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<div class="posttitle">My 2010 Oscar Checklist</div>

<p>"X" marks the movies I've seen.</p>

<p><strong>Best picture </STRONG><br />
X - "Avatar"<br />
X - "The Hurt Locker"<br />
X - "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"<br />
X - "Up in the Air"<br />
X - "Inglourious Basterds"<br />
X - "Up"<br />
X - "The Blind Side"<br />
X - "District 9"<br />
X - "An Education"<br />
X - "A Serious Man"</p>

<p><strong>Actor </STRONG><br />
X - George Clooney, "Up in the Air"<br />
X - Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"<br />
X - Colin Firth, "A Single Man"<br />
X - Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"<br />
X - Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"</p>

<p><strong>Actress </STRONG><br />
X - Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"<br />
X - Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"<br />
X - Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"<br />
X - Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"<br />
X - Carey Mulligan, "An Education"</p>

<p><strong>Supporting actor </STRONG><br />
X - Matt Damon, "Invictus" <br />
X - Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger" <br />
X - Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station" <br />
X - Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"<br />
X - Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"</p>

<p><strong>Supporting actress </STRONG><br />
X - Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"<br />
X - Mo'Nique, "Precious"<br />
X - Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"<br />
X - Penelope Cruz, "Nine"<br />
X - Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"</p>

<p><strong>Director </STRONG><br />
X - Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"<br />
X - Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"<br />
X - James Cameron, "Avatar"<br />
X - Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"<br />
X - Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"</p>

<p><strong>Animated feature </STRONG><br />
X - "Up"<br />
X - "Coraline"<br />
X - "Fantastic Mr. Fox"<br />
X - "The Princess and the Frog"<br />
X - "The Secret of Kells"</p>

<p><strong>Animated Short</strong><br />
X - "French Roast"<br />
X - "Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"<br />
X - "The Lady and the Reaper"<br />
X - "Logorama"<br />
X - "A Matter of Loaf and Death"</p>

<p><strong>Live Action Short</strong><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "The Door"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "Instead of Abracadabra"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "Kavi"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "Miracle Fish" <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "The New Tenants"</p>

<p><strong>Original screenplay</STRONG><br />
X - "The Hurt Locker"<br />
X - "Inglourious Basterds"<br />
X - "The Messenger"<br />
X - "A Serious Man"<br />
X - "Up"</p>

<p><strong>Adapted screenplay</STRONG><br />
X - "District 9"<br />
X - "An Education"<br />
X - "In the Loop"<br />
X - "Precious"<br />
X - "Up in the Air"</p>

<p><strong>Best foreign-language film</STRONG><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "Ajami"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "El Secreto de Sus Ojos"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "The Milk of Sorrow"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "Un Prophete"<br />
X - "The White Ribbon"</p>

<p><strong>Best film editing</STRONG><br />
X - "Avatar"<br />
X - "District 9"<br />
X - "The Hurt Locker"<br />
X - "Inglourious Basterds"<br />
X - "Precious"</p>

<p><strong>Best documentary feature</STRONG><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "Burma VJ"<br />
X - "The Cove"<br />
X - "Food, Inc."<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "Which Way Home"</p>

<p><strong>Best documentary short</strong><br />
X - "China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "Music by Prudence"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; - "Rabbit à la Berlin" </p>

<p><strong>Art direction</STRONG><br />
X - "Avatar"<br />
X - "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"<br />
X - "Nine"<br />
X - "Sherlock Holmes"<br />
X - "The Young Victoria</p>

<p><strong>Cinematography</STRONG><br />
X - "Avatar"<br />
X - "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"<br />
X - "The Hurt Locker"<br />
X - "Inglourious Basterds"<br />
X - "The White Ribbon"</p>

<p><strong>Costume</strong><br />
X - "Bright Star"<br />
X - "Coco before Chanel"<br />
X - "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"<br />
X - "Nine"<br />
X - "The Young Victoria"</p>

<p><strong>Original Score</strong><br />
X - "Avatar" <br />
X - "Fantastic Mr. Fox" <br />
X - "The Hurt Locker" <br />
X - "Sherlock Holmes" <br />
X - "Up" </p>

<p><strong>Original Song</strong><br />
X - "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog"<br />
X - "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog"<br />
X - "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36"<br />
X - "Take It All" from "Nine"<br />
X - "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart"</p>

<p><strong>Sound Editing</strong><br />
X - "Avatar"<br />
X - "The Hurt Locker"<br />
X - "Inglourious Basterds"<br />
X - "Star Trek"<br />
X - "Up"</p>

<p><strong>Sound Mixing</strong><br />
X - "Avatar"<br />
X - "The Hurt Locker"<br />
X - "Inglourious Basterds"<br />
X - "Star Trek"<br />
X - "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"</p>

<p><strong>Visual Effects</strong><br />
X - "Avatar"<br />
X - "District 9"<br />
X - "Star Trek"</p>

<p><strong>Makeup</strong><br />
X - "Il Divo"<br />
X - "Star Trek"<br />
X - "The Young Victoria</p>

<p>--2/5/2010: Added "Paris 36"<br />
--2/5/2010: Added "I'll Divo"<br />
--2/11/2010: Added "Logorama"<br />
--2/11/2010: Added "French Roast"<br />
--2/11/2010: Added "Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"<br />
--2/11/2010: Added "The Lady and the Reaper"<br />
--2/11/2010: Added "China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"<br />
--2/19/2010: Added "A Matter of Loaf and Death"<br />
--2/19/2010: Added "Bright Star"<br />
--2/19/2010: Added "Food, Inc."<br />
--2/21/2010: Added "A Single Man"<br />
--2/24/2010: Added "Crazy Heart"<br />
--2/24/2010: Added "Coco before Chanel"<br />
--2/25/2010: Added "The Secret of Kells"<br />
--2/27/2010: Added "The Lovely Bones"<br />
--2/27/2010: Added "The Cove"<br />
--2/28/2010: Added "The Last Station"<br />
--3/4/2010: Added "The White Ribbon"</p>



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