Oscar Predictions

Best Motion Picture

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost\Nixon”
“Milk”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire”

PREDICTION: “Slumdog Millionaire”

Performance by Actor in A Leading Role

Frank Langella “Frost\Nixon”
Richard Jenkins “The Visitor”
Sean Penn “Milk”
Brad Pitt “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke “The Wrestler”

PREDICTION: Mickey Rourke “The Wrestler”

Performance by Actor in A Supporting Role

Josh Brolin “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr. “Tropic Thunder”
Heath Ledger “The Dark Knight”
Phillip Seymour Hoffman “Doubt”
Michael Shannon “Revolutionary Road”

PREDICTION: Heath Ledger “The Dark Knight”

Performance by Actress in A Leading Role

Anne Hathaway “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie “Changeling”
Melissa Leo “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep “Doubt”
Kate Winslet “The Reader”

PREDICTION: Kate Winslet “The Reader”

Performance by Actress in A Supporting Role

Amy Adams “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz “Vicky Christina Barcelona”
Viola Davis “Doubt”
Taraji Henson “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei “The Wrestler”

PREDICTION: Penelope Cruz “Vicky Christina Barcelona”

Achievement in Directing

Danny Boyle “Slumdog Millionaire”
Stephen Daldry “The Reader”
David Fincher “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Ron Howard “Frost\Nixon”
Gus Van Sant “Milk”

PREDICTION: Danny Boyle “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Documentary Feature

“The Betrayal”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“The Garden”
“Man on Wire”
“Trouble the Water”

PREDICTION: “Encounters at the End of the World”