The Oscar Nominations!!!

Best Picture
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
The Departed
The Queen
Letters from Iwo Jima

A Black Musical beating Clint Eastwood, I was so naive. Since Dreamgirls was the gayest film, I should not be as shocked by it being left out as I am.
How I did in predictions: 4 out of 5....like everyone I missed Letters for Dreamgirls

Best Director
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Clint Eastwood - Letters of Iwo Jima

Clint.......please stop making movies for at least 3 years.......let some other people get recognition. You know how the Academy worships you. Guillermo del Torro and the Sunshine team should have been here.
How I did in predictions: 4 out of 5....like everyone I missed Clint for Condon

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker - Last King of Scotland
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond

Now.......none of these nominees are in a picture nominated for the big prize, never seen that happen. And boo to DiCaprios nomination. Should have been for The Departed.
How I did in predictions: 4 out of 5. Last minute placed Baron Cohen in the mix and took out Leo

Best Actress
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Kate Winslet - Little Children

Great line up....but predictible.
How I did in predictions: 5 out of 5 Yippe!!

Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Djimon Honsou - Blood Diamond
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

Thank God no Jack!!!!! Strong line up.
How I did in predictions: 4 out of 5, had Jack instead of Mark.

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine

Was hoping for Toni Collette to pull an upset. Oh well, strong category.
How I did in predictions: 5 out of 5 Yippe!!

Original Screenplay
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen

Aside from Letters, Brilliant!
How I did in predictions: 4 out of 5 totally did not see the Clint love coming.

Adapted Screenplay
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal

Now we are talking! Fantastic!
How I did in predictions: 3 out of 5, had The Devil Wear Prada and Dreamgirls and not Little Children and Borat.

Foreign
After the Wedding
Days of Glory
Lives of Others
Pan's Labyrinth!
Water

No Volver!!!! That is horrible!!! I did not do these predictions

Animated
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Go Happy feet!!

Achievement in art direction
Dreamgirls
The Good Shepherd
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dean Man's Chest
The Prestige

Hmmmm, This should go to Pan's.....notice no Best Picture nominees in here.

Achievement in cinematography
The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
The Illusionist
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige

Pan's or Children of Men.....notice no Best Picture nominees in here either.

Achievement in costume design
Curse of the Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette
The Queen

About time they realised that contemporary design is just as difficult. Go The Queen and The Devil Wears Prada!

Best documentary feature
Deliver us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq in Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country

Ohh No Dixie Chicks....Boo! Go AL GORE!!

Achievement in film editing
Babel
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
The Departed
United 93

Guess Best Picture is between Babel and The Departed then.

Achievement in makeup
Apocalypto
Click
Pan's Labyrinth!

Go Pan's!!!

Original score
Babel
The Good German
Notes on a Scandal
Pan's Labyrinth!
The Queen

Go Pan's!!!

Original song
"I Need to Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth
"Listen" - Dreamgirls
"Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls
"Our Town" - Cars
"Patience" - Dreamgirls

Go Dreamgirls 'Love you I do'

Achievement in sound editing
Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dean Man's Chest

Um........go Pirates?

Achievement in sound mixing
Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Flags of Our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dean Man's Chest

Go Dreamgirls!

Achievement in visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dean Man's Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns

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