The 82nd Academy Awards are set to begin shortly. But before they do I have to submit my picks for this years Oscars winners. Let’s see how my ballot turns out in comparison to the actual award winners.

Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”

Actor in a Supporting Role

Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”

Actress in a Supporting Role

Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film

“Up” Pete Docter

Art Direction

“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Cinematography

“Avatar” Mauro Fiore

Costume Design

“Bright Star” Janet Patterson

Directing

“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow

Documentary (Feature)

“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein

Documentary (Short Subject)

“Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Film Editing

“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke

Foreign Language Film

“The White Ribbon” Germany

Makeup

“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Music (Original Score)

“Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture

“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

“Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin

Short Film (Live Action)

“Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

Sound Editing

“Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin

Sound Mixing

“Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin

Visual Effects

“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Writing (Original Screenplay)

“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino