Here we go. On Tuesday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will unveil their nominees in all categories. For the first time in a long, long time, there will be ten nominated films for Best Picture. While five to seven of the nominees are predictable, the last few slots will be up for grabs. We have analyzed this race for months and here are our predictions.

2010 Best Picture nominees:

An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Invictus
Up
Avatar
Up in the Air
District 9
A Serious Man
Inglorious Basterds

Editor’s note: Star Trek…
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Some Best Picture winners were small, brooding, character-driven dramas, such as Ordinary People or Million Dollar Baby. Some drew us in with their shocking screenplays, expressive violence and emotionally-wraught suspense, as in The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed, or No Country for Old Men. Still other films probably took home the Best Picture Oscar from a sheer creative, awe-inspiring, production-value standpoint (as long as they had a compelling story), a.k.a.: Chicago, The Return of the King, and, yes, Titanic. Then there were those rare movies that came along that possessed all of these qualities: Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Gladiator. Avatar…
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Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, Christoph Waltz, and Mo’Nique added to their awards season trophy cases with acting wins at the recent SAG awards.

The race for Oscar best picture continues without a clear front-runner. The Hurt Locker took home the prize at the PGA awards, although going into the awards it appeared that Avatar had more momentum.

SAG Winners

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Ensemble: Inglourious Basterds…
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The Screen Actor’s Guild and Producer’s Guild will announce their winners this Saturday night and Sunday night respectively. These awards come as a critical time, as the winners from last week’s Broadcast and Golden Globe awards seek to parlay their momentum into Oscar gold. The two hottest races at the moment are Best Picture and Best Actress. For Best Picture, Avatar has supplanted The Hurt Locker as the clear frontrunner. If Avatar triumphs at the PGA, the race could be very well over. Meanwhile, Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock tied at the Broadcast awards, and each took home a Golden…
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The show has just started, and here are Oscar Frenzy’s last minute predictions. Tonight should be a fascinating night.

Best Picture Drama – Avatar

Best Picture Comedy/Musical – Nine

Best Actor Drama – George Clooney, Up in the Air

Best Actress Drama – Carey Mulligan, An Education

Best Actor Musical/Comedy – Matt Damon, The Informant

Best Actress Musical/Comedy – Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds

Best Director – James Cameron, Avatar

Best Original Score – Up

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The Hurt Locker cemented its status as a front runner by winning best pictures at the Broadcast Awards (BFCAs). Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted eight out of the ten winners.

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia, and Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Original Screenplay: Inglorious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air

Best Original Score: Up

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Tomorrow night, the BFCA will announce their winners in all major categories. The Broadcast Awards, also referred to as the Critics Choice awards, are the first major awards show of the year. Their Best Picture winner instantly becomes the frontrunner to take home the Oscar. In the last two years, the winner was easy to predict. No Country for Old Men and Slumdog Millionaire pretty much swept all the awards. This year is different. There are three very good films all in the mix. Will it be Up in the Air, the clever dramedy starring the popular George Clooney, The…
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Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted four out of the five nominations for the Director’s Guild of America. While we predicted that Lone Scherfig would be nominated for An Education, Lee Daniels was nominated instead for Precious.

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
James Cameron, Avatar
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

The Director’s Guild of America announce their nominees tomorrow morning. In the past, DGA nominations most closely match up with the Oscar Best Picture nominees. This year may be a little different since there are ten Best Picture nominees instead of five. Still, the DGA nominations are extremely significant. Most likely, the eventual Best Picture winner will come from this group. Here are our predictions:

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
James Cameron, Avatar
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds
Lone Scherfig, An Education