Oscar Predictions '09

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
DARK HORSE: Doubt
LONG SHOT: WALL-E

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk
DARK HORSE: Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler
LONG SHOT: Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married

BEST ACTOR
Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
DARK HORSE: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
LONG SHOT: Robert Downey, Jr., Iron Man

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
DARK HORSE: Angelina Jolie, Changeling
LONG SHOT: Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
DARK HORSE: James Franco, Milk
LONG SHOT: Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, or Morgan Freeman, The Dark Knight

BEST 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
DARK HORSE: Amy Adams, Doubt
LONG SHOT: Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Joel & Ethan Coen, Burn after Reading
Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
Robert Siegel, The Wrestler
DARK HORSE: Nick Schenk, Gran Torino
LONG SHOT: Baz Luhrmann & Stuart Beattie & Ronald Harwood & Richard Flanagan, Australia

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
DARK HORSE: Justin Haythe, Revolutionary Road
LONG SHOT: Clayton Frohman and Edward Zwick, Defiance

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir
DARK HORSE: Bolt
LONG SHOT: Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"I Thought I Lost You" from Bolt
"Gran Torino" from Gran Torino
"Right Here, Right Now" from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire
"The Wrestler" from The Wrestler
DARK HORSE: "Trouble the Water" from Trouble the Water
LONG SHOT: "Dracula's Lament" from Forgetting Sarah Marshall