OscarSCENE
Friday 1.29.2010
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With 10 nominees, ballot to be full of surprises Opinion By K ip Mooney
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SCENE Editor With a Best Picture field expanded to 10 nominees this year, it’s a wide-open race. Five movies are definite locks, the same movies that will receive nominations for Best Director. So that leaves five nomina-
BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart” George Clooney, “Up in the Air” Colin Firth, “A Single Man” Morgan Freeman, “Invictus” Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker” DARK HORSE: Michael Stuhlbarg, “A Serious Man” LONG SHOT: Sam Rock well, “Moon”
tions that could go to any combination of critics’ favorites (“An Education”), box-office hits (“The Hangover”) or well-loved genre pictures (“District 9”). Here a re my pred ict ions, including dark horses, those nominees that could sneak in and take the slot of the dead-on favorites. And then there are of course the long shots, those performers and creators I think deserve a chance to play in the big leagues. Photos and posters are of what, as of now, the front-runners. To m S h e r a k a n d A n n e Hat haway w i l l a nnounce t he nominees Tuesday at 7:38 a.m.
BEST PICTURE
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Alec Baldwin, “It’s Complicated” Wo o d y H a r r e l s on , “ T he Messenger” Christian McKay, “Me and Orson Welles” Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones” Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds” DARK HORSE: Paul Schneider, “Bright Star” LONG SHOT: Jude Law, “Sherlock Holmes”
“Avatar” “District 9” “An Education” “The Hangover” “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Precious” “A Serious Man” “Up” “Up in the Air” DARK HORSE: “Star Trek” LONG SHOT: “500 Days of Summer”
The 82nd ceremony will a i r l ive f rom t he Koda k Theatre on Sunday, March 7. Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will share the honors of hosting. To read about movies in theaters today, including Mel Gibson’s “Edge of Darkness,” visit ntdaily.com.
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BEST ACTRESS Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria” Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side” Carey Mulligan, “An Education” Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious” Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia” DARK HORSE: Helen Mirren, “The Last Station” LONG SHOT: Mélanie Laurent, “Inglorious Basterds”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
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BEST DIRECTOR Kat hr y n Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker” James Cameron, “Avatar” Lee Daniels, “Precious” Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds” Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air” DARK HORSE: Neill Blomkamp, “District 9” LONG SHOT: Tom Ford, “A Single Man”
“Cloudy w it h a Cha nce of Meatballs” “Coraline” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” “The Princess and the Frog” “Up” DARK HORSE: “Ponyo” LONG SHOT: “Monsters vs. Aliens”
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air” Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air” Dia ne K r uger, “I ng lou r iou s Basterds” Mo’Nique, “Precious” Julianne Moore, “A Single Man” DARK HORSE: Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart” LONG SHOT: Ma r ia h Ca rey, “Precious”