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This year’s race for Mondays top prize at the Academy Awards is anything but predictable.
In recent years,the drama has generally been sapped by a glut of earlier award shows that spell out what films will win at the Oscars before the show starts. But with the best-picture lineup expanded to 10 films instead of the usual five,the science-fiction spectacle and box-office behemoth Avatar is going head-to-head with the low-budgeted,low-grossing Iraq war story The Hurt Locker.
The acting prizes look as predictable as ever,with Oscars expected to go to Sandra Bullock as best actress for The Blind Side,Jeff Bridges as best actor for Crazy Heart,Mo’Nique as supporting actress for Precious and Austrian Christoph Waltz as supporting actor for Inglorious Basterds.
Avatar won best drama at the Golden Globes,traditionally a good gauge for how the Oscars might play out. But the Globes were nearly two months ago,the first major ceremony in the long buildup to the Oscars.
A lot has happened since. The Hurt Locker dominated honors from Hollywood trade groups,including guilds representing directors,writers and producers. It also won best-picture and five other prizes at the British Academy Film Awards.
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