The 10th Annual Oscar Prediction Contest

	RULES OF THE CONTEST: 1) Your guesses should be for those movies/people who you think WILL win the Oscar, not who you think should win! A very clear difference. 2) Points will be allotted to each category as specified below. Whoever ends up with the most points....well, wins! 3) In case of a tie, the winner will be determined according to the one who picked correctly the top-most categories (i.e. if one person got BEST PICTURE correct and the other didn't, all the way down the categories). The winner will ultimately be chosen at the discretion of the accountants at JoBlo Media Inc. (that's "code" for ME!!) 4) If you don't include a valid email address with your picks, we won't be able to email you if you win, hence, you automatically forfeit the prize to the next person on the list. 5) The contest begins on March 1st and ends on March 7th at 6pm (EST). The Oscars will be handed out on March 7th at 8pm (EST).

GRAND PRIZE: 1 BLU-RAY PLAYER (est. value $250)

The 2009 Oscar™ Prediction nominees are:

1) Best Picture: (10 points)
AVATAR
THE BLIND SIDE
DISTRICT 9
AN EDUCATION
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
PRECIOUS
A SERIOUS MAN
UP
UP IN THE AIR

2) Actor in a Leading Role: (8 points)
Jeff Bridges - CRAZY HEART
George Clooney - UP IN THE AIR
Colin Firth - A SINGLE MAN
Morgan Freeman - INVICTUS
Jeremy Renner - THE HURT LOCKER

3) Actress in a Leading Role: (8 points)
Meryl Streep - JULIE & JULIA
Carey Mulligan - AN EDUCATION
Gabourey Sidibe - PRECIOUS
Sandra Bullock - THE BLIND SIDE
Helen Mirren - THE LAST STATION

4) Best Director: (8 points)
Kathryn Bigelow - THE HURT LOCKER
James Cameron - AVATAR
Quentin Tarantino - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Jason Reitman - UP IN THE AIR
Lee Daniels – PRECIOUS

5) Actor in a Supporting Role: (6 points)
Christoph Waltz - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Woody Harrelson - THE MESSENGER
Christopher Plummer - THE LAST STATION
Stanley Tucci - THE LOVELY BONES
Matt Damon – INVICTUS

6) Actress in a Supporting Role: (6 points)
Vera Farmiga - UP IN THE AIR
Anna Kendrick - UP IN THE AIR
Mo'nique - PRECIOUS
Penelope Cruz - NINE
Maggie Gyllenhaal - CRAZY HEART

7) Best Original Screenplay: (6 points)
Quentin Tarantino - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Mark Boal - THE HURT LOCKER
Pete Docter & Bob Peterson - UP
Oren Moverman & Alessandro Camon - THE MESSENGER
Joel & Ethan Coen - A SERIOUS MAN

8) Best Adapted Screenplay: (6 points)
Nick Hornby - AN EDUCATION
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell - DISTRICT 9
Jesse Armstrong & Armando Iannucci - IN THE LOOP
Geoffrey Fletcher - PRECIOUS
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - UP IN THE AIR

9) Best Art Direction: (5 points)
AVATAR
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE YOUNG VICTORIA
NINE

10) Best Cinematography: (5 points)
THE HURT LOCKER
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
THE WHITE RIBBON
AVATAR
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

11) Best Foreign Film: (4 points)
A PROPHET
THE WHITE RIBBON
AJAMI
EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS
THE MILK OF SORROW

12) Best Original Score: (3 points)
AVATAR
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
THE HURT LOCKER
SHERLOCK HOLMES
UP

13) Best Animated Film: (3 points)
UP
CORALINE
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
THE SECRET OF KELLS
FANTASTIC MR. FOX

14) Best Costume Design: (3 points)
THE YOUNG VICTORIA
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSSUS
BRIGHT STAR
NINE
COCO BEFORE CHANEL

15) Best Visual Effects: (3 points)
AVATAR
DISTRICT 9
STAR TREK

16) Best Original Song: (3 points)
"Almost There" - THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
"Down in New Orleans" - THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
"Loin de Panama" - PARIS 36
"Take It All" - NINE
"The Weary Kind" - CRAZY HEART

17) Best Film Editing: (2 points)
AVATAR
THE HURT LOCKER
DISTRICT 9
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
PRECIOUS

18) Best Make-Up: (2 points)
STAR TREK
THE YOUNG VICTORIA
IL DIVO

19) Best Sound Editing: (2 points)
AVATAR
THE HURT LOCKER
STAR TREK
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
UP

20) Best Sound Mixing: (2 points)
AVATAR
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
STAR TREK
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

21) Best Documentary Feature: (2 points)
FOOD, INC.
THE COVE
BURMA VJ
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA
WHICH WAY HOME

22) Best Documentary (Short Subject): (1 point)
"China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"
"Music by Prudence"
"Rabbit a la Berlin"
"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"
"The Last Truck: The Closing of a GM Plant"

23) Best Short Film (Animated): (1 point)
"French Roast"
"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"
"The Lady and the Reaper"
"Logorama"
"A Matter of Loaf or Death"

24) Best Short Film (Live Action): (1 point)
"The Door"
"Instead of Abracadabra"
"Kavi"
"Miracle Fish"
"The New Tenants"