Year in Advance Oscar Predictions

All of this is mere specualtion but heres a look ahead:

Best Picture

Black Swan
The Fighter
Get Low
Hereafter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
The Tree of Life
True Grit

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky "Black Swan"
Joel and Ethan Coen "True Grit"
Clint Eastwood "Hereafter"
David Fincher "The Social Network"
Christopher Nolan "Inception"

Best Actor

Johnny Depp "The Rum Diary"
Robert Duvall "Get Low"
James Franco "Howl"
Ryan Gosling "Blue Valentine"
Mark Wahlberg "The Fighter"

Best Actress

Annette Benning "The Kids Are All Right" or "Mother and Child"
Julianne Moore "The Kids Are All Right"
Natalie Portman "Black Swan"
Julia Roberts "Eat, Pray, Love"
Michelle Williams "Blue Valentine"

Best Supporting Actor

Samuel L. Jackson "Mother and Child"
Bill Murray "Get Low"
Sean Penn "The Tree of Life"
Mark Ruffalo "The Kids Are All Right"
Donald Sutherland "The Eagle of the Ninth"

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt "The Adjustment Bureau"
Cate Blanchett "Robin Hood"
Marion Cotillard "Inception"
Mary-Louise Parker "Howl"
Naomi Watts "Mother and Child"

Best Animated Feature

Despicable Me
Toy Story 2
Shrek Forever After