Betsy's 2nd Annual Oscar Ballot RESULTS

Please note that if you were redirected to this page after filling out your ballot, the votes on your ballot have not been included yet. (I'm updating this manually, y'all).

The frontrunner in each category below is highlighted in bold face type.

(Can I please get some more heartfelt votes for "The Hurt Locker" for Best Picture? If Avatar wins, I just might slit my wrists and boycott the movie industry for a year).

 

Best Supporting Actor

(7) Matt Damon, Invictus
(2) Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
(1) Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
(1) Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
(16) Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds WINNER

Best Supporting Actress

(3) Penelope Cruz, Nine
(1) Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
(6) Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
(5) Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
(17) Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire WINNER

Best Original Screenplay

(10) The Hurt Locker WINNER
(12) Inglourious Basterds

(3) The Messenger
(0) A Serious Man
(5) Up

Best Adapted Screenplay

(3) District 9
(1) An Education
(1) In the Loop
(17) Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire WINNER
(8) Up in the Air

Best Original Score

(17) Avatar
(2) Fantastic Mr. Fox
(3) The Hurt Locker
(1) Sherlock Holmes
(8) Up WINNER

Best Original Song

(7) "Almost There," The Princess and the Frog
(5) "Down in New Orleans," The Princess and the Frog
(1) "Loin de Paname," Paris 36
(3) "Take it All," Nine
(16) "The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart WINNER

Costume Design

(0) Bright Star
(12) Coco before Chanel

(4) Nine
(9) The Young Victoria WINNER

Best Animated Feature

(5) Coraline
(2) Fantastic Mr. Fox
(1) The Princess and the Frog
(0) The Secret of Kells
(24) Up WINNER

Art Direction

(27) Avatar WINNER
(1) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus
(3) Nine
(0) Sherlock Holmes
(0) The Young Victoria

Cinematography

(17) Avatar WINNER
(6) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(6) The Hurt Locker
(3) Inglourious Basterds
(0) The White Ribbon

Film Editing

(13) Avatar
(3) District 9
(10) The Hurt Locker WINNER
(3) Inglourious Basterds
(2) Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Sound Editing

(25) Avatar
(3) The Hurt Locker WINNER
(0) Inglourious Basterds
(1) Star Trek
(3) Up

Sound Mixing

(19) Avatar
(4) The Hurt Locker WINNER
(3) Inglourious Basterds
(4) Star Trek
(1) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

 

Best Actor

(18) Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart WINNER
(5) George Clooney, Up in the Air
(3) Colin Firth, A Single Man
(6) Morgan Freeman, Invictus

Best Actress

(19) Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side WINNER
(0) Helen Mirren, The Last Station
(0) Carey Mulligan, An Education
(4) Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
(10) Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Director

(15) James Cameron, Avatar
(11) Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker WINNER
(3) Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
(2) Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Best Picture

(10) Avatar
(3) The Blind Side
(0) District 9
(0) An Education
(8) The Hurt Locker WINNER
(1) Inglourious Basterds
(4) Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
(0) A Serious Man
(3) Up
(1) Up in the Air

Visual Effects

(31) Avatar WINNER
(0) District 9
(0) Star Trek

 

Makeup

(3) Il Divo
(18) Star Trek WINNER
(10) The Young Victoria

 

Opinion Polls:

 

Who's going to wear the ugliest dress?

(5) Meryl Streep
(3) Sandra Bullock
(2) Maggie Gyllenhaal
(2) Penelope Cruz
Tina Fey
Diane Kruger
Lady Gaga
Kristin Stewart
Renee Zellweger
Emily Blunt
Going by last year, Tilda Swinton
"Whoever wins Best Foreign Documentary" (That's funny, but it's not a category, Mark!)
Joan Rivers

 

Who's going to be the best-dressed female?

(9) Penelope Cruz
(6) Sandra Bullock
(3) Helen Mirren
Amy Adams
Meryl Streep
Betty White
Anne Hathaway

 

Who's going to be the best-dressed male?

(15) George Clooney (one vote had a clause: "He should come nude for all I care")
Brad Pitt
Morgan Freeman
Colin Firth
Robert Downey, Jr.
"Me"
Christopher Plummer

Who's going to make the most annoying acceptance speech?

(11) James Cameron
(3) Sandra Bullock
Penelope Cruz
"Some nervous foreign guy"
Quentin Tarantino
Mariah Carey
Carey Mulligan
"Some obscure art/music/costume person"
"Some unknown director" WINNER (except he was a writer)
George Clooney

I love Jeff Bridges and I'm happy that he won, but his speech was pretty damn annoying, don't you think? - Betsy

 

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