Oscar Predictions and Wish list

For the record, what I think will win and what I wish would win are two very different things. One deals with the horrible reality of the Academy morons who vote for this stuff, and the other exists in a world where good, just things happen. You know, that world without Uwe Boll.

Lauren's Oscar Wish List

or "Things that would happen in a world where Hollywood burned Uwe Boll at the stake after he made his first film"

Best Picture - District 9

Best Director - Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Best Actor - Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress - Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress - Mo'nique, Precious

Best Animated Feature - Up

Best Original Screenplay - Inglorious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay - District 9

Best Foreign Film - The White Ribbon

Lauren's Oscar Predictions

Best Picture - The Hurt Locker (Dark Horse Pick Inglorious Basterds)

Best Director - Katherine Bigelow

Best Actor - Jeff Bridges

Best Actress - Sandra Bullock

Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz

Best Supporting Actress - Mo'nique

Best Animated Feature - Up

Best Original Screenplay - Inglorious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay - Up in the Air

Best Foreign Language - The White Ribbon

Best Original Score - Hans Zimmer

Best Art Direction - The Young Victoria

Best Cinematography - The Hurt Locker

Best Costume Design - The Young Victoria

Best Documentary - The Cove

Best Documentary Short - China's Unnatural Disaster

Film Editing - Inglorious Basterds

Best Makeup - The Young Victoria

Best Original Song - Crazy Heart

Best Animated Short - A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best Short Film - The New Tenants

Best Sound Editing - Up

Best Sound Mixing - The Hurt Locker

Best Visual Effects - Avatar

I think that covers it.

~Lauren