OSCAR PREDICTIONS (5 OF 5) & FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

I'm hoping for some major surprises on Tuesday morning. Otherwise, this will be the most boring Oscar season ever! I'll check to see which of my five predictions was the closest to the actual nominees.



Best Picture:

The Aviator - Finding Neverland - Million Dollar Baby - Ray - Sideways



Best Actor:

Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda

Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator

Jamie Foxx - Ray

Paul Giamatti - Sideways



Best Actress:

Annette Bening - Being Julia

Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace

Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake

Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby

Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind



Best Supporting Actor:

David Carradine - Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

Jamie Foxx - Collateral

Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby

Clive Owen - Closer



Best Supporting Actress:

Cate Blanchett - The Aviator

Laura Linney - Kinsey

Virginia Madsen - Sideways

Sophie Okenedo - Hotel Rwanda

Natalie Portman - Closer



Best Director:

Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

Marc Forster - Finding Neverland

Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers

Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

Alexander Payne - Sideways



Best Original Screenplay:

John Logan - The Aviator

Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Terry George & Kier Pierson - Hotel Rwanda

Bill Condon - Kinsey

Taylor Hackford & James L. White - Ray



Best Adapted Screenplay:

Patrick Marber - Closer

David Magee - Finding Neverland

Paul Haggis - Million Dollar Baby

Jose Rivera - The Motorcycle Diaries

Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor - Sideways



Best Art Direction:

The Aviator

Finding Neverland

House of Flying Daggers

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Phantom of the Opera



Best Costume Design:

The Aviator

Finding Neverland

House of Flying Daggers

The Phantom of the Opera

Vanity Fair



Best Cinematography:

The Aviator

Collateral

Million Dollar Baby

The Passion of the Christ

Ray



Best Editing:

The Aviator

Collateral

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

House of Flying Daggers

Ray



Best Sound Mixing:

The Aviator

The Bourne Supremacy

Collateral

Ray

Spider-Man 2



Best Sound Editing:

The Aviator

The Incredibles

Spider-Man 2



Best Makeup:

The Aviator

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Passion of the Christ



Best Visual F/X:

The Aviator

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Spider-Man 2



Best Original Score:

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Finding Neverland

Michael Giacchino - The Incredibles

Thomas Newman - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Rolfe Kent - Sideways

John Williams - The Terminal



Best Original Song:

Old Habits Die Hard - Alfie

Million Voices - Hotel Rwanda

Learn to Be Lonely - The Phantom of the Opera

Believe - The Polar Express

Accidentally In Love - Shrek 2





FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:

(these aren't my favorite of the year, just a few things I consider to be great that have been ignored entirely this award season)



Best Picture - Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Best Actor - Matt Damon in The Bourne Supremacy

Best Actress - Rachel McAdams in The Notebook

Best Supporting Actor - Paul Bettany in Dogville

Best Supporting Actress - Kirsten Dunst in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Director - Alfonso Cuaron for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Best Original Screenplay - Shaun of the Dead

Best Adapted Screenplay - Spider-Man 2