Reesa's Oscar Picks

Reesa's 82nd Annual Academy Award Picks. This selections are not my predictions, but the ones that I would like to see take home the trophy. Please comment on your selections.

Best Picture
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Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, 'Crazy Heart'

Best Actress
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, 'Inglourious Basterds'

Best Supporting Actress
Mo'nique, 'Precious'

Best Animated Feature Film
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Best Foreign Film
The Prophet

Best Original Screenplay
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Best Art Direction
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Best Cinematography
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Best Costume Design
The Young Victoria

Best Documentary
The Cove

Best Editing
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Best Makeup
Star Trek

Best Score
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Best Song
“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart, T-Bone Burnett & Ryan Bingham

Best Sound Editing
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Best Sound Mixing
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Best Visual Effects
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Since I've never seen any of the shorts, I'll refrain from picking them, since it will be like picking horses at the racetrack; the one with the most appealing name. I've highlighted the ones that are favored.

Best Documentary Short
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin

Best Animated Short
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best Live-Action Short
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants