Best Actor in a Leading Role
**Sean Penn, Milk
Benicio del Toro, Che
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Michelle Williams, Wendy & Lucy
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
**Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin, Milk
Liev Schreiber, Defiance
Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon
**Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
**Viola Davis, Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Elsa Zylberstein, I've Loved You So Long
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Director
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Steven Soderbergh, Che
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
**Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married

Best Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
**Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
Woody Allen, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, & Jim Reardon, Wall-E

Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
**John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
Justin Yathe, Revolutionary Road
Charles Frohman & Edward Zwick, Defiance
David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, & Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight

Best Motion Picture
Scott Rudin, Doubt
**Christian Colson, Slumdog Millionaire
Ron Howard & Brian Grazer, Frost/Nixon
Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen, & Michael London, Milk
Neda Armian & Marc E. Platt, Rachel Getting Married

Best Original Animated Film
**Andrew Stanton, Wall-E
Ari Folman, Waltz with Bashir
Hayao Miyazaki, Ponyo on a Cliff

Best Foreign Language Film
Italy, Gomorrah
Taiwan, Cape No. 7
Turkey, Three Monkeys
Venezuela, The Color of Fame
**Canada, The Necessities of Life

Best Original Score
Alberto Iglesias, Che
**Thomas Newman, Wall-E
James Newton Howard, Defiance
David Hirschfelder, Australia
Marco Antonio Guimares, Blindness

Best Cinematography
Eduardo Serra, Defiance
Mandy Walker, Australia
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Declan Quinn, Rachel Getting Married
**Anthony Dodd Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Film Editing
Pablo Zumárraga, Che
**Harris Savides, Milk
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire
Tim Squyres, Rachel Getting Married
Daniel P. Hanley & Mike Hill, Frost/Nixon

Best Art Direction
Australia
The Reader
**The Duchess
Miracle at St. Anna
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Makeup
Che
Synecdoche, New York
**The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Costumes
Doubt
Australia
The Reader
**The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

Best Sound Editing
Wall-E
Iron Man
**The Dark Knight

Best Sound Mixing
**Wall-E
Australia
The Dark Knight
The Incredible Hulk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Visual F/X
Hancock
**The Fall
Prince Caspian

Nice set of predictions. Everyone seems to be going crazy over "Slumdog Millionaire". Have there been any preview screenings, and if so, has anyone here had a chance to see it? It's looks interesting and I was just wondering what everyone thought.

there have been a bunch of early screenings of "Slumdog Millionaire" to answer your question. here's the link if you're curious:
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire/

hopefully i'll be attending one on Wednesday. easier to see it now because Lord knows when it will actually reach the theaters that are really close to me.

Best Actress
Angelina Jolie- Changeling
Meryl Streep- Doubt
Kate Winslet- Revolutionary Road
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Nicole Kidman- Australia

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Taraji P. Henson- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Viola Davis- Doubt
Amy Adams- Doubt
Kate Winslet- The Reader

Best Actor
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sean Penn Milk
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Leonardo DiCaprio- Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger-The Dark Knight
Josh Brolin- Milk
Robert Downey, Jr.- Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman- Doubt
Dec Patel Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director
Sam Mendes- Revolutionary Road
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight
John Patrick Shanley Doubt
Gus Van Sant - Milk

Best Picture
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

[B]BEST PICTURE:[/B]
1. Revolutionary Road
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Milk
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Frost/Nixon

[B]BEST DIRECTOR:[/B]
1. Gus Van Sant - Milk
2. Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
3. Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
4. Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
5. Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon

[B]BEST ACTOR:[/B]
1. Sean Penn - Milk
2. Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
3. Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
4. Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
5. Richard Jenkins - The Visitor

[B]BEST ACTRESS:[/B]
1. Kate Winset - Revolutionary Road
2. Meryl Streep - Doubt
3. Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
4. Melissa Leo - Frozen River
5. Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long

[B]BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:[/B]
1. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
2. Josh Brolin - Milk
3. Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
5. Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

[B]BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:[/B]
1. Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona
2. Viola Davis - Doubt
3. Taraj P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Kate Winslet - The Reader
5. Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married

[B]BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:[/B]
1. Revolutionary Road
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Frost/Nixon
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Doubt

[B]BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:[/B]
1. Milk
2. Rachel Getting Married
3. Wall-E
4. The Wrestler
5. The Visitor

R.I.P. Vallorie "Grandma" Perkins