Oscar Predictions: Update! In (Almost) Every Category

Best Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
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Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Wall-E
The Wrestler

Best Director

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant - Milk
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Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Jonathan Demme - Rachel Getting Married
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
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Josh Brolin - W.
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
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Kate Beckinsale - Nothing but the Truth
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Kristin Scott-Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
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Ralph Fiennes - The Reader
James Franco - Milk
Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader
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Amy Adams - Doubt
Kathy Bates - Revolutionary Road
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Vera Farmiga - Nothing but the Truth
Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married

Best Adapted Screenplay

Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan - The Dark Knight
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Justin Yathe - Revolutionary Road
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
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Francois Begaudeau, Robin Campillo & Laurent Cantent - The Class
Nicholas Meyer - Elegy
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano - Gomorra
David Hare - The Reader

Best Original Screenplay

Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married
Woody Allen - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Thomas McCarthy - The Visitor
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Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Dave Johannson & Nick Shenk - Gran Torino
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E
Robert D. Siegel - The Wrestler

Best Animated Film

Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz with Bashir
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Bolt
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
The Tale of Despereaux

Best Foreign Film

The Class (France)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Gomorra (Italy)
The Necessities of Life (Canada)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

Best Art Direction

Australia
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
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Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Synechdoche, New York
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematography

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
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Australia
Changeling
Defiance
Frost/Nixon
Milk

Best Costume Design

Australia
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
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Brideshead Revisited
The Dark Knight
Doubt
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Reader

Best Documentary

Encounters at the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
Man on Wire
Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water

Best Film Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
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Defiance
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Rachel Getting Married
The Reader

Best Makeup

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Synechdoche, New York
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The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
The Reader

Best Original Score

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
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Changeling
Defiance
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Reader
Revolutionary Road

Best Original Song

"Once in a Lifetime" - Cadillac Records
"Up to Our Nex" - Rachel Getting Married
"Jaiho" - Slumdog Millionaire
"Down to Earth" - Wall-E
"The Wrestler" - The Wrestler
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"I Thought I Lost You" - Bolt
"The Call" - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
"Gran Torino" - Gran Torino
"Little Person" - Synechdoche, New York
"Right to Dream" - Tennessee

Best Sound Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millonaire
Wall-E
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Australia
Defiance
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Quantum of Solace

Best Sound Mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Iron Man
Wall-E
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Australia
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
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Australia
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Quantum of Solace