Oscar Nomination Predictions

The Oscar nominations are mere hours away, here is how I think they will go down.

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Departed”
Peter O’Toole, “Venus”
Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat”

Fingers crossed for: Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”

Best Actress
Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”
Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”
Penelope Cruz, “Volver”
Kate Winslet, “Little Children”

Fingers crossed for: Sienna Miller, “Factory Girl”

Best Picture
“The Departed”
“The Queen”
“Dreamgirls”
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“Babel”

Fingers crossed for: “Pan’s Labyrinth” or “Little Children”

Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”
Djimon Honsou, “Blood Diamond”
Jackie Earle Haley, “Little Children”
Jack Nicholson, “The Departed”
Brad Pitt, “Babel”

Fingers crossed for: James McAvoy, “The Last King of Scotland”

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kukuchi, “Babel”
Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal”
Adriana Barraza, “Babel”
Toni Collette, “Little Miss Sunshine”

Fingers crossed for: Abigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”

Best Director
Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”
Bill Condon, “Dreamgirls”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarriut, “Babel”
Stephen Frears, “The Queen”
Clint Eastwood, “Letters from Iwo Jima”

Fingers crossed for: Guillermo Del Toro, “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Best Original Screenplay
Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Peter Morgan, “The Queen”
Guillermo Arriaga, “Babel”
Zach Helm, “Stranger than Fiction”
Guillermo Del Toro, “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Fingers crossed for: Paul Greengrass, “United 93”

Best Adapted Screenplay
William Monahan, “The Departed”
Jason Reitman, “Thank You for Smoking”
Patrick Marber, “Notes on a Scandal”
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta, “Little Children”
Aline Brosh McKenna, “The Devil Wears Prada”

Fingers crossed for: Ron Nyswaner, “The Painted Veil”

Best Animated Feature
“Cars”
“Happy Feet”
“Flushed Away”

Fingers crossed for: “A Scanner Darkly”

Best Documentary
“An Inconvenient Truth”
“Deliver Us from Evil”
“Jesus Camp”
“Shut Up & Sing”
“The Ground Truth”


Best Foreign Language Film
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“The Lives of Others”
“Volver”
“Water”
“Black Book”

Best Cinematography
“Children of Men”
“Babel”
“Apocalypto”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“United 93”

Best Art Direction
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Dreamgirls”
“Children of Men”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Babel”

Best Editing
“Dreamgirls”
“The Departed”
“Babel”
“The Queen”
“United 93”

Best Visual Effects
“X-Men: The Last Stand”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Superman Returns”
“Night at the Museum”
“Casino Royale”

Best Costumes
“Dreamgirls”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Marie Antoinette”
“The Devil Wears Prada”

Best Makeup
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Apocalypto”
“The Prestige”
“X-Men: The Last Stand”

Best Sound Mixing
“Dreamgirls”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Babel”
“Flags of our Fathers”
“Blood Diamond”

Best Sound Editing
“Happy Feet”
“Flags of our Fathers”
“Casino Royale”

Best Original Score
Phillip Glass, “The Illusionist”
Alexandre Despiat, “The Painted Veil”
Clint Mansell, “The Fountain”
Gustavo Santaolalla, “Babel”
Hans Zimmer, “The Da Vinci Code”

Best Original Song
Prince – “The Song of the Heart” from “Happy Feet”
Beyonce Knowles – “Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
Melissa Etheridge – “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige – “Never Gonna Break My Faith” from “Bobby”
Sheryl Crow – “Try Not to Remember” from “Home of the Brave”