Paste Presents: The 2010 Oscar Takeover

It’s Oscar time, and while we don’t always agree with the Academy’s selections, we appreciate their efforts to highlight the best in film. So we’ve gone a little Oscar-wild today with our predictions of who will win, who should win and who just plain got overlooked. We’ll have a live blog during the ceremony on Sunday, but in the meantime we talk to a bookie about betting on the Oscars, show you what you could buy with Avatar’s box office take, look at how the best-picture nominees are faring overseas and how gender remains an issue at the awards. Michael Saba will try to convince you that District 9 is better sci-fi than Avatar, Sean Gandert salutes the Oscar shorts and Stephen Deusner will explain why actors who portray real people have a better chance of winning that golden statuette. We’ve got a Jeff Bridges slideshow, a Super Impossible Brain-Busting Oscar Quiz and a poll for best picture. We imagine a conversation between the exes in the spotlight: James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow. Plus, a week’s worth of Oscar-related Lists of the Day and a year’s worth of Oscar coverage archives. Check out our full Oscar coverage below, and check back all day as we add stories:

Poll: Which Movie Should Win the Best Picture Honor at the 2010 Oscars?

So, What Could You Buy With Avatar’s Earnings?

Big in Japan: How This Year’s Best-Picture Nominees Fared Overseas

Slideshow: The Many Faces of Jeff Bridges

Is 2010 the Year of the Noble Savage at the Oscars?

The Oscars of Tomorrow, Today: Max Silvestri Sizes Up the 2011 Best-Picture Nominations

The Super Impossible Brain-Busting Oscar Trivia Quiz

The Gold Man Cometh: Paste’s 2010 Oscars Coverage

Salute Your Shorts: 2010 Oscar Nominee Edition

War of the (Alternate) Worlds: District 9 and Avatar Vie for Sci-Fi Supremacy at the Oscars

Real Talk: Why the Oscars Love Actors Playing Actual People

Food, Inc. Draws Criticism From Agricultural Community

2010 Oscar Predictions and Proclamations

Wolfgang Puck, Moët and Roses, Oh My: What Oscar Stars Can Expect From the 2010 Governors Ball

Ladies and Gentlemen: Thoughts on the Oscars’ Gender Gap

By the Bookie: A Bookmaker’s Guide to the Oscars

Watch Ryan Bingham Perform “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart

The Baader Meinhof Complex Coming to DVD Later This Month

James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow Walk into the Oscars: An Imagined Conversation

Do 10 Best-Picture Choices Devalue the Biggest Oscar?