Predictions for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards (Oscars)

Performance by an actor in a leading role: Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role: Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year: "Up" (Walt Disney) Pete Docter

Achievement in art direction: "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Achievement in cinematography: "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Barry Ackroyd

Achievement in costume design: "The Young Victoria" (Apparition) Sandy Powell

Achievement in directing: "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow

Best documentary feature: "The Cove" (Roadside Attractions) An Oceanic Preservation Society Production Nominees to be determined

Best documentary short subject: "The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant" A Community Media Production Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

Achievement in film editing: "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Best foreign language film of the year: "The White Ribbon" (Sony Pictures Classics) An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production Germany

Achievement in makeup: "Star Trek" (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): "Up" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best motion picture of the year: "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment); A Voltage Pictures Production Nominees to be determined

Best animated short film: "A Matter of Loaf and Death" (Aardman Animations); An Aardman Animations Production Nick Park

Best live action short film: "The Door" (Network Ireland Television); An Octagon Films Production Juanita Wilson and James Flynn

Achievement in sound editing: "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in sound mixing: "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Achievement in visual effects: "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Adapted screenplay: "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Original screenplay: "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Written by Quentin Tarantino