Where the stats are now.

Remember my geeky (sad) little numbers game with the precursors?

Well I thought I would let you all know where we are standing in term of our top ten contenders in the top six categories. To make a long story short..LIST TIME PEOPLE!!!

Best Picture:

1 - Slumdog Millionaire
2 - WALL-E
3 - The Dark Knight
4 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5 - Milk
6 - Frost/Nixon
7 - Happy-Go-Lucky
8 - The Wrestler
9 - Doubt
10 - Rachel Getting Married

Best Director:

1 - Danny Boyle
2 - Christopher Nolan
3 - Gus Van Sant
4 - David Fincher
5 - Ron Howard
6 - Andrew Stanton
7 - Stephen Daldry
8 - Jonathan Demme
9 - Mike Leigh
10 - Sam Mendes

Best Actress:

1 - Sally Hawkins
2 - Anne Hathaway
3 - Kate Winslet
4 - Meryl Streep
5 - Angelina Jolie
6 - Melissa Leo
7 - Kristen Scott Thomas
8 - Cate Blanchett
9 - Emma Thompson
10 - Michelle Williams

Best Actor:

1 - Sean Penn
2 - Mickey Rourke
3 - Frank Langella
4 - Richard Jenkins
5 - Clint Eastwood
6 - Leonardo DiCaprio
7 - Brad Pitt
8 - Dustin Hoffman
9 - Josh Brolin
10 - Michael Fassbender

Best Supporting Actress:

1 - Viola Davis
2 - Penelope Cruz
3 - Rosemarie DeWitt
4 - Marisa Tomei
5 - Kate Winslet
6 - Amy Adams
7 - Taraji P. Henson
8 - Alexis Zegerman
9 - Samantha Morton
10 - Anjelica Huston

Best Supporting Actor:

1 - Heath Ledger
2 - Robert Downey, Jr.
3 - Josh Brolin
4 - Philip Seymour Hoffman
5 - Dev Patel
6 - Michael Shannon
7 - Eddie Marsan
8 - Ralph Feinnes
9 - James Franco
10 - Brandon Walters

Best Original Screenplay:

1 - Milk
2 - Rachel Getting Married
3 - Synecdoche New York
4 - The Visitor
5 - Gran Torino
6 - In Bruges
7 - Happy-Go-Lucky
8 - WALL-E
9 - The Wrestler
10 - Frozen River

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1 - Slumdog Millionaire
2 - Frost/Nixon
3 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4 - Doubt
5 - The Reader
6 - The Dark Knight
7 - Elegy
8 - Revolutionary Road

And do you know there are ever only eight mentioned!

The most surprising thing I would have to say is the very strong showing for 'Happy-Go-Lucky' and its makers and Andrew Stanton. Fingers crossed.