I will be a guest on The Rick and R.J. Show on RationalBroadcasting.com talking about the Oscar nominations, but until then, here are the contenders for the top awards this year (and, with the exceptions of A Single Man, Precious and Nine, hardly a notable gay connection in the bunch):
Best Picture: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air
Best Director: James Cameron, Avatar, Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, Lee Daniels, Precious, Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart, George Clooney, Up in the Air, Colin Firth, A Single Man, Morgan Freeman, Invictus, Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side, Helen Mirren, The Last Station, Carey Mulligan, An Education, Gabourey Sidibe, Precious, Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Supporting Actor: Matt Damon, Invictus, Woody Harrelson, The Messenger, Christopher Plummer, The Last Station, Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones, Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Nine, Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart, Anna Kendricks, Up in the Air, Mo’Nique, Precious
Animated Feature: Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells, Up
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I hope Sandra Bullock wins. I haven’t seen The Blind Side, but I love Sandra Bullock
She probably will win. And I haven’t even seen the movie but she has all the awards so far.
Up In The Air is a great movie, but I just don’t see Oscar written on it anywhere.