Updated Oscar Predictions

BEST PICTURE
1. “Revolutionary Road”
2. “The Road”
3. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
4. “Milk”
5. “Frost/Nixon”

6. “The Changeling”
7. “Australia”
8. “Wall-E”
9. “Doubt”
10. “The Dark Knight”

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Sam Mendes, “Revolutionary Road”
2. Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
3. Gus van Sant, “Milk”
4. David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
5. Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”

6. Clint Eastwood, “The Changeling”
7. Mike Leigh, “Happy Go Lucky”
8. Baz Luhrmann, “Australia”
9. John Hilcoat, “The Road”
10. Jonathan Demme, “Rachel Getting Married”

BEST ACTOR
1. Leonardo DiCaprio, “Revolutionary Road”
2. Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
3. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
4. Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
5. Viggo Mortensen, “The Road”

6. Daniel Craig, “Defiance”
7. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, “Synecdoche, New York”
8. Will Smith, “Seven Pounds”
9. Benicio del Toro, “The Argentine”/ “Guerilla”
10. Sean Penn, “Milk”

BEST ACTRESS
1. Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road”
2. Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
3. Rachel McAdams, “The Time Traveler’s Wife”
4. Angelina Jolie, “The Changeling”
5. Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”

6. Sally Hawkins, “Happy Go Lucky”
7. Nicole Kidman, “Australia”
8. Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens”
9. Cate Blanchett, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
10. Kristin Scott Thomas, “I’ve Loved You So Long”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
2. Robert Downey, Jr., “The Soloist”
3. Live Schreiber, “Defiance”
4. Michael Sheen, “Frost/Nixon”
5. Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Road”

6. Josh Brolin, “Milk”
7. Emile Hirsch, “Milk”
8. John Malkovich, “The Changeling”
9. Ralph Fiennes, “The Reader”
10. Tom Cruise, “Tropic Thunder”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1.Amy Adams, “Doubt”
2. Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens”
3. Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
4. Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
5. Rachel Weisz, “The Brothers Bloom”

6. Amy Ryan, ‘The Changeling”
7. Catherine Keener, “The Soloist”
8. Rinko Kikuchi, “The Brothers Bloom”
9. Rachel McAdams, “The Lucky Ones”
10. Kathy Bates, “Revolutionary Road”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. “Synecdoche, New York”
2. “The Changeling”
3. “Wall-E”
4. “Milk”
5. “Rachel Getting Married”

6. “Happy Go Lucky”
7. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
8. “Seven Pounds”
9. “Australia”
10. “The Soloist”


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. “Revolutionary Road”
2. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
3. “The Road”
4. “Doubt”
5. “Frost/Nixon”

6. “House of Lies”
7. “The Reader”
8. “Grey Gardens”
9. “Defiance”
10. “The Dark Knight”

I tried to be a little bold when I updated my predictions. I have a strange feeling about "The Road." I included it in my top 5, but my feelings change about that daily. The one performance that I am adamant about is Rachel McAdams in "The Time Traveler's Wife." No one else has predicted this that I know of, but after reading the novel, this is the performance that I am most excited about for the rest of the year.