BEST PICTURE
Babel
***The Departed***
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

BEST DIRECTING
Babel (Alejandro Gonzalez Iñaritu)
***The Departed (Martin Scorsese)***
Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)
The Queen (Stephen Frears)
Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)

BEST ACTOR
The Departed (Leonardo DiCaprio)
***The Last King of Scotland (Forest Whitaker)***
Letters from Iwo Jima (Ken Watanabe)
Thank you for smoking (Aaron Eckhart)
Venus (Peter O'Toole)

BEST ACTRESS
The Devil Wears Prada (Meryl Streep)
Notes on a Scandal (Judi Dench)
Little Children (Kate Wisnlet)
***The Queen (Helen Mirren)***
Volver (Penelope Cruz)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Babel (Brad Pitt)
***The Departed (Jack Nicholson)***
Dreamgirls (Eddie Murphy)
Little Miss Sunshine (Alan Arkin)
The Queen (Michael Sheen)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Babel (Rinko Kikuchi)
Bobby (Sharon Stone)
***Dreamgirls (Jennifer Hudson)***
Little Miss Sunshine (Abigail Breslin)
Notes on a Scandal (Cate Blanchett)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Stranger than Fiction
***Volver***

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
***The Departed***
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
Thank you for smoking

Give up. I did. "Dreamgirls" is a Best Picture contender. You said that if Dreamgirls gets a 72 or 82 on Metacritic, it'll be nominated. It has a 72...

LOL, sorry if I'm becoming obsessed with Dreamgirls, it's just that I saw it last night and...WOW. I had negative thoughts about it all year, but now they're 100% altered.

Best Picture
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
*The Departed*
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine

Best Director
Clint Eastwood-Letters from Iwo Jima
*Martin Scorsese-The Departed* (tenatively)
Bill Condon-Dreamgirls
Alejandro Gonzalez I-Babel
Stephen Frears-The Queen

Best Actor
Forest Whiatker-The Last King of Scotland
*Peter O’Toole-Venus*
Ryan Gosling-Half Nelson
Will Smith-The Pursuit of Happyness
Leonardo DiCaprio-The Departed

Best Actress
*Helen Mirren-The Queen*
Kate Winslet-Little Children
Judi Dench-Notes on a Scandal
Penelope Cruz-Volver
Meryl Streep-The Devil Wears Prada

Best Supporting Actor
Jack Nicholson-The Departed
Brad Pitt-Babel
*Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls*
Michael Sheen-The Queen
Alan Arkin-Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress
*Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls*
Cate Blanchett-Notes on a Scandal
Rinko Kikuchi-Babel
Catherine O’Hara-For Your Consideration
Abigail Breslin-Little Miss Sunshine

Best Original Screenplay
The Queen
*Little Miss Sunshine*
Babel
Volver
A Prairie Home Companion

Best Adapted Screenplay
*The Departed*
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Children
Thank You for Smoking

Best Animated Feature
Monster House
Cars
Flushed Away
Over the Hedge
*Happy Feet*