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Bold Text = What I think will win
Italic Text = What I think should win

Best Picture

• Avatar
• The Blind Side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

Best Actor – Leading

• Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
• George Clooney – Up in the Air
• Colin Firth – A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman – Invictus
• Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Best Actress – Leading

• Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
• Helen Mirren – The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan – An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
• Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Best Actor – Supporting

• Matt Damon – Invictus
• Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
• Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
• Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Best Actress – Supporting

• Penelope Cruz – Nine
• Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
• Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
• Mo’Nique – Precious

Best Director

• Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
• James Cameron – Avatar
• Lee Daniels – Precious
• Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Original Screenplay

• The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
• The Messenger – Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman
• A Serious Man – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
• Up – Bop Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay

• District 9 – Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
• An Education – Nick Hornby
• In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• Precious – Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up in the Air – Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Best Cinematography

• Avatar – Mauro Fiore
• The White Ribbon – Christian Berger
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
• The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
• Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson

Best Editing

• Avatar – Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
• District 9 – Julian Clarke
• The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
• Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
• Precious – Joe Klotz

Best Art Direction

• Avatar – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith
• Nine – John Myhre, Gordon Sim
• Sherlock Holmes – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
• The Young Victoria – Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray

Best Costume Design

• Bright Star
• Coco Before Chanel
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Nine
• The Young Victoria

Best Makeup

• Il Divo
• Star Trek
• The Young Victoria

Best Original Score

• Avatar – James Horner
• Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
• The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
• Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
• Up – Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song

• Crazy Heart – “The Weary Kind”
• Paris 36 – “Loin de Paname”
• Nine – “Take It All”
• The Princess and the Frog – “Almost There”
• The Princess and the Frog – “Down in New Orleans”

Best Sound Mixing

• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Sound Editing

• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek
• Up

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar
• District 9
• Star Trek

Best Animated Feature

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Secret of Kells
• Up

Best Foreign Language Film

• Ajami (Israel)
• The White Ribbon (Germany)
• The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina)
• A Prophet (France)
• The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)

Best Documentary – Feature

• Burma VJ
• The Cove
• Food, Inc.
• The Most Dangerous Man in America
• Which Way Home

Ingredients:

• Salt
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil plus 2 tablespoons, divided
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 5 cups chopped fresh tomatoes
• 1 pound penne pasta
• 1/2 cup shredded basil
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 3/4 pound fresh salted mozzarella, sliced or cubed
• 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano

Directions:

Put a large pot of salted water on for the pasta. Meanwhile, prepare your sauce. In a large skillet, heat 1/4 cup of the olive oil. Add the garlic and cook until just fragrant, about 1 minute or less. Add the tomatoes and cook them for 3 to 5 minutes, just until they begin to release some of their juice.

Cook the pasta in the pot of salted boiling water for 12 to 13 minutes until al dente. Drain the pasta. Add the pasta and basil to the pan with the tomatoes and toss. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Serve the pasta in bowls, equally distribute the fresh mozzarella and grated Parmesan between the bowls. Drizzle the remaining olive oil over the bowls of pasta and serve immediately.

Serves: 4

My mom gave me this recipe and it is absolutely delicious! It’s quick and easy too!

Smoked Salmon Pasta

Ingredients:

• 4 oz. mini-Farfalle (bow-tie) pasta
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced onion
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons capers
• 3 oz. smoked salmon, flaked (comes in package near tuna section)
• 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• Black pepper

Directions:

1. Cook pasta al dente. Drain.
2. While pasta is cooking, saute onion in olive oil over medium heat 3-5 minutes in a large skillet.
3. Add heavy whipping cream and capers.
4. Cook until liquid is reduced by half and remove from heat.
5. Stir salmon, dill, lemon juice and pasta into cream sauce.
6. Season with pepper and parmesan cheese.

Serves: 2

Top 25

1. Amelie
2. City of God
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Lost in Translation
5. The Royal Tenenbaums
6. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
7. The Assassination of Jesse James
8. Y Tu Mama Tambien
9. Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
10. Adaptation
11. Memento
12. Closer
13. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
14. Requiem for a Dream
15. The Motorcycle Diaries
16. Kill Bill
17. Punch-Drunk Love
18. Amores Perros
19. Shaun of the Dead
20. I Heart Huckabees
21. There Will Be Blood
22. Talk to Her
23. Let the Right One In
24. Almost Famous
25. Duck Season

Runner-Ups: The Life Aquatic, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Little Miss Sunshine, Oldboy, Minority Report, Sideways, About Schmidt, Bad Education, Batman Begins, A Serious Man, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Squid and the Whale, Brick, Finding Nemo, and Mystic River.