82nd Annual Academy Awards...How Did I Do?

My Pick (guessed correctly)

My Pick (guessed incorrectly)...The Winner

My Ballot Results

Leading Actor

Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"

George Clooney "Up in the Air"

Colin Firth "A Single Man"

Morgan Freeman "Invictus"

Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"

Supporting Actor

Matt Damon "Invictus"

Woddy Harrelson "The Messenger"

Christopher Plummer "The Last Station"

Stanley Tucci "The Lovely Bones"

 Christoph Waltz "Inglorious Basterds"

Leading Actress

Sandra Bullock "The Blind Side"

Helen Mirren "The Last Station"

Carey Mulligan "An Education" 

Gabourey Sidibe "Precious"

Meryl Streep "Julie & Julia"

Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz "Nine"

Vera Farmiga "Up in the Air"

Maggie Gyllenhaal "Crazy Heart"

Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air"

Mo'Nique "Precious"

Animated Feature

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells

Up

Art Direction

Avatar

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

Sherlock Holmes

The Young Victoria

Cinematography

Avatar

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Basterds

The White Ribbon

Costume Design

Bright Star

Coco Before Chanel

The Imginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

The Young Victoria

Directing

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Basterds

Precious

Up

Documentary Feature

Burma VJ

The Cove

Food Inc.

The Most Dangerous Man in America...

Which Way Home

Documentary Short

China's Unnatural Disaster...

The Last Campaign of Governor ...

The Last Truck: Closing...

Music By Prudence

Rabbit a la Berlin

Film Editing

Avatar

District 9

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Basterds

Precious

Foreign Language Film

Ajami

El Secreto de Sus Ojos

The Milk of Sorrow

Un Prophete

The White Ribbon

Makeup

Il Divo

Star Trek

The Young Victoria 

Original Score

Avatar

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Hurt Locker

Sherlock Holmes

Up

Original Song

"Almost There" The Princess and the Frog

"Down in New Orleans" The Princess and...

"Loin de Paname" Paris 36

"Take it All" Nine

"The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart

Short Film, Animated

French Roast

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

The Lady and the Reaper

Logorama

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Short Film, Live Action

The Door

Instead of Abracadabra

Kavi

Miracle Fish

The New Tennants

Sound Editing

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Basterds

Star Trek

Up

Sound Mixing

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Basterds

Star Trek

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Visual Effects

Avatar

District 9

Star Trek

Screenplay, Adapted

District 9

An Education

In the Loop

Precious

Up in the Air

Screenplay, Original

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Basterds

The Messenger

A Serious Man

Up

Best Picture

Avatar

The Blind Side

District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Basterds

Precious

A Serious Man

Up

Up in the Air

The 81st Annual Academy Awards!

Every year, I get about a 50% when it comes to my Oscar ballot (to clarify, I pick who I think will win, not necessarily who I want to win. The ones that I guessed would win are in BLUE. The ones that I wanted to win are in YELLOW. The ones that I got right have a +. The ones that I got wrong have a x.

Actor, Leading +
Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor"
Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn in "Milk"
Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"

Actor, Supporting +
Josh Brolin i "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt"
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road"

Actress, Leading + (I am very excited about this one)
Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie in "Changeling"
Melissa Leo in "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep in "Doubt"
Kate Winslet in "The Reader"

Actress, Supporting +
Amy Adams in "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis in "Doubt"
Paraji P. Henson in "Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler"

Animated Feature +
"Bolt"
"Kung-Fu Panda"
"Wall-E"

Art Direction x
"Changeling"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Duchess"
"Revolutionary Road"

Cinematography x
"Changeling"
"Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Costume Design +
"Australia"
"Benjamin Button"
"The Duchess"
"Milk"
"Revolutionary Road"

Directing +
"Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Documentary Feature x
"The Betrayal"
"Encounters at the End of the World"
"The Garden"
"Man on the Wire"
"Trouble the Water"

Documentary Short x
"The Conscience of Nhem En"
"The Final Inch"
"Smile Pinki"
"The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306"

Film Editing x
"Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Foreign Language Film x
"The Baader Meinhof Complex"
"The Class"
"Departures"
"Revanche"
"Waltz with Bashir"

Makeup +
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army"

Original Score +
"Benjamin Button"
"Defiance"
"Milk'
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"Wall-E"

Original Song +
"Down to Earth" from "Wall-E"
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire"
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Picture +
"Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Short Film, Animated +
"La Maison en Petits Cubes"
"Lavatory - Lovestory"
"Oktapodi"
"Presto"
"This Way Up"

Short Film, Live Action x
"Auf der Strecke"
"Manon on the Asphalt"
"New Boy"
"The Pig"
"Spielzeugland"

Sound Editing x
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"Wall-E"
"Wanted"

Sound Mixing +
"Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"Wall-E"
"Wanted"

Visual Effects x
"Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"

Screenplay, Adapted x
"Benjamin Button"
"Doubt"
"Frost/Nixon"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Screenplay, Original x
"Frozen River"
"Happy-Go-Lucky"
"In Bruges"
"Milk"
"Wall-E"

I got a 13/24, which is actually better than my usual. How did you all do?

My Oscar Ballot

I thought about it for a while, but finally made all of my Oscar predictions...

Actor, Leading
Sean Penn in "Milk"
Actor, Supporting
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
Actress, Leading
Kate Winslet in "The Reader"
Actress, Supporting
Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Animated Feature
"Wall-E"
Art Direction
"The Duchess"
Cinematography
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Costume Design
"The Duchess"
Directing
"Slumdog Millionaire"
Documentary Feature
"The Garden"
Documentary Short
"The Final Itch"
Film Editing
"Milk"
Foreign Language Film
"Waltz with Bashir"
Makeup
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Original Score
"Slumdog Millionaire"
Original Song
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire"
Best Picture
"Slumdog Millionaire"
Short Film, Animated
"La Maison en Petits Cubes"
Short Film,Live Action
"Auf der Strecks (On the Line)"
Sound Editing
"Slumdog Millionaire"
Sound Mixing
"Slumdog Millionaire"
Visual Effects
"Iron Man"
Screenplay, Adapted
"Frost/Nixon"
Screenplay, Original
"Happy-Go-Lucky"


Please put your predictions in the comments.