Final Oscar Predictions 2010.

I love Oscar morning. It's better than Xmas morning. I have stayed home from school/work every year since 1995 and waited with baited breath for the nominations. I love hearing the announcement of surprise nominees (2003's Keisha Castle Hughes for Best Actress, The Blind Side for Best Picture in 2009 and 2008's Best Actress, and not Supporting, nomination of Kate Winslet for The Reader) and the big snubs (2008's The Dark Knight snub for Best Picture and Director, Sideway's Paul Giamatti in 2004 for Best Actor and Mulholland Drive's Naomi Watts for Best Actress in 2001).

There are always surprises and always snubs. 2009's lineup was fairly predictable, while 2008 was full of pleasant and not so pleasant surprises. Where will this year fall? We are only 12 hours away.

Here are my final official predictions:

Best Picture
The Social Network
The King's Speech
Inception
The Fighter
Black Swan
Toy Story 3
True Grit
127 Hours
The Kids Are All Right
The Town

(alt. Winter's Bone)

Best Director
Christopher Nolan - Inception
David Fincher - The Social Network
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
David O. Russell - The Fighter

(alt. The Coen Brothers - True Grit)

Best Actor
James Franco - 127 Hours
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
Robert Duvall - Get Low

(alt. Mark Wahlberg - The Fighter)

Best Actress
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right

(alt. Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit)

Best Supporting Actor
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
Jeremy Renner - The Town
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right

(alt. John Hawkes - Winter's Bone)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

(alt. Mila Kunis - Black Swan)

Best Original Screenplay

The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
Inception
The King's Speech
Black Swan

(alt. Blue Valentine)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winter's Bone
Toy Story 3
The Social Network
Winter's Bone
True Grit

(alt. The Town)

Go for broke prediction: Hailee Steinfeld takes a spot in Best Actress knocking out Michelle Williams and Mila Kunis gets her spot in Supporting Actress.

Happy Oscar nom morn everybody.