- 
Best Sound Mixing
  WINNER:
  The Hurt Locker
  Avatar - (My prediction) A- 
  Inglourious Basterds B+ 
  Star Trek A- 
  Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen C- 
Best Sound Editing
  WINNER:
  The Hurt Locker
  Avatar - (My prediction) A- 
  Inglourious Basterds B+ 
  Star Trek A- 
  Up
Best Visual Effects
  WINNER:
  Avatar - (My pick and prediction)
A- 
  District 9
  Star Trek A- 
Best Documentary Short
  WINNER:
  Music by Prudence
 
  China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province  
  Rabbit a la Berlin  
  The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner  
  The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant  
Best Animated Short Film
  WINNER:
  Logorama
 
  A Matter of Loaf and Death  
  French Roast  
  Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty  
  The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)  
Best Live-Action Short Film
  WINNER:
  The New Tenants
 
  Instead of Abracadabra  
  Kavi  
  Miracle Fish  
  The Door