Here we are again at time for the annual Academy Awards, so who wants to jump in and try to predict the winners?
At San Anselmo-Fairfax Patch we're giving away a $25 gift certificate to to the person who has the most correct answers from Sunday night's awards show. All you have to do is post in the comments below your choice in each of the categories we have listed here. For example, just type in Best Picture - The Fighter. Best Actor - Colin Firth, and so on.
Come back and check others' answers, but all final guesses have to be in by the time the show starts at 5 p.m. this Sunday.
What happens if there is a tie? We have a tiebreaker category, and the second tiebreaker bonus goes to whoever can name the most Marin residents up for award nominations this year in any category.
Send this out on your Facebook page and get your friends involved in our Oscars Contest. You can text back-and-forth throughout Sunday's show with who is winning!
Only one guess per person, please. Entries close at 5 p.m. Sunday night show, when the show starts on ABC. We will post the winner's name on Monday. for full contest rules ... OK, on to the categories.
BEST PICTURE: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids are All Right, The King's Speech, The Social Network, 127 Hours, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone.
BEST ACTRESS: Annette Bening (The Kids are All Right), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
BEST ACTOR: Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Colin Firth (The King's Speech), James Franco (127 Hours), Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams (The Fighter), Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech), Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christian Bale (The Fighter), John Hawkes (Winter's Bone), Jeremy Renner (The Town), Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are All Right), Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
BEST DIRECTOR: Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David O. Russell (The Fighter), Tom Hooper (The King's Speech), David Fincher (The Social Network), Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "Coming Home" from Country Strong, "I See the Light" from Tangled Music, "If I Rise" from 127 Hours, "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3
TIEBREAKER ... BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Killing in the Name, Poster Girl, Strangers No More, Sun Come Up, The Warriors of Qiugang
SECOND TIEBREAKER: Name as many Marin residents as you can nominated in any Oscar category this year.
