BEST PICTURE — DRAMA
* “Black Swan”
* “The Fighter”
* “Inception”
* “The King’s Speech”
* “The Social Network”
Lou: HFPA has a long relationship with Harvey Weinstein, so “Network” will be defriended.
BEST ACTRESS — DRAMA
* Halle Berry, “Frankie and Alice”
* Nicole Kidman, “Rabbit Hole”
* Jennifer Lawrence, “Winter’s Bone”
* Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”
* Michelle Williams, “Blue Valentine”
Lou: Highly deserving.
BEST ACTOR — DRAMA
* Jesse Eisenberg, “The Social Network”
* Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”
* James Franco, “127 Hours”
* Ryan Gosling, “Blue Valentine”
* Mark Wahlberg,“The Fighter”
Lou: The king trumps a nerd (Eisenberg).
BEST PICTURE — COMEDY OR MUSICAL
* “Alice in Wonderland”
* “Burlesque”
* “The Kids Are All Right”
* “Red”
* “The Tourist”
Lou: Strongest in a very weak field.
BEST ACTRESS — COMEDY OR MUSICAL
* Annette Bening, “The Kids Are All Right”
*Anne Hathway, “Love & Other Drugs”
* Angelina Jolie, “The Tourist”
* Julianne Moore, “The Kids Are All Right”
* Emma Stone, “Easy A”
Lou: Mrs. Warren Beatty is Hollywood royalty.
BEST ACTOR — COMEDY OR MUSICAL
*Johnny Depp,“Alice in Wonderland”
* Johnny Depp, “The Tourist”
* Paul Giamatti, “Barney’s Version”
* Jake Gyllenhaal,“Love & Other Drugs”
*Kevin Spacey, “Casino Jack”
Lou: Nobody saw this, but he’s a funny lobbyist.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Amy Adams, “The Fighter”
* Helena Bonham Carter, “The King’s Speech”
* Mila Kunis, “Black Swan”
* Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”
* Jacki Weaver, “Animal Kingdom”
Lou: She’s one horrific mother.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Christian Bale, “The Fighter”
* Michael Douglas, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”
* Andrew Garfield, “The Social Network”
* Jeremy Renner,“The Town”
* Geoffrey Rush, “The King’s Speech”
Lou: Shameless ham.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
* “Despicable Me”
* “How To Train Your Dragon”
* “The Illusionist”
* “Tangled”
* “Toy Story 3”
Lou: Pixar’s best yet.
BEST DIRECTOR
* Darren Aronofsky, “Black Swan”
* David Fincher, “The Social Network”
* Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech”
* Christopher Nolan, “Inception”
* David O. Russell, “The Fighter”
Lou: Doesn’t get better.
