Oscar Predictions 2010 – Best Actor

• Colin Firth – A single Man
• Matt Damon – The Informant
• George Clooney – Up in the Air
• Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
• Viggo Mortensen – The Road
• Daniel Day-Lewis – Nine
• Robert Duvall – Get Low
• Clive Owen – The Boys Are Back
• Mark Wahlberg – The Lovely Bones
• Ben Whishaw – Bright Star
• Morgan Freeman – Invictus
• Sharlto Copley – District 9

Nominees for Visual effects Oscar

Fifteen films have been selected by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences under Visual effects category for 82nd Academy Awards. In January, this list will be narrowed down to seven. Then finally three films will be selected to compete for VFX Oscar.

Fifteen films competing for VFX award (in alphabetical order):

* Angels and Demons
* Avatar
* Coraline
* A Christmas Carol
* District 9
* G-Force
* GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
* Sherlock Holmes
* Star Trek
* Terminator Salvation
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
* 2012
* Watchmen
* Where the Wild Things Are

82nd Academy Awards

The 82nd Academy Awards will take place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Show will be hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.

Nominees for 82nd Academy Awards will be announced live on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:38 a.m. at Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California by Tom Sherak, president of Academy of Motion Picture Arts

Best Director for 2010-Predictions

The oscars would be held within a few months,yet most movies buffs are just trying their luck to predict the nominees for the Best Director Category:

Here are a few of them:

Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker"

Peter Jackson for "The Lovely Bones"

Joel and Ethan Coen for "A Serious Man"

Jason Reitman for "Up in the Air"

Michael Haneke for "The White Ribbon"

2010 predictions for the Academy Awards

It might be too early to even mention the possibilities of who would be winning the Oscars, the forthcoming year but unofficial reports has just come up with some guesses:

The most awaited categories in this award is that of the best actor and best actress:

Best Actor:
Jamie Foxx in 'Soloist': Foxx plays the character of a schizophrenic destitute man who also is a Juilliard-trained violin prodigy.

Johnny Depp in 'Enemies': Johnny Depp portrays the role of a notorious criminal ‘John Dillinger’.

Adam Sandler in 'People':Its said that comedies don’t have a place at the Oscars,but the trailer of this movie suggests that Adam Sandler might change the cliché.

Brad Pitt in 'Basterds': Though the title of the movie sounds extremely silly,Brad Pitt isan actor constantly surprising his fans.

Mark Wahlberg in 'Lovely Bones': Mark Wahlberg exhibits his talents in this movie, and has every chance of accomplishing an Oscar.

Best Actress:
The guesses for this category seems to be only a couple..probably others would join in sooner or later...

Meryl Streep in 'Julie & Julia':Meryl Streep plays the character of the late chef Julia Childs.Meryl Streep,as usual always has a place at the Academy Awards.

Hilary Swank in 'Amelia':Hilary Swank with her portrayal of the pilot ‘Amelia Earhart’ has every possibility of achieving success in this category.