Oscar Predictions

Well, tomorrow is the big day when we see who gets snubbed, who scores big, and who shows up as a surprise. As usual, it's not over until it's over, though it can be expected that Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Kate Winslet will be having a very good day - and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Sally Hawkins can slip into that unusually crowded Best Actress category (though I wouldn't put money on it). Without further delay, my predictions:

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
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk

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

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelique Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Marissa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader

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

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

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

Best Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumgdog Millionaire
Wall-E

Best Cinematography
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin BUtton
The Duchess
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Milk

Best Costume Design
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Synechdoche, New York

Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

Best Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

Best Original Song
"Down To Earth," Wall-E
"Gran Torino," Gran Torino
"I Thought I Lost You," Bolt
"Jaiho," Slumdog Millionaire
"The Wrestler," The Wrestler

Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Wall-E

Sound Mixing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

Foreign Language Film
3 Monkeys (Turkey)
The Baader Meinhoff Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Documentary Feature
At The Death House Door
Encounters At the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
Man On Wire
Trouble the Water

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