The nominees are gonna be announced very soon, so start making your final predictions!

Happy Predicting!

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

Best Director
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant for Milk

Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire

Original Screenplay
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall-E

Lead Actor
Clint Eastwood for Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for Milk
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Lead Actress
Cate Blanchett for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Dev Patel for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis for Doubt
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler
Kate Winslet for The Reader

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Here are my January predictions:

Best Picture

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Next In Line: Wall-E, The Reader, The Dark Knight, Doubt

Best Actor In A Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Next In Line: Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino, Brad Pitt, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Best Actress In A Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Next In Line: Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky, Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
James Franco, Milk
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Next In Line: Josh Brolin, Milk, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt, Peter O’Toole, Dean Spanley

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Next In Line: Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married, Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Best Director

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk

Next In Line: Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino, Stephen Daldry, The Reader, Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Pete Docter & Andrew Stanton, Wall-E
Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
Thomas McCarthy, The Visitor

Best Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
David Hare, The Reader
Justin Haythe, Revolutionary Road
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Best Animated Feature

Bolt
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir

Best Foreign-Language Film

Captain Abu Raed, Jordan
The Class, France
Gomorrah, Italy
Stars On Earth, India
Waltz With Bashir, Israel

Best Documentary Film

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
I.O.U.S.A.
Made In America
Man On Wire
Trouble The Water

Best Original Song

“Down To Earth,” Wall-E
“I Thought I Lost You,” Bolt
“Jai Ho,” Slumdog Millionaire
“O Saya,” Slumdog Millionaire
“The Wrestler,” The Wrestler

Next In Line: “Rock Me Sexy Jesus,” Hamlet 2, “The Story,” My Blueberry Nights

Best Art Direction

Catherine Martin, Australia
Gary Fettis & James J. Murakami, Changeling
Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Debra Schutt & Kristi Zea, Revolutionary Road
Mark Friedberg & Adam Stockhausen, Synecdoche, New York

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
Chris Menges, The Reader
Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Colin Watkinson, The Fall

Best Costume Design

Patricia Field, Sex And The City: The Movie
Eiko Ishioka, The Fall
Michael O’Conner, The Duchess
Jacqueline West, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Albert Wolsky, Revolutionary Road

Best Film Editing

Tariq Anwar, Revolutionary Road
Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire
Lee Smith, The Dark Knight
Andrew Weisblum, The Wrestler

Best Makeup

Rick Baker & Michele Burke, Tropic Thunder
John Caglione Jr. & Peter Robb-King, The Dark Knight
Greg Cannom, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood, Changeling
Thomas Newman, Revolutionary Road
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
John Williams, Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skull

Next In Line: David Hirschfelder, Australia

Best Sound Editing

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum Of Solace

Best Sound Mixing

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Wall-E

Best Visual Effects

Iron Man
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Day The Earth Stood Still

Best Short Film

Tony

Best Animated Short Film

Headset
Presto

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FINAL OSCAR PREDICTIONS
January 12, 2009

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

alt. Frost/Nixon

I've dropped Frost/Nixon from this lineup since a) it has no chance of winning the top award, so why bother placing it as a nominee to begin with, and b) I don't see all the DGA and PGA nominees matching up. And I refuse to drop two of the most original and profitable films from my list. Yes, I'm talking about Dark Knight and Wall-E. I want to have my cake and eat it too. I know that there's a 98% chance that only 1 of these films will actually prevail, and Howards's film will be the next Good Night, and Good Luck. But I just won't do that to movies I love.

Slumdog Millionaire is now the Best Picture frontrunner. I wish I knew when it was going to be released wide, because a $30 million box-office is still rather low. It's a fantastic story, however, and I want it to be top dog Feb. 22nd.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, well on its way to making over $100 million at the box-office, will probably not prevail in the top races Feburary. I see it winning makeup, visual effects and perhaps score. But that's it. Pitt and Henson won't win, and Blanchett is still trying to get nominated. But it will lead the Oscar nominations.

Milk is going to make it, and its NYFC is a strong sign that it's a critical favorite, and also its BFC Ensemble win shows immense support.

Doubt, Revolutionary Road and The Reader can hope for acting nods, but no best pic. And finally The Wrestler may be the only gritty indie film that has a prayer of making it in the final five, but as of now these are my choices of who will be called out January 22, 2009.

PREDICTED WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

alt. Mike Leigh for Happy Go Lucky

Watch out for critics winner Leigh. I never discount the major film critics, especially in the Best Director category. There are always your Fernando Merilless and Jason Reitman's floating around- oh, and Mike Leigh's too.

Woody Allen is also a potential spoiler.

PREDICTED WINNER: Danny Boyle

BEST ACTOR
Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn in Milk
Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

alt. Richard Jenkins in The Visitor

Pitt and Jenkins still look shakey in my book. And I really want to put down Clint Eastwood and Dustin Hoffman, two veteran actors who can woo anybody. But I think Eastwood's reviews have still been very mixed, where as Jenkins seems to have strong supporters. And Pitt seems to be popular enough to ride the Benjamin Button craze.

PREDICTED WINNER: Sean Penn

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie in Changeling
Meryl Streep in Doubt
Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road

alt. Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Melissa Leo in Frozen River, Kristin Scott Thomas in I've Loved You So Long

After tonight's Golden Globe awards, regardless of ballots already being turned in, it seems like Winslet will be nominated for my "favorite" film of the year (sarcasm there). Maybe the Oscars will pull a Jim Carrey on us and still snub her, so she can get all the focus on her deserved Oscar for The Reader. I really want to drop her from the supporting race for that film, and place her in the lead for this. I reserve the right to do this up to 5am before the nominations are announced too, I guess. Hmmm...I'm going to still say she loses lead actress, and wins supporting.

Cate Blanchett, who I had been rooting for all season long, sadly had to be dropped. If she makes it, I'll beat myself up for dropping her. But who does she replace? All of these women seemed locked and loaded. Even Angelina Jolie, who despite snubs last year, seems to be helped by the Clint Eastwood factor + guilt of overlooking her last year + the simple fact that she IS after all, Angelina Jolie.

Sally Hawkins is getting nominated. I don't understand why some posters still replace her with Melissa Leo. It ain't happening. I can see Leo getting in WITH Sally Hawkins, but not without. Hawkins has NYFCC, LAFCC, NSFCC & Golden Globe (Comedy). She's in.

That leaves us the two original locks of the evening- Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep. Could Hathaway be snubbed? It's a distinct possibility. I can't see Streep being overlooked just because they love her, and will nominate her even for her underwhelming work (eg Music of the Heart). But Hathaway has enough surge going for her.

I think this is the list folks. I detest Winslet getting in for a rotten film and a performance I might need to re-analyze, but this is how it seems to be shaping up. For those thinking her double nomination will confuse voters on which performance to vote her, trust me it won't. This never stopped Jamie Foxx in 2004, or Holly Hunter in 1993. Yeah maybe Julianne Moore and Sigourney Weaver, but they know Winslet is due. At least this is turning out to be a nail-biting awards season. The SAG awards might clear things up. I see Winslet winning supporting, and Streep winning lead. Hathaway and Davis/Cruz are still potential spoilers. I can't see Winslet taking a lead SAG, but God anything is possible now.

PREDICTED WINNER: Meryl Streep

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin in Milk
Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire

alt. James Franco in Milk

Pretty boring lineup for me- I usually have at least one wild card. But I can't fathom James Franco getting in for Milk when I don't find his role as interesting, and like my Amy Adams arguement for supporting actress, find him getting enough number 1's. But anything is possible. Also Slumdog will need an acting nod in my book to sort of show the broad support that it is, after all, a Best Picture frontrunner. Let's not make it another Braveheart year, shall we?

What does all this matter anyways, since Heath Ledger will undoubtedly win the Oscar for playing the Joker. Even though I personally feel Jack Nicholson is still the ultimate man in clown makeup, Ledger gave a more psychological side to the character- much like Michelle Pfeiffer's overlooked work in Batman Returns as Catwoman.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis in Doubt
Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler
Kate Winslet in The Reader

alt. Amy Adams in Doubt, Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married

Here are your final five best supporting actress nominees. Nothing to be changed here. Winslet, who took a nice surprise win at the BFC tonight over Cruz, has a meatier role, and more leverage on her plate (She will have 6 nominations vs. Cruz's 2). It really matters with Globe and SAG however.

Only Rosemarie DeWitt can unseat Henson, but I don't find that likely since Henson is in a more profitable and likeable movie. My Winger notion was something I had pondered, but quickly threw back away.

PREDICTED WINNER: Kate Winslet
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OTHER RACES

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Milk Dustin Lance Black
Rachel Getting Married Jenny Lumet
Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Woody Allen
Wall-E Andrew Santon

The screenplay categories are tricky because often we get left fielders (City of God) so be warned The Visitor and Synechdoche, New York could appear.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Dark Knight Jonathan Nolan
Doubt John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon Peter Morgan
The Curios Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth
Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy

Tough cookie! David Hare can still slip in. This is one of the most prestigous set of writing nominees I have ever seen.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Australia (Mandy Walker)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Claudio Miranda)
The Dark Knight (Wally Pfister)
Defiance (Eduardo Serra)
Slumdog Millionaire (Anthony Dod Mantle)

ART DIRECTION
Australia (Catherine Martin)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Donald Graham Burt)
The Dark Knight(Nathan Crowley)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Guy Dyas)
The Reader (Briggite Broch)

COSTUME DESIGN
Changeling (Deborah Hopper)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Jacqueline West)
The Duchess (Michael O'Connor)
Revolutionary Road (Albert Wolsky)
Sex & the City: The Movie (Patricia Field)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Gomorrah
The Class
Everlasting Moments
The Baadar Meinhof Complex
Waltz With Bashir

ANIMATED FEATURE
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir

FILM EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall)
The Dark Knight (Lee Smith)
Frost/Nixon (Daniel P. Hill & Mike Hill)
Iron Man (Dan Labental)
Slumdog Millionaire (Chris Dickens)

VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Synecdoche, New York

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat)
The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard)
Milk (Danny Elfman)
Slumdog Millionaire (A.H. Rahman)
Wall-E (Thomas Newman)

BEST SONG
"Another Way to Die" from Quantum of Solace
"Jaiho" from Slumdog Millionaire
"Once in a Lifetime" from Cadillac Records
"Down to Earth" from Wall-E
"The Wrestler" from The Wrestler

SOUND
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

SOUND-EDITING
Defiance
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Wall-E

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Wall-e is a million percent deserving of a Best Picture nomination. It is considered by just about everybody as one of the very best movies of the year; it has a critic's awards and top ten lists cred to the max; it's one of the most loved movies of the year. It makes me angry to hear somebody say that it will win best animated so it doesn't deserve a best picture nom. That is ludicrous. A great movie is a great movie period. An animated movie is just as much a product of human artistry as any other movie so why should it be ghettoized. A best pic nom would mean a lot more, anyway. Finally, it's apalling that in the 70+ years of Oscars, only one animated movie has been nominated. Think of all the great movies from Snow White, Fantasia, Pinocchio and Cinderella to Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Lion King to all the masterpieces from Pixar. How many of the movies that got nominated ahead of them do people even give a crap about today (to put it bluntly) while the animated movies are treasured by generation after generation. Will the Reader or Revolutionary Road or Frost/Nixon leave a lasting legacy? Probably not. Will Wall-e? With history as a guide, I say a earth-shaking yes. If Wall-e doesn't deserve a best pic nom, no movie does.

So with that off my chest, I predict in a fusion of should be/will be nominated that it will be a populist year and that the Best Pic noms will be:
1. Benjamin Button
2. Dark Knight
3. Milk
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Wall-e

My Predictions

Best Picture
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Milk
4. Frost/Nixon
5. The Dark Knight

Spoilers- Doubt, Wall E

Best Actor
1. Sean Penn, Milk
2. Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
3. Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
4. Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Leonardo Dicaprio, Revolutionary Road

Spoilers- Clint Eastwood, Richard Jenkins

Actress
1. Meryl Streep, Doubt
2. Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
3. Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
4. Angelina Jolie, Changeling
5. Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky

Spoilers- Melissa Leo, Cate Blanchett, Kristin Scott Thomas

Supporting Actor

1. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
3. Robert Downey Jr, Tropic Thunder
4. Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionare
5. Josh Brolin, Milk

Spoilers- James Franco, Michael Shannon

Supporting Actress

1. Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Kate Winslet, The Reader
3. Viola Davis, Doubt
4. Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
5. Amy Adams, Doubt

Spoilers- Taraji Henson, Rosemarie Dewitt

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL·E

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant for Milk
Jonathan Demme for Rachel Getting Married
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

BEST LEAD ACTOR
Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Wrestler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Gomorra
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader

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january predictions

best picture
benjamin button
milk
slumdog millionaire
doubt
revolutionary road

best director
david fincher
gus van sant
danny boyle
christopher nolan- the dark knight
ron howard- frost/ nixon

best actor
sean penn- milk
frank langella- frost/ nixon
mickey rourke- the wrestler
brad pitt- benjamin button
leonardo dicaprio-- revolutionary road

best actress
meryl streep- doubt
kate winslet- revolutionary road
anne hathaway- rachel getting married
cate blanchett- benjamin button
sally hawkins- happy go lucky

best sup. actor
heath ledger- the dark knight
philip seymour hoffman- doubt
josh brolin- milk
robert downey jr. - tropic thunder
dev patel- slumdog millionaire

best sup. actress
viola davis- doubt
amy adams- doubt
penelope cruz- vicky cristina barcelona
marisa tomei- the wrestler
taraji p. henson- benjamin button

best orig screenplay
milk
wall- e
rachel getting married
happy go lucky
the visitor

best adapted screenplay
benjamin button
the reader
doubt
frost/ nixon
slumdog millionaire

Best Picture
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director
- Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
- David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
- Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
- Gus Van Sant (Milk)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
- Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
- Sean Penn (Milk)
- Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
- Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
- Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
- Meryl Streep (Doubt)
- Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Josh Brolin (Milk)
- Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
- Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
- Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Amy Adams (Doubt)
- Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona)
- Viola Davis (Doubt)
- Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Kate Winselt (The Reader)

Best Original Screenplay
- Rachel Getting Married
- Milk
- Vicky Christina Barcelona
- The Visitor
- WALL-E

Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Doubt
- Frost/Nixon
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire

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January Predictions in order of certainty:

Best Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
WALL-E
The Dark Knight

Best Actor:
Sean Penn – Milk
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actress:
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Melissa Leo – Frozen River

Best Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Josh Brolin – Milk
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Best Director:
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Eric Roth)
Frost/Nixon (Peter Morgan)
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)
The Reader (David Hare)

Best Original Screenplay:
Milk (Dustin Lance Balck)
Rachel Getting Married (Jenny Lumet)
WALL-E (Andrew Stanton)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy)

Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Doubt
The Dark Knight
Milk

Actor

Sean Penn
Mickey Rourke
Clint Eastwood
Frank Langella
Brad Pitt

Actress

Meryl Streep
Anne Hathaway
Angelina Jolie
Cate Blanchett
Sally Hawkins

Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger
Ralph Fiennes/The Duchess
Eddie Marsan
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Robert Downey Jr

Surprise!

"Supporting" Actress

Penelope Cruz/VCB
Viola Davis
Tilda Swinton
Kate Winslet/The Reader
Marisa Tomei

Director

Danny Boyle
David Fincher
Gus Van Sant
Mike Leigh
Clint Eastwood/Changeling

*Darren Aronofsky

Original Screenplay

Woody Allen
Docter/Stanton
Dustin Lance
Mike Leigh
Ari Folman

Adapted Screenplay

Eric Roth
Simon Beaufoy
Peter Morgan
John Patrick Shanley
Francois Begaudeau

Cinematography

Roger Deakins
Claudio Miranda
Colin Watkinson
Anthony Dod Mantle
Wally Pfister

*Gyola Pados

Score

Alexandre Desplat
Clint Eastwood (Changeling)
David Hirschfelder
Rachel Portman
Thomas Newman

Must take a break now...

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Best Picture:
1: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2: Slumdog Millionaire
3: Milk
4: Frost/Nixon
5: The Dark Knight

Acievement in Directing:
1: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
3: Gus Van Sant, Milk
4: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
5: Stephen Daldry, The Reader

Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role:
1: Sean Penn, Milk
2: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
3: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
4: Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor

Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role:
1: Meryl Streep, Doubt
2: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
3: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
4: Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky
5: Kristen Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
1: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
2: Robert Downey Jr, Tropic Thunder
3: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
4: Josh Brolin, Milk
5: Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
1: Kate Winslet, The Reader
2: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
3: Viola Davis, Doubt
4: Amy Adams, Doubt
5: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Achievement in Writing, Original Screenplay:
1: Pete Doctor, Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
2: Woody Allen, Vicky Christina Barcelona
3: Dustin Lance Black, Milk
4: Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
5: Robert D. Seigel, The Wrestler

Achievement in Writing, Adapted Screenplay:
1: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
2: Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3: Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
4: David Hare, The Reader
5: John Patrick Shanley, Doubt

Achievment in Foreign Language Film
1: Waltz With Bashir
2: Gomorrah
3: The Class
4: Everlasting Moments
5: The Baadar Meinhof Complex

Achievement in Cinematography:
1: Slumdog Millionaire
2: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3: The Reader
4: The Dark Knight
5: Revolutionary Road

Achievement in Editing:
1: Slumdog Millionaire
2: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3: The Dark Knight
4: Milk
5: Frost/Nixon

Achievement in Art Direction:
1: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2: The Dark Knight
3: Australia
4: Synecdoche, New York
5: Revolutionary Road

Achievement in Costume Design:
1: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2: Revolutionary Road
3: Australia
4: The Duchess
5: Changeling

Achievement in Makeup:
1: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2: The Reader
3: Tropic Thunder


Achievement in Sound:
1: The Dark Knight
2: Slumdog Millionaire
3: WALL-E
4: Iron Man
5: Quantum of Solace


Achievement in Sound Mixing:
1: The Dark Knight
2: WALL-E
3: Iron Man
4: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5: Quantum of Solace

Achievement in Music, Original Score:
1: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2: Slumdog Millionaire
3: WALL-E
4: The Dark Knight
5: The Reader

Achievement in Music, Original Song:
1: The Wrestler
2: WALL-E
3: Bolt

Achievement in Visual Effects:
1: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2: The Dark Knight
3: Iron Man

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MY FINAL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:

BEST PICTURE
(1) Milk
(2) Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(3) Slumdog Millionaire
(4) Dark Knight
(5) WALL*E

NOTE: Frost/Nixon was on my first ever 2008 Best Picture list, and has begun to gain steam again; if anyone is to jump into the #4 or #5 spot, it will be that, I think.

BEST DIRECTOR
(1) David Fincher, Benjamin Button
(2) Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
(3) Gus Van Sant, Milk
(4) Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
(5) Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon

NOTE: Stephen Daldry will take the last spots if anyone. Or maybe Sam Mendes.

BEST ACTOR
(1) Sean Penn, Milk
(2) Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
(3) Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
(4) Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
(5) Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino

NOTE: Please, Richard Jenkins, prove me wrong.

BEST ACTRESS
(1) Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
(2) Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
(3) Meryl Streep, Doubt
(4) Angelina Jolie, Changeling
(5) Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky

NOTE: If not Hawkins, then Leo or Scott Thomas. And poor Blanchett is losing steam every second.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
(1) Heath Ledger, Dark Knight
(2) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
(3) Josh Brolin, Milk
(4) Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
(5) Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

NOTE: I just don't want Dev Patel up there. I don't know why.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
(1) Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2) Kate Winslet, The Reader
(3) Viola Davis, Doubt
(4) Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
(5) Amy Adams, Doubt

NOTE: Taraji P. Henson and Marisa Tomei might jump in somewhere.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(1) Milk
(2) Wall*E
(3) Rachel Getting Married
(4) Happy Go Lucky
(5) In Bruges

NOTE: I beg that Vicky Cristina Barcelona's bleh script doesn't make it in, but knowing Oscar's love for Woody Allen... *shrugs*. An indie like The Visitor or Ballast would be a welcomed nod.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
(1) Slumdog Millionaire
(2) Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(3) Revolutionary Road
(4) The Reader
(5) Frost/Nixon

NOTE: I want Dark Knight to make it, but complaints about the third act make me think twice. Doubt could be in, but it might be far too close to the play to deserve seperate recognition.

ANIMATED FEATURE
(1) Wall*E
(2) Kung Fu Panda
(3) Bolt

NOTE: Waltz for Bashir might get more of a push in documentary feature.

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Well this is my first day and here are my predictions!

Best Picture
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

next - The Dark Knight, Milk, The Reader

Best Director
Danny Boyle- Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sam Mendes- Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan- The Dark Knight
Gus van Sant- Milk

next: Jonathan Demme- Rachel Getting Married , Clint Eastwood- Gran Torino

Best Leading Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio- Revolutionary Road
Clint Eastwood- Gran Torino
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Mickey Rourke- The Wrestler

next- Richard Jenkins- The Visitor,Brad Pitt- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Leading Actress
Anne Hathaway- Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie- Changeling
Kristin Scott Thomas- I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep- Doubt
Kate Winslet- Revolutionary Road

next- Cate Blanchett- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Sally Hawkins- Happy Go Lucky

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin- Milk
Robert Downey Jr.- Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman- Doubt
Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon- Revolutionary Road

next- James Franco- Milk, Dev Patel- Slumdog Millionaire

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams- Doubt
Penelope Cruz- Vicky Cristian Barcelona
Viola Davis- Doubt
Marisa Tomei- The Wrestler
Kate Winslet- The Reader

next- Rosemarie DeWitt- Rachel Getting Married, Taraji P. Henson- The Case of Benjamin Button

Best Original Screenplay
Happy Go Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall-E

Best Adapted Screenplay
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Animated Picture
Kung-Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir

more predictions coming soon!!!

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Best Picture
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk*
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Next In Line: Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Che

Dark Horses: Wall-E, W.

Best Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire*
Baz Luhrmann, Australia
Steven Soderburgh, Che
Oliver Stone, W.
Gus Van Sant, Milk

Next In Line: David Fincher (Benjamin Button), Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road)

Dark Horses: Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Stephen Daldry (The Reader), Edward Zwick (Defiance)

Best Actor
Benecio del Toro, Che
Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Sean Penn, Milk*
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Next In Line: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Josh Brolin-W.; Hugh Jackman, Australia

Dark Horses: Daniel Craig, Defiance; Sam Rockwell, Choke; Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Nicole Kidman, Australia
Melissa Leo, Frozen River*
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Dark Horses: Angelina Jolie, Changeling; Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long; Julianne Moore, Blindness

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, Milk
Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder*

Next In Line: James Cromwell, W.; Liev Schreiber, Defiance; Sam Rockwell, Frost/Nixon; Geoffrey Wright, W.

Dark Horses: Emile Hirsch, Milk; Ralph Fiennes, The Reader; James Franco, Milk; John Malkovich, Changeling; Dennis Hopper, Elegy; Ben Kingsley, Transsiberian, Tom Wilkinson, RockNRolla; John Malkovich, Burn After Reading; David Straithairn, My Blueberry Nights; Oliver Platt, Frost/Nixon

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Tarji Henson, Benjamin Button
Tilda Swinton, Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet, The Reader*

Next In Line: Elizabeth Banks, W., Tilda Swinton, Burn After Reading; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Synecdoche, New York; Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading

Dark Horses: Angelica Huston, Choke; Felicity Huffman, Phoebe in Wonderland; Samantha Morton, Mister Lonely

Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire*

Dark Horses: The Reader, Defiance

Best Original Screenplay
Australia
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Wall-E*

Dark Horses: Happy-Go-Lucky; Burn After Reading; The Brothers Bloom; Changeling; The Wrestler; I've Loved You So Long; Lovely, Still


* Predicted to win

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quote:

Originally posted by MicheBel:
Best Picture
Australia*
Che
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Next In Line: Revolutionary Road, Frost/Nixon

Dark Horses: Dark Knight, Wall-E, W.

Best Director
Danny Boyle-Slumdog Millionaire
Baz Luhrmann-Australia*
Steven Soderburgh-Che
Oliver Stone-W.
Gus Van Sant-Milk

Dark Horses: Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), David Fincher (Benjamin Button), Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road), Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler), Stephen Daldry (The Reader), Edward Zwick (Defiance)

Best Actor
Benecio del Toro-Che
Leonardo DiCaprio-Revolutionary Road
Richard Jenkins-The Visitor
Sean Penn-Milk*
Mickey Rourke-The Wrestler

Dark Horses: Josh Brolin-W.; Hugh Jackman, Australia; Brad Pitt, Benjamin Button; Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Daniel Craig, Defiance; Sam Rockwell, Choke; Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon; Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Benjamin Button
Nicole Kidman, Australia
Melissa Leo, Frozen River*
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Dark Horses: Angelina Jolie, Changeling; Shohreh Aghdashloo, The Stoning of Soraya M; Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long; Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married; Penelope Cruz, Elegy; Julianne Moore, Blindness

Best Supporting Actor
James Cromwell-W.
Brendan Gleeson-In Bruges
Heath Ledger-Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr.-Tropic Thunder*
Liev Schreiber-Defiance

Dark Horses: Josh Brolin, Milk; Emile Hirsch, Milk; Ralph Fiennes, The Reader; James Franco, Milk; Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt; John Malkovich, Changeling; Dennis Hopper, Elegy; Ben Kingsley, Transsiberian, Tom Wilkinson, RockNRolla; Sam Rockwell, Frost/Nixon; John Malkovich, Burn After Reading; David Straithairn, My Blueberry Nights

Best Supporting Actress
Rebecca Hall-Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis-Doubt
Frances McDormand-Burn After Reading
Jennifer Jason Leigh-Synecdoche, New York
Tilda Swinton-Burn After Reading or Benjamin Button

Dark Horses: Angelica Huston, Choke; Amy Adams, Doubt; Felicity Huffman, Phoebe in Wonderland; Samantha Morton, Mister Lonely

Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Dark Horses: The Reader, Defiance

Best Original Screenplay
Australia
Burn After Reading
Milk
Synecdoche, New York*
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Wall-E

Dark Horses: The Brothers Bloom; Changeling; The Wrestler; I've Loved You So Long; Lovely, Still


* Predicted to win

Still predicting "Australia" not only to be nominated for best picture but to win when it has won no critics awards and did not even wrangle nominations for the Golden Globes, SAG and Critics' Choice Awards? Same with "Che".

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Academy Awards Predictions 2009

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn, “Milk”
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins, Happy Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Documentary Feature
"Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh"
"I.O.U.S.A."
"Man on Wire"
"Standard Operating Procedure"
"Trouble the Water"

Achievment in Art Direction
Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Australia
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando, The Dark Knight
Michael Carlin, The Duchess
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt, Revolutionary Road

Achievment in Cinematography
Mandy Walker, Australia
Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Salvatore Totino, Frost/Nixon
Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

Achievment in Costume Design
Catherine Martin, Australia
Nicole Korzenik, Changeling
Jacqueline West, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Michael O’Connor, The Duchess
Albert Wolsky, Revolutionary Road

Achievment in Directing
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Movie of the Year
The Baader Meinhof Complex from Germany
The Class from France
Everlasting Moments from Sweden
Gomorrah from Italy
Waltz with Bashir from Israel

Achievment in Film Editing
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lee Smith, The Dark Knight
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill, Frost/Nixon
Tariq Anwar, Revolutionary Road
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire

Achievment in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon

Achievment in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
David Hirschfeld, Australia
Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard, Defiance
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman, Wall-E

Achievment in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E”


“I Thought I Lost You” from “Bolt”
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire”
“Once in a Lifetime” from “Cadillac Records”
“The Wrestler” from “The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Achievment in Sound Editing
Australia
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Wall-E

Achievment in Sound Mixing
Australia
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Wall-E

Achievment in Visual Effects
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Iron Man”

Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
David Hare, The Reader
Justin Haythe, Revolutionary Road

Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas McCarthy, The Visitor
Andrew Stanton, Wall-E

BEST PICTURE

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

THE DARK KNIGHT

FROST/NIXON

MILK

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky THE WRESTLER
Danny Boyle SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
David Fincher THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Christopher Nolan THE DARK KNIGHT
Gus Van Sant MILK

BEST ACTOR

Clint Eastwood GRAN TORINO
Frank Langella FROST/NIXON
Sean Penn MILK
Brad Pitt THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Mickey Rourke THE WRESTLER

BEST ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Sally Hawkins HAPPY GO LUCKY
Angelina Jolie CHANGELING
Meryl StreepDOUBT
Kate Winslett REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Josh Brolin MILK
Robert Downey Jr TROPIC THUNDER
Phillip Seymour Hoffman DOUBT
Heath Ledger THE DARK KNIGHT
Dev Patel SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

PENELOPE CRUZ VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
Viola Davis DOUBT
Taraji P. Henson THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Marisa Tomei THE WRESTLER
Kate Winslett THE READER

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

MILK
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
WALL E
THE WRESTLER
VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
DOUBT
FROST/NIXON
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

BEST ANIMATED FILM

BOLT
WALL E
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

BEST ART DIRECTION

AUSTRALIA
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

AUSTRALIA
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DUCHESS
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

BEST FILM EDITING

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
THE WRESTLER

BEST SOUND


THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL E

BEST SOUND EDITING

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
INDIANA JONES AND THE CRYSTAL SKULL
IRON MAN
WALLE

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

BEST SONG

BOLT
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL E
THE WRESTLER

BEST MAKEUP

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
TROPIC THUNDER


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN

This has turned out to be one of the more exciting awards seasons. There are many actors that could easily fill any of the 20 acting slots just as well as the ones predicted here. The key word is unpredictable. While many of us share many of the same nominees there are races just too hard to call. In the actor/actress category will Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie be snubbed once again ? I strongly feel that Richard Jenkins will somehow sneak into the Best Actor race-but at whose expense? Eastwood seems to be assured a nomination yet he seems to be the only actor among the five that can slide to the side like one of those childhood sliding puzzles and allow Jenkins to move in. Actress race is the strongest I have seen in quite sometime. In a year that Melissa Leo from FROZEN RIVER , Kristen Scott Thomas from IVE LOVED YOU SO LONG, Cate Blanchett from BENJAMIN BUTTON and Michelle Williams from WENDY AND LUCY may not make it into the coveted 5 is a great year indeed. Blanchett may overcome and steal Jolie's slot-but I hope not. Jolie gave a classic movie star performance in CHANGELING and deserves to be taken on her acting merit rather than tabloid one. The indie slot could easily have either Leo or Thomas filling in for Hawkins but based on Mike Leigh's track record of actresses being nominated for his films Hawkins seems a shoo-in.
The actor slot without DiCaprio for REVOLUTIONARY BROAD or Michael Sheen and Josh Brolin for their presidential themed films in a n election year for FROST/NIXON and W. respectively seems a crime.
Amy Adams may swoop in on either DOUBT's strength or not be because it is a weak film imho. I wouldn't discount kathy Bates for REVOLUTIONARY ROAD as a surprise Supp Actress nominee. The RACHEL supporting women of veteran Debra Winger and newcomer Rosemarie DeWitt may cancel each other out or either one may usurp Henson for her luminous turn in BUTTON. Winger seems to have a better shot if not only for her fight scene but because of her Oscar pedigree and she just may take not onlt the nomination but a surprise win for her body of work. SEARCHING FOR ELUSIVE OSCAR-DEBRA WINGER may be Roseanna Arquette's sequel to her outstanding docu on the star from a few years back. I am holding on tightly for Marisa Tomei to pull a nom for her heartwrenching turn in THE WRESTLER but she may also be a weak link here sans a sag nomination.
Michael shannon's chilling turn in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD will relinquish his deserved nomination to Patel for an essentially lead role in the very popular SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
All in all -every category is chock full of alternatives-none more so than Best Song with a year of truly fine songs in movies. This award season is hot

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Best Picture
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Sean Penn - Milk
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road

Best Actress
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Kate Beckinsale - Nothing but the Truth
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Michelle Williams - Wendy & Lucy

Best Supporting Actor
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Josh Brolin - Milk
James Franco - Milk
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Viola Davis - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler