Oscars!

Well, it's Oscars time again and I'm very excited to see how things play out. Here is a list of all nominees for the big awards and my predictions on who will be taking home that little golden statue.

Best Picture

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

Inception

True Grit

Winter's Bone

Black Swan

127 Hours

The Fighter

The Kids are All Right

The King's Speech

My prediction: I've seen all of these except for The Fighter and 127 Hours (and I plan on watching both of those before the award show) but I predict that The Social Network will win this one and I think it deserves to win.

Best Director

Darren Aranofsky-Black Swan

David O. Russel- The Fighter

Tom Hooper-The King's Speech

David Fincher- The Social Network

The Coen Brothers-True Grit

My prediction: I may be a little bias about this (because he is my favorite director) but I REALLY want Darren Aranofsky to win. However, I predict that David Fincher will win this one.

Best Actress

Natalie Portman-Black Swan

Annette Benning-The Kids are All Right

Nicole Kidman-Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence-Winter's Bone

Michelle Williams-Blue Valentine

My prediction: Again, this may be because of my own personal bias, but I really want Natalie Portman to win and I predict that she will win this one just like she's won best actress at every other award show so far.

Best Actor

Javier Bardem-Biutiful

Jeff Bridges-True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg-The Social Network

Colin Firth-The King's Speech

James Franco-127 Hours

My prediction: Colin Firth-hands down

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams-The Fighter

Melissa Leo-The Fighter

Hailee Steinfeld- True Grit

Helena Bonham Carter- The King's Speech

Jacki Weaver-Animal Kingdom

My prediction: I think Melissa Leo will win. I haven't seen The Fighter so I don't really know how good she is but I'm choosing her because she's won for best supporting actress at most of the other awards ceremonies.

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale-The Fighter

John Hawkes-Winter's Bone

Jeremy Renner-The Town

Mark Ruffalo-The Kids are All Right

Geoffrey Rush-The King's Speech

My Prediction: Just like with the best supporting actress, I haven't seen The Fighter but I still think Christian Bale will win this category.

Best Animated Feature

The Illusionist

How to Train Your Dragon

Toy Story 3

My prediction: Toy Story 3

Best Original Screenplay

Another Year

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King's Specch

My prediction: The King's Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay

127 Hours

The Social Network

True Grit

Toy Story 3

Winter's Bone

My prediction: The Social Network

There are many other categories that highlight specials aspects of many deserving movies. If you are interested in learning more about the Oscar nominees for 2011, check out the official Oscars website or go to imdb.com and search for the nominees. Make sure to tune in on February 27, 2011 at 8 pm on abc to see who the winners are!

-H