Sunday Night Is Oscar Night

The 2009 Academy Awards have arrived...and so have my predictions!

[UPDATE: 18 out of 24 correct, very pleased. See you next year, Oscars!]

Best Picture
And the Oscar goes to...Slumdog Millionaire.
Don't count out...Milk? Curious Case? Let's face it, Slumdog is a lock.

Best Director
And the Oscar goes to...Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire.
Don't count out...Gus Van Sant for Milk, but again Slumdog is pretty solid here too.

Best Actor
And the Oscar goes to...Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler.
Don't count out...Sean Penn for Milk, in a pretty tight race.

Best Actress
And the Oscar goes to...Kate Winslet for The Reader.
Don't count out...the nomination leader herself, Meryl Streep for Doubt.

Best Supporting Actor
And the Oscar goes to...Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight.
Don't count out...pigs flying, because that's what it would take for Ledger to lose this award.

Best Supporting Actress
And the Oscar goes to...Viola Davis for Doubt.
Don't count out...Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the perceived front-runner.

Best Original Screenplay
And the Oscar goes to...Milk.
Don't count out...Wall-E.

Best Adapted Screenplay
And the Oscar goes to...Slumdog Millionaire.
Don't count out...a deserving Frost/Nixon not winning.

Best Animated Feature Film
And the Oscar goes to...Wall-E.
Don't count out...did I mention that Wall-E is animated gold?

Best Cinematography
And the Oscar goes to...Slumdog Millionaire.
Don't count out...the visuals of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Best Film Editing
And the Oscar goes to...Slumdog Millionaire.
Don't count out...The Dark Knight.

Best Art Direction
And the Oscar goes to...The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Don't count out...The Dark Knight, again.

Best Costume Design
And the Oscar goes to...The Duchess.
Don't count out...The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Best Makeup
And the Oscar goes to...the old and young of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Don't count out...the Joker's face in The Dark Knight.

Best Visual Effects
And the Oscar goes to...The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Don't count out...you guessed it, The Dark Knight.

Best Sound Editing
And the Oscar goes to...The Dark Knight.
Don't count out...Wall-E.

Best Sound Mixing
And the Oscar goes to...The Dark Knight.
Don't count out...Wall-E.

Best Original Score
And the Oscar goes to...Slumdog Millionaire.
Don't count out...poor Thomas Newman of Wall-E.

Best Original Song
And the Oscar goes to...'Jai Ho' from Slumdog Millionaire, because you can't get it out of your head.
Don't count out...'Down to Earth' from Wall-E (Newman!).

Best Foreign Language Film
And the Oscar goes to...The Class (France), maybe.
Don't count out... the strong contender Waltz with Bashir (Israel).

Best Documentary Feature Film
And the Oscar goes to...Man on Wire.
Don't count out...Encounters at the End of the World or Trouble the Water.

Best Documentary Short Film
And the Oscar goes to...The Witness.
Don't count out...The Conscience of Nhem En.

Best Animated Short Film
And the Oscar goes to...Presto.
Don't count out...La Maison en Petits Cubes or This Way Up.

Best Live Action Short Film
And the Oscar goes to...Spielzeugland (Toyland).
Don't count out...New Boy or The Pig.
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