Picture: The Hurt Locker
Directing: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker
Adapted Screenplay: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Foreign Language Film: The Secret in Their Eyes
Documentary Feature: The Cove
Animated Feature Film: Up
Documentary Short: Music by Prudence
Animated Short: Logorama
Live Action Short: The New Tenants
Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: Avatar
Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Makeup: Star Trek
Score: Up
Song: "The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Visual Effects: Avatar
Really? Avatar for cinematography? Do Academy voters know what cinematography is?
I would chalk that up to the same factor that led to Benjamin Button winning makeup last year: No.
This is among the most predictable ceremonies in the history of Oscars. Sandra Bullock for BA? Clearly a popularity contest, if not a pageantry.