I Got Your Ballot. Right Here...

Best Ensemble Performance of the Year - The Kids are All Right
Five of these performers are mentioned below.

The nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A full list of them can be found here. I'll comment more on them as the Oscars draw nearer. For now, just for fun. Here's what my ballot would have looked like for the six major categories (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress).




Best Picture
1. The American
2. Black Swan
3. The Ghost Writer
4. The Kids are All Right
5. The King's Speech
6. Never Let Me Go
7. Shutter Island
8. The Social Network
9. Toy Story 3
10. Winter's Bone
Note: I could have pretty much flipped a coin between "Toy Story 3" and "True Grit" for that last spot)

Best Director
1. Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
2. Lisa Choledenko (The Kids are All Right)
3. Anton Corbijn (The American)
4. David Fincher (The Social Network)
5. Debra Granik (Winter's Bone)

Best Actor
1. Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
2. George Clooney (The American)
3. Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
4. Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
5. Ben Stiller (Greenberg)

Best Actress
1. Annette Benning (The Kids are All Right)
2. Angelina Jolie (Salt)
3. Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
4. Julianne Moore (The Kids are All Right)
5. Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
If Only I Had One More: Carrey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go)

Best Supporing Actor
1. Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
2. John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
3. Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are All Right)
4. Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
5. Justin Timberlake (The Social Network)
Note: Christian Bale is a front runner in this category, though I have not yet seen "The Fighter". Please make allowances accordingly.

Best Supporting Actress
1. Barbara Hershey (Black Swan)
2. Greta Gerwig (Greenberg)
3. Thekla Reuten (The American)
4. Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
5. Olivia Wilde (The Ghost Writer)
I mentioned this was a great year for women, right? Let's keep going.
- Helena Bonham-Carter (The King's Speech)
- Keira Knightley (Never Let Me Go)
- Mila Kunis (Black Swan)
- Violante Placido (The American)
- Mia Wasikowska (The Kids are All Right)
And again, I haven't seen "The Fighter", which snagged two nominations in this category.