Here are my predictions for the winners of the Academy Awards on March 5th. There is a pretty good selection, and Jon Stewart is going to be hosting. But I think that "Me And You And Everyone We Know", "Broken Flowers", and "Three Burials" were unfairly ignored. There really should be a Best Independent Film category in order to give lesser known and higher quality films a chance.

Best Picture:
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Best Actor:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, CAPOTE

Best Supporting Actor:
Jake Gyllenhaal, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Best Actress:
Felicity Huffman, TRANSAMERICA

Best Supporting Actress:
Frances McDormand, NORTH COUNTRY

Best Animated Film:
TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE

Best Art Direction:
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Best Cinematography:
THE NEW WORLD

Best Costume:
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Best Director:
Ang Lee, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Best Documentary:
MURDERBALL

Best Documentary Short:
THE MUSHROOM CLUB

Best Film Editing:
MUNICH

Best Foreign Film:
PARADISE NOW

Best Makeup:
STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH

Best Score:
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Best Song:
HUSTLE & FLOW

Best Animated Short:
ONE MAN BAND

Best Short Film:
SIX SHOOTER

Best Sound Mixing:
WALK THE LINE

Best Sound Editing:
KING KONG

Best Visual Effects:
KING KONG

Best Adapted Screenplay:
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

Best Original Screenplay:
MATCH POINT