The Oscars, And the winner is... Options

[Archemini]

Who do you think are definite winners for this year's Oscars. Everyone says that "Ray" will sweep most categories with the other major movies taking a few here and there.

I think Jamie Foxx is a lock for Best Actor, but after that it gets cloudy. Do you guys think that "Million Dollar Baby" or "Hotel Rwanda" (I believe that's what it's called) will take a few Oscar's or will "Ray" rule the night?

[JBlueEyes]

The new list is out. My picks:

BEST PICTURE

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
or
* “Milk” (Focus Features)


BEST ACTOR

* Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
or
* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
outside chance
* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)


BEST ACTRESS

* Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
or
* Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

* Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
or
* Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
(tough choice whether to reward the living)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

* Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
or
* Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)


BEST DIRECTOR

* “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
or
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton


BEST ART DIRECTION

* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
or
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

* “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

* “The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki


BEST FILM EDITING

* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
or
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

* “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany


BEST MAKEUP

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

(no clue)


BEST ORIGINAL SONG

* “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel


BEST ANIMATED SHORT

(no clue)


BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

* “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
or
* “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont


BEST SOUND EDITING

* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King
or
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers


BEST SOUND MIXING

* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
or
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
(outside chance) * “WALL-E” (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

* “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black