The 2009 Oscar nominees, and how I did on predix

If you include my "alternates", I got 86 out of 101 predictions correct. Take off 10 without them. Still, not too shabby.

BEST PICTURE -- 8/10

• AVATAR
• THE BLIND SIDE (missed)
• DISTRICT 9
• AN EDUCATION
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• PRECIOUS
• A SERIOUS MAN (alternate)
• UP
• UP IN THE AIR

BEST DIRECTOR -- 5/5

• KATHRYN BIGELOW -- "THE HURT LOCKER"
• JAMES CAMERON -- "AVATAR"
• LEE DANIELS -- "PRECIOUS"
• JASON REITMAN -- "UP IN THE AIR"
• QUENTIN TARANTINO -- "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS"

BEST ACTOR -- 5/5

• JEFF BRIDGES -- "CRAZY HEART"
• GEORGE CLOONEY -- "UP IN THE AIR"
• COLIN FIRTH -- "A SINGLE MAN"
• MORGAN FREEMAN -- "INVICTUS"
• JEREMY RENNER -- "THE HURT LOCKER"

BEST ACTRESS -- 4/5

• SANDRA BULLOCK -- "THE BLIND SIDE"
• HELEN MIRREN -- "THE LAST STATION" (alternate)
• CAREY MULLIGAN -- "AN EDUCATION"
• GABOUREY SIDIBE -- "PRECIOUS"
• MERYL STREEP -- "JULIE & JULIA"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR -- 4/5

• MATT DAMON -- "INVICTUS" (alternate)
• WOODY HARRELSON -- "THE MESSENGER"
• CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER -- "THE LAST STATION"
• STANLEY TUCCI -- "THE LOVELY BONES"
• CHRISTOPH WALTZ -- "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS -- 4/5

• PENELOPE CRUZ -- "NINE"
• VERA FARMIGA -- "UP IN THE AIR"
• MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL -- "CRAZY HEART" (missed)
• ANNA KENDRICK -- "UP IN THE AIR"
• MO'NIQUE -- "PRECIOUS"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY -- 4/5

• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• THE MESSENGER (missed)
• A SERIOUS MAN
• UP

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY -- 4/5

• DISTRICT 9
• AN EDUCATION
• IN THE LOOP (alternate)
• PRECIOUS
• UP IN THE AIR

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE -- 4/5

• CORALINE
• FANTASTIC MR. FOX
• THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
• THE SECRET OF KELLS (missed)
• UP

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -- 3/5

• AVATAR
• HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (missed)
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• THE WHITE RIBBON (alternate)

BEST FILM EDITING -- 4/5

• AVATAR
• DISTRICT 9
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• PRECIOUS (missed)

BEST ART DIRECTION -- 1/5

• AVATAR
• THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS (alternate)
• NINE (missed)
• SHERLOCK HOLMES (missed)
• THE YOUNG VICTORIA (missed)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN -- 3/5

• BRIGHT STAR
• COCO BEFORE CHANEL (alternate)
• THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS (missed)
• NINE
• THE YOUNG VICTORIA

BEST SOUND MIXING -- 4/5

• AVATAR
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (missed)
• STAR TREK
• TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

BEST SOUND EDITING -- 4/5

• AVATAR
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (missed)
• STAR TREK
• UP

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS -- 3/3

• AVATAR
• DISTRICT 9
• STAR TREK

BEST MAKEUP -- 1/3

• IL DIVO (missed)
• STAR TREK
• THE YOUNG VICTORIA (alternate)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE -- 3/5

• AVATAR
• FANTASTIC MR. FOX
• THE HURT LOCKER (missed)
• SHERLOCK HOLMES (alternate)
• UP

BEST ORIGINAL SONG -- 2/5

• "ALMOST THERE" -- THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
• "DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS" -- THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (alternate)
• "LOIN DE PANAME" -- PARIS 36 (missed)
• "TAKE IT ALL" -- NINE (missed)
• "THE WEARY KIND (THEME FROM CRAZY HEART)" -- CRAZY HEART

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- 4/5

• "AJAMI" -- ISRAEL
• "EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS" -- ARGENTINA
• "THE MILK OF SORROW" -- PERU (alternate)
• "UN PROPHETE" -- FRANCE
• "THE WHITE RIBBON" -- GERMANY

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 DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

• 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 A LA BERLIN

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

• THE DOOR
• INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA
• KAVI
• MIRACLE FISH
• THE NEW TENANTS

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• 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