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Oscars 2011: 10 Who Will Win (and Who SHOULD!)

Dave Karger predicts who'll go home with statues in major categories on Sunday -- and who he'd vote for
By EW Staff Updated February 03, 2011 at 05:00 PM EST
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Best Animated Feature

Toy Story 3 | Will and should win: Toy Story 3 Anyone who bets otherwise is insane, pure and simple. Predict the winners in our Battle of the Ballots…

Will and should win: Toy Story 3

Anyone who bets otherwise is insane, pure and simple.

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Best Original Screenplay

The King's Speech, Colin Firth | Will win: The King's Speech Should win: The Kids Are All Right With more overall support, Speech will take this prize over Writers Guild winner…
Credit: Laurie Sparham; Suzanne Tenner

Will win: The King's Speech
Should win: The Kids Are All Right

With more overall support, Speech will take this prize over Writers Guild winner Inception. But Kids deserves props for taking a familiar film genre — the intimate family drama — and turning it on its ear.

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Best Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network | Will and should win: The Social Network Aaron Sorkin's masterful screenplay isn't just talky, it's nothing short of brilliant. And he's one of the biggest…
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Will and should win: The Social Network

Aaron Sorkin's masterful screenplay isn't just talky, it's nothing short of brilliant. And he's one of the biggest locks of the night.

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Best Song

127 Hours, James Franco | Will win: 127 Hours (''If I Rise''). Should win: Country Strong (''Coming Home'') Let's face it: It wasn't a great year in this category. The…
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Will win: 127 Hours (''If I Rise'').
Should win: Country Strong (''Coming Home'')

Let's face it: It wasn't a great year in this category. The Dido-performed ''If I Rise'' is probably the hippest choice and has a good shot of topping Toy Story 3's ''We Belong Together'' by Randy Newman. But ''Coming Home'' is really the only tune that you keep humming days after hearing it.

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Best Supporting Actress

Hailee Steinfeld | Will win: Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit Should win: Amy Adams, The Fighter The safe money is definitely still on Melissa Leo, but an upset certainly…
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Will win: Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Should win: Amy Adams, The Fighter

The safe money is definitely still on Melissa Leo, but an upset certainly seems possible. The impressively precocious Steinfeld would be a fine choice, but I'd love to see the award go to Adams for her memorable and relatable bartender.

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Best Supporting Actor

The Fighter, Christian Bale | Will and should win: Christian Bale, The Fighter Barring a Geoffrey Rush upset, it's looking like we'll have the first U.K. mini-sweep of the male…
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Will and should win: Christian Bale, The Fighter

Barring a Geoffrey Rush upset, it's looking like we'll have the first U.K. mini-sweep of the male acting categories since 1965, when Rex Harrison and Peter Ustinov won.

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Best Actress

Black Swan, Natalie Portman | Will win: Natalie Portman, Black Swan Should win: Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine Are you sick of my praising Blue Valentine yet? Natalie Portman certainly delivered…
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Will win: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Should win: Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Are you sick of my praising Blue Valentine yet? Natalie Portman certainly delivered a fantastically creepy performance, but it's Williams whom I still can't shake, nine months after first seeing her devastating film.

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Best Actor

The King's Speech, Colin Firth | Will and should win: Colin Firth, The King's Speech A respected actor at the top of his game scoring his second consecutive Best Actor nomination…
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Will and should win: Colin Firth, The King's Speech

A respected actor at the top of his game scoring his second consecutive Best Actor nomination after starring in the most nominated film of the year? How can he lose?

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Best Director

David Fincher | What Owen said: ''The creators of The Social Network — screenwriter Aaron Sorkin ( The West Wing ), whose dialogue here is so sharp it…
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Will and should win: David Fincher, The Social Network

Usually the DGA winner also takes the Oscar, which bodes well for The King's Speech filmmaker Tom Hooper. But with such strong contenders in the mix, I'm really feeling a split this year.

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Best Picture

The King's Speech, Colin Firth | Will and should win: The King's Speech Only six other times has a movie won the hat trick of Producers Guild, Directors Guild, and SAG…
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Will and should win: The King's Speech

Only six other times has a movie won the hat trick of Producers Guild, Directors Guild, and SAG awards. And in five of those cases, it went on to pick up Best Picture as well. I personally love Speech and The Social Network equally, but I'm selfishly rooting for Speech so that I don't look dumb by sticking with it all this time!

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