Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz, Nine

Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart

Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air

Mo’Nique, Precious

Penelope Cruz ain’t gonna win two years in a row. Maggie Gyllenhaal is lucky just to be nominated. Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick cancel each other out. Oh, and Mo’Nique gave one of the most harrowing performances ever captured on film. Done and done.

Prediction and Personal Pick: Mo’Nique, even though the inappropriate punctuation and capitalization in her name irritate the crap out of me. (But I didn’t see Nine.)