My Oscar picks

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The Rock Candy Blog over at the Arkansas Times website is conducting a little Oscar prediction contest with some very real prizes: free tickets to the Rave theater on Col. Glenn Road. I could have used them this afternoon when I spent $10.75 to see Tim Burton's oddly-flat 3D version of Alice in Wonderland.

So, what the heck, I filled out an entry form and emailed it to the Times' Oscar Pool contest. My predictions are as random as anybody else's since nobody has seen the live-action, animated or documentary short subjects.

Here's my entry form (the numbers indicate points available in each category in the Arkansas Times contest):

Best Picture (5)
The Hurt Locker

Best Director (5)
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Actor (4)
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Actress (4)
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Best Supporting Actor (3)
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress (3)
Mo'Nique, Precious

Best Adapted Screenplay (3)
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay (3)
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Animated Film (3)
Up

Best Foreign Film (4)
The White Ribbon

Best Art Direction (3)
Avatar

Best Cinematography (3)
The Hurt Locker

Best Sound Mixing (2)
The Hurt Locker

Best Sound Editing (2)
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Best Original Score (2)
Up, Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song (2)
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Costume Design (2)
The Young Victoria

Best Documentary Feature (3)
Food, Inc.

Best Documentary Short (2)
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

Best Film Editing (2)
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Best Makeup (1)
Star Trek

Best Animated Short Film (1)
French Roast

Best Live-Action Short Film (1)
Instead of Abracadabra

Best Visual Effects (1)
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