It is time once again for the yearly Oscar predictions. Here are my predictions on the upcoming nominations, followed shortly with the predictions on the winners once the official nominations are announced. The * signifies the films that I think will win in that category. I think this year is a good group and have a good chance of actually getting nominated.


BEST PICTURE:
The Fountain
Fast Food Nation
Babel*
Bobby
Apocalypto

BEST ACTOR:
Will Smith, “The Pursuit Of Happyness”
Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”
Forest Whitaker, “The Last King Of Scotland”*
Brian Cox, “Running With Scissors”
Joe Pantoliano, “Canvas”

BEST ACTRESS:
Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Emma Thompson, “Stranger Than Fiction”
Annette Bening, “Running With Scissors”
Catherine O'Hara, “For Your Consideration”*
Bryce Dallas Howard, “Manderlay”

BEST DIRECTOR:
Robert Altman, “A Prairie Home Companion”
Michel Gondry, “The Science Of Sleep”*
Richard Linklater, “Fast Food Nation”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Babel”
Darren Aronofsky, “The Fountain”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Steve Carell, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Djimon Hounsou, “Blood Diamond”
Ben Affleck, “Hollywoodland”*
Jack Nicholson, “The Departed”
Willem Dafoe, “Manderlay”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Gwyneth Paltrow, “Running With Scissors”
Kerry Washington, “The Dead Girl”*
Robin Tunney, “Hollywoodland”
Scarlett Johansson, “The Black Dahlia”
Parker Posey, “For Your Consideration”

BEST FOREIGN FILM:
Volver
The Lives of Others*
Apocalypto
12:08 East Of Bucharest
Pan’s Labyrinth

BEST SCREENPLAY:
Little Miss Sunshine
Half Nelson
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
Unknown*
World Trade Center

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Running With Scissors
All The King’s Men
Thank You For Smoking
Old Joy
V For Vendetta*

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Good German*
V For Vendetta
Apocalypto
World Trade Center
The Black Dahlia

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Shut Up And Sing
An Unreasonable Man*
An Inconvenient Truth
Paper Dolls
Who Killed The Electric Car

BEST SONG:
The Pick Of Destiny, “Tenacious D And The Pick Of Destiny”*
Never Gonna Break My Faith, “Bobby”
O Kazakhstan, “Borat”
P.J. And Rooster, “Idlewild”
Listen, “Dreamgirls”

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Happy Feet
A Scanner Darkly*
Cars