An Amateur's Oscar Nom Picks!

Ladies and Gents it's that time of year again... the Academy Award nominations!! Just like last year, I will play Oscarologist and try to predict the nominees before the official 5:30AM PST announcement tomorrow, January 25. And yes, for those who have asked (and need not have), I will be setting my alarm to watch the broadcast live from the Academy headquarter's Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.

Without further adieu, I give you An Amateur's Oscar Nominations to the Top 8 categories*:

*Predictions based on Globe, SAG, and Broadcast Film Critics Association nods

BEST PICTURE

The Social Network

The King's Speech

Inception

The Fighter

Toy Story 3

Black Swan

True Grit

The Kids Are All Right

The Town

Winter's Bone*

*Other 10th Slot Possibles: 127 Hours, Blue Valentine, Rabbit Hole

BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges (True Grit)

James Franco (127 Hours)

Colin Firth (The King's Speech)

Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)

Robert Duvall (Get Low)*

*Other 5th Slot Possibles: Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter), Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine), Aaron Eckhart (Rabbit Hole)

BEST ACTRESS

Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)

Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)

Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)*

*Other 5th Slot Possibles: Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right), Halle Berry (Frankie & Alice)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)

Christian Bale (The Fighter)

Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)

Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)

Jeremy Renner (The Town)*

*Other 5th Slot Possibles: Michael Douglas (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps), Sam Rockwell (Conviction)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

Amy Adams (The Fighter)

Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)

Mila Kunis (Black Swan)

Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)

BEST DIRECTOR

Christopher Nolan (Inception)

Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)

David Fincher (The Social Network)

Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)

Joel & Ethan Coen (True Grit)*

*Other 5th Slot Possibles: David O. Russell (The Fighter), Danny Boyle (127 Hours), Ben Affleck (The Town)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)

Joel & Ethan Coen (True Grit)

Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours)

Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3)

Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini (Winter's Bone)*

*Other 5th Slot Possibles: David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole), Ben Affleck, Peter Craig & Aaron Stockard (The Town)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

David Seidler (The King's Speech)

Christopher Nolan (Inception)

Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)

Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (The Fighter)

Mike Leigh (Another Year)*

*Other 5th Slot Possible: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin (Black Swan)

Did this Amateur choose wisely?? Check back in tomorrow to see! Now it's off to bed... I have a 5:30 wake up call!