BEST PICTURE
Projected Nominees
[1] “Avatar” (20th Century Fox, 12/18, trailer)
[2] “Up in the Air” (Paramount, 12/4, trailer)
[3] “Nine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/18, trailer)
[4] “Invictus” (Warner Brothers, 12/11, trailer)
[5] “The Hurt Locker” (Summit, 6/26, trailer)
[6] “Precious” (Lions Gate, 11/6, trailer)
[7] “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/9, trailer)
[8] “A Serious Man” (Focus Features, 10/2, trailer)
[9] “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company, 8/21, trailer)
[10] “Julie & Julia” (Columbia, 8/7, trailer)
Major Threats
[11] “The Lovely Bones” (Paramount, 12/11, trailer)
[12] “Bright Star” (Apparation, 9/18, trailer)
[13] “Up” (Disney, 5/29, trailer)
[14] “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company, 12/11, trailer)
[15] “Star Trek” (Paramount, 5/8, trailer)
[17] “Brothers” (Lions Gate, 12/4, trailer)
[18] “500 Days of Summer” (Fox Searchlight, 7/17, trailer)
On the Outside
[19] “Sherlock Holmes” (Warner Brothers, 12/25, trailer)
[20] “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/23, trailer)
[21] “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight, 12/16, trailer)
[22] “Where the Wild Things Are” (Warner Brothers, 10/16, trailer)
[23] “This Is It” (Sony, 10/28, trailer)
[24] “The Road” (The Weinstein Company, 11/25, trailer)
[25] “The Hangover” (Warner Brothers, 6/5, trailer)
[26] “Capitalism: A Love Story” (Overture, 9/23, trailer)
[27] “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” (Abramorama, 4/10, trailer)

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

BEST ACTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Jeff Bridges (“Crazy Heart”)
[2] Morgan Freeman (“Invictus”)
[3] George Clooney (“Up in the Air”)
[4] Daniel Day-Lewis (“Nine”)
[5] Colin Firth (“A Single Man”)
Major Threats
[6] Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker”)
[7] Michael Stuhlbarg (“A Serious Man”)
[8] Robert Downey, Jr. (“Sherlock Holmes”)
[9] Matt Damon (“The Informant!”)
[10] Ben Foster (“The Messenger”)
On the Outside
[11] Viggo Mortensen (“The Road”)
[12] Nicolas Cage (“Bad Lieutenant”)
[13] Tobey Maguire (“Brothers”)
[14] James McAvoy (“The Last Station”)
[15] Clive Owen (“The Boys Are Back”)
[16] 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] Maggie Gyllenhaal (“Crazy Heart”)
[8] Saoirse Ronan (“The Lovely Bones”)
[9] Michelle Monaghan (“Trucker”)
On the Outside
[10] Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”)
[11] Emily Blunt (“The Young Victoria”)
[12] Penelope Cruz (“Broken Embraces”)
[13] Audrey Tautou (“Coco Before Chanel”)
[14] Zooey Deschanel (“500 Days of Summer”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Projected Nominees
[1] Christopher Plummer (“The Last Station”)
[2] Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”)
[3] Stanley Tucci (“The Lovely Bones” or “Julie & Julia”)
[4] Alfred Molina (“An Education”)
[5] Matt Damon (“Invictus”)
Major Threats
[6] Woody Harrelson (“The Messenger”)
[7] Alec Baldwin (“It’s Complicated”)
[8] Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker”)
[9] Jude Law (“Sherlock Holmes”)
On the Outside
[10] Christian McKay (“Me and Orson Welles”)
[11] Peter Sarsgaard (“An Education”)
[12] Jake Gyllenhaal (“Brothers”)
[13] Paul Schneider (“Bright Star”)

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Projected Nominees
[1] “The Beaches of Agnes” (Cinema Guild, 7/1, trailer)
[2] “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions, 7/31, trailer)
[3] “Valentino: The Last Emperor” (Acolyte, 3/18, trailer)
[4] “Every Little Step” (Sony Pictures Classics, 4/17, trailer)
[5] “Food, Inc.” (Magnolia, 6/12, trailer)
Major Threats
[6] “Garbage Dreams” (Iskander, 7/31, trailer)
[7] “Burma VJ” (Oscilloscope, 5/20, trailer)
[8] “Mugabe and the White African” (Explore, 8/7, trailer)
[9] “Facing Ali” (Lions Gate, 6/16, trailer)
[10] “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” (Kovno, 6/1, trailer)
[11] “Sergio” (Passion, 1/1, trailer)
On the Outside
[12] “Under Our Skin” (Shadow, 6/19, trailer)
[13] “Which Way Home” (HBO, 1/31, trailer)
[14] “Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders” (Red Floor, 8/14, trailer)
[15] “Soundtrack for a Revolution” (Freedom Song, 8/7, trailer)

Photo: Agnes Varda in “The Beaches of Agnes.” Credit: Cinema Guild.