As promised in my early predictions for the expanded Best Picture category in today’s print edition, here are my current forecasts in the other top categories, somewhat updated from the ones I posted last week at the Buzzmeter. My Golden Globe reactions will be up momentarily.

BEST ACTRESS

Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)

Helen Mirren (The Last Station)

Bullock (The Blind Side) 

Mulligan (An Education)

Cruz (Broken Embraces)

BEST ACTOR

Clooney (Up in the Air)

Firth (A Single Man)

Bridges (Crazy Heart)

Renner (The Hurt Locker)

Freeman (Invictus)

DIRECTOR

Reitman (Up in the Air)

Cameron (Avatar)

Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Daniels (Precious)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Mo’Nique (Precious)

Farmiga (Up in the Air)

Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)

J. Moore (Single Man)

Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Tucci (Lovely Bones)

Plummer (Last Station)

Damon (Invictus)

Baldwin (It’s Complicated)

Original Screenplay

Up

Inglorious Basterds

Hurt Locker

A Serious Man

Broken Embraces

Adapted Screenplay

Up in the AIr

Precious

An Education

Invictus

Julie & Julia