ZERO HOUR: Oscars Eve: Costal's Predictions

Tomorrow night's telecast will be standard fare. The program may pass with no surprises at all. Yet, in the spirit of fun, I will pick one Cinderella for this year's dance, and let's just say she is not debutante at this ball! 

These picks do not reflect my preferences. Those that do are listed in red. My picks, which are, of course, far more important to FIers...ahem...they don't just hand teacher of the Year out on street corners, ya know...will be discussed in a subsequent post.

Unlike most viewers tomorrow night, though, FIers spent some time researching and wathcing nominees for categories such as animated shirt and documentary short. So, myeh to you, American public!

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker (Why not Avatar? In order: 1. relevance, 2. people hate James Cameron (including Kate Winslet, and I do whatever she says), 3. Oscar wants to make a point in this economy that cash is NOT king, 4. CGI, 3D films still scare most of Hollywood, and most critics, and some Cubans with film blogs)

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart (This will really draw things together for the Dude)

Best Actress: Meryll Streep, Julie & Julia (Upset Alert: The Academy will buck the Sandra Bullock trend and go with a perennial favorite)

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious (a year for villains, as Paul Brower said, and both were breath-takingly over the top, by far these two actors had the performances of the year).

Best Director: Kathyrn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker (Oscar loves David, especially when Goliath is James Cameron. Especially when David used to be married to Goliath. Especially when David is a woman and could allow self-important voters to make history. Plus, again, no one likes how James Cameron walks around talking about pooping gold).  

Screenplay (Adapted): Up in the Air

Screenplay (Original): Inglorious Basterds

Animated Feature: Up

Cinematogrpahy, Art, Editing, Sound (both), Visual (any other technical awards): Avatar

Costume: The Young Victoria

Documentary: Food, Inc (again, relevance).

Documentary Short: The Last Truck (perfect way for Hollywood to pretend they "feel" the recession, now pass the Cristal, P Diddy, I'm parched!)

Foreign Language: The Prophet (though I did not see ANY of these, prediction based on reading only...the only prophet I worry about is Albee Grant)

Make-Up: Star Trek

Score: Up

Song: The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart

Animated Short: Logorama (really cool short about branding...kinda...Pulp Fiction goes commercials) 

Short Live Action: The Door