Final Academy Awards 2011 nominees predictions

Well, the annoucement of this year's Academy Awards nominees is coming and I decided to post a list with all my final predictions in every category, including a big couple of categories for which I never decided to post here. So, here's the list (I hope it will became reality) with a little change in the Best Supporting Actor category if you look at my Best Supporting Actor predictions:

BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Debra Granik (Winter's Bone)
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams (The Fighter)

Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)

Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

Haillee Steinfeld (True Grit)

Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)
Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis and Cami Delavigne (Blue Valentine)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
David Seidler (The King's Speech)
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (The Fighter)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner (The Town)
Michael Ardnt (Toy Story 3)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (Winter's Bone)
Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Inception
The Social Network
True Grit

BEST ART DIRECTION
Alice In Wonderland
Inception
The King's Speech
Robin Hood
True Grit

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice In Wonderland
The King's Speech
Made In Dagenham
Shutter Island
True Grit

BEST MAKEUP
Alice In Wonderland
Jonah Hex
True Grit

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice In Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Inception
Iron Man 2
Tron Legacy

BEST EDITING
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
127 Hours
Alice In Wonderland
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
127 Hours ("If I Rise")
Burlesque ("You Haven't See the Last of Me Yet")
How To Train Your Dragon ("Sticks and Stones")
Tangled ("I See the Light")
Waiting for Superman ("Shine")

BEST SOUND EDITING
Black Swan
Inception
Tron Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

BEST SOUND MIXING
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Inception
True Grit
Tron Legacy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

BEST FOREIGN PICTURE
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Life Above All

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waiting for Superman

(I don't want to predict the Best Short (...) categories because I didn't see them all)

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