Well here we go with my predictions for the 80th Oscars Ceremony, of course I will tell you the nominees, who will probably win, and who I think should win:

Best Actor in a Leading Role
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley of Elah
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Probable Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Who Probably Should Win: Dead tie for me between Danny Day-Lewis and George Clooney

Best Supporting Actor
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War

Probable Winner: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Who Probably Should Win: Javier Bardem, I thought maybe Tom Wilkinson for Michael Clayton, but c'mon. "You Can't Stop What's Coming"

Actress in a Leading Role:
Ellen Page - Juno
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Laura Linney - The Savages
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Mome

Probable Winner: Julie Christie - Away From Her
Who Probably Should Win: Ellen Page for Juno. She covered a huge range in that film, but Julie Christie is over 60 and British, so start chiseling her name in the Oscar. But then again I'm secretly in love with Ellen Page.

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Probable Winner: Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Who Probably Should Win: Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone. Watch her performance and tell me otherwise.

Animated Feature Film:
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Probable Winner: Ratatouille
Who Probably Should Win: Nobody because this is a ridiculous catagory. If Beauty and the Beast got a best picture nod, there shouldn't be an animated catagory.

Best Director
The Coen Brothers - No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman - Juno

Probable Winner: The Coen Brothers - No Country for Old Men
Who Probably Should Win: Toss up between The Coen Brothers and Paul Thomas Anderson with Jason Reitman back there in third.

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody - Juno
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages
Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco - Ratatouille

Probable Winner: Diablo Cody - Juno
Who Probably Should Win: Diablo Cody, she was a blog writer who was told to write a movie and she came up with Juno. However, a huge argument could be made for Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton.

Best Adapted Screeplay
Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Sarah Polley - Away From Her
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - La Vie en Rose

Probable Winner: Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Who Probably Should Win: The Coen Brothers or Paul Thomas Anderson. By the way, does anybody else sense the intense rivalry between these directors coming up?

Best Picture:
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Juno
Atonement
Michael Clayton

Probable Winner: No Country for Old Men
Who Probably Should Win: No Country for Old Men. I refuse to see Atonement, but all of the other flicks were dynamite. This will go down as one of the best nominee lists in Oscar History.

All of the other catagories don't mean much to me. So, I'm gonna go ahead and predict Transformers and The Bourne Ultimatum coming away with Oscars at some point in the night, and beyond that, I got nothing.

Now all that's left to do is watch people.

Love,
Chris

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