MY FINAL PREDICTIONS

After a lot of research on how the films were trending along with their potential to win.  Here are my final predictions for all 24 categories.




Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The Social Network
THE KING'S SPEECH
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone


Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening (The Kids are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
NATALIE PORTMAN (BLACK SWAN)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)



Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
COLIN FIRTH (THE KING'S SPEECH)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)



Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
CHRISTIAN BALE (THE FIGHTER)
John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)



Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
MELISSA LEO (THE FIGHTER)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)



Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
TOY STORY 3



Best Documentary Short Subject
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
STRANGERS NO MORE
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang



Best Short Film (Animated)
DAY AND NIGHT TEDDY NEWTON
The Gruffalo Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let's Pollute Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) Bastien Dubois



Best Short Film (Live Action)
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
WISH 143



Achievement in Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
THE KING'S SPEECH
True Grit



Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
TRUE GRIT



Achievement in Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
THE KING'S SPEECH
The Tempest
True Grit



Achievement in Directing
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
DAVID FINCHER (THE SOCIAL NETWORK)
Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)



Best Documentary Feature
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland Josh Fox
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Achievement in Makeup
Barney's Version
The Way Back
THE WOLFMAN



Achievement in Film Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
THE SOCIAL NETWORK


Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
BIUTIFUL (MEXICO)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Hors la Loi (Algeria)



Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King's Speech
127 Hours
THE SOCIAL NETWORK


 Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
"Coming Home" from Country Strong Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
"I See the Light" from Tangled Music and Lyric by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from 127 Hours Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
"WE BELONG TOGETHER" FROM TOY STORY 3 BY RANDY NEWMAN


 Achievement in Sound Editing
INCEPTION
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable



Achievement in Sound Mixing
INCEPTION
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit



Achievement in Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Hereafter
INCEPTION
Iron Man 2



Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours (Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK (AARON SORKIN)
Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
Winter's Bone (Debra Granik and Anne Rossellini)



Original Screenplay
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
THE KING'S SPEECH