
Last night I went to karaoke for my girl K-Stone's birthday. My friends do an awesome job of picking fun songs that will make us dance, laugh, and even get mom tears from stellar singing voices (the last one doesn't apply to me).

I am letting you all know my picks for the oscars this year. Even if James Cameron deserves an Avitar nod (special effects) I am not giving him one. I don't like him. Videogum used the pic above for their oscar picks and I thought it was awesome. So they can have a nod instead. James Cameron's site probably just has a picture of him.BEST PICTURE
- Avatar
- The Blind Side
- District 9
- An Education
- The Hurt Locker WINNER!
- Inglourious Basterds
- Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire
- A Serious Man
- Up
- Up In The Air
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
- Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart WINNER!
- George Clooney, Up In The Air
- Colin Firth, A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman, Invictus
- Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
- Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
- Helen Mirren, The Last Station WINNER!
- Carey Mulligan, An Education
- Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire
- Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Matt Damon, Invictus
- Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
- Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
- Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds WINNER!
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Penélope Cruz, Nine
- Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air WINNER!
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
- Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
- Mo’Nique, Precoius: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire
DIRECTOR
- James Cameron, Avatar
- Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker WINNER!
- Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds (BUT I SUPER LOVE QT)
- Lee Daniels, Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire
- Jason Reitman, Up In The Air
SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL)
- The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
- Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino WINNER!
- The Messenger, Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
- A Serious Man, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- Up, Bob Peterson, Pete Doctor
SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED)
- District 9, Neil Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell WINNER!
- An Education, Nick Hornby
- In The Loop, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
- Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire, Geoffrey Fletcher
- Up In The Air, Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr. Fox WINNER!
- The Princess And The Frog
- The Secret Of Kells
- Up (THIS ONE MADE ME CRY... IN ALL CAPS)
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
- “Almost There,” Randy Newman for The Princess & The Frog
- “Down IN New Orleans,” Randy Newman for The Princess & The Frog
- “Loin de Paname,” Wagner & Thomas for Paris 36
- “Take It All,” Maury Yeston for Nine
- “The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart),” Ryan Bingham for Crazy Heart WINNER!
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
- Avatar, James Horner
- Fantastic Mr. Fox, Alexandre Desplat
- The Hurt Locker, Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
- Sherlock Holmes, Hans Zimmer
- Up, Michael Giacchino WINNER!
ART DIRECTION
-Avatar, Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro, Set Decoration: Caroline Smith WINNER!
-Nine, Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
-Sherlock Holmes, Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
-The Young Victoria, Art Direction: Patrice Vermette, Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
CINEMATOGRAPHY
-Avatar, Mauro Fiore
-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Bruno Delbonnel
-The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
-Inglourious Basterds, Robert Richardson WINNER!
-The White Ribbon, Christian Berger
COSTUME DESIGN
-Bright Star, Janet Patterson
-Coco before Chanel, Catherine Leterrier
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Monique Prudhomme
-Nine, Colleen Atwood WINNER!
-The Young Victoria, Sandy Powell
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
-Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
-The Cove, Nominees to be determined
-Food, Inc., Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein WINNER!
-The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
-Which Way Home, Rebecca Cammisa
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
-China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
-The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
-The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert WINNER!
-Music by Prudence, Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
-Rabbit à la Berlin, Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
EDITING
-Avatar, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
-District 9, Julian Clarke
-The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis WINNER!
-Inglourious Basterds, Sally Menke
-Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”, Joe Klotz
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
-Ajami (Israel)
-El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
-The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
-Un Prophète (France) WINNER!
-The White Ribbon (Germany)
MAKEUP
-Il Divo, Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
-Star Trek, Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow WINNER!
-The Young Victoria, Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
ANIMATED (SHORT)
-French Roast, Fabrice O. Joubert
-Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
-The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte), Javier Recio Gracia
-Logorama, Nicolas Schmerkin
-A Matter of Loaf and Death, Nick Park WINNER!
LIVE ACTION SHORT
-The Door, Juanita Wilson and James Flynn WINNER!
-Instead of Abracadabra, Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
-Kavi, Gregg Helvey
-Miracle Fish, Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
-The New Tenants, Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
SOUND EDITING
-Avatar, Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
-The Hurt Locker, Paul N.J. Ottosson
-Inglourious Basterds, Wylie Stateman
-Star Trek, Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin WINNER!
-Up, Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
SOUND MIXING
-Avatar, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
-The Hurt Locker, Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
-Inglourious Basterds, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
-Star Trek, Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin WINNER!
-Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
VISUAL EFFECTS
-Avatar, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
-District 9, Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
-Star Trek, Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton WINNER!