How Entertainment Weekly Predicted
The 2009 Oscar Nominees

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Best Picture
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Invictus
The Messenger
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
For Your Consideration: Start Trek


Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
For Your Consideration: Neill Blomkamp, District 9


Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
For Your Consideration: Matt Damon, The Informant!


Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
For Your Consideration: Maya Rudolph, Away We Go


Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christopher Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
For Your Consideration: Alec Baldwin, It's Complicated


Best Supporting Actress
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo'nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Samantha Morton, The Messenger
For Your Consideration: Catherine Keener, Where the Wild Things Are


Best Original Screenplay
500 Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up


Best Adapted Screenplay
An Education
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Precious
Up in the Air


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