Possibly Final Oscar Talk...

So the Golden Globes have now been and gone which gives us a pretty decent idea of the ol' Oscars and where they will be making there respective ways too very soon.

So here are our final Oscar nomination predictions. Only the nominations obviously but soon we will hopefully be proved right. So we have here our picks for nominations and two that could still make it for good measure.

Best Picture
Babel, The Departed, Dreamgirls, The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine
Letters From Iwo Jima, Little Children
Babel is frontrunner now and likely this year's Crash. Watch out for Dreamgirls and The Queen as a definite dark horse. The Departed, despite being the best of the films, is going to be snubbed here.

Best Director
Martin Scorsese (The Departed), Bill Condon (Dreamgirls), Stephen Frears (The Queen), Alejandro Innaritu (Babel), Paul Greengrass (United 93)
Clint Eastwood (Letters From Iwo Jima), Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth)
Scorsese is surely going to take this home. Watch out for Frears and Innaritu but I would say you can count out Condon unless Dreamgirls sweeps the board.

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland), Peter O'Toole (Venus), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed), Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness), Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson), Aaron Eckhart (Thank You For Smoking)
Cohen won't win but his surprise win has put him in pole position for the fifth spot. Whitaker has this sewn up now though and I am putting my money on him winning.

Best Actress
Helen Mirren (The Queen), Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal), Kate Winslet (Little Children), Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada), Penelope Cruz (Volver)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherrybaby), Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine)
The five are pretty much locks now but only one woman will win here. Mirren is a lock for the win now. For a very vague dark horse, only Winslet and Streep qualify but it will be Mirren.

Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls), Brad Pitt (Babel), Jack Nicholson (The Departed), Jackie E. Haley (Little Children), Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland), Dijmon Hounsou (The Blood Diamond)
This is the most open category for nominations with any of the seven open to fall. Murphy is frontrunner but Pitt could sneak it if Babel has its night while both Arkin and Haley are major dark horse contenders.

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal), Rinko Kikuchi (Babel), Adriana Barraza (Babel), Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Emily Blunt (Devil Wears Prada), Catherine O'Hara (For Your Consideration)
Hudson is on an unstoppable course at the moment but while Blanchett is unlikely, either Babel nominee could steal it. Breslin won't win and could end up getting pipped by Emily Blunt whose profile is rising by the minute.

Best Original Screenplay
Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen, Stranger Than Fiction, Pan's Labyrinth
United 93, Letters From Iwo Jima
Could go three ways here with The Queen now a serious contender. My money is still on either Babel or Little Miss Sunshine. I would pretty solidly bet on the two others getting nods but Pan's Labyrinth is still shaky due to its lack of U.S exposure.

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Departed, Thank You For Smoking, Little Children, Dreamgirls, Children of Men
Notes on a Scandal, Borat
Dreamgirls shouldn't count itself in this one and could easily fall. The brilliant Children of Men should steal a well deserved nomination. Watch out for Little Children though as this might be its only real chance to win. Likelyhood however, The Departed will take it.


We love you all and deeply thank you for allowing this to happen without fighting, abusing or attempting to kill us. Predictions for winners soon after the actual nominations are announced.