I offer up my best current guesses for the 10 Best Picture slots at The Envelope, where Oscarologist supreme Tom O’Neil says Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus” (as yet unseen by anyone I know) and “The Hurt Locker” are leading predictions from various pundits. My 10, in alphabetical order and not ranked are “2012,” “Avatar,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Invictus,” “The Informant!” “The Lovely Bones,” “Nine,” “Up” and “Up in the Air.” Though I’ve loved it since its Sundance debut, “Precious” is conspicuously absent from my list, at least for now (I’ll have a review when it opens in NYC next Friday). That’s because it’s carrying as much baggage as Oprah Winfrey on an around-the-world cruise, including her and Tyler Perry’s tying it to the politics of victimhood and well-publicized problems with getting star Mo’nique to campaign. My wild card (chosen by no one else so far) is “2012,” which I think could sneak in if, as many predict, the list includes blockbusters. Certainly there is more precedent for a disaster film (and this one is expected to open huge) to be nominated for Best Picture (as “The Towering Inferno” was) than for “The Hangover,” which some other members of Tom’s gang have tabbed. Some have speculated a doc will make the list, but I think that’s virtually impossible, and I find the notion that the Academy would nominate “This Is It” in any category (it missed the cutoff for feature documentaries) except possibly editing positively hilarious. What is the accomplishment here? Editing poorly-shot footage that was never meant to be seen by the public into something they would pay to see? The very persuasive Mr. O’Neil has even coaxed predictions (for the first time, I believe) out of the esteemed Robert Osborne, Hollywood Reporter columnist, Turner Classic Movies host and official greeter at the awards themselves. Robert’s list: “Away We Go,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Invictus,” “Nine,” “Precious,” “The Road,” “A Serious Man,” “Up,” “Up in the Air.”