Oscar experts agree: Jeff Bridges will win best actor
Check out the best-actor predictions of these Oscar seers: Marshall Fine (Star Magazine, Hollywood & Fine), Pete Hammond (Notes on a Season, The Envelope), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Jeff Wells (Hollywood Elsewhere), Susan Wloszczyna (USA Today). We ranked the nominees according to their likelihood of winning. While there is consensus that Jeff Bridges will prevail, pundits disagree over who'll win best picture. See who they predict will win best actress here.
| BEST ACTOR | Fine | Hammond | O'Neil | Stone | Wells | Wloszczyna |
| Jeff Bridges, 'Crazy Heart' |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| George Clooney, 'Up in the Air' |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
Colin Firth, 'A Single Man' |
2 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| Morgan Freeman, 'Invictus' |
5 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Jeremy Renner, 'The Hurt Locker' |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
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If there's an upset here, it's Jeremy Renner.
Posted by: Terrence | February 15, 2010 at 08:57 PM
To think they did this movie was made for 7 Million. Outstanding. I would like to know how much The Last Picture Show, cost? I wish Ben Johnson were still alive to give Jeff a bear hug. Well done Jeff, well done!
Posted by: Gary Hugh | February 13, 2010 at 02:00 AM
Jeff Bridges will finally win because he has been so underappreciated for a long time and this is his time to get the Oscar.
Posted by: Brian | February 08, 2010 at 07:37 PM
If he does win, it's a lifetime thing because there is nothing great, nor oscar worthy in his performance in Crazy heart. It really should be jeremy renner and if they really want to reward the hurt locker -- it should be Renner who should win -- he is as much a part of that movie's success as Bigelow.
Posted by: john | February 08, 2010 at 03:34 PM
I hope Jeff Bridges wins for Crazyheart, he is long overdue and such a wonderful actor. I wish him luck.
Posted by: Mary | February 08, 2010 at 09:10 AM