BEST MOTION PICTURE

Australia (20th Century Fox)
Body of Lies (Warner Brothers)
Doubt (Miramax Films)
Revolutionary Road (Dreamworks SKG)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Pictures)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Leonardo DiCaprio- Body of Lies
Frank Langella- Frost/Nixon
Benicio Del Toro- The Argentine
Brad Pitt- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Viggo Mortenson- The Road

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Meryl Streep- Doubt
Angelina Jolie- Changeling
Kate Winslet- Revolutionary Road
Julie Delpy- The Countess
Cate Blanchett- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Russell Crowe- Body of Lies
Michael Sheen- Frost/Nixon
James Brolin- Milk
Ben Affleck- State of Play
Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Emma Thompson- Brideshead Revisited
Viola Davis- Doubt
Rachel McAdams- State of Play
Taraji P. Henson- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nicole Kidman- The Reader

Best DIRECTORIAL EFFORT

Baz Luhrmann- Australia
Ridley Scott- Body of Lies
Sam Mendes- Revolutionary Road
David Fincher- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Terrence Malick- Tree of Life

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Greg Mottola- Adventureland
Joel and Ethan Coen- Burn After Reading
Peter Buchman- The Argentine
J. Michael Straczynski- The Changeling
Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander- Valkyrie

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Don McKellar- Blindness
William Monahan- Body of Lies
Matthew Michael Carnahan and Billy Ray- State of Play
Justin Haythe- Revolutionary Road
Eric Roth- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Wall-E (Pixar Animation)
The Frog Princess (Walt Disney Pictures)
The Second World (Focus Features)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Iron Man
Star Trek
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Comments? Your own picks? Shoot.

I dont know that much about the coming oscar attractions in 09, but my top guesses, from what i know, are

Best Picture

Revolutionary Road
The Lovely Bones
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Boy of Lies
Burn after Reading

Best actor

Leonardo Dicaprio - RevoRoad
Mark Whalberg - Lovely Bones

Best Actress

kate Winslet - RevoRoad
Rachel Wiesz(sp?) - Lovely Bones

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight(the trailer's scenes are enough to get him nominated)

Best Supporting Actress -

Susan Surandon - Lovely bones
or
Saorsai Ronan - Lovely Bones

thats all i got.

the lovely bones does not come out until 2009, in time for the 2010 oscars

oh, thank you for that. did not know that.

If I can even get 3 out of 5 in each category then I will be doing alright.

Best Picture

Australia
Frost/Nixon
Motherless Brooklyn
Reveloutionary Road
Tree Of Life

Don't count out Body Of Lies, Seven Pounds, The Curious Case or Guerrilla.

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio- Body Of Lies
Philip Seymour Hoffman- Synecdoche, New York
Frank Langella- Frost/Nixon
Edward Norton- Motherless Brooklyn
Brad Pitt- The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Don't count out Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Will Smith.

Best Actress

Annette Bening- A Woman Of No Importance
Nicole Kidman- Australia
Rachel McAdams- The Time Traveler's Wife
Meryl Streep- Doubt
Kate Winslet- The Reader

Don't count out Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh- Valkyrie
Martin Landeau- City Of Ember
Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
John Malkovich- Burn After Reading
Michael Sheen- Frost/Nixon

Don't count out James Brolin, Woody Harrelson ( Seven Pounds )and Russell Crowe

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams- Doubt
Kathy Bates- Reveloutionary Road
Jill Clayburgh- Dirty Tricks
Carice Van Houten- Body Of Lies
Catalina Sandino Moreno- Guerrilla

Best Director

Ron Howard- Frost/Nixon
Charlie Kaufman- Synecdoche, New York
Terence Malick- Tree Of Life
Sam Mendes- Reveloutionary Road
Edward Norton- Motherless Brooklyn

Don't count out Clint Eastwood, David Fincher and Baz Luhrman

If Jack Nicholson didn't get nominated for his turn as the Joker, I doubt Ledger's version of Nicholson's rendition will get nominated.