Experts’ Oscar predictions in all 24 categories

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Below are the complete, updated Oscar predictions of six of our Buzzmeter pundits: Dave Karger (Entertainment Weekly), Sasha Stone (AwardsDaily), Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Peter Travers (Rolling Stone), Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood-Elsewhere) and me. Please give us your Academy Award predictions at The Envelope’s Oscar ballot.

-- Tom O’Neil

BEST PICTURE
‘Black Swan’
‘The Fighter’
‘Inception’
‘The Kids Are All Right’
‘The King’s Speech’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Thompson
‘127 Hours’
‘The Social Network’ -- Stone, Travers, Wells
‘Toy Story 3’
‘True Grit’
‘Winter’s Bone’

DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, ‘Black Swan’
David O. Russell, ‘The Fighter’
Tom Hooper, ‘The King’s Speech’
David Fincher, ‘The Social Network’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers, Wells
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘True Grit’

LEAD ACTOR
Javier Bardem, ‘Biutiful’
Jeff Bridges, ‘True Grit’
Jesse Eisenberg, ‘The Social Network’
Colin Firth, ‘The King’s Speech’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers, Wells
James Franco, ‘127 Hours’

LEAD ACTRESS
Annette Bening, ‘The Kids Are All Right’ -- Thompson, Travers
Nicole Kidman, ‘Rabbit Hole’
Jennifer Lawrence, ‘Winter’s Bone’
Natalie Portman, ‘Black Swan’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Wells
Michelle Williams, ‘Blue Valentine’

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, ‘The Fighter’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Thompson, Travers, Wells
John Hawkes, ‘Winter’s Bone’
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Town’
Mark Ruffalo, ‘The Kids Are All Right’
Geoffrey Rush, ‘The King’s Speech’ -- Stone

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, ‘The Fighter’
Helena Bonham Carter, ‘The King’s Speech’ -- Thompson
Melissa Leo, ‘The Fighter’ -- O’Neil, Travers, Wells
Hailee Steinfeld, ‘True Grit’ -- Karger, Stone
Jacki Weaver, ‘Animal Kingdom’

ANIMATED FEATURE
‘How to Train Your Dragon’
‘The Illusionist’
‘Toy Story 3’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers, Wells

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
‘127 Hours’
‘The Social Network’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers, Wells
‘Toy Story 3’
‘True Grit’
‘Winter’s Bone’

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
‘Another Year’
‘The Fighter’
‘Inception’
‘The Kids Are All Right’
‘The King’s Speech’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers, Wells

ART DIRECTION
‘Alice in Wonderland’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Travers
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1’
‘Inception’ -- Thompson, Wells
‘The King’s Speech’ -- Stone
‘True Grit’

CINEMATOGRAPHY
‘Black Swan’ -- Travers
‘Inception’
‘The King’s Speech’
‘The Social Network’
‘True Grit’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Wells

COSTUME DESIGN
‘Alice in Wonderland’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Thompson, Wells
‘I Am Love’
‘The King’s Speech’ – Stone, Travers
‘The Tempest’
‘True Grit’

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ -- Thompson
‘Gasland’
‘Inside Job’ -- Karger, Travers, Wells
‘Restrepo’ -- O’Neil
‘Waste Land’ -- Stone

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
‘Killing in the Name’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Wells
‘Poster Girl’ -- Stone
‘Strangers No More’ -- Travers
‘Sun Come Up’
‘The Warriors of Qiugang’ -- Thompson

FILM EDITING
‘Black Swan’
‘The Fighter’
‘The King’s Speech’
‘127 Hours’
‘The Social Network’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers, Wells

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
‘Biutiful,’ Mexico -- Wells
‘Dogtooth,’ Greece
‘In a Better World,’ Denmark -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers
‘Incendies,’ Canada
‘Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi),’ Algeria

MAKEUP
‘Barney’s Version’
‘The Way Back’ – Stone, Wells
‘The Wolfman’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Thompson, Travers

ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
‘How to Train Your Dragon’
‘Inception’
‘The King’s Speech’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Thompson
‘127 Hours’
‘The Social Network’ – Stone, Travers, Wells

SONG
‘Coming Home’ (‘Country Strong’)
‘I See the Light’ (‘Tangled’)
‘If I Rise’ (‘127 Hours’) – Karger
‘We Belong Together’ (‘Toy Story 3’) -- O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers, Wells

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
‘Day & Night’
‘The Gruffalo’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Travers, Wells
‘Let’s Pollute’
‘The Lost Thing’ -- Thompson
‘Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)’

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
‘The Confession’ -- Karger
‘The Crush’
‘God of Love’ -- Wells
‘Na Wewe’ -- O’Neil, Travers
‘Wish 143’ -- Stone, Thompson

SOUND EDITING
‘Inception’ – Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers, Wells
‘Toy Story 3’
‘Tron: Legacy’
‘True Grit’
‘Unstoppable’

SOUND MIXING
‘Inception’ -- Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers
‘The King’s Speech’
‘Salt’
‘The Social Network’ -- Wells
‘True Grit’ -- Stone

VISUAL EFFECTS
‘Alice in Wonderland’
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1’
‘Hereafter’
‘Inception’ – Karger, O’Neil, Stone, Thompson, Travers, Wells
‘Iron Man 2’ Illustration by Tom O’Neil