Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
Next in line in order: Milk, Wall-E, Revolutionary Road
Best Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case...
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Next in line: Aronofsky, Mendes
Best Actor
Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Next in line: DiCaprio, Jenkins, Brolin, Bardem, Gleeson, Farrell (try not to laugh too hard about the last two)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button *
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Next in line: Hawkins, Leo, Scott-Thomas
* Yes, I know Blanchett has little precursor attention. But it's the Oscars. And Benjamin Button will likely gain a gazillion nominations. Are you really gonna tell me they're not going to nominate Cate fucking Blanchett from a major Oscarbait movie? Really? Oh, but they'll nominate Melissa Leo in some movie 4 people saw over her. Uh huh. (This will probably happen, and then you can laugh at me)
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Next in line: Franco, Shannon
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Next in line: Henson and that's about it? One of the Rachel Getting Married ladies?
Best Original Screenplay
Milk, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Wall-E, Rachel Getting Married, In Bruges
Next in line: Happy-Go-Lucky, The Wrestler, Gran Torino
Best Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, The Reader, The Curious Case...
Next in line: Revolutionary Road, The Dark Knight
