Jeffrey Wells Is An Oscarologist Who I Have Personally Known For Years, And,For As Long As That…

…Insiders In The Industry Have Looked To Him For Oscar® Predictions.

Many Oscar Pundits predict. Sure.

Out of deference to longevity of relationship, and also because he is so smart about film, I am putting up Jeffrey’s final predictions for who will win the Oscar. He has a site called Hollywood-Elsewhere, and you can click on the name to open it up, if you are interested in seeing his stuff. He writes a column (or two or three or more) each and every single day. Every day, of the year. Hollywood-Elsewhere gets lots of reader comments; and you can find lots of debate, strong opinion, and comment drama there.  Check it out.

BEST PICTURE / HE Prediction: The Hurt Locker. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: The Hurt Locker. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Avatar.

BEST DIRECTOR / HE Prediction: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Bigelow. 100% Confident Suspicion That The Winner Will Be: Bigelow.

BEST ACTOR / strong>HE Prediction: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Colin Firth, A Single Man. 100% Confident Suspicion That The Winner Will Be: Bridges.

BEST ACTRESS / HE Prediction: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Carey Mulligan, An Education. Nagging Suspicion That The Wild-Card Winner May Nonetheless Be: Gabby Sidibe, Precious.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR / HE Prediction: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Carey Mulligan, An Education. 100% Confident Suspicion That The Winner Will Be: Waltz.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS / HE Prediction: Mo’Nique, Precious. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air. 100% Suspicion That The Winner Will Be: Mo’Nique.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / HE Prediction: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner for Up in the Air (consolation prize for getting elbowed out of the Best Picture race). If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: The In The Loop guys. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Reitman, Turner.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / HE Prediction: Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Boal. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds.

BEST ANIMATED FILM / HE Prediction: Up. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Up. 100% Confident Suspicion That The Winner Will Be: Up.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM / HE Prediction: The Cove. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: The Cove. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Food, Inc..

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM / HE Prediction: The Secret In Their Eyes (totally bowing to Scott Feinberg on this one — I know absolutely nothing). If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: A Prophet or The White Ribbon. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: The Secret In Their Eyes.

BEST ART DIRECTION / HE Prediction: Avatar’s Rick Carter, Kim Sinclair, Robert Stromberg. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Avatar. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Avatar.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY / HE Prediction: The Hurt Locker’s Barry Ackroyd. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: The Hurt Locker or The White Ribbon’s Christian Berger. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Inglourious Basterds‘ Robert Richardson.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN / HE Prediction: Bright Star’s Janet Patterson. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Bright Star or Nine’s Collen Atwood. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: The Young Victoria’s Sandy Powell.

BEST FILM EDITING / HE Prediction: The Hurt Locker’s Bob Murawski, Chris Innis. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Bright Star or Nine’s Colleen Atwood. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Avatar’s Steven Rifkin, John Refoua, James Cameron.

BEST MAKEUP / HE Prediction: Star Trek’s Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Il Divo’s Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Star Trek.

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / HE Prediction: Avatar’s James Horner. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: Fantastic Mr. Fox’s Alexandre Desplat. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Up’s Michael Giacchino.

BEST ORIGINAL SONG / HE Prediction: Crazy Heart’s’s “The Weary Kind” (Ryan Bingham, T-Bone Burnett). If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: No opinion. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: Crazy Heart/”The Weary Kind.”

BEST SOUND EDITING / HE Prediction: Avatar’s Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: The Hurt Locker’s Paul N.J. Ottoson. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: the Avatar guys.

BEST SOUND MIXING / HE Prediction: Avatar’s Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson. If The Movie Godz Controlled The Vote: The Hurt Locker’s Paul N.J. Ottoson, Ray Beckett. Nagging Suspicion That The Winner May Nonetheless Be: the Avatar team.

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS / HE Prediction: Avatar’s Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones. No variations or suppositions — Avatar all the way.

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) / HE Prediction: A Matter of Loaf and Death (Nick Park) — no clue on this category at all — totally leaning on Scott Feinberg.

Jeff mentions Scott Feinberg in this prediction list. Scott also is a well-respected Oscar winner predictor. He has a website called, And The Winner Is. That’s a link.

Here’s a link to another post with Scott Feinberg, that I posted earlier in the Awards Season, here at this Oscar site that you are at currently: Oscar Prep.