Oscars : Winner predictions

Though it is quite early, and it is almost a month before the Oscars, I will predict some of the winners :

Best Picture

• Will Win - Avatar
• Should Win - The Hurt Locker
• Also In the Race - Up in the Air, Inglorious Basterds, Precious : Based on the Novel 'Push'..
• Underdogs - The Blind Side, Up, A Serious Man, An Education, District 9

Best Director

• Will Win - Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
• Should Win - Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
• Also in the Race - James Cameron (Avatar)
• Underdogs - Quentin Tarantino (Inglorious Basterds), Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)

Best Original Screenplay

• Will Win - Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)
• Should Win - Tom McCarthy, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter (Up)
• Also in the Race - Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino), A Serious Man (Ethan and Joel Coen)
• Underdog- Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman (The Messenger)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Will Win - Precious : Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Geoffrey Fletcher)
• Should Win - Precious : Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Geoffrey Fletcher)
• Also in the Race - An Education (Nick Hornby)
• Underdogs - In The Loop ( Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci and Tony Roche) and Up in the Air (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner)

Best Animated Feature

• Will Win - Up
• Should Win - Up
• Also in the Race - Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog
• Underdogs - The Secret of Kells

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Will Win - Jeff Bridges (A Crazy Heart)
• Should Win - Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
• Also in the Race - Collin Firth (A Single Man)
• Underdogs - Morgan Freeman (Invictus) and George Clooney (Up in the Air)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Will Win - Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
• Should Win - Carrey Mulligan (An Education) / Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
• Also in the Race - Gabourey Sidibe (Precious..)
• Underdogs - Helen Mirren (The Last Station)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Will Win - Christopher Waltz (Inglorious Basterds)
• Should Win - Christopher Waltz (Inglorious Basterds)
• Also in the race - Matt Damon (Invictus), Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)
• Underdogs - Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Will Win - Monique (Precious)
• Should Win - Monique (Precious)
• Also in the Race - Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
• Underdogs - Penelope Cruz (Nine) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)

I will post rest of my predictions tomorrow.