Oscar Predix

Unfortunately, it's that time of the year again. Unfortunately, I always follow the deplorable Oscar race. So unfortunately, I'm gonna have to post these predix. This year's Academy Award nominees are guaranteed to look a little something like this:

BEST PICTURE

* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
* Into the Wild
* Juno
* No Country for Old Men
* There Will Be Blood

Alt: Michael Clayton

BEST DIRECTOR

* Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
* Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
* Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
* Sean Penn, Into the Wild
* Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Alt: Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ACTOR

* George Clooney, Michael Clayton
* Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
* Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
* Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
* Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Alt: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ACTRESS

* Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
* Julie Christie, Away from Her
* Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
* Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
* Ellen Page, Juno

Alt: Amy Adams, Enchanted

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

* Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
* Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
* Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
* Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Alt: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

* Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
* Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
* Kelly MacDonald, No Country for Old Men
* Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
* Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Alt: Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

* Brad Bird, Jim Capobiano & Jan Pinkava, Ratatouille
* Diablo Cody, Juno
* Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
* Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
* Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl

Alt: Judd Apatow, Knocked Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

* Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
* Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
* Christopher Hampton, Atonement
* Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
* Sean Penn, Into the Wild

Alt: Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Wilson's War

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

* Roger Deakins, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
* Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men
* Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood
* Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
* Seamus McGarvey, Atonement

Alt: Eric Gautier, Into the Wild

BEST EDITING

* The Bourne Ultimatum -- Christopher Rouse
* Into the Wild -- Jay Cassidy
* Michael Clayton -- John Gilroy
* No Country for Old Men -- Roderick Jaynes
* There Will Be Blood -- Dylan Tichenor

Alt: American Gangster -- Pietro Scalia

BEST SCORE

* Marco Beltrami, 3:10 to Yuma
* Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution
* Michael Giacchino, Ratatouille
* Alberto Iglesias, The Kite Runner
* Dario Marianelli, Atonement

Alt: Clint Eastwood, Grace Is Gone

BEST SOUND

* 300
* The Bourne Ultimatum
* No Country for Old Men
* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
* Transformers

Alt: There Will Be Blood

BEST SOUND EDITING

* 300
* Beowulf
* The Bourne Ultimatum
* Ratatouille
* Transformers

Alt: No Country for Old Men

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

* 300
* Transformers
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Alt: I Am Legend

BEST ART DIRECTION

* Atonement -- Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer
* Elizabeth: The Golden Age -- Guy Hendrix Dyas & Richard Roberts
* Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix -- Stuart Craig & Stephanie McMillan
* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street -- Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo
* There Will Be Blood -- Jack Fisk & Jim Erickson

Alt: The Golden Compass -- Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

* The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford -- Patricia Norris
* Atonement -- Jacqueline Durran
* Elizabeth: The Golden Age -- Alexandra Byrne
* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street -- Colleen Atwood
* La Vie en Rose -- Marit Allen

Alt: Hairspray -- Rita Ryack

BEST MAKEUP

* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
* La Vie en Rose

Alt: 300

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

* "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)" from Hairspray
* "Falling Slowly" from Once
* "Grace Is Gone" from Grace Is Gone
* "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild
* "That's How You Know" from Enchanted

Alt: "Do You Feel Me" from American Gangster

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

* 12 (Russia)
* The Counterfeiters (Austria)
* Katyn (Poland)
* The Trap (Serbia)
* The Year My Parents Went On Vacation (Brazil)

Alt: Beaufort (Israel)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

* Persepolis
* Ratatouille
* The Simpsons Movie

Alt: Bee Movie

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

* Body of War
* Lake of Fire
* No End in Sight
* Sicko
* Taxi to the Dark Side

Alt: Nanking