Best Picture
Actor | Supporting Actor
Actress | Supporting Actress

BEST ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
George Clooney - Up in the Air	Beloved, lovely, and looking for answers
Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine	How could he not?
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station	Could be the shock winner... lifetime achievement and a great role & performance.. and unlike some stage gods, he is a relentless charmer in person
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart	Bridges biggest Oscar problem is that he is always good enough to win.
Morgan Freeman - Invictus	Seems obvious, no?
Colin Firth - A Single Man	A well-liked actor and man... fine performance
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker	The ambiguous center of one of the few truly great films of 2009
Peter Sarsgaard - An Education	Is he lead or supporting... either way, he should be nominated for this complex, but slick work
Viggo Mortensen - The Road	Sucha great performance... but will the voters watch this film... and how will it play on DVD?
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man	Needs some push so as not to get lost
Matt Damon - Invictus	Is he lead or supporting... either way, we won't know until the film is seen.

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Stanley Tucci - Julie and Julia or The Lovely Bones	I am sure he will get a nod, but will it be for the loving, supportive hubby or the murderous, creepy child molester?
Matt Damon - Invictus	Is he lead or supporting... either way, we won't know until the film is seen. but we're guessing Supporting and that his stardom and good guy-ness will rule the day.
Christopher Walz - Inglourious Basterds	The memorable performance
Alfred Molina - An Education	Great guy, great performance, very likeable
Tobey Maguire - Brothers	A brilliant turn... people will vote for him off the clips
Peter Capaldi - In The Loop	So deserving... hard get for a guy from out of town without big bucks pushing him
Quinton Aaron - The Blind Side	Would be the shocker of the season
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger	His finest work... but getting eyeballs will be hard and he is an outsider in this game
Alec Baldwin - It's Complicated	When they run out of Emmys...
Paul Schneider - Bright Star	One of the finest young character actors... maybe next year
Peter Sarsgaard - An Education	Is he lead or supporting... either way, he should be nominated for this complex, but slick work

November 12, 2009
- by David Poland

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