Last year I correctly predicted 12 of 20 winners. Hopefully I do better this year. I have made predictions in 21 of the categories this time, only excluding the short subjects.  Once again, I also present by personal votes.

Actor in a Leading Role

Prediction: Colin Firth in The King’s Speech

Personal Pick: James Franco in 127 Hours

Actor in a Supporting Role

Prediction: Christian Bale in The Fighter

Personal Pick: John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone

Actress in a Leading Role

Prediction: Natalie Portman in Black Swan

Personal Pick: Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right

Actress in a Supporting Role

Prediction: Melissa Leo in The Fighter

Personal Pick: Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit

Best Animated Feature Film

Prediction: Toy Story 3: Lee Unkrich

Personal Pick: How to Train Your Dragon: Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

Art Direction

Prediction: The King’s Speech: Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr

Personal Pick: Inception: Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat

Cinematography

Prediction: True Grit: Roger Deakins

Personal Pick: The Social Network: Jeff Cronenweth

Costume Design

Prediction: The King’s Speech: Jenny Beavan

Personal Pick: True Grit: Mary Zophres

Directing

Prediction: The King’s Speech: Tom Hooper

Personal Pick: The Social Network: David Fincher

Documentary (Feature)

Prediction: Inside Job: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Personal Pick: Exit Through the Gift Shop: Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz

Film Editing

Prediction: The Fighter: Pamela Martin

Personal Pick: 127 Hours: Jon Harris

Foreign Language Film

Prediction: Biutiful: Mexico

Personal Pick: No Opinion

Makeup

Prediction: The Wolfman: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Personal Pick: No Opinion

Music (Original Score)

Prediction: The King’s Speech: Alexandre Desplat

Personal Pick: The Social Network: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

Prediction: “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3: Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Personal Pick: “I See the Light” from Tangled: Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater

Best Picture

Prediction: The King’s Speech: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

Personal Pick: The Social Network: Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Cean Chaffin, Producers

Sound Editing

Prediction: Inception: Richard King

Personal Pick: Inception: Richard King

Sound Mixing

Prediction: Inception: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Personal Pick: The Social Network: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten

Visual Effects

Prediction: Inception: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Personal Pick: Inception: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Prediction: The Social Network: Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Personal Pick: The Social Network: Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Prediction: The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler

Personal Pick: Inception: Written by Christopher Nolan