YouRockStarsBlog: The 82nd Annual Academy Awards

BEST PICTURE
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Avatar (2009)
			James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
			The Blind Side (2009)
			Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
			District 9 (2009)
			Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
			An Education (2009)
			Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
			The Hurt Locker (2008)
			Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
			Inglourious Basterds (2009)
			Lawrence Bender, Producer
			Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
			Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
			A Serious Man (2009)
			Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
			Up (2009)
			Jonas Rivera, Producer
			Up in the Air (2009)
			Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
BEST PICTURE, ANIMATED
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Coraline (2009)
			Henry Selick
			Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
			Wes Anderson
			The Princess and the Frog (2009)
			John Musker and Ron Clements
			The Secret of Kells (2009)
			Tomm Moore
			Up (2009)
			Pete Docter
BEST PICTURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Ajami (2009)
			Israel
			The Milk of Sorrow (2009)
			Peru
			A Prophet (2009)
			France
			The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
			Argentina
			The White Ribbon (2009)
			Germany
BEST PICTURE, DOCUMENTARY
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)
			Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
			The Cove (2009)
			Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
			Food, Inc. (2008)
			Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
			The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
			Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
			Which Way Home (2009)
			Rebecca Cammisa
BEST DIRECTION
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Avatar (2009)
			James Cameron
			The Hurt Locker (2008)
			Kathryn Bigelow
			Inglourious Basterds (2009)
			Quentin Tarantino
			Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
			Lee Daniels
			Up in the Air (2009)
			Jason Reitman
BEST ACTOR
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES
			Crazy Heart (2009)
			Jeff Bridges as "Bad Blake"
			Up in the Air (2009)
			George Clooney as "Ryan Bingham"
			A Single Man (2009)
			Colin Firth as "George"
			Invictus (2009)
			Morgan Freeman as "Nelson Mandela"
			The Hurt Locker (2008)
			Jeremy Renner as "Staff Sergeant William James"
BEST ACTRESS
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES
			The Blind Side (2009)
			Sandra Bullock as "Leigh Anne Tuohy"
			The Last Station (2009)
			Helen Mirren as "Sofya"
			An Education (2009)
			Carey Mulligan as "Jenny"
			Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
			Gabourey Sidibe as "Precious"
			Julie & Julia (2009)
			Meryl Streep as "Julia Child"
BEST ACTOR, SUPPORTING
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES
			Invictus (2009)
			Matt Damon as "Francois Pienaar"
			The Messenger (2009)
			Woody Harrelson as "Captain Tony Stone"
			The Last Station (2009)
			Christopher Plummer as "Tolstoy"
			The Lovely Bones (2009)
			Stanley Tucci as "George Harvey"
			Inglourious Basterds (2009)
			Christoph Waltz as "Col. Hans Landa"
BEST ACTRESS, SUPPORTING
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES
			Nine (2009)
			Penélope Cruz as "Carla"
			Up in the Air (2009)
			Vera Farmiga as "Alex Goran"
			Crazy Heart (2009)
			Maggie Gyllenhaal as "Jean Craddock"
			Up in the Air (2009)
			Anna Kendrick as "Natalie Keener"
			Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
			Mo’Nique as "Mary"
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			The Hurt Locker (2008)
			Written by Mark Boal
			Inglourious Basterds (2009)
			Written by Quentin Tarantino
			The Messenger (2009)
			Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
			A Serious Man (2009)
			Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
			Up (2009)
			Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			District 9 (2009)
			Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
			An Education (2009)
			Screenplay by Nick Hornby
			In the Loop (2009)
			Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
			Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
			Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
			Up in the Air (2009)
			Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Avatar (2009)
			Mauro Fiore
			Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
			Bruno Delbonnel
			The Hurt Locker (2008)
			Barry Ackroyd
			Inglourious Basterds (2009)
			Robert Richardson
			The White Ribbon (2009)
			Christian Berger
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Avatar (2009)
			Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
			District 9 (2009)
			Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
			Star Trek (2009)
			Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
BEST ART DIRECTION
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Avatar (2009)
			Production Design: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
			The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
			Production Design: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
			Nine (2009)
			Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
			Sherlock Holmes (2009)
			Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
			The Young Victoria (2009)
			Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Bright Star (2009)
			Janet Patterson
			Coco Before Chanel (2009)
			Catherine Leterrier
			The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
			Monique Prudhomme
			Nine (2009)
			Colleen Atwood
			The Young Victoria (2009)
			Sandy Powell
BEST MAKEUP
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Il Divo (2008)
			Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
			Star Trek (2009)
			Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
			The Young Victoria (2009)
			Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
BEST EDITING, FILM
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Avatar (2009)
			Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
			District 9 (2009)
			Julian Clarke
			The Hurt Locker (2009)
			Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
			Inglourious Basterds (2009)
			Sally Menke
			Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
			Joe Klotz
BEST EDITING, SOUND
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Avatar (2009)
			Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
			The Hurt Locker (2008)
			Paul N.J. Ottosson
			Inglourious Basterds (2009)
			Wylie Stateman
			Star Trek (2009)
			Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
			Up (2009)
			Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
BEST SOUND
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			Avatar (2009)
			Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
			The Hurt Locker (2008)
			Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
			Inglourious Basterds (2009)
			Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
			Star Trek (2009)
			Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
			Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
			Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
BEST SONG
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		SONG RATING
			The Princess and the Frog (2009)
			"Almost There" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
			The Princess and the Frog (2009)
			"Down in New Orleans" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
			Paris 36 (2008)
			"Loin de Paname" Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyric by Frank Thomas
			Nine (2009)
			"Take It All" Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
			Crazy Heart (2009)
			"The Weary Kind" Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
BEST SCORE
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		SCORE RATING
			Avatar (2009)
			James Horner
			Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
			Alexandre Desplat
			The Hurt Locker (2008)
			Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
			Sherlock Holmes (2009)
			Hans Zimmer
			Up (2009)
			Michael Giacchino
BEST SHORT, LIVE ACTION
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			The Door (2008)
			Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
			Instead of Abracadabra (2008)
			Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
			Kavi (2009)
			Gregg Helvey
			Miracle Fish (2009)
			Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
			The New Tenants (2009)
			Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
BEST SHORT, ANIMATED
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			French Roast (2008)
			Fabrice O. Joubert
			Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (2008)
			Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
			The Lady and the Reaper (2009)
			Javier Recio Gracia
			Logorama (2009)
			Nicolas Schmerkin
			Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
			Nick Park
BEST SHORT, DOCUMENTARY
MY PICK	WON	FILM/NOMINEES		RATING
			China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009)
			Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
			The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (2009)
			Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
			The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009)
			Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
			Music by Prudence (2010)
			Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
			Rabbit à la Berlin (2009)
			Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra