Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees; Javier Bardem in ‘Biutiful’, Jeff Bridges in ‘True Grit’, Jesse Eisenberg in ‘The Social Network’, Colin Firth in ‘The King’s Speech’, James Franco in ‘127 Hours’
Most Likely to Win - Colin Firth for ‘The King’s Speech’
Deserves to Win - Colin Firth for ‘The King’s Speech’
Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees; Christian Bale in ‘The Fighter’, John Hawkes in ‘Winter’s Bone’, Jeremy Renner in ‘The Town’, Mark Ruffalo in ‘The Kids Are All Right’, Geoffrey Rush in ‘The King’s Speech’
Most Likely to Win - Christian Bale for ‘The Fighter’
Deserves to Win - Geoffrey Rush in ‘The King’s Speech’
Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees; Annette Bening in ‘The Kids Are All Right’, Nicole Kidman in ‘Rabbit Hole’, Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Winter’s Bone’, Natalie Portman in ‘Black Swan’, Michelle Williams in ‘Blue Valentine’
Most Likely to Win - Natalie Portman for ‘Black Swan’
Deserves to Win - Michelle Williams for ‘Blue Valentine’
Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees; Amy Adams in ‘The Fighter’, Helena Bonham Carter in ‘The King’s Speech’, Melissa Leo in ‘The Fighter’, Hailee Steinfeld in ‘True Grit’, Jacki Weaver in ‘Animal Kingdom’
Most Likely to Win - Amy Adams for ‘The Fighter’
Deserves to Win - Helena Bonham for ‘The King’s Speech’
Animated Feature Film
Nominees; ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, ‘The Illusionist’, ‘Toy Story 3’
Most Likely to Win - Toy Story 3
Deserves to Win - How to Train Your Dragon
Art Direction
Nominees; ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1’, ‘Inception’, ‘The King’s Speech’, ‘True Grit’
Most Likely to Win - Alice in Wonderland
Deserves to Win - The King’s Speech
Cinematography
Nominees; ‘Black Swan’, ‘Inception’, ‘The King’s Speech’, ‘The Social Network’, ‘True Grit’
Most Likely to Win - The Social Network
Deserves to Win - Inception
Costume Design
Nominees; ‘Alice in Wonderland’, I Am Love’, ‘The King’s Speech’, ‘The Tempest’, ‘True Grit’
Most Likely to Win - The King’s Speech
Deserves to Win - Alice in Wonderland
Directing
Nominees; Darren Aronofsky for ‘Black Swan’, David O. Russell for ‘The Fighter’, Tom Hooper for ‘The King’s Speech’, David Fincher for ‘The Social Network’, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for ‘True Grit’
Most Likely to Win - David Fincher for ‘The Social Network’
Deserves to Win - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for ‘True Grit’
Documentary (Feature)
Nominees; ‘Exit through the Gift Shop’, ‘Gasland’, ‘Inside Job’, ‘Restrepo’, ‘Waste Land’
Documentary (Short Subject)
Nominees; ‘Killing in the Name’, ‘Poster Girl’, ‘Strangers No More’, ‘Sun Come Up’, ‘The Warriors of Qiugang’
Film Editing
Nominees; Jon Harris for ‘127 Hours’, Andrew Weisblum for ‘Black Swan’, Pamela Martin for ‘The Fighter’, Tariq Anwar for ‘The King’s Speech’, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter for ‘The Social Network’
Most Likely to Win - Black Swan
Deserves to Win - 127 Hours
Foreign Language Film
Nominees; ‘Biutiful’ from Mexico, ‘Dogtooth’ from Greece, ‘In a Better World’ from Denmark, ‘Incendies’ from Canada, ‘Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)’ from Algeria
Most Likely to Win - In a Better World
Deserves to Win - Biutiful
Makeup
Nominees; Adrien Morot for ‘Barney’s Version’, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng for ‘The Way Back’, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey for ‘The Wolfman’
Most Likely to Win - Barney’s Version
Deserves to Win - The Wolfman
Music (Original Score)
Nominees; ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, ‘Inception’, ‘The King’s Speech’, ‘127 Hours’, ‘The Social Network’
Most Likely to Win - The Social Network
Deserves to Win - The Social Network
Music (Original Song)
Nominees; “Coming Home” from ‘Country Strong’, “I See the Light” from ‘Tangled, “If I Rise” from ‘127 Hours’, “We Belong Together” from ‘Toy Story 3’
Most Likely to Win - “I See the Light” from ‘Tangled’
Deserves to Win - “Coming Home” from ‘Country Strong’
Best Picture
Nominees; ‘Black Swan’, ‘The Fighter’, ‘Inception’, ‘The Kids Are All Right’, ‘The King’s Speech’, ‘127 Hours’, ‘The Social Network’, ‘Toy Story 3’, ‘True Grit’, ‘Winter’s Bone’
Most Likely to Win - The King’s Speech
Deserves to Win - The King’s Speech
Short Film (Animated)
Nominees; ‘Day & Night’, ‘The Gruffalo’, ‘Let’s Pollute’, ‘The Lost Thing’, ‘Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)’
Most Likely to Win - The Gruffalo
Deserves to Win - Day & Night
Short Film (Live Action)
Nominees; ‘The Confession’, ‘The Crush’, ‘God of Love’, ‘Na Wewe’, ‘Wish 143’
Most Likely to Win - God of Love
Deserves to Win - The Crush
Sound Editing
Nominees; ‘Inception’, ‘Toy Story 3’, ‘Tron: Legacy’, ‘True Grit’, ‘Unstoppable’
Most Likely to Win - Toy Story 3
Deserves to Win - Inception
Sound Mixing
Nominees; ‘Inception’, ‘The King’s Speech’, ‘Salt’, ‘The Social Network’, ‘True Grit’
Most Likely to Win - The Social Network
Deserves to Win - Salt
Visual Effects
Nominees; ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1’, ‘Hereafter’, ‘Inception’, ‘Iron Man 2’
Most Likely to Win - Alice in Wonderland
Deserves to Win - Inception
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Nominees; ‘127 Hours’, ‘The Social Network’, ‘Toy Story 3’, ‘True Grit’, ‘Winter’s Bone’
Most Likely to Win - The Social Network
Deserves to Win - 127 Hours
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Nominees; ‘Another Year’, ‘The Fighter’, ‘Inception’, ‘The Kids Are All Right’, ‘The King’s Speech’
Most Likely to Win - The Fighter
Deserves to Win - The King’s Speech
The Academy Awards are to be announced 27th February 2011.
