Oscar Winner Predictions

Here we go, only a few more days until the big night. My final predictions (which I know you have been dying to read)! No commentary (go visit the podcast for that), just who I think will win, could win, should win and what should have been nominated.

Best Picture:
Will Win: The Hurt Locker
Could Win: Avatar
Should Win: Up in the Air
Should Have Been Nominated: (500) Days of Summer, A Single Man, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Director:
Will Win: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Could Win: James Cameron, Avatar
Should Win: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Should Have Been Nominated: Rian Johnson, The Brothers Bloom; Lone Scherfig, An Education; Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Lead Actor:
Will Win: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Could Win: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Should Win: Colin Firth, A Single Man
Should Have Been Nominated: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer; Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man; Ben Whishaw, Bright Star

Best Lead Actress:
Will Win: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Could Win: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Should Win: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Should Have Been Nominated: Abbie Cornish, Bright Star; Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones; Maya Rudolph, Away We Go

Best Supporting Actor:
Will Win: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Could Win: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Should Win: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Should Have Been Nominated: Steve Bucemi, The Messenger; Rupert Friend, The Young Victoria; Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker

Best Supporting Actress:
Will Win: Mo'Nique, Precious
Could Win: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Should Win: Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Should Have Been Nominated: Marion Cotillard, Nine; Rose McIver, The Lovely Bones; Sigourney Weaver, Avatar

Best Original Screenplay:
Will Win: The Hurt Locker
Could Win: Inglourious Basterds
Should Win: Inglourious Basterds
Should Have Been Nominated: (500) Days of Summer, Bright Star, The Brothers Bloom

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Will Win: Up in the Air
Could Win:Precious
Should Win: Up in the Air
Should Have Been Nominated: A Single Man, Where the Wild Things Are, Whip It!

Best Animated Feature:
Will Win: Up
Could Win: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Should Win: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Should Have Been Nominated: Ponyo

Best Documentary Feature:
Will Win: The Cove
Could Win: Which Way Home
Should Win: N/A
Should Have Been Nominated: Every Little Step

Best Foreign Language Film:
Will Win: Un Prophete
Could Win: Los Secreto de Sus Ojos
Should Win: N/A
Should Have Been Nominated: Rudo y Cursi

Best Art Direction:
Will Win: Avatar
Could Win: The Young Victoria
Should Win: Avatar
Should Have Been Nominated: A Serious Man, A Single Man, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Cinematography:
Will Win: Inglourious Basterds
Could Win: The Hurt Locker
Should Win: Inglourious Basterds
Should Have Been Nominated: Bright Star, A Single Man, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Costume Design:
Will Win: The Young Victoria
Could Win: Nine
Should Win: Bright Star
Should Have Been Nominated: (500) Days of Summer, An Education, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Film Editing:
Will Win: The Hurt Locker
Could Win: Avatar
Should Win: Inglourious Basterds
Should Have Been Nominated: (500) Days of Summer, Up in the Air, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Makeup:
Will Win: Star Trek
Could Win: The Young Victoria
Should Win: The Young Victoria
Should Have Been Nominated: Bright Star, District 9, Whip It!

Best Original Score:
Will Win: Up
Could Win: Avatar
Should Win: Up
Should Have Been Nominated: Bright Star, A Single Man, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Original Song:
Will Win: "The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart
Could Win: "Take It All," Nine
Should Win: "The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart
Should Have Been Nominated: "All is Love," Where the Wild Things Are; "Help Yourself," Up in the Air; "Smoke Without Fire," An Education

Best Sound Mixing:
Will Win: The Hurt Locker
Could Win: Avatar
Should Win: Star Trek
Should Have Been Nominated: Crazy Heart, Up in the Air, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Sound Editing:
Will Win: Avatar
Could Win: The Hurt Locker
Should Win: Inglourious Basterds
Should Have Been Nominated: District 9, Where the Wild Things Are, Whip It!

Best Visual Effects:
Will Win: Avatar
Could Win: District 9
Should Win: Avatar
Should Have Been Nominated: Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Lovely Bones, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Animated Short:
Will Win: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Could Win: Logorama

Best Documentary Short:
Will Win: The Last Truck: The Closing of a GM Plant
Could Win: Music by Prudence

Best Live-Action Short:
Will Win: Miracle Fish
Could Win: The New Tenants