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Feb. 6, 2010: I have replaced my nominee guesses with the actual nominees, as
well as completed my Top 10 of 2009 list (as well as a spur-of-the-monent best of
the decade list). Coming eventually: My favorite performances of the year, and
eventual winner predictions.

Jan. 30, 2010: It's been another long absence, but for those of you still out there,
here are my picks for who I think will be nominated on Tuesday. (Check out the
wrapups for 2007 here and 2008 here.) Hopefully coming soon will be my personal
bests for 2009. Questions? Email me here.

Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
(I had predicted Invictus and Star
Trek, not Blind Side and District 9.)

Best Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
(I guessed these 5 for 5.)

Best Original Screenplay
Inglourious Basterds
Up
A Serious Man
The Messenger
The Hurt Locker
(I guessed Summer, not Messenger.)

Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9
Up in the Air
Precious
An Education
In the Loop
(I guessed Fox, not District 9.)

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
(I guessed these 5 for 5.)

Best Actress
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
(I guesses these 5 for 5.)

Best Supporting Actor
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Matt Damon, Invictus
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
(I guessed McKay, not Damon.)

Best Supporting Actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Ann Kendrick, Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Mo'nique, Precious
Penelope Cruz, Nine
(I guessed Moore, not Gyllenhaal.)

Best Animated Film
Up
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Coraline
The Secret of Kells
The Princess and the Frog
(I guessed Meatballs, not Kells.)

Top 10 Films of 2009
1. The Hurt Locker
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
4. A Serious Man
5. The White Ribbon
6. The Road
7. Julia
8. Avatar
9. Moon
10. (500) Days of Summer

Top 10 Films of the 2000s
1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
3. Kill Bill 1 & 2 (2003 & 2004)
4. Adaptation (2002)
5. Dogville (2003)
6. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
7. A History of Violence (2005)
8. Memento (2001)
9. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
10. There Will be Blood (2007)