Picture: The Hurt Locker
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker
Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious
Foreign language film: The White Ribbon
Animated feature: Up
Documentary feature: The Cove
Editing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Visual Effects: Avatar
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: The Hurt Locker
Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Makeup: Star Trek
Score: Up
Song: "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart
Live Action Short: Kavi
Animated Short: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Documentary Short: Music by Prudence
And a couple of personal notes. The Empress is pulling hard for Meryl Streep, but thinks it would be really, really great if Gabourey Sidibe broke through the Streep/Bullock heat for a win. And the Empress is also really, really tired of Mo'Nique, whose speeches aren't really ringing all that sincere in their efforts to be "humble." It's okay not to be humble, so long as you don't try so hard to sound like you are. So, even though it's not going to happen, a Vera Farmiga moment would just be so satisfying.
That having been said, a note on the fashion, which as we know is the Empress' favorite topic. She is most eagerly awaiting the choices by the two women of Precious, who have shown up at every event looking lovely and elegant in colors and cuts that are flattering yet unapologetic. It really says something when the pencil-sized actresses who have every outfit imaginable at their disposal so often manage to show up in something hideous while these two new-to-the-red-carpet faces have been dressed to best advantage despite the perceived limits placed on them by their size.
A brief explanation is needed for the references to "Salma's Dream" that the Empress will likely make throughout the broadcast. It is a long-standing joke between the Empress and her Grand Vizier, and the origins are described here.
Ten pictures - 5 songs + 2 hosts + 2 dance numbers + that awful presentation format from last year in the acting categories = a ceremony that will supposedly not run over? HAH!
And, finally, a heartfelt wish. Please, please, please, may James Cameron not have opportunity to take the podium. My heart, it will not go on.