Final Oscar Predictions

Best Picture
Will Win: Avatar
Should Win: Avatar

Best Director
Will Win: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Should Win: James Cameron, Avatar

Best Actor
Will Win: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Should Win: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Actress
Will Win: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Should Win: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Will Win: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Should Win: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Will Win: Mo’Nique, Precious
Should Win: Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Original Screenplay
Will Win: Inglourious Basterds
Should Win: Up

Best Adapted Screenplay
Will Win: Up in the Air
Should Win: In the Loop

Best Animated Feature
Will Win: Up
Should Win: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Foreign Language Film
Will Win: El Secreto de sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes)
Should Win: ?

Best Documentary Feature
Will Win: The Cove
Should Win: The Cove

Best Cinematography
Will Win: The Hurt Locker
Should Win: The Hurt Locker

Best Editing
Will Win: The Hurt Locker
Should Win: District 9

Best Art Direction
Will Win: Avatar
Should Win: Avatar

Best Costume Design
Will Win: The Young Victoria
Should Win: Bright Star

Best Makeup
Will Win: Star Trek
Should Win: Star Trek

Best Original Score
Will Win: Up
Should Win: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Original Song
Will Win: “The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart
Should Win: “The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart

Best Sound Mixing
Will Win: Avatar
Should Win: Avatar

Best Sound Editing
Will Win: Avatar
Should Win: Avatar

Best Visual Effects
Will Win: Avatar
Should Win: Avatar

Best Live Action Short
Will Win: The Door
Should Win: ?

Best Animated Short
Will Win: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Should Win: ?

Best Documentary Short
Will Win: The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Should Win: ?

--Will Win tally--
Avatar – 5
The Hurt Locker – 3
Crazy Heart – 2
Inglourious Basterds – 2
Up – 2
The Blind Side – 1
The Cove – 1
El Secreto de sus Ojos – 1
Precious – 1
Star Trek – 1
Up in the Air – 1
The Young Victoria – 1

--Should Win tally--
Avatar – 6
Crazy Heart – 2
Fantastic Mr. Fox – 2
Bright Star – 1
The Cove – 1
District 9 – 1
The Hurt Locker – 1
Inglourious Basterds – 1
In the Loop – 1
Julie & Julia – 1
Precious – 1
Star Trek – 1
Up – 1