Here are my predictions for who will win the coveted...and perhaps best predictor of the Oscars...the SAG awards which will air on Sunday.
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Will Win: Forest Whitaker / THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND – Idi Amin - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Should Win:Ryan Gosling / HALF NELSON – Dan Dunne - THINKFilm
Should Have Been Nominated: Sacha Baron Cohen / BORAT - Borat Sagdiyev - 20th Century Fox
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Will Win: Helen Mirren / THE QUEEN – The Queen - Miramax Films
Should Win: Kate Winslet / LITTLE CHILDREN – Sarah Pierce - New Line Cinema
Should Have Been Nominated: Sienna Miller / FACTORY GIRL - Edie Sedgwick - MGM
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Will Win: Eddie Murphy / DREAMGIRLS – James “Thunder” Early - Paramount Pictures
Should Win: Leonardo DiCaprio / THE DEPARTED – Billy Warner Bros. Pictures
Should Have Been Nominated: James McAvoy / THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND -Nicholas Garrigan - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Will Win: Jennifer Hudson / DREAMGIRLS – Effie White - Paramount Pictures
Should Win: Abigail Breslin / LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE – Olive - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Should Have Been Nominated: Shareeka Epps / HALF NELSON - Drey - THINKFilm
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Will Win: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Alan Arkin - Grandpa
Abigail Breslin - Olive
Steve Carell - Frank
Toni Collette - Sheryl
Paul Dano - Dwayne
Greg Kinnear - Richard
Should Win: THE DEPARTED - Warner Bros. Pictures
Anthony Anderson - Brown
Alec Baldwin - Ellerby
Matt Damon - Colin
Leonardo DiCaprio - Billy
Vera Farmiga - Madolyn
Jack Nicholson - Costello
Martin Sheen - Queenan
Mark Wahlberg - Dignam
Ray Winstone - Mr. French
Should Have Been Nominated: LITTLE CHILDREN - New Line Cinema
Jennifer Connelly - Kathy Adamson
Jackie Earle Haley - Ronnie J. McGorvey
Gregg Edelman - Richard Pierce
Noah Emmerich - Larry Hedges
Sadie Goldstein - Lucy Pierce
Ty Simpkins - Aaron Adamson
Phyllis Somerville - May McGorvey
Patrick Wilson - Brad Adamson
Kate Winslet - Sarah Pierce
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Will Win: Michael C. Hall / DEXTER – Dexter Morgan - Showtime
Should Win: Michael C. Hall / DEXTER – Dexter Morgan - Showtime
Should Have Been Nominated: Matthew Fox / LOST - Jack Shepherd - ABC
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Will Win: Chandra Wilson / GREY’S ANATOMY – Dr. Miranda Bailey - ABC
Should Win: Edie Falco / THE SOPRANOS – Carmela Soprano - HBO
Should Have Been Nominated: Kristen Bell / VERONICA MARS - Veronica Mars - THE CW
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Will Win: Alec Baldwin / 30 ROCK – Jack Donaghy - NBC
Should Win: Alec Baldwin / 30 ROCK – Jack Donaghy - NBC
Should Have Been Nominated: John Krasinski / THE OFFICE - Jim Halpert - NBC
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Will Win: America Ferrera / UGLY BETTY – Betty Suarez - ABC
Should Win: America Ferrera / UGLY BETTY – Betty Suarez - ABC
Should Have Been Nominated: Becki Newton / UGLY BETTY - Amanda - ABC
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Will Win:GREY’S ANATOMY - ABC
Justin Chambers - Alex Karev
Eric Dane - Mark Sloan
Patrick Dempsey - Derek Shepherd
Katherine Heigl - Isobel “Izzie” Stevens
T.R. Knight - George O’Malley
Sandra Oh - Cristina Yang
James Pickens, Jr. - Richard Webber
Ellen Pompeo - Meredith Grey
Sara Ramirez - Callie Torres
Kate Walsh - Addison Montgomery Shepherd
Isaiah Washington - Preston Burke
Chandra Wilson - Miranda Bailey
Should Win: DEADWOOD - HBO
Jim Beaver - Ellsworth
Powers Boothe - Cy Tolliver
Sean Bridgers - Johnny Burns
W. Earl Brown - Dan Dority
Dayton Callie - Charlie Utter
Brian Cox - Jack Langrishe
Kim Dickens - Joanie Stubbs
Brad Dourif - Doc Cochran
Anna Gunn - Martha Bullock
John Hawkes - Sol Starr
Jeffrey Jones - A.W. Merrick
Paula Malcomson - Trixie
Gerald McRaney - George Hearst
Ian McShane - Al Swearengen
Timothy Olyphant - Seth Bullock
Molly Parker - Alma Garret
Leon Rippy - Tom Nuttall
William Sanderson - E.B. Farnum
Brent Sexton - Harry Young
Bree Seanna Wall - Sofia Metz
Robin Weigert - Calamity Jane
Titus Welliver - Silas Adam
Should Have been Nominated: VERONICA MARS - The CW
Kristen Bell - Veronica Mars
Jason Dohring - Logan Echolls
Enrico Colantoni - Keith Mars
Percy Daggs III - Wallace Fennel
Francis Capra - Eli "Weevil" Navarro
Teddy Dunn - Duncan Kane
Ryan Hansen - Dick Casablancas
Michael Muhney - Sheriff Don Lamb
Kyle Gallner - Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas
Tina Majorino - Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie
Charisma Carpenter - Kendall Casablancas
Steve Guttenberg - Woody Goodman
Chris Lowell - Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski
Julie Gonzalo - Parker Lee
Alona Tal - Meg Manning
Harry Hamlin - Aaron Echolls
Tessa Thompson - Jackie Cook
Krysten Ritter - Gia Goodman
Ken Marino - Vinnie Van Lowe
David Tom - Chip Diller
Ryan Devlin - Mercer Hayes
Ed Begley, Jr. - Cyrus O'Dell
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Will Win: UGLY BETTY - ABC
Alan Dale - Bradford Meade
America Ferrera - Betty Suarez
Mark Indelicato - Justin
Ashley Jensen - Christina
Eric Mabius - Daniel Meade
Becki Newton - Amanda
Ana Ortiz - Hilda
Tony Plana - Ignacio
Kevin Sussman - Walter
Michael Urie - Marc
Vanessa Williams - Wilhelmina Slater
Should Win: ENTOURAGE - HBO
Kevin Connolly - Eric Murphy
Kevin Dillon - Drama
Jerry Ferrara - Turtle
Adrian Grenier - Vincent Chase
Rex Lee - Lloyd
Debi Mazar - Shauna
Jeremy Piven- Ari Gold
Perrey Reeves - Mrs. Ari
Should Have Been Nominated: STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP - NBC
Matthew Perry - Matt Albie
Amanda Peet - Jordan McDeere
Bradley Whitford - Danny Tripp
Steven Weber - Jack Rudolph
D.L. Hughley - Simon Stiles
Sarah Paulson - Harriet Hayes
Nathan Corddry - Tom Jeter
Timothy Busfield - Cal Shanley
Nate Torrence - Dylan Killington
Ayda Field - Jeannie Whatley
Lucy Davis - Lucy Kenwright
Simon Helberg - Alex Dwyer
Merritt Wever - Suzanne
Diana-Maria Riva - Lilly Rodriguez
Camille Chen - Samantha Li
Columbus Short - Darius Hawthorne
Edward Asner - Wilson White