My Official 2009 Oscar Predictions

BEST PICTURE
Prediction: “The Hurt Locker”
Preference: “A Serious Man”
BEST DIRECTOR
Prediction/Preference: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
BEST ACTOR
Prediction: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Preference: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
BEST ACTRESS
Prediction: Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Preference: Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Prediction: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Preference: Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Prediction/Preference: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Prediction/Preference: "Up in the Air"
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Prediction: “Inglourious Basterds”
Preference: “A Serious Man”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Prediction: “A Prophet (Un Prophète)”
Preference: “The White Ribbon”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Prediction: “Up”
Preference: “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
BEST ART DIRECTION
Prediction: “Avatar”
Preference: “Nine”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Prediction: “Avatar”
Preference: “The White Ribbon”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Prediction: “The Young Victoria”
Preference: “Coco Before Chanel”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Prediction/Preference: “The Cove”
BEST FILM EDITING
Prediction/Preference: “The Hurt Locker”
BEST MAKEUP
Prediction/Preference: “Star Trek”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Prediction: Michael Giacchino, “Up”
Preference: James Horner, “Avatar”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Prediction/Preference: The Weary Kind, “Crazy Heart”
BEST SOUND EDITING
Prediction: “Avatar”
Preference: “Star Trek”
BEST SOUND MIXING
Prediction: “Avatar”
Preference: “The Hurt Locker”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Prediction/Preference: “Avatar”
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Prediction: “A Matter of Loaf and Death”
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Prediction: “The Door”
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Prediction: “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”

Preference: “A Serious Man”
BEST DIRECTOR

BEST ACTOR

Preference: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
BEST ACTRESS

Preference: Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Preference: Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Preference: “A Serious Man”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Preference: “The White Ribbon”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Preference: “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
BEST ART DIRECTION

Preference: “Nine”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Preference: “The White Ribbon”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Preference: “Coco Before Chanel”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

BEST FILM EDITING

BEST MAKEUP

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Preference: James Horner, “Avatar”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG

BEST SOUND EDITING

Preference: “Star Trek”
BEST SOUND MIXING

Preference: “The Hurt Locker”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Comments
And yes I did say AVATAR is a better film than THE HURT LOCKER, and I stand by that. But really, how can you not root for Bigelow?
I got here first, though. ;-)