THIS WEEK’S PROJECTIONS
BEST PICTURE
Projected Nominees
[1] “Invictus” (Warner Brothers, 12/11, trailer)
[2] “Avatar” (20th Century Fox, 12/18, trailer) ▲
[3] “Up in the Air” (Paramount, 12/4, trailer)
[4] “Nine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/18, trailer) ▲
[5] “Precious” (Lions Gate, 11/6, trailer)
[6] “The Hurt Locker” (Summit, 6/26, trailer)
[7] “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/9, trailer)
[8] “The Lovely Bones” (Paramount, 12/11, trailer)
[9] “A Serious Man” (Focus Features, 10/2, trailer)
[10] “Julie & Julia” (Columbia, 8/7, trailer)
Major Threats
[11] “Bright Star” (Apparation, 9/18, trailer)
[12] “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company, 8/21, trailer)
[13] “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight, 12/16, trailer)
[14] “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company, 12/11, trailer)
[15] “Up” (Disney, 5/29, trailer)
[16] “Star Trek” (Paramount, 5/8, trailer) ▲
[17] “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/23)
On the Outside
[18] “Sherlock Holmes” (Warner Brothers, 12/25, trailer) NEW
[19] “500 Days of Summer” (Fox Searchlight, 7/17, trailer) ▲
[20] “This Is It” (Sony, 10/28, trailer)
[21] “The Road” (The Weinstein Company, 11/25, trailer)
[22] “The Young Victoria” (SPE Worldwide Acquisitions, 12/18, trailer)
[23] “Where the Wild Things Are” (Warner Brothers, 10/16, trailer)
[24] “Capitalism: A Love Story” (Overture, 9/23, trailer)
[25] “Amelia” (Fox Searchlight, 10/23, trailer)
[26] “The Hangover” (Warner Brothers, 6/5, trailer)
BEST DIRECTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Clint Eastwood (“Invictus”)
[2] James Cameron (“Avatar”) ▲
[3] Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”)
[4] Rob Marshall (“Nine”) ▲
[5] Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”)
Major Threats
[6] Lee Daniels (“Precious”)
[7] Lone Scherfig (“An Education”)
[8] Peter Jackson (“The Lovely Bones”)
[9] Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (“A Serious Man”)
On the Outside
[10] Nora Ephron (“Julie & Julia”)
[11] Jane Campion (“Bright Star”)
[12] Quentin Tarantino (“Inglourious Basterds”)
[13] Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart”)
[14] Tom Ford (“A Single Man”)
[15] Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (“Up”)
[16] J.J. Abrams (“Star Trek”)
BEST ACTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Jeff Bridges (“Crazy Heart”) ▲
[2] Morgan Freeman (“Invictus”)
[3] George Clooney (“Up in the Air”)
[4] Colin Firth (“A Single Man”)
[5] Daniel Day-Lewis (“Nine”) ▲
Major Threats
[6] Michael Stuhlbarg (“A Serious Man”)
[7] Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker”)
[8] Ben Foster (“The Messenger”) ▲
[9] Viggo Mortensen (“The Road”)
[10] Matt Damon (“The Informant!”)
On the Outside
[11] Clive Owen (“The Boys Are Back”)
[12] Ben Whishaw (“Bright Star”)
[13] Nicolas Cage (“Bad Lieutenant”) NEW
[14] Robert Downey, Jr. (“Sherlock Holmes”) NEW
[15] Michael Sheen (“The Damned United”)
[16] James McAvoy (“The Last Station”)
[17] Hal Holbrook (“That Evening Sun”)
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] Marion Cotillard (“Nine”) ▲
Major Threats
[6] Abbie Cornish (“Bright Star”)
[7] Saoirse Ronan (“The Lovely Bones”)
[8] Michelle Monaghan (“Trucker”)
[9] Maggie Gyllenhaal (“Crazy Heart”)
[10] Emily Blunt (“The Young Victoria”)
[11] Audrey Tautou (“Coco Before Chanel”)
On the Outside
[12] Zooey Deschanel (“500 Days of Summer”)
[13] Penelope Cruz (“Broken Embraces”)
[14] Hilary Swank (“Amelia”)
[15] Robin Wright Penn (“The Private Lives of Pippa Lee”) NEW
[16] Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”) NEW
[17] Michelle Pfeiffer (“Cheri”)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Matt Damon (“Invictus”)
[2] Christopher Plummer (“The Last Station”) ▲
[3] Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”)
[4] Stanley Tucci (“The Lovely Bones” or “Julie & Julia”)
[5] Alfred Molina (“An Education”)
Major Threats
[6] Woody Harrelson (“The Messenger”)
[7] Peter Sarsgaard (“An Education”)
[8] Paul Schneider (“Bright Star”)
[9] Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker”)
On the Outside
[10] Christian McKay (“Me and Orson Welles”) ▲
[11] Jude Law (“Sherlock Holmes”) NEW
[12] George Clooney (“The Men Who Stare at Goats”)
[13] Robert Duvall (“The Road”)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Projected Nominees
[1] Mo’Nique (“Precious”)
[2] Penelope Cruz (“Nine”) ▲
[3] Anna Kendrick (“Up in the Air”)
[4] Judi Dench (“Nine”)
[5] Julianne Moore (“A Single Man”)
Major Threats
[6] Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air”)
[7] Paula Patton (“Precious”)
[8] Mariah Carey (“Precious”)
[9] Susan Sarandon (“The Lovely Bones”) ▲
[10] Sigourney Weaver (“Avatar”)
On the Outside
[11] Samantha Morton (“The Messenger”)
[12] Natalie Portman (“Brothers”)
[13] Betty White (“The Proposal”)
[14] Rachel Weisz (“The Lovely Bones”) ▼
[15] Patricia Clarkson (“Whatever Works”)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Projected Nominees
[1] “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions, 7/31, trailer) ▲
[2] “Capitalism: A Love Story” (Overture, 9/23, trailer)
[3] “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” (Abramorama, 4/10, trailer)
[4] “Tyson” (Sony Pictures Classics, 4/24, trailer)
[5] “Food, Inc.” (Magnolia, 6/12, trailer)
Major Threats
[6] “Valentino: The Last Emperor” (Vitagraph, 3/18, trailer)
[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] “Racing Dreams” (TBA, TBA)
[10] “American Swing” (Magnolia, 3/27)
Photo: Robert Downey, Jr. in “Sherlock Holmes.” Courtesy: Warner Brothers.
