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BEST PICTURE
Projected Nominees
[1] “Invictus” (Warner Brothers, 12/11, trailer)
[2] “Up in the Air” (Paramount, 12/4, trailer)
[3] “The Hurt Locker” (Summit, 6/26, trailer)
[4] “Precious” (Lions Gate, 11/6, trailer)
[5] “Nine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/18, trailer)
[6] “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/9, trailer)
[7] “The Lovely Bones” (Paramount, 12/11, trailer)
[8] “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company, 8/21, trailer)
[9] “Avatar” (20th Century Fox, 12/18, trailer)
[10] “Julie & Julia” (Columbia, 8/7, trailer)
Major Threats
[11] “A Serious Man” (Focus Features, 10/2, trailer)
[12] “Up” (Disney, 5/29, trailer)
[13] “Bright Star” (Apparation, 9/18, trailer)
[14] “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company, 12/11, trailer)
[15] “Star Trek” (Paramount, 5/8, trailer) ▲
[16] “Where the Wild Things Are” (Warner Brothers, 10/16, trailer)
[17] “This Is It” (Sony, 10/28, trailer) NEW
On the Outside
[18] “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/23)
[19] “The Young Victoria” (SPE Worldwide Acquisitions, 12/18, trailer) ▲
[20] “The Road” (The Weinstein Company, 11/25, trailer)
[21] “Amelia” (Fox Searchlight, 10/23, trailer)
[22] “Capitalism: A Love Story” (Overture, 9/23, trailer)
[23] “District 9” (TriStar, 8/14, trailer) ▲
[24] “The Hangover” (Warner Brothers, 6/5, trailer) NEW

BEST DIRECTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Clint Eastwood (“Invictus”)
[2] Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”)
[3] Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”)
[4] Lee Daniels (“Precious”)
[5] Rob Marshall (“Nine”)
Major Threats
[6] Lone Scherfig (“An Education”)
[7] Peter Jackson (“The Lovely Bones”)
[8] Quentin Tarantino (“Inglourious Basterds”)
[9] James Cameron (“Avatar”)
[10] Nora Ephron (“Julie & Julia”)
[11] Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (“A Serious Man”)
[12] Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (“Up”)
On the Outside
[13] Jane Campion (“Bright Star”)
[14] Tom Ford (“A Single Man”)
[15] J.J. Abrams (“Star Trek”) ▲
[16] Spike Jonze (“Where the Wild Things Are”)

BEST ACTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Morgan Freeman (“Invictus”)
[2] George Clooney (“Up in the Air”)
[3] Colin Firth (“A Single Man”) ▲
[4] Daniel Day-Lewis (“Nine”)
[5] Michael Stuhlbarg (“A Serious Man”)
Major Threats
[6] Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker”)
[7] Viggo Mortensen (“The Road”)
[8] Matt Damon (“The Informant!”)
[9] Robert De Niro (“Everybody’s Fine”)
[10] Ben Whishaw (“Bright Star”)
On the Outside
[11] Ben Foster (“The Messenger”)
[12] Clive Owen (“The Boys Are Back”)
[13] Sam Rockwell (“Moon”) ▲
[14] James McAvoy (“The Last Station”)
[15] Mark Wahlberg (“The Lovely Bones”)
[16] Hal Holbrook (“That Evening Sun”)
[17] Michael Sheen (“The Damned United”) ▼

BEST ACTRESS
Projected Nominees
[1] Carey Mulligan (“An Education”)
[2] Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”)
[3] Gabby Sidibe (“Precious”) ▲
[4] Helen Mirren (“The Last Station”)
[5] Abbie Cornish (“Bright Star”)
Major Threats
[6] Marion Cotillard (“Nine”)
[7] Saoirse Ronan (“The Lovely Bones”)
[8] Michelle Monaghan (“Trucker”)
[9] Emily Blunt (“The Young Victoria”) ▲
[10] Audrey Tautou (“Coco Before Chanel”) ▲
On the Outside
[11] Hilary Swank (“Amelia”) ▼
[12] Penelope Cruz (“Broken Embraces”)
[13] Michelle Pfeiffer (“Cheri”)
[14] Charlize Theron (“The Burning Plain”)
[15] Brenda Blethyn (“London River”) NEW
[16] Natalie Portman (“Brothers”) NEW
[17] Zooey Deschanel (“500 Days of Summer”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”)
[2] Matt Damon (“Invictus”)
[3] Stanley Tucci (“Julie & Julia” or “The Lovely Bones”)
[4] Peter Sarsgaard (“An Education”)
[5] Alfred Molina (“An Education”)
Major Threats
[6] Woody Harrelson (“The Messenger”)
[7] Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker”)
[8] Christopher Plummer (“The Last Station”)
[9] Paul Schneider (“Bright Star”)
On the Outside
[10] George Clooney (“The Men Who Stare at Goats”)
[11] Robert Duvall (“The Road”)
[12] Paul Giamatti (“The Last Station”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Projected Nominees
[1] Mo’Nique (“Precious”)
[2] Julianne Moore (“A Single Man”) ▲
[3] Penelope Cruz (“Nine”)
[4] Anna Kendrick (“Up in the Air”)
[5] Mariah Carey (“Precious”) ▲
Major Threats
[6] Judi Dench (“Nine”)
[7] Rachel Weisz (“The Lovely Bones”)
[8] Betty White (“The Proposal”) ▲
[9] Nicole Kidman (“Nine”)
On the Outside
[10] Paula Patton (“Precious”)
[11] Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air”)
[12] Susan Sarandon (“The Lovely Bones”)
[13] Sigourney Weaver (“Avatar”)
[14] Samantha Morton (“The Messenger”)
[15] Patricia Clarkson (“Whatever Works”)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Projected Nominees
[1] “Capitalism: A Love Story” (Overture, 9/23, trailer)
[2] “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” (Abramorama, 4/10, trailer)
[3] “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions, 7/31, trailer)
[4] “Tyson” (Sony Pictures Classics, 4/24, trailer)
[5] “Food, Inc.” (Magnolia, 6/12, trailer)
Major Threats
[6] “Racing Dreams” (TBA, TBA)
[7] “Every Little Step” (Sony Pictures Classics, 4/17, trailer)
[8] “It Might Get Loud” (Sony Pictures Classics, 8/14, trailer)
On the Outside
[9] “Valentino: The Last Emperor” (Vitagraph, 3/18, trailer)
[10] “American Swing” (Magnolia, 3/27)

Photo: Colin Firth and Julianne Moore in “A Single Man.” Courtesy: The Weinstein Company.