Oscar Predictions

Best motion picture of the year

“Babel”

“The Departed”

“Letters from Iwo Jima”

“Little Miss Sunshine”

“The Queen”

PREDICTION: “The Departed”

Achievement in directing

“Babel” Alejandro González Iñárritu

“The Departed” Martin Scorsese

“Letters from Iwo Jima” Clint Eastwood

“The Queen” Stephen Frears

“United 93” Paul Greengrass

PREDICTION: “The Departed” Martin Scorsese

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”

Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”

Peter O’Toole in “Venus”

Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”

Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”

PREDICTION: Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Penélope Cruz in “Volver”

Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”

Helen Mirren in “The Queen”

Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”

Kate Winslet in “Little Children”

PREDICTION: Helen Mirren in “The Queen”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”

Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”

Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”

Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”

PREDICTION: Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Adriana Barraza in “Babel”

Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”

Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”

Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”

PREDICTION: Adriana Barraza in “Babel”

Best animated feature film of the year

“Cars”

“Happy Feet”

“Monster House”

PREDICTION: “Cars”

Best documentary feature

“Deliver Us from Evil”

“An Inconvenient Truth”

“Iraq in Fragments”

“Jesus Camp”

“My Country, My Country”

PREDICTION: “An Inconvenient Truth”

Original screenplay

“Babel”

“Letters from Iwo Jima”

“Little Miss Sunshine”

“Pan’s Labyrinth”

“The Queen”

PREDICTION: “Little Miss Sunshine”

Adapted screenplay

“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”

“Children of Men”

“The Departed”

“Little Children”

“Notes on a Scandal”

PREDICTION: “Notes on a Scandal”