Non-official picks

Brian Welk’s predictions are the official word from WEEKEND, but here’s who the rest of the staff thinks will win:

BEST PICTURE
“The Hurt Locker”: 33 percent
“Avatar”: 27 percent
“Inglourious Basterds”: 20 percent
“Up In The Air”: 13 percent
“District 9”: 7 percent

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”: 60 percent
James Cameron, “Avatar”: 20 percent
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”: 13 percent
Lee Daniels, “Precious”: 7 percent

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”: 53 percent
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”: 20 percent
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”: 13 percent
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”: 7 percent
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”: 7 percent

BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”: 40 percent
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”: 27 percent
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”: 20 percent
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”: 13 percent

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”: 93 percent
Matt Damon, “Invictus”: 7 percent

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, “Precious”: 60 percent
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”: 20 percent
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart”: 13 percent
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”: 7 percent

BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
“Up”: 73 percent
“Coraline”: 20 percent
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”: 7 percent

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”: 53 percent
Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”: 27 percent
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man”: 20 percent

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”: 46 percent
Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious”: 20 percent
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, “District 9”: 20 percent
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, “In the Loop”: 7 percent
Nick Hornby, “An Education”: 7 percent