Oscar Nomination Predictions

The Oscar Nominations are announced on Tuesday and although the ceremony is up in the air, here is what I think we will hear announced.

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno
Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Steven Zailian, American Gangster

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Joel & Ethan Cohen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will be Blood
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sean Penn, Into the Wild

Best Director
Joel and Ethan Cohen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will be Blood
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Ruby Dee, American Gangster

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Paul Dano, There Will be Blood
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War

Best Actress
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Ellen Page, Juno
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth The Golden Age

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl

Best Picture
No Country for Old Men
There Will be Blood
Juno
Into the Wild
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly