December Oscar Predictions

BEST PICTURE

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky, THE WRESTLER
Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
David Fincher, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Christopher Nolan, THE DARK KNIGHT
Gus Van Sant, MILK

BEST ACTOR

Richard Jenkins, THE VISITOR
Frank Langella, FROST/NIXON
Sean Penn, MILK
Brad Pitt, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER

BEST ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Sally Hawkins, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
Kristen Scott-Thomas, I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
Meryl Streep, DOUBT
Kate Winslet, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Josh Brolin, MILK
Robert Downey Jr., TROPIC THUNDER
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, DOUBT
Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
Michael Shannon, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Viola Davis, DOUBT
Rosemary DeWitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Marissa Tomei, THE WRESTLER
Kate Winslet, THE READER

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Dustin Lance Black, MILK
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, BURN AFTER READING
Jenny Lumet, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Robert D. Siegal, THE WRESTLER
Andrew Stanton, WALL-E

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Simon Beaufoy, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
David Hare, THE READER
Peter Morgan, FROST/NIXON
Eric Roth, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
John Patrick Shanley, DOUBT

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roger Deakins, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Chris Menges, THE READER
Claudio Miranda, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Wally Pfister, THE DARK KNIGHT
Eduardo Serra, DEFIANCE

BEST EDITING

Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Matt Chesse & Richard Pearson, QUANTOM OF SOLACE
Chris Dickens, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Dody Dorn, AUSTRAILIA
Elliot Graham & Gus Van Sant, MILK

BEST ART DIRECTION

Briggite Broch, THE READER
Donald Graham Burt, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Michael Corenblith, FROST/NIXON
Nathan Crowley, THE DARK KNIGHT
Catherine Martin, AUSTRAILIA

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Lindy Hemming, THE DARK KNIGHT
Michael O'Connor, THE DUCHESS
Ann Roth, THE READER
Jacqueline West, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Catherine Martin, AUSTRAILIA

BEST MAKE-UP

Judy Chin, SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
Fionagh Cush, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Peter Robb-King, THE DARK KNIGHT

BEST SOUND MIXING

Anna Behlmer & Andy Nelson, AUSTRAILIA
Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, & Michael Semanick, WALL-E
Chris Munro, QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Ed Novick, THE DARK KNIGHT
Mark Weingarten, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

BEST SOUND EDITING

Christopher Assels & Peter Staubli, QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Michael Babcock, THE DARK KNIGHT
Damian Candusso & Nigel Christensen, AUSTRALIA
Dustin Cawood, Teresa Eckton, & Al Nelson, WALL-E
Ken Fischer & J.R. Grubbs, IRON MAN

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Alexander Chaliovski, IRON MAN
Atsushi Imamura, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Nathan Matsuda, WALL-E

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Danny Elfman, MILK
David Hirschfelder, AUSTRAILIA
Thomas Newman, WALL-E
Howard Shore, DOUBT

Best Original Song

"The Call" from THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN
"Rock Me, Sexy Jesus" from HAMLET 2
"Little Person" from SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
"Down To Earth" from WALL-E
"The Wrestler" from THE WRESTLER

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

The Blind Sunflowers (Spain)
The Class (France)
Gomorra (Italy)
Maria Larrson's Everlasting Moment (Sweden)
O'Horten (Norway)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

I.O.U.S.A. (dir. Patrick Creadon)
Man On Wire (dir. James Marsh)
Standard Operating Procedure (dir. Errol Morris)
They Killed Sister Dorothy (dir. Daniel Junge)
Trouble The Water (dir. Carl Deal & Tia Lessin)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Waltz With Bashir