Oscar Predictions Continued

Here are some more predictions

Best Actor in a Leading Role (5 Nominations)
LOCKS

• Morgan Freeman - Invictus
• George Clooney - Up in the Air
• Jeff Bridgets - Crazy Heart

STRONG CONTENDERS

• Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
• Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man
• Matt Damon - The Informant!
• Colin Firth - A Single Man
• Joseph Gordon Levitt - (500) Days of Summer

LONG SHOT

• Tobey Maguire - Brothers
• Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes

Best Actress in a Leading Role (5 Nominations)
LOCKS

• Gabourey Sidibe - Precious Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire
  
• Carrey Mulligan - An Eduation
• Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia

STRONG CONTENDERS

• Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
• Helen Mirren - The Last Station
• Emily Blunt - Young Victoria
• Marion Cotillard - Nine

LONG SHOT

• Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
• Nisreen Faour - Amreeka
  
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Two Lovers

Best Actor in Supporting Role (5 nominations)
LOCKS

• Matt Damon - Invictus
• Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
• Christopher Plummer - The Last Station

STRONG CONTENDERS

• Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
• Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
• Alfred Molina - An Education
• Peter Capaldi - In the Loop

LONG SHOT

• Christian McKay - Me & Orson Welles
• Niels Arestrup - Un Prophete
• Peter Sarasgaard - An Education

Best Actress in a Supporting Role (5 Nominations)
LOCKS

• Mo'nique - Precious Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
• Anna Kendrick- Up in the Air
• Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air

STRONG CONTENDERS

• Marion Cotillard- Nine
• Penelope Cruz - Nine
• Diane Kruger - Inglorious Basterds
• Samantha Morton - The Messenger
• Julianne Moore - A Single Man

LONG SHOT

• Natalie Press - Fifty Dead Man Walking
• Mia Wasikowska - That Evening Sun

Best Animated Feature (3 Nominations):
LOCKS

• Up
• The Princess and the Frog

STRONG CONTENDERS

• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Coraline
• Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs

LONG SHOT

• Monsters vs. Aliens

The Oscar Buzz - Nomination Speculation

Here comes the Award Season, and we are here for speculating Academy Awards nominations for different categories. Lets start straight away-

Best Picture
This year there will be 10 nominations, so I will speculate 15 movies which are in race for Academy Award for Best Picture :-

LOCKS

• Precious - Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
• The Hurt Locker
• Up in the Air
• Inglorious Basterds
• A Serious Man

STRONG CONTENDERS

• Invictus
• An Education
• Avatar
• Nine
• (500) Days of Summer
  

LONG SHOT

• Moon
• The Lovely Bones
• District 9
• Star Trek
• A Single Man

Best Director (5 Nods)
Here are the ten probable contenders :-

LOCKS

• Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
• Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarentino - Inglorious Basterds
  

STRONG CONTENDERS

• James Cameron - Avatar
• Clint Eastwood - Invictus
• Lee Daniels - Precious
• Ethan and Joel Coen - A Serious Man
  

LONG SHOT

• J.J. Abrams - Star Trek
• Peter Jackson - The Lovely Bones
• Rob Marshall - Nine

Best Original Screenplay (5 Nods)
Here are the 10 probable movies with good screenplay :-
LOCKS

• Neill Blomkamp and Tarry Tatchell - District 9
• Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
  
• Away We Go - Eggers & Vendela Vida

STRONG CONTENDERS

• Scott Neustader and Michael H. Weber - (500) Days of Summer
• Ethan and Joel Coen - A Serious Man
• Nancy Meyers - Its Complicated
• Bob Peterson and Peter Doctor - Up

LONG SHOT

• Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman - The Messenger
• James Cameron - Avatar
• Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker - Moon

Best Adapted Screenplay (5 Nods)
Here are the 10 probable contenders :-
LOCKS

• Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner- Up in the Air
  
• Anthony Peckham- Invictus
• Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
• Scott Z. Burns - The Informant!
  

STRONG CONTENDERS

• Nick Hornby - An Education
• Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche -In the Loop
  
• Jonze & Dave Eggers - Where the Wild Things are

LONG SHOT

• Henry Selick- Coraline
• Jane Campion- Bright Star
  
• Roberto Oci and Alex Kurtzman - Star Trek
  

Coming Soon - Best Actor, Best Actress in both leading and supporting roles! Keep Checking!

Coming soon in a new make-over

Well, it has been almost some eight months or so I haven't updated this blog. Anyways, the Current Buzz will get into a new Avatar (not Cameron's movie), very soon!

So keep checking!