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OSCAR WATCH 2011: Nomination Predicitons

It's almost time for Mo'Nique to announce the 2011 Oscar Nominations! And while all the agents, publicists and managwhores will eagerly await the announcement tomorrow, Jan 25th at 5:30AM Hollywoodland Time, I will still be sleeping, knowing that I already knew who was going to get a nod. Here are my predictions for The Big Five, aka the only awards that really matter to anyone. Best Picture Inception Toy Story 3 The King's Speech True Grit Black Swan The Social Network The Fighter The Kids Are All Right Winter's Bone 127 Hours Dark Horse: Rabbit Hole Best Director Christopher Nolan - Inception Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan David Fincher - The Social Network Tom Hooper – The King's Speech David O. Russell - The Fighter Dark Horse: Danny Boyle - 127 Hours Best Original Screenplay Christopher Nolan - Inception David Seidler - The King's Speech Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin - Black Swan Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silverand Paul Tamasy - The Fighter Dark Horse: Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis and Cami Delavigne - Blue Valentine Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle - 127 Hours Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - True Grit Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini - Winter's Bone David Lindsay-Abaire - Rabbit Hole Dark Horse: Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich - Toy Story 3 Best Actor Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network Colin Firth - The King's Speech James Franco - 127 Hours Jeff Bridges - True Grit Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine Dark Horse: Tie between Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter or Paul Giamatti – Barney's Version Best Actress Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole Natalie Portman – Black Swan Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right Dark Horse: Hilary Swank - Conviction And here's a couple for the road that kind of matter too. (I'm less attached to these predictions.) Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale - The Fighter Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech Jeremy Renner – The Town Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right John Hawkes - Winter's Bone Dark Horse: Armie Hammer - The Social Network Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams - The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit Melissa Leo - The Fighter Mila Kunis - Black Swan Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech Dark Horse: Julianne Moore – The Kids Are All Right