I'm gonna take my blind stab in the dark at guessing next year's Oscar nominees. I've carefully researched via IMDB and Kris Tapley's amazing compilation of 2009 films at incontention.com. Anyways here is what I see getting nominated followed by my predicted winners. From last night's ceremony I correctly predicted Sean Penn and Heath Ledger wins in my day after the Oscars predictions.

Day After the Oscars Predictions

BEST PICTURE
1. Shutter Island
2. Untitled Nelson Mandela Project
3. Nine
4. The Lovely Bones
5. Away We Go

6. Broken Embraces
7. Taking Woostock
8. Public Enemies
9. A Serious Man
10. Amelia

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island
2. Clint Eastwood, Untitled Nelson Mandela Project
3. Rob Marshall, Nine
4. Peter Jackson, The Lovely Bones
5. Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces

6. Same Mendes, Away We Go
7. Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock
8. Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
9. John Hillcoat, The Road
10. Michael Mann, Public Enemies

BEST ACTOR
1. Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
3. Morgan Freeman, Untitled Nelson Mandela Project
4. Viggo Mortensen, The Road
5. Algenis Perez Soto, Sugar

6. Matt Damon, The Informant
7. Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Boat that Rocked
8. Johnny Depp, Public Enemies
9. Mark Wahlberg, The Lovely Bones
10. Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life

BEST ACTRESS
1. Penelope Cruz, Broken Embraces
2. Carey Mulligan, An Education
3. Ellen Burstyn, Lovely, Still
4. Helen Mirren, The Tempest
5. Nicole Kidman, Nine

6. Ellen Page, Whip It
7. Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
8. Maya Rudolph, Away We Go
9. Gabourey Sidibe, Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire
10. Michelle Pfeiffer, Cheri

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
2. Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
3. Mark Ruffalo, Shutter Island
4. Richard Kind, A Serious Man
5. Emile Hirsch, Taking Woodstock

6. Christian Bale, Public Enemies
7. Kodi Scott-McPhee, The Road
8. Jamie Foxx, The Soloist
9. Kevin Space, Men Who Stare at Goats
10. Sean Penn, The Tree of Life

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Marion Cotillard, Nine
2. Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
3. Patricia Clarkson, Whatever Works
4. Mo’nique, Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire
5. Rachel Weisz, The Lovely Bones

6. Kathy Bates, Cheri
7. Penelope Cruz, Nine
8. Jennifer Connely, Creation
9. Sophia Loren, Nine
10. Charlize Theron, The Road

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Up
2. Broken Embraces
3. Away We Go
4. Funny People
5. A Serious Man

6. The Boat that Rocked
7. Whatever Works
8. 500 Days of Summer
9. The Limits of Control
10. Bitutiful

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Nine
2. Shutter Island
3. The Lovely Bones
4. An Education
5. Public Enemies

6. The Informant
7. Untitled Nelson Mandela Project
8. Taking Woodstock
9. The Road
10. Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire

ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Up
2. Mary & Max
3.Coraline

4. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
5. The Princess and the Frog
6. 9

WINNERS:
PICTURE: Nine
DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces
ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island
ACTRESS: Ellen Burstyn, Lovely, Still
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Broken Embraces
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Nine