...and change the six major categories for any oscar year (best pic., best dir., best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress) which year(s) would you pick? (You don't have to choose from the five nominees)

My Picks:
1998
Best Picture: American History X
Best Director: Tony Kaye, American History X
Best Actor: Edward Norton, American History X
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
Best Supporting Actor: Ed Harris, The Truman Show
Best Supporting Actress: Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters

2001
Best Picture: Mulholland Dr.
Best Director: David Lynch, Mulholland Dr.
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress: Judi Dench, Iris
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphey, Shrek
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith, Gosford Park

2001
Best Supporting Actress: Cameron Diaz, Vanilla Sky

I agree that Diaz should have been nominated in 2001 but I don't think she should have won. I am more than pleased that Marcia Gay Harden won for Pollock. I wanted Julie Walters to win but was very happy Harden won. Diaz should have been nominated over Judi Dench. I also feel that Diaz should have been nominated for Being John Malkovich. I just wish her career would get back on track to where it once was. She once had a lot of promise of becoming a great!

1994

Best Picture: The Shawshank Redemption
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction
Best Actor: John Travolta: Pulp Fiction
Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson: Pulp Fiction
Best Supporting Actress: Uma Thurman: Pulp Fiction
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Shawshank Redemption
Best Cinematography: Shawshank Redemption
Best Score: The Shawshank Redemption

2008

Best Picture: The Dark Knight
Best Director: Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler
Best Actress: Kate Winslet: Revolutionary Road
Adapted Screenplay: The Dark Knight
Cinematography: Che
Best Editing: The Dark Knight
Best Sound: The Dark Knight
Best Art Direction: The Fall
Best Costumes: The Fall
Best Original Score: The Dark Knight
Best Song: The Wrestler
Best FX: The Incredible Hulk

Eddie Murphy for Shrek? Yeah he did a good job but he only did half an actors job.