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It would take hours of typing to suggest why I’ve picked what and how Hurt Locker should be best picture as long as Jim Cameron gets the director nod and blah blah blah. I’m going purely for who I think will win here. In some cases I hope I’m wrong.

Best picture
“Avatar”

Best director
James Cameron, “Avatar”

Best actor
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”

Best actress
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”

Best supporting actor
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best supporting actress
Mo’Nique, “Precious”

Best adapted screenplay
Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious”

Best original screenplay
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best animated feature film
“Up”

Best art direction
“Avatar”

Best cinematography
“The Hurt Locker”

Best sound mixing
“The Hurt Locker”

Best sound editing
“The Hurt Locker”

Best original score
“Up,” Michael Giacchino

Best original song
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart,” Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best film editing
“District 9”

Best visual effects
“Avatar”

Best animated short film
“A Matter of Loaf and Death”

THE TOTAL GUESS SECTION

Best foreign-language film
“The Milk of Sorrow,” Peru

Best costume design
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”

Best documentary feature
“Food, Inc.”

Best documentary short
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”

Best makeup
“Star Trek”

Best live-action short film
“Instead of Abracadabra”