Well, the nominees are out. I rank them from 1-5 (or 4 or 6 or 10, depending on the # of nominees)

Best Actor
1) Sean Penn - Milk
3) Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
2) Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
4) Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
5) Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
6) Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actress
2) Meryl Streep - Doubt
3) Melissa Leo - Frozen River
5) Angelina Jolie - Changeling
1) Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
4) Kate Beckinsale - Nothing But the Truth
6) Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Supporting Actor
1) Josh Brolin - Milk
4) James Franco - Milk
2) Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
5) Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
3) Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder

Best Supporting Actress
1) Viola Davis - Doubt
6) Kate Winslet - The Reader
5) Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
3) Vera Farmiga - Nothing But the Truth
2) Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4) Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Acting Ensemble
2) Milk
1) Doubt
4) The Dark Knight
5) Rachel Getting Married
3) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Director
3) Gus Van Sant - Milk
4) Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
2) Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
5) Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
1) David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Writer (Original or Adapted)
3) Dustin Lance Black - Milk
4) Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
5) John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
1) Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
2) Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Picture
3) Milk
8) Doubt
5) Wall-E
10) Changeling
9) The Reader
6) Frost/Nixon
7) The Wrestler
4) The Dark Knight
2) Slumdog Millionaire
1) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
3) Bolt
1) Wall-E
4) Kung Fu Panda
2) Waltz With Bashir
5) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21)
3) David Kross - The Reader
4) Brandon Walters - Australia
1) Dev Petal - Slumdog Millionaire
2) Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees

BEST ACTION MOVIE
4) Wanted
2) Iron Man
1) The Dark Knight
3) Quantum of Solace
5) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

BEST COMEDY MOVIE
4) Role Models
1) Tropic Thunder
2) Burn After Reading
3) Vicky Cristina Barcelona
5) Forgetting Sarah Marshall

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
3) Recount
1) John Adams
2) Coco Chanel

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
3) Mongol
2) Gomorrah
6) A Christmas Tale
1) Waltz With Bashir
5) Let the Right One In
4) Ive Loved You So Long

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
3) I.O.U.S.A.
1) Man On Wire
4) Young At Heart
5) Standard Operating Procedure
2) Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

BEST SONG
5) Another Way to Die (performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys, written by Jack White) - Quantum of Solace
1) Down to Earth (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman) - Wall-E
4) I Thought I Lost You (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele) - Bolt
3) Jaiho (performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar) - Slumdog Millionaire
2) The Wrestler (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen) - The Wrestler

BEST COMPOSER
4) Danny Elfman - Milk
3) Clint Eastwood - Changeling
5) A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
2) Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
1) Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ACTOR: Mickey Rourke- The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS: Melissa Leo- Frozen River
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kate Winslet- The Reader
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: Doubt
BEST DIRECTOR: David Fincher- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST WRITER: Dustin Lance Black- Milk
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: WALL-E
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS: Dev Petal- Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ACTION MOVIE: The Dark Knight
BEST COMEDY MOVIE: Tropic Thunder
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Recount
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Gomorrah
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Man on Wire
BEST SONG: "The Wrestler"- Bruce Springsteen
BEST COMPOSER: Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard- The Dark Knight

Best Composer - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
Best Picture - The Dark Knight
Best Actor - Sean Penn
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger
Best Cinematography - The Dark Knight