My Oscars Nomination Predictions

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Originally published at Oh So Boring.... You can comment here or there.

My predictions for this year’s noms in the “main” categories. Don’t want to  do writing since I can never remember what’s adapted or original. I’ve tried to figure out the shocker that shows up in categories from time to time. We shall find out how bad I was soon!

Best Picture

1. 127 Hours
2. Black Swan
3. The Fighter
4. The Ghost Writer - Dark Horse!
5. Inception
6. The Kids Are All Right
7. The King’s Speech
8. The Social Network
9. Toy Story 3
10. True Grit

Best Director

1. Ben Affleck (The Town) - Shocker!
2. Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
3. David Fincher (The Social Network)
4. Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
5. Christopher Nolan (Inception)

Best Actor

1. Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
2. Robert Duvall (Get Low)
3. Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
4. Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
5. James Franco (127 Hours)

Best Actress

1. Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
2. Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
3. Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) - Maybe?
4. Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
5. Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

Best Supp. Actor

1. Christian Bale (The Fighter)
2. Matt Damon (True Grit)
3. Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
4. Jeremy Renner (The Town)
5. Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)

Best Supp. Actress

1. Amy Adams (The Fighter)
2. Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
3. Barbara Hershey (Black Swan) - Ooooh, take that Mila!
4. Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
5. Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) - Heard about her on NPR this morning