The Academy Award nominations will be announced at 5:30AM PST tomorrow, February 2nd. I’ve got predictions for 10 of the 24 categories. I’m also going to supply some alternates. I love being able to predict what the nominations will be, but at the same time, it would be nice for some surprises to sneak in there too!

Best Picture:

1. (500) Days of Summer
2. An Education
3. Avatar
4. District 9
5. The Hangover
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. Precious
9. Star Trek
10. Up In The Air

(Alternates: Up, Invictus, A Serious Man)

Best Director:

1. Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
2. James Cameron – Avatar
3. Lee Daniels – Precious
4. Jason Reitman – Up In The Air
5. Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

(Alternates: Clint Eastwood – Invictus, Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon)

Best Actor:

1. Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
2. George Clooney – Up In The Air
3. Colin Firth – A Single Man
4. Morgan Freeman – Invictus
5. Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

(Alternates: Robert Downey, Jr. – Sherlock Holmes, Viggo Mortensen – The Road)

Best Actress: 

1. Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
2. Helen Mirren – The Last Station
3. Carey Mulligan – An Education
4. Gabby Sidibe – Precious
5. Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

(Alternate: Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria)

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Matt Damon – Invictus
2. Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
3. Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
4. Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
5. Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

(Alternate: Alfred Molina – An Education)

Supporting Actress:

1. Vera Farmiga –Up In The Air
2. Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
3. Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds
4. Mo’Nique – Precious
5. Julianne Moore – A Single Man

(Alternates: Penelope Cruz – Nine, Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart)

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. An Education
2. District 9
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
4. Precious
5. Up In The Air

(Alternates: A Single Man, Where the Wild Things Are)

Best Original Screenplay:

1. (500) Days of Summer
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The Hangover
4. The Hurt Locker
5. A Serious Man

(Alternate: Up)

Best Cinematography: 

1. Avatar
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Nine
5. The White Ribbon

(Alternates: Bright Star, Star Trek)

Best Animated Feature:

1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
   
2. Coraline
   
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
   
4. The Princess and the Frog
   
5. Up

(Alternate: Ponyo)