More on my mysterious disappearance tomorrow, but I wanted to get my Oscar picks up prior to this evening's big event! I played the politics and odds on several picks, so we'll see how I fare tomorrow!
Best Picture The Aviator Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby Ray Sideways – PTF PICK
Best Actor Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby Jamie Foxx, Ray – PTF PICK
Best Actress Annette Bening, Being Julia Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby – PTF PICK Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Supporting Actor Alan Alda, The Aviator Thomas Haden Church, Sideways – PTF PICK Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby Jamie Foxx, Collateral Clive Owen, Closer
Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett, The Aviator – PTF PICK Laura Linney, Kinsey Virginia Madsen, Sideways Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda Natalie Portman, Closer
Best Director Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby – PTF PICK Taylor Hackford, Ray Mike Leigh, Vera Drake Alexander Payne, Sideways Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Best Original Screenplay Brad Bird, The Incredibles Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – PTF PICK Mike Leigh, Vera Drake John Logan, The Aviator Keir Pearson and Terry George, Hotel Rwanda
Best Adapted Screenplay Paul Haggis, Million Dollar Baby Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke, Before Sunset David Magee, Finding Neverland Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways – PTF PICK José Rivera, The Motorcycle Diaries
Animated Feature The Incredibles – PTF PICK Shark Tale Shrek 2
Art Direction The Aviator – PTF PICK Finding Neverland Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Phantom of the Opera A Very Long Engagement
Cinematography The Aviator The Passion of the Christ – PTF PICK The Phantom of the Opera A Very Long Engagement
Costume The Aviator – PTF PICK Finding Neverland Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Ray Troy
Documentary Feature Born Into Brothels – PTF PICK The Story of the Weeping Camel Super Size Me Tupac: Resurrection Twist of Faith
Documentary Short Subject Autism is a World The Children of Leningradsky Hardwood – PTF PICK Mighty Times: The Children's March Sister Rose's Passion
Film Editing The Aviator Collateral - PTF PICK Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby Ray
Foreign Language Film As It Is in Heaven (Sweden) The Chorus (France) Downfall (Germany) The Sea Inside (Spain) – PTF PICK Yesterday (South Africa)
Make-Up Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events – PTF PICK The Passion of the Christ The Sea Inside
Original Score John Debney, The Passion of the Christ James Newton Howard, The Village Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Finding Neverland - PTF PICK Thomas Newman, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events John Wiliams, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Original Song ''Accidentally in Love'' from Shrek 2 ''Al Otro Lado del Rio'' from The Motorcycle Diaries ''Believe'' from The Polar Express – PTF PICK ''Learn to be Lonely'' from The Phantom of the Opera ''Look to Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)'' from The Chorus
Short Film (Animated) Birthday Boy Gopher Broke Guard Dog – PTF PICK Lorenzo Ryan
Short Film (Live Action) Everything in This Country Must Little Terrorist 7:35 in the Morning Two Cars, One Night Wasp – PTF PICK
Sound Editing The Incredibles The Polar Express Spider-Man 2 – PTF PICK
Sound Mixing The Aviator The Incredibles The Polar Express Ray Spider-Man 2 – PTF PICK
Visual Effects Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban I, Robot – PTF PICK Spider-Man 2
