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Mr. Will- I hope the Oscars aren’t as predictable as I think they are going to be this year. I’d love to see Inglourious Basterds take home the big prize. Plus, it would be nice if Best Actress went to either Gabourey Sidibe or Carey Mulligan. Both did such great jobs and it’s always nice to see someone younger give an acceptance speech, ala’ Cuba Gooding Jr. or Adrien Brody.

Mr. Jason-  I feel that this year’s Oscars will unfortunately be quite underwhelming. I hope there will be some good surprises, but for some reason I just doubt it. My personal upset for best picture would be Up In the Air. I would be a happy man.

Mr. Maxx- To me, this year was one of the hardest to decide who I want to win. Every category has so many Oscar-worthy films. The choices were tough, but here they are.

Mr. Edens- I actually haven’t been this excited about watching the Oscars in awhile. Perhaps its because I now have a bunch of people to actually talk to about them, but also I think it’s because its for the last year of the decade as we enter into a new one. I’m excited to see the winners. I also solely picked my choices based on who I think will win, not based on who I’d like to win. The academy has a unique opportunity to make history with Kathryn Bigelow tonight and I think they’ll take it.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2010 Nominations

Best motion picture of the year

*”Avatar” Mr. Jason
*”The Blind Side”
*”District 9″
*”An Education”
*”The Hurt Locker” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Maxx
*”Inglourious Basterds”
*”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
*”A Serious Man”
*”Up”
*”Up in the Air”

Achievement in directing

*”Avatar” James Cameron Mr. Maxx
*”The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Jason
*”Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
*”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”  Lee Daniels
*”Up in the Air”  Jason Reitman

Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Maxx, Mr. Jason
* George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
* Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
* Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Matt Damon in “Invictus”
* Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
* Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
* Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
* Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Maxx, Mr. Jason

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Jason
* Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
* Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
* Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Mr. Maxx
* Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
* Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
* Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air” Mr. Maxx
* Mo’Nique in “Precious” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Jason

Best animated feature film of the year

*”Coraline”  Henry Selick
*”Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
*”The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
*”The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
*”Up” Pete Docter Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Maxx, Mr. Jason

Adapted screenplay

*”District 9″ Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell

*”An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby

*”In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

*”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

*”Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Maxx, Mr. Jason

Original screenplay

*”The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal Mr. Maxx
*”Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Jason
*”The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
*”A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
*”Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Achievement in art direction

*”Avatar” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Maxx, Mr. Jason
*”The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
*”Nine”
*”Sherlock Holmes”
*”The Young Victoria”

Achievement in cinematography

*”Avatar” Mauro Fiore Mr. Edens, Mr. Will
*”Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
*”The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd Mr. Maxx, Mr. Jason
*”Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
*”The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Achievement in Costume Design

*”Bright Star” Janet Patterson
*”Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Jason
*”The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme Mr. Maxx
*”Nine” Colleen Atwood
*”The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Best documentary feature

*”Burma VJ”
*”The Cove” Mr. Will, Mr. Maxx, Mr. Jason, Mr. Edens
*”Food, Inc.”
*”The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
*”Which Way Home”

Best documentary short subject

*”China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
*”The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner”
*”The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Mr. Jason
*”Music by Prudence”
*”Rabbit à la Berlin”

Achievement in film editing

*”Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron Mr. Jason
*”District 9″ Julian Clarke Mr. Maxx
*”The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis Mr. Edens, Mr. Will
*”Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
*”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Best foreign language film of the year

*”Ajami” Israel
*”El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
*”The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
*”Un Prophète” France
*”The White Ribbon” Germany Mr. Will, Mr. Jason

Achievement in makeup

*”Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
*”Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Jason
*”The Young Victoria”  Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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 Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Jason

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

*”Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Randy Newman
*”Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Randy Newman
*”Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″ Frank Thomas
*”Take It All” from “Nine” Maury Yeston
*”The Weary Kind ” from “Crazy Heart” Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett Mr. Will, Mr. Jason

Best animated short film

*”French Roast”
*”Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
*”The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)”
*”Logorama”
*”A Matter of Loaf and Death” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Jason

Achievement in sound editing

*”Avatar” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Maxx, Mr. Jason
*”The Hurt Locker”
*”Inglourious Basterds”
*”Star Trek”
*”Up”

Achievement in sound mixing

*”Avatar” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will
*”The Hurt Locker”
*”Inglourious Basterds”
*”Star Trek”
*”Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Achievement in visual effects

*”Avatar” Mr. Edens, Mr. Will, Mr. Maxx, Mr. Jason
*”District 9″
*”Star Trek”