Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

With Oscar nominations being announced on Thursday morning, here are final predictions. While the Best Picture lineup seems like a complete lock, there still remains a lot of unknowns. Aside from Rouke, Langella and Penn, who will be nominated for Best Actor? I think Pitt, Eastwood, Jenkins and DiCaprio are all still in the mix. Streep and Hathaway are the only two locks in Best Actress, so who gets the other nominations? Will Best Director match Best Picture 5 for 5, or will Mike Leigh or Darren Aronofsky get a lone director nod? What about Best Original Screenplay? Milk is really the only lock in that category, and there are about 8 other films jockeying for the other four slots. Just how big will the Slumdog Millionaire love be, and did Revolutionary Road gain any kind of traction? Will the Academy actually go for a superhero flick, and what about Gran Turino and its sudden huge popularity? All shall be revealed in two days time.

Picture:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Director:
Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight

Actor:
Clint Eastwood - Gran Turino
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Actress:
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Original Screenplay:
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
WALL-E
The Wrestler

Cinematography:
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Editing:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire

Art Direction:
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire

Costume Design:
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
The Other Boelyn Girl
Revolutionary Road

Make Up:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Tropic Thunder

Original Score:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

Original Song:
"Down to Earth" - WALL-E
"Gran Turino" - Gran Turino
"Jaiho" - Slumdog Millionaire
"Once in a Lifetime" - Cadillac Records
"The Wrestler" - The Wrestler

Sound Mixing:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

Sound Editing:
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

Visual Effects:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Iron Man

Animated Feature:
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir