Oscar Nomination Ballot

Here is the official Academy Award 2011 Ballot!

2011 Ballot!

So go ahead, print it off, and keep track of who wins February 27th at the 83rd Academy Awards!  I will definitely keep writing about the nominated movies I see and keep you posted on my predictions for Oscar night.  Since I have seen the majority of the multi-nominated films (and I'm sure you have too), check back here for the ones you normally wouldn't find out about.  And maybe you'll learn a thing or two about those categories that you never understood ("What the hell is the difference between sound editing and sound mixing?")

Enjoy your countdown to the Oscars!!

Official Oscar Nominations 2011

The nominations were just announced for the 2011 Academy Awards!  Even though the ballot hasn't been released yet, I will post that as soon as it is available.

Someday I will say as I do now, "And here are the nominees:"

Best Actor:

Colin Firth

Jeff Bridges

Jesse Eisenberg

James Franco

Javier Bardem

Best Actress:

Natalie Portman

Anette Bening

Michelle Williams

Jennifer Lawrence

Nicole Kidman

Best Supporting Actor:

Christian Bale

John Hawkes

Geoffrey Rush

Mark Ruffalo

Jeremy Renner

Best Supporting Actress:

Melissa Leo

Amy Adams

Helena Bonham Carter

Hailee Steinfeld

Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom!)

Best Motion Picture:

Inception

Toy Story 3

Black Swan

The Social Network

The King's Speech

127 Hours

The Kids Are All Right

True Grit

Winter's Bone

The Fighter

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Oscar Season

It's almost time for me to say "Oscar season has begun!"  Tomorrow morning the official noms will be announced at 8:30 eastern time by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Monique (winner of last year's Best Supporting Actress award for Precious).  I will definitely be up this year in time for the live announcement.  Even though I have seen most of the films that will most likely be nominated, I still am curious to see the unexpected additions and the foreign film nominees.  Left on my list of movies to see are: Blue Valentine (this Friday!), Rabbit Hole, Another Year; and in the foreign category: I Am Love, Biutiful, The Illusionist and The Concert.

Each year I do more and more to prepare for the Oscars, and this year I took it even farther by making my Pre-nomination Ballot. No, it's not complete, but it includes all the categories I am most sure of.

Movie
Black Swan
Social Network
Toy Story 3
King's Speech
The Fighter
Inception
Actor
Colin Firth
Jim Broadbent
James Franco
Jesse Eisenberg
Robert Duvall
Supporting
Geoffrey Rush
Christian Bale
Actress
Natalie Portman
Jennifer Lawrence
Annette Bening
Julianne Moore
Noomi Rapace
Supporting
(winters bone) Melissa Leo lookalike
Melissa Leo
Hailee Steinfeld
Animated Movie
Toy Story 3
How to train your dragon
The illusionist
Despicable Me
Score
127 Hours
Harry Potter
King's Speech
Social Network
Foreign Movie
Dragon Tattoo
The Concert
Mother (2010?)
Vincere
Documentary
Waiting for Superman
Catfish
Exit through the gift shop
Score
127 Hours
Harry Potter
King's Speech
Social Network
Special Effects
Tron
Narnia
Costume
King's Speech
Black Swan
????????
Biutiful
Rabbit Hole
Blue Valentine

This year is definitely going to be a tough Best Picture winner because I fell in love with Black Swan both times I saw it, but The Social Network has been winning the category thus far this season. Also, David Fincher and Darren Aronofsky are both on my Top Directors list.  I think I'm going to stick with my gut and wait for the surprise when they call "Black Swan" February 27th!

Well come back here more tomorrow when I post the list of official Oscar Nominations 2011!!