OSCAR PREDICTIONS
Let’s see how we do here. Epic fail on the nominations weeks ago, so I won’t claim that I will clean house Sunday night despite dedicating hours to researching odds and critics picks and seeing a lot of the nominated films (including all the live action and animated short films).
I’m just hoping to see M.I.A. perform from a bed onstage.
NEW RULE THIS YEAR: EVERYONE IS ALLOWED ONE UPSET IN ONE CATEGORY. IS EVERYONE COOL WITH THAT?
BEST PICTURE - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
DIRECTING - DANNY BOYLE
LEAD ACTOR - MICKEY ROURKE
LEAD ACTRESS - KATE WINSLET - UPSET - MERYL STREEP
SUPPORTING ACTOR - HEATH LEDGER
SUPPORTING ACTRESS - TARAJI P. HENSON
ANIMATED FILM - WALL-E
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - WALTZ WITH BASHIR
ORIG SCREENPLAY - DUSTIN LANCE BLACK FOR MILK
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - SIMON BEAUFOY FOR SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - MAN ON WIRE
MUSIC SCORE - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
MUSIC SONG - JAI HO - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
FILM EDITING - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
DOCUMENTARY SHORT - THE WITNESS - FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306 EDITED SATURDAY 6:30 PM to SMILE PINKI BASED ON DEFAMER REPORT
CINEMATOGRAPHY - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
COSTUME DESIGN - THE DUCHESS
SOUND MIXING - THE DARK KNIGHT
SOUND EDITING - WALL-E
SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION - TOYLAND
SHORT FILM ANIMATION - LA MAISON DE PETITS CUBES
MAKE-UP - THE DARK KNIGHT
ART DIRECTION - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
VISUAL EFFECTS - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON