Final Oscar Predictions: Best Actress

Will Win: Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

Even after Bullock won the SAG Award, I was still hoping that the “Bullock vs. Streep” battle could still have plenty of steam left in the Oscar races. It still is tight between the two, but given the fact that The Blind Side managed a surprise Best Picture nomination, I think that speaks volumes to the amount of love the Academy has just not for her, but the film in general. Plus, she’s a nice personality, very popular, and grateful all the way. I feel this is her Erin Brockovich moment, and her time in the sun will come. I would also say that even if you didn’t like the film or her in it (myself included), you have to admit that seeing Bullock go from dark horse Oscar contender to full out Best Actress frontrunner is a pretty amazing story.

Should Win: Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

You can keep “Team Sandra” and “Team Meryl”; I’m with “Team Gabby”! Sidibe manages to bring such emotion and depth to a character that I had no means to connect with. She brings humor and an uplifting attitude to a character that must endure the hardest of hardships imaginable. And to those who say she only played herself, look at her performance in this film and then look at her in interviews. This is a completely different person in each, and the fact that she not only could transform herself into this different person with a first time try, but that it would be as successful as it was, is an incredible accomplishment. She won’t get the award, but she truly deserves it, in my opinion.