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Predict the 2006 Oscars

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The Academy Awards (Oscars) telecast will be this coming Sunday, February 25. Every year, we have a contest for those who are interested in these movie awards. There are 109 nominations for 54 movies in 24 categories. The grand prize, for the forum member making the most correct predictions in this thread, is MacRumors bragging rights.

Here's how to vote:
  • Copy the ballot from the next post below.
  • Delete all but one line in each category, leaving 1 choice per category (your prediction).
  • Post it in this thread.
I will check the predictions against the award winners and post the results on Monday, February 26. The winner need not be present to collect his or her prize. :)

You are welcome to post other discussion about the Oscars here or in the earlier Oscars 2007: The Nominees thread. However, only one ballot per person for the contest, please.

Good luck!

Previous MacRumors Predict the Oscars contests:
2005: winner Doctor Q (18 correct)
2004: winners VincentVega and Pittsax (16 correct)
2003: winners wdlove and Doctor Q (20 correct)
2002: winner Doctor Q (13 correct)​
 
--- MacRumors Oscar Ballot ---

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond
Best Actor: Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor: Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole for Venus

Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
Best Actress: Kate Winslet for Little Children
Best Actress: Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen
Best Actress: Penélope Cruz for Volver

Best Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen et al. for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón et al. for Children of Men
Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The Departed
Best Adapted Screenplay: Todd Field and Tom Perrotta for Little Children
Best Adapted Screenplay: Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars
Best Animated Feature Film: George Miller for Happy Feet
Best Animated Feature Film: Gil Kenan for Monster House

Best Animated Short Film: Torill Kove for The Danish Poet
Best Animated Short Film: Gary Rydstrom for Lifted
Best Animated Short Film: Roger Allers and Don Hahn for The Little Matchgirl
Best Animated Short Film: Geza M. Toth for Maestro
Best Animated Short Film: Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier for No Time for Nuts

Best Art Direction: John Myhre and Nancy Haigh for Dreamgirls
Best Art Direction: Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Gretchen Rau, and Leslie E. Rollins for The Good Shepherd
Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl A. Carasik for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Art Direction: Nathan Crowley and Julie Ochipinti for The Prestige

Best Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond for The Black Dahlia
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men
Best Cinematography: Dick Pope for The Illusionist
Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister for The Prestige

Best Costume Design: Chung Man Yee for Curse of the Golden Flower
Best Costume Design: Patricia Field for The Devil Wears Prada
Best Costume Design: Sharen Davis for Dreamgirls
Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette
Best Costume Design: Consolata Boyle for The Queen

Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Director: Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Director: Stephen Frears for The Queen
Best Director: Paul Greengrass for United 93

Best Documentary Feature: Amy Berg and Frank Donner for Deliver Us from Evil
Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth
Best Documentary Feature: James Longley and John Sinno for Iraq in Fragments
Best Documentary Feature: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady for Jesus Camp
Best Documentary Feature: Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer for My Country, My Country

Best Documentary Short Subject: Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon for The Blood of Yingzhou District
Best Documentary Short Subject: Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad for Recycled Life
Best Documentary Short Subject: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for Rehearsing a Dream
Best Documentary Short Subject: Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr for Two Hands

Best Film Editing: Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel
Best Film Editing: Steven Rosenblum for Blood Diamond
Best Film Editing: Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón for Children of Men
Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed
Best Film Editing: Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, and Richard Pearson for United 93

Best Foreign Language Film: After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) - Denmark
Best Foreign Language Film: Days of Glory (Indigènes) - Algeria
Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) - Germany
Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico
Best Foreign Language Film: Water - Canada

Best Live Action Short Film: Javier Fesser and Luis Manso for Binta and the Great Idea
Best Live Action Short Film: Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson for Helmer & Son
Best Live Action Short Film: Borja Cobeaga for One Too Many (Éramos Pocos)
Best Live Action Short Film: Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn for The Saviour
Best Live Action Short Film: Ari Sandel for West Bank Story

Best Makeup: Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano for Apocalypto
Best Makeup: Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso for Click
Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel
Best Original Score: Thomas Newman for The Good German
Best Original Score: Philip Glass for Notes on a Scandal
Best Original Score: Javier Navarrete for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Queen

Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga for Babel
Best Original Screenplay: Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis for Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine
Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Original Screenplay: Peter Morgan for The Queen

Best Original Song: Randy Newman: "Our Town" from Cars
Best Original Song: Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, and Anne Preven: "Listen" from Dreamgirls
Best Original Song: Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett: "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls
Best Original Song: Henry Krieger and Willie Reale: "Patience" from Dreamgirls
Best Original Song: Melissa Etheridge: "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth

Best Picture: Babel
Best Picture: The Departed
Best Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Picture: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Picture: The Queen

Best Sound Editing: Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar for Apocalypto
Best Sound Editing: Lon Bender for Blood Diamond
Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for Flags of Our Fathers
Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray for Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Mixing: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Fernando Camara for Apocalypto
Best Sound Mixing: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, and Ivan Sharrock for Blood Diamond
Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls
Best Sound Mixing: John T. Reitz et al. for Flags of Our Fathers
Best Sound Mixing: Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, and Lee Orloff for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg for The Departed
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza for Babel
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi for Babel
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Visual Effects: Boyd Shermis et al. for Poseidon
Best Visual Effects: Mark Stetson et al. for Superman Returns

--- end of ballot ---
 
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole for Venus

Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The Departed

Best Animated Feature Film: George Miller for Happy Feet

Best Animated Short Film: Geza M. Toth for Maestro

Best Art Direction: John Myhre and Nancy Haigh for Dreamgirls

Best Cinematography: Dick Pope for The Illusionist

Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette

Best Director: Paul Greengrass for United 93

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad for Recycled Life

Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico

Best Live Action Short Film: Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn for The Saviour

Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel

Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga for Babel

Best Original Song: Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett: "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls

Best Picture: Babel

Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray for Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Sound Mixing: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, and Ivan Sharrock for Blood Diamond

Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond

Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi for Babel

Best Visual Effects: Mark Stetson et al. for Superman Returns
 
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole for Venus

Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada

Best Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen et al. for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier for No Time for Nuts

Best Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl A. Carasik for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister for The Prestige

Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette

Best Director: Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for Rehearsing a Dream

Best Film Editing: Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico

Best Live Action Short Film: Ari Sandel for West Bank Story

Best Makeup: Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano for Apocalypto

Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel

Best Original Screenplay: Peter Morgan for The Queen

Best Original Song: Melissa Etheridge: "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth

Best Picture: Babel

Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Mixing: Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, and Lee Orloff for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
Best Actor: Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The Departed

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Geza M. Toth for Maestro

Best Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl A. Carasik for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Cinematography: Dick Pope for The Illusionist

Best Costume Design: Consolata Boyle for The Queen

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr for Two Hands

Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed

Best Foreign Language Film: After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) - Denmark

Best Live Action Short Film: Ari Sandel for West Bank Story

Best Makeup: Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso for Click

Best Original Score: Javier Navarrete for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Original Song: Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett: "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls

Best Picture: The Departed

Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 


Best Actor: Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen


Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The Departed

Best Animated Feature Film: Gil Kenan for Monster House

Best Animated Short Film: Geza M. Toth for Maestro

Best Art Direction: Nathan Crowley and Julie Ochipinti for The Prestige

Best Cinematography: Dick Pope for The Illusionist

Best Costume Design: Chung Man Yee for Curse of the Golden Flower

Best Director: Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for Rehearsing a Dream

Best Film Editing: Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, and Richard Pearson for United 93


Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) - Germany

Best Live Action Short Film: Javier Fesser and Luis Manso for Binta and the Great Idea

Best Makeup: Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano for Apocalypto

Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel

Best Original Screenplay: Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis for Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Original Song: Melissa Etheridge: "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth

Best Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for Flags of Our Fathers

Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Best Visual Effects: Mark Stetson et al. for Superman Returns

 
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress: Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal

Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The Departed

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Geza M. Toth for Maestro

Best Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl A. Carasik for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Costume Design: Consolata Boyle for The Queen

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr for Two Hands

Best Film Editing: Steven Rosenblum for Blood Diamond

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico

Best Live Action Short Film: Ari Sandel for West Bank Story

Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Score: Javier Navarrete for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Song: Melissa Etheridge: "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth

Best Picture: Little Miss Sunshine

Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Mixing: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, and Ivan Sharrock for Blood Diamond

Best Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg for The Departed

Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal

Best Visual Effects: Mark Stetson et al. for Superman Returns
 
Haven't seen most of the films this year, so I'll just be blindy guessing here...

Best Actor: Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay: Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Torill Kove for The Danish Poet

Best Art Direction: John Myhre and Nancy Haigh for Dreamgirls

Best Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond for The Black Dahlia

Best Costume Design: Sharen Davis for Dreamgirls

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for Rehearsing a Dream

Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed

Best Foreign Language Film: After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) - Denmark

Best Live Action Short Film: Ari Sandel for West Bank Story

Best Makeup: Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano for Apocalypto

Best Original Score: Philip Glass for Notes on a Scandal

Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Original Song: Melissa Etheridge: "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth

Best Picture: Babel

Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for Flags of Our Fathers

Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
Best Actor: Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness


Best Actress: Penélope Cruz for Volver

Best Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen et al. for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan


Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier for No Time for Nuts

Best Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl A. Carasik for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Cinematography: Dick Pope for The Illusionist

Best Costume Design: Chung Man Yee for Curse of the Golden Flower

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Documentary Feature: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady for Jesus Camp

Best Documentary Short Subject: Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon for The Blood of Yingzhou District

Best Film Editing: Steven Rosenblum for Blood Diamond

Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) - Germany

Best Live Action Short Film: Javier Fesser and Luis Manso for Binta and the Great Idea

Best Makeup: Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso for Click

Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel

Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga for Babel

Best Original Song: Randy Newman: "Our Town" from Cars

Best Picture: Little Miss Sunshine

Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Mixing: John T. Reitz et al. for Flags of Our Fathers

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Visual Effects: Mark Stetson et al. for Superman Returns
 
best actor: forrest whittaker
best actress: meryl streep
best picture: babel
best director: clint eastwood
best supporting actress: jennifer hudson
best animated film: cars
best visual effects: pirates
best costume design: dreamgirls

i can't really guess too well for the other categories, but i hope i am right on at least one
 
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen
Best Adapted Screenplay: Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal
Best Animated Feature Film: George Miller for Happy Feet
Best Animated Short Film: Geza M. Toth for Maestro
Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Costume Design: Patricia Field for The Devil Wears Prada
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth
Best Documentary Short Subject: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for Rehearsing a Dream
Best Film Editing: Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel
Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico
Best Live Action Short Film: Borja Cobeaga for One Too Many (Éramos Pocos)
Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel
Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Original Song: Randy Newman: "Our Town" from Cars
Best Picture: The Departed
Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Sound Mixing: Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, and Lee Orloff for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen et al. for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Geza M. Toth for Maestro

Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Costume Design: Sharen Davis for Dreamgirls

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad for Recycled Life

Best Film Editing: Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, and Richard Pearson for United 93

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico

Best Live Action Short Film: Javier Fesser and Luis Manso for Binta and the Great Idea

Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Queen

Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Song: Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, and Anne Preven: "Listen" from Dreamgirls

Best Picture: The Departed

Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray for Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Best Visual Effects: Mark Stetson et al. for Superman Returns
 
--- MacRumors Oscar Ballot ---

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón et al. for Children of Men

Best Animated Feature Film: George Miller for Happy Feet

Best Animated Short Film: Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier for No Time for Nuts

Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men

Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad for Recycled Life

Best Film Editing: Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico

Best Live Action Short Film: Borja Cobeaga for One Too Many (Éramos Pocos)


Best Makeup: Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso for Click

Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Queen

Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Song: Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett: "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls

Best Picture: The Queen

Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray for Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg for The Departed

Best Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

--- end of ballot ---
 
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond

Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada

Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The Departed

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Roger Allers and Don Hahn for The Little Matchgirl

Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond for The Black Dahlia

Best Costume Design: Chung Man Yee for Curse of the Golden Flower

Best Director: Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad for Recycled Life

Best Film Editing: Steven Rosenblum for Blood Diamond

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico

Best Live Action Short Film: Borja Cobeaga for One Too Many (Éramos Pocos)

Best Makeup: Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano for Apocalypto

Best Original Score: Javier Navarrete for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Screenplay: Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis for Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Original Song: Randy Newman: "Our Town" from Cars

Best Picture: Babel

Best Sound Editing: Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar for Apocalypto

Best Sound Mixing: Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, and Lee Orloff for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg for The Departed

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
I should note that I have only seen 2 movies this year, so I may as well be considered a random computer generated list. :eek:



Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada

Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón et al. for Children of Men

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Gary Rydstrom for Lifted

Best Art Direction: John Myhre and Nancy Haigh for Dreamgirls

Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Costume Design: Consolata Boyle for The Queen

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon for The Blood of Yingzhou District

Best Film Editing: Steven Rosenblum for Blood Diamond

Best Film Editing: Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón for Children of Men


Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico


Best Live Action Short Film: Borja Cobeaga for One Too Many (Éramos Pocos)

Best Makeup: Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano for Apocalypto

Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel

Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine


Best Original Song: Randy Newman: "Our Town" from Cars

Best Picture: Babel

Best Sound Editing: Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar for Apocalypto

Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls


Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
Best Actor: Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Actress: Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal

Best Adapted Screenplay: Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal

Best Animated Feature Film: George Miller for Happy Feet

Best Animated Short Film: Torill Kove for The Danish Poet

Best Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl A. Carasik for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister for The Prestige

Best Costume Design: Consolata Boyle for The Queen

Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon for The Blood of Yingzhou District

Best Film Editing: Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico

Best Live Action Short Film: Ari Sandel for West Bank Story

Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Score: Thomas Newman for The Good German

Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Original Song: Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, and Anne Preven: "Listen" from Dreamgirls

Best Picture: Babel

Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi for Babel

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The Departed

Best Animated Feature Film: George Miller for Happy Feet

Best Animated Short Film: Roger Allers and Don Hahn for The Little Matchgirl

Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Cinematography: Dick Pope for The Illusionist

Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for Rehearsing a Dream

Best Film Editing: Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico

Best Live Action Short Film: Ari Sandel for West Bank Story

Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Queen

Best Original Screenplay: Peter Morgan for The Queen

Best Original Song: Randy Newman: "Our Town" from Cars

Best Picture: Babel

Best Sound Editing: Lon Bender for Blood Diamond

Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza for Babel

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond

Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen et al. for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier for No Time for Nuts

Best Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl A. Carasik for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Cinematography: Dick Pope for The Illusionist

Best Costume Design: Patricia Field for The Devil Wears Prada

Best Director: Stephen Frears for The Queen

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

Best Documentary Short Subject: Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad for Recycled Life

Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed

Best Foreign Language Film: After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) - Denmark

Best Live Action Short Film: Javier Fesser and Luis Manso for Binta and the Great Idea

Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Queen

Best Original Screenplay: Peter Morgan for The Queen

Best Original Song: Melissa Etheridge: "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth

Best Picture: The Departed

Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress: Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal

Best Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen et al. for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars

Best Animated Short Film: Geza M. Toth for Maestro

Best Art Direction: John Myhre and Nancy Haigh for Dreamgirls

Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister for The Prestige

Best Costume Design: Patricia Field for The Devil Wears Prada

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Documentary Feature: Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer for My Country, My Country

Best Documentary Short Subject: Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon for The Blood of Yingzhou District

Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico

Best Live Action Short Film: Borja Cobeaga for One Too Many (Éramos Pocos)

Best Makeup: Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano for Apocalypto

Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Queen

Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Original Song: Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett: "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls

Best Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for Flags of Our Fathers

Best Sound Mixing: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Fernando Camara for Apocalypto

Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland


Best Actress: Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal


Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The Departed


Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars


Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth


Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men


Best Director: Paul Greengrass for United 93


Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico


Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth


Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth


Best Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima


Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead


...


The Mexicans/Spanish are coming to take over Hollywood!

:)
 
My ballot:

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen
Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The Departed
Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars
Best Animated Short Film: Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier for No Time for Nuts
Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men
Best Costume Design: Sharen Davis for Dreamgirls
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth
Best Documentary Short Subject: Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad for Recycled Life
Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed
Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico
Best Live Action Short Film: Javier Fesser and Luis Manso for Binta and the Great Idea
Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine
Best Original Song: Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, and Anne Preven: "Listen" from Dreamgirls
Best Picture: The Departed
Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray for Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Comments:

I think "Babel" and "Little Miss Sunshine" were better pictures than "The Departed", but I've voted for "The Departed" as the film that I think will win Best Picture.

"Best Animated Short Film" was a tough choice, even though I've seen all five nominated films. "The Danish Poet" used simple drawings but had a well-developed story and a nice sprinkling of humor. Gary Rydstrom has won multiple Oscars, and "Lifted" has that Pixar magic. "The Little Matchgirl" was hand-drawn and poignant. "Maestro" showed that computer animated movies need not always be brightly colored, and it has a hilarious "punch line" (I won't give it away). And "No Time for Nuts", featured on the "Ice Age" DVD, has the most thrills per second, like a Road Runner cartoon.

Another tough call was the Best Costume Design category, because it's hard to predict what Academy voters will favor: e.g., elaborate vs. stylish, and whether past evidence shows that they automatically favor period pieces. From what I've read, professional costume designers favor "Curse of the Golden Flower" and "The Queen" while film critics have liked "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Marie Antoinette".

You can see my favorite Live Action Short Film, "Binta and the Great Idea", here.
 
I almost missed it Q!


Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón et al. for Children of Men
Best Animated Feature Film: George Miller for Happy Feet
Best Animated Short Film: Roger Allers and Don Hahn for The Little Matchgirl
Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men
Best Costume Design: Sharen Davis for Dreamgirls
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth
Best Documentary Short Subject: Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr for Two Hands
Best Film Editing: Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel
Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico
Best Live Action Short Film: Ari Sandel for West Bank Story
Best Makeup: David Marti and Montse Ribe for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel
Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga for Babel
Best Original Song: Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, and Anne Preven: "Listen" from Dreamgirls
Best Picture: Babel
Best Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray for Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie D. Burton for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
--- end of ballot ---

*I think The departed, babel, Dramgirls are overrated and children of men and letters should had some more norms.


Bless
 
--- MacRumors Oscar Ballot ---


Best Actor: Peter O'Toole for Venus
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón et al. for Children of Men
Best Animated Feature Film: John Lasseter for Cars
Best Animated Short Film: Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier for No Time for Nuts
Best Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan's Labyrinth
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men
Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth
Best Documentary Short Subject: Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon for The Blood of Yingzhou District
Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed
Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico
Best Live Action Short Film: Ari Sandel for West Bank Story
Best Makeup: Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano for Apocalypto
Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla for Babel
Best Original Screenplay: Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis for Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Original Song: Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, and Anne Preven: "Listen" from Dreamgirls
Best Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Sound Mixing: Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, and Lee Orloff for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Visual Effects: John Knoll et al. for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

--- end of ballot ---

had to make quite a few guesses and thus didn't make one or another movie to a big winner
 
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