2010 Oscar picks and 2009 recap

Alright, guys, I'm ready for my Oscar picks for this year. However, as far as I am sure, I didn't recap my picks from last year. So I'll just quickly run that down and show you how well I did. My picks that won are in bold and italics, my picks that lost are in italics, and the winners that I didn't pick are in bold.

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

Best Lead Actress
Anne Hathaway "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie "Changling"
Melissa Leo "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep "Doubt"
Kate Winslet "The Reader"

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

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz "Vicki Christina Barcelona"
Viola Davis "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei "The Wrestler"

Best Picture
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Directing
Danny Boyle "Slumdog Millionaire"
Stephen Daldry "The Reader"
David Fincher "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant "Milk"

Best Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black "Milk"
Pete Doctor, Jim Reardon and Andrew Stanton "WALL-E"
Courtney Hunt "Frozen River"
Mike Leigh "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Martin McDonagh "In Bruges"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy "Slumdog Millionaire"
David Hare "The Reader"
Peter Morgan "Frost/Nixon"
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
John Patrick Shanley "Doubt"

Best Animated Feature
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"WALL-E"

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

Best Art Direction
"Changling"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Duchess"
"Revolutionary Road"

Best Cinematography
"Changling"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Costume Design
"Australia"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Duchess"
"Milk"
"Revolutionary Road"

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

Best Film Editing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Original Score
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Defiance"
"Milk"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"

Best Original Song
"Down to Earth" "WALL-E"
"Jai Ho" "Slumdog Millionaire"
"O Saya" "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Sound Mixing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"
"Wanted"

Best Sound Editing
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"
"Wanted"

Best Visual Effects
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"

My 2009 picks went 11-9, and I am 28-32 overall (since the 2007 Oscars). So I did great last year with my first winning year, but I'm still under .500 overall. I plan on changing that with the 2010 Oscars, so here are my picks. My picks are in italics.

Best Lead Actor
Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"

Best Lead Actress
Sandra Bullock "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
Meryl Streep "Julie & Julia"

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz "Inglourious Basterds"

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz "Nine"
Vera Farmiga "Up in the Air"
Maggie Gyllenhaal "Crazy Heart"
Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"

Best Picture
"Avatar"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
"A Serious Man"
"Up"
"Up in the Air"

Best Directing
Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron "Avatar"
Lee Daniels "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman "Up in the Air"
Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds"

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal "The Hurt Locker"
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman "The Messenger"
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen "A Serious Man"
Pete Doctor, Tom McCarthy and Bob Peterson "Up"
Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci and Tony Roche "In the Loop"
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell "District 9"
Geoffrey Fletcher "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
Nick Hornby "An Education"
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner "Up in the Air"

Best Animated Feature
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"
"Up"

Best Documentary Feature
"Burma VJ"
"The Cove"
"Food, Inc."
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
"Which Way Home"

Best Art Direction
"Avatar"
"The Imaginarium of Dr. Pamassus"
"Nine"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"The Young Victoria"

Best Cinematography
"Avatar"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"The White Ribbon"

Best Costume Design
"Bright Star"
"Coco Before Chanel"
"The Imaginarium of Dr. Pamassus"
"Nine"
"The Young Victoria"

Best Makeup
"Il Divo"
"Star Trek"
"The Young Victoria"

Best Film Editing
"Avatar"
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"

Best Original Score
"Avatar"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"Up"

Best Original Song
"Almost There" "The Princess and the Frog"
"Down in New Orleans" "The Princess and the Frog"
"Loin de Paname" "Paris 36"
"Take it All" "Nine"
"Weary Kind" "Crazy Heart"

Best Sound Mixing
"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

Best Sound Editing
"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
"Up"

Best Visual Effects
"Avatar"
"District 9"
"Star Trek"