December Oscar picks

Here is what I am thinking will get nominated in each catagory. I limited myself to just one runner-up in each catagory.

Best Picture:
Dreamgirls
The Departed
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
Little Children
Runner Up: The Queen

Best Director
Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Todd Field – Little Children
Bill Condon – Dreamgirls
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers (God, I hope not...)

Best Actor:
Peter O’Tool - Venus
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyiness
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
Runner-up: Aaron Echart – Thank You for Smoking (I predict some attention and new buzz ahead)

Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt – Babel
Jack Nicholson – The Departed
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Sheen – The Queen
Runner-up: Jackie Earl Haley – Little Children

Best Actress
Hellen Mirren – The Queen
Kate Winslet – Little Children
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
Judi Dench – Notes on a Sandal
Annette Benning – Running With Scissors
Runner-up: Penelope Cruz – Volver

Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
Rinko Kulchi - Babel
Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhall – World Trade Center
Runner-Up: Adrianna Barraza - Babel

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Children
Notes on a Sandal
Thank You for Smoking
Runner-Up: Flags of Our Fathers

Best Original Screenplay
Little Miss Sunshine
Babel
The Queen
Volver
A Prairie Home Companion
Runner-Up: Stranger Than Fiction

1/2 Way there Oscar predictions

We are halfway through the year, and as always, not a lot of Oscar contenders out there. But, I continue to keep and update predictions throughout the year. Not a review, per se, but just thougt I would post these! About ten options per catagory; my top five and then some runner's up. Enjoy!

Best Picture
The New World
Memoirs of a Geisha
Vengeance
Brokeback Mountain
In Her Shoes

Jarhead
Walk the Line
Cinderella Man
Elizabethtown
The Producers
Proof

Best Director
Rob Marshall – Memoirs of a Geisha
Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
Terrence Malick – The New World
Steven Spielberg – Vengeance
David Cronenberg – A History of Violence

Curtis Hansen – In Her Shoes
Cameron Crowe - Elizabethtown
Robert Altman – Paint
Sam Mendes – Jarhead
John Madden – Proof
James Mangold – Walk the Line

Best Actor
Colin Ferrell – The New World
Viggo Mortenson - A History of Violence
Jake Gyllenhall –Jarhead
Ralph Fiennes – The White Countess, The Constant Gardener
Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line

Eric Bana – Vengeance
Orlando Bloom – Elizabethtown
Nathan Lane – The Producers
Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man
Steve Martin – Shopgirl

Best Actress
Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha
Cameron Diaz – In Her Shoes
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Charlize Theron – Class Action
Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger

Gwyneth Paltrow – Proof
Claire Daines – Shopgirl
Rosario Dawson – Rent
Uma Thurman – Prime
Selma Hayek – Paint

Supporting Actor
Peter Saarsgard – Jarhead
Jake Gyllenhall – Brokeback Mountain
Christopher Plummer – The New World
Ed Harris – A History of Violence
Christopher Plummer – The New World

Anthony Hopkins – Proof
Liam Neeson – Kingdom of Heaven
Jamie Foxx – Jarhead
James Franco – Paint
Ken Watanabe – Memoirs of a Geisha

Supporting Actress
Susan Surandon – Elizabethtown
Gong Li – Memoirs of a Geisha
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain
Toni Colette – In Her Shoes

Meryl Streep – Prime
Frances McDormand – Class Action
Annette Benning – Running with Scissors
Renee Zellweger – Cinderalla Man
Hope Davis – Proof
Maria Bello – A History of Violence