First Annual Blogger’s Oscar Contest

Here is how it will work–Just leave a comment on this post with your selection for each category. In addition, as a tiebreaker, predict how long the Oscars will last in Hours and Minutes.

It will be the responsibility of each blogger that enters to congratulate the winner on their blog, providing a small blurb about the winning blog and a link to it. As a result, the winning blogger will be rewarded with some great links and some extra traffic–surely a valuable prize for any blogger.   It’s just that simple.

Let’s have some fun with this!! Be sure to spread the word to all your blogging friends.

1. Best picture Oscar Nominees

“Avatar”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9”
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”

2. Best Actor Oscar Nominees

Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

3. Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominees

Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

4. Best Actress Oscar Nominees

Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

5. Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominees

Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

6. Best Animated Film Oscar Nominees

“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“The Secret of Kells”
“Up”

7. Best Art Direction Oscar Nominees

“Avatar”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“The Young Victoria”

8. Best Cinematography Oscar Nominees

“Avatar”
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The White Ribbon”

9. Best Costume Design Oscar Nominees

“Bright Star”
“Coco before Chanel”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“The Young Victoria”

10. Best Director Oscar Nominees

“Avatar” – James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” – Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” – Quentin Tarantino
“Precious” – Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” – Jason Reitman

11. Best Documentary Feature Oscar Nominees

“Burma VJ”
“The Cove”
“Food, Inc.”
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
“Which Way Home”

12. Best Documentary Short Subject Oscar Nominees

“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan, Province”
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner”
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
“Music by Prudence”
“Rabbit à la Berlin”

13. Best Editing Oscar Nominees

“Avatar”
“District 9”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”

14. Best Foreign Film Oscar Nominees

“Ajami” Israel
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
“The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
“Un Prophète” France
“The White Ribbon” Germany

15. Best Makeup Oscar Nominees

“Il Divo”
“Star Trek”
“The Young Victoria”

16. Best Original Score Oscar Nominees

“Avatar”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“Up”

17. Best Original Song Oscar Nominees

“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36”
“Take It All” from “Nine”
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart”

18. Best Animated Short Film Oscar Nominees

“French Roast”
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)”
“Logorama”
“A Matter of Loaf and Death”

19. Best Short Live Action Oscar Nominees

“The Door”
“Instead of Abracadabra”
“Kavi”
“Miracle Fish”
“The New Tenants”

20. Best Sound Editing Oscar Nominees

“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Up”

21. Best Sound Mixing Oscar Nominees

“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

22. Best Visual Effects Oscar Nominees

“Avatar”
“District 9”
“Star Trek”

23. Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Nominees

“District 9”
“An Education”
“In the Loop”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“Up in the Air”

24. Best Original Screenplay Oscar Nominees

“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Messenger”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”

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