Without the big traditional ceremony (*single tear*) that will return for this year's Lattes, here are your winners of the 2009-2010 Spilled Lattes.

For Best Animated Feature:
In 5th place, with 7 points, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.
In 4th place, with 10 points, Fantastic Mr. Fox.
In 3rd place, with 12 points, Ponyo.
In 2nd place, with 15 points, Coraline.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Animated Feature, with over double the amount of the second place winner, with 31 points... Up!

For Best Cinematography:
In a tie for 4th place, with 13 points each, Dion Beebe for Nine and Eduard Grau for A Single Man.
In 3rd place, with 14 points, Robert Richardson for Inglourious Basterds.
In 2nd place, with 29 points, Mauro Fiore for Avatar.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Cinematography, with 32 points... Lance Acord for Where the Wild Things Are!

For Best Original Screenplay:
In 5th place, with 10 points, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck for Sugar.
In 4th place, with 11 points, Rian Johnson for The Brothers Bloom.
In 3rd place, with 16 points, Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker.
In 2nd place, with 20 points, Joel and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Original Screenplay, with 29 points... Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds!

For Best Adapted Screenplay:
In 5th place, with 16 points, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell for District 9.
In 4th place, with 18 points, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for Up In The Air.
In 3rd place, with 19 points, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche for In the Loop.
In 2nd place, with 22 points, Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers Where the Wild Things Are.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Adapted Screenplay, with 26 points... Scott Z. Burns for The Informant!

For Best Supporting Actress:
In a tie for 5th place, with 8 points each, Diane Kruger for Inglorious Basterds and Charlize Theron for The Road.
In 4th place, with 13 points, Vera Farmiga for Up In The Air.
In 3rd place, with 14 points, Melanie Laurent for Inglourious Basterds.
In 2nd place, with 28 points, Anna Kendrick for Up In The Air.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Supporting Actress, with 37 points... Mo'Nique for Precious!

For Best Supporting Actor:
In 5th place, with 12 points, Jackie Earle Haley for Watchmen.
In 4th place, with 14 points, Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones.
In 3rd place, with 17 points, Zach Galifianakis for The Hangover.
In 2nd place, with 26 points, Anthony Mackie for The Hurt Locker.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Supporting Actor, with a massive 54 points... Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds!

For Best Actress:
In 5th place, with 14 points, Melanie Laurent for Inglourious Basterds.
In 4th place, with 19 points, Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia.
In 3rd place, with 21 points, Gabourey Sidibe for Precious.
In 2nd place, with 22 points, Zoe Saldana for Avatar.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Actress, with 28 points... Carey Mulligan for An Education!

For Best Actor:
In a tie for 4th place, with 13 points each, Michael Fassbender for Hunger and Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker.
In 3rd place, with 14 points, Sharlito Copley for District 9.
In 2nd place, with 26 points, Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Actor, with 30 points... Matt Damon for The Informant!

For Best Director:
In a tie for 5th place, with 14 points each, Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds and Joel and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man.
In 4th place, with 16 points, Neill Blomkamp for District 9.
In 3rd place, with 18 points, Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker.
In 2nd place, with 31 points, Spike Jonze for Where the Wild Things Are.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Director, with 34 points... James Cameron for Avatar!

And finally, the moment we've waited a year for...

For Best Picture:
In 5th place, with 15 points, Where the Wild Things Are.
In 4th place, with 16 points, Avatar.
In 3rd place, with 17 points, A Serious Man.
In 2nd place, with 22 points, Up in the Air.
And the winner of the Spilled Latte for Best Picture, with 27 points... Inglourious Basterds!

So there you are. Inglourious Basterds, very appropriately, takes home three Spilled Lattes, while The Informant surprisingly takes home two. Avatar, An Education, Precious, Where the Wild Things Are, and Up each take home one Latte a piece.

***** ORIGINAL POST/NOMINEES *****

A number of reasons, most of them professional, had to do with why I never ended up tallying the Spilled Lattes last year. It didn't help that I was pretty disheartened by the lack of participation, and the large number of incomplete lists. It's hard to claim it's a list that defines what PTP thinks when I think we barely had ten complete voting ballots and only five or so more incomplete voting ballots. I'm really hoping that by mentioning it earlier this year, we can inspire people to get off their asses this season, see the flicks they are waiting to see, and put their votes in on time this year! (It also helps that my professional schedule is much clearer this spring than last spring.)

Without any further ado (after a year of further ado), let me first tease you with the nominees for last year's Spilled Latte Awards. Note: if there are six nominees, it's because the 5th place slot was a tie.

Inglourious Basterds received eight Spilled Latte nominations, a record in Spilled Lattes history. This number is assisted by Melanie Laurent pulling off the Casey Affleck Special, getting nominated for both the lead and the supporting category with the same performance. A number of films line up to receive four nominations, including Avatar, Up In The Air, The Hurt Locker, and Where The Wild Things Are. District 9 and A Serious Man got three apiece, and Precious and The Informant! each received a pair. Earning their third and fourth nomination a piece, the Coen Brothers currently have more Spilled Latte nominations historically than anyone else. Roger Deakins and Casey Affleck both have three nominations, though neither were nominated for 2009.

TRIVIA: If Best Picture was expanded to ten, just like the Academy Awards, the films The Hurt Locker, In The Loop, Adventureland, Black Dynamite, and Up would have made the cut. How does that compare with the Academy list in your mind? How does the ballot in general size up against last year's Oscar nominees list?

BEST PICTURE:
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up In The Air
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST DIRECTOR:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
James Cameron, Avatar
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST ACTOR:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Sharlito Copley, District 9
Matt Damon, The Informant!
Michael Fassbender, Hunger
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS:
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Zoe Saldana, Avatar
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover
Jackie Earle Haley, Watchmen
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Mo'Nique, Precious
Charlize Theron, The Road

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche, In The Loop
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9
Scott Z. Burns, The Informant!
Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, Where The Wild Things Are
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Sugar
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Rian Johnson, The Brothers Bloom
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Lance Acord, Where the Wild Things Are
Dion Beebe, Nine
Mauro Fiore, Avatar
Eduard Grau, A Single Man
Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
Up

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