AND THE WINNER IS…

BEST PICTURE
Projected Nominees
[1] “Invictus” (Warner Brothers, 12/11)
[2] “Nine” (The Weinstein Company, 11/25, trailer)
[3] “Amelia” (Fox Searchlight, 10/23, trailer)
[4] “Up in the Air” (Paramount, 12/4, teaser)
[5] “Precious” (Lions Gate, 11/6, trailer)
[6] “Avatar” (20th Century Fox, 12/18, teaser)
[7] “The Lovely Bones” (Paramount, 12/11, trailer)
[8] “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/9, trailer)
[9] “Capitalism: A Love Story” (Overture, 9/23, trailer)
[10] “The Hurt Locker” (Summit, 6/26, trailer)
Major Threats
[11] “The Informant!” (Warner Brothers, 9/18, trailer)
[12] “Up” (Disney, 5/29, trailer)
[13] “A Serious Man” (Focus Features, 10/2, trailer)
On the Outside
[14] “Where the Wild Things Are” (Warner Brothers, 10/16, trailer)
[15] “District 9“ (Sony, 8/14, trailer)
[16] “Star Trek” (Paramount, 5/8, trailer)
[17] “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions, 7/31, trailer)
[18] “The Road” (The Weinstein Company, 10/16, trailer)
[19] “Bright Star” (Apparation, 9/18, trailer)
[20] “Julie & Julia” (Columbia, 8/7, trailer)

BEST DIRECTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Clint Eastwood (“Invictus”)
[2] Rob Marshall (“Nine”)
[3] Mira Nair (“Amelia”)
[4] Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”)
[5] Lee Daniels (“Precious“)
Major Threats
[6] James Cameron (“Avatar”)
[7] Peter Jackson (“The Lovely Bones”)
[8] Lone Scherfig (“An Education”)
[9] Michael Moore (“Capitalism: A Love Story”)
[10] Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”)
On the Outside
[11] Steven Soderbergh (“The Informant!”)
[12] Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (“Up”)
[13] Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (“A Serious Man”)
[14] Spike Jonze (“Where the Wild Things Are”)
[15] Neill Blomkamp (“District 9″)
[16] J.J. Abrams (“Star Trek”)
[17] Louie Psihoyos (“The Cove”)
[18] John Hillcoat (“The Road”)
[19] Jane Campion (“Bright Star”)
[20] Nora Ephron (“Julie & Julia”)

BEST ACTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Morgan Freeman (“Invictus”)
[2] Daniel Day-Lewis (“Nine”)
[3] George Clooney (“Up in the Air”)
[4] Matt Damon (“The Informant!”)
[5] Viggo Mortensen (“The Road”)
Major Threats
[6] Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker”)
[7] Michael Stuhlbarg (“A Serious Man”)
[8] Ethan Hawke (“Brooklyn’s Finest”)
[9] Hal Holbrook (“That Evening Sun”)
[10] Hugh Dancy (“Adam”)
On the Outside
[11] Paul Bettany (“Creation”)
[12] Michael Caine (“Harry Brown”)
[13] Ben Winshaw (“Bright Star”)
[14] Sam Rockwell (“Moon”)
[15] Johnny Depp (“Public Enemies”)

BEST ACTRESS
Projected Nominees
[1] Carey Mulligan (“An Education”)
[2] Hilary Swank (“Amelia”)
[3] Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”)
[4] Saoirse Ronan (“The Lovely Bones”)
[5] Penelope Cruz (“Broken Embraces”)
Major Threats
[6] Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious”)
[7] Michelle Monaghan (“Trucker”)
[8] Michelle Pfeiffer (“Cheri”)
[9] Abbie Cornish (“Bright Star”)
[10] Audrey Tautou (“Coco Before Chanel”)
[11] Tilda Swinton (“Julia”)
On the Outside
[12] Charlize Theron (“The Burning Plain”)
[13] Emily Blunt (“The Young Victoria”)
[14] Zooey Deschanel (“500 Days of Summer”)
[15] Ellen Page (“Whip It”)
[16] Shohreh Aghdashloo (“The Stoning of Soraya M.”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Matt Damon (“Invictus”)
[2] Stanley Tucci (“The Lovely Bones”)
[3] Richard Gere (“Amelia”)
[4] Alfred Molina (“An Education”)
[5] Richard Kind (“A Serious Man”)
Major Threats
[6] Peter Sarsgaard (“An Education”)
[7] Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”)
[8] Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Road”)
[9] Ewan McGregor (“Amelia”)
On the Outside
[10] Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker”)
[11] Peter Capaldi (“In the Loop”)
[12] James Gandolfini (“In the Loop”)
[13] Paul Schneider (“Bright Star”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Projected Nominees
[1] Penelope Cruz (“Nine”)
[2] Marion Cotillard (“Nine”)
[3] Judi Dench (“Nine”)
[4] Anna Kendrick (“Up in the Air”)
[5] Mo’nique (“Precious”)
Major Threats
[6] Rachel Weisz (“The Lovely Bones”)
[7] Sigourney Weaver (“Avatar”)
[8] Catherine Kenner (“Where the Wild Things Are”)
[9] Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air”)
[10] Nicole Kidman (“Nine”)
[11] Kathy Bates (“Cheri”)
On the Outside
[12] Jennifer Connelly (“Creation”)
[13] Emma Thompson (“An Education”)
[14] Susan Sarandon (“The Lovely Bones”)
[15] Marion Cotillard (“Public Enemies”)
[16] Natalie Portman (“Brothers”)
[17] Charlize Theron (“The Road”)
[18] Melanie Lynskey (“The Informant!”)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Projected Nominees
[1] “Racing Dreams” (TBD, TBD)
[2] “Capitalism: A Love Story” (Overture, 9/23, trailer)
[3] “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions, 7/31, trailer)
[4] “Food, Inc.” (Magnolia, 6/12, trailer)
[5] “Valentino: The Last Emperor” (Vitagraph, 3/18, trailer)
Major Threats
[6] “It Might Get Loud” (Sony Pictures Classics, 8/14, trailer)
[7] “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” (Abramorama, 4/10, trailer)
[8] “Tyson” (Sony Pictures Classics, 4/24, trailer)
[9] “Outrage” (Magnolia, 5/8, trailer)
On the Outside
[10] “American Swing” (Magnolia, 3/27)
[11] “The Age of Stupid” (TBD, 7/19, trailer)