Predictions for the Oscar Nominees

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  • Best Director
  • Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Stephen Frears for The Queen
  • Paul Greengrass for United 93
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
  • Martin Scorsese for The Departed
  • Dark Horses: Bill Condon for Dreamgirls; Jonathan Dayton and Valérie Faris for Little Miss Sunshine
  • Best Leading Actress
  • Penélope Cruz for Volver
  • Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
  • Helen Mirren for The Queen
  • Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
  • Kate Winslet for Little Children
  • Best Leading Actor
  • Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat
  • Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond
  • Peter O'Toole for Venus
  • Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness
  • Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
  • Dark Horses: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed; Chiwetel Ejiofor for Kinky Boots; Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children
  • Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond
  • Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
  • Jack Nicholson for The Departed
  • Mark Wahlberg for The Departed
  • Dark Horses: Michael Sheen for The Queen; Brad Pitt for Babel, Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Adriana Barraza for Babel
  • Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal
  • Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine
  • Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
  • Rinko Kikuchi for Babel
  • Dark Horses: Toni Collette for Little Miss Sunshine
  • Best Animated Feature
  • Cars
  • Happy Feet
  • Monster House
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Babel
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • The Queen
  • Stranger than Fiction
  • United 93
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • The Departed
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • Little Children
  • Notes on a Scandal
  • Thank You For Smoking
  • Best Foreign Language Film
  • El Laberinto del Fauno (Mexico)
  • Das Leben der Anderen (Germany)
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (USA)
  • Volver (Spain)
  • Zwartboek/Black Book (Netherlands)
  • Best Cinematography
  • Apocalypto
  • Babel
  • Children of Men
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • United 93
  • Best Art Direction *
  • Casino Royale
  • Children of Men
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Pirates of the Caribbean 2
  • Best Original Score *
  • Babel
  • The Da Vinci Code
  • The Fountain
  • The Queen
  • The Painted Veil
  • Best Original Song *
  • Bobby
  • Dreamgirls
  • Happy Feet
  • Home of the Brave
  • The Pursuit of Happyness
  • Best Editing
  • Babel
  • Dreamgirls
  • The Departed
  • The Queen
  • United 93
  • Best Costume Design *
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • Dreamgirls
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Pirates of the Caribbean 2
  • Best Sound *
  • Babel
  • Dreamgirls
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Pirates of the Caribbean 2
  • United 93
  • Best Visual Effects
  • Children of Men
  • The Fountain
  • Pirates of the Caribbean 2
  • Best Sound Editing *
  • Flags of Our Fathers
  • Superman Returns
  • United 93
  • Best Make-up
  • Dreamgirls
  • Pirates of the Caribbean 2
  • The Queen
  • Best Picture
  • Babel
  • The Departed
  • Dreamgirls
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • United 93
  • Dark Horse: The Queen
Author Comments: 

* = blind guesses

Tally:

Babel: 10
The Queen: 6
Dreamgirls: 8
United 93: 7
The Departed: 7
Little Miss Sunshine: 3
Letters from Iwo Jima: 2
Volver: 2
The Devil Wears Prada: 3
Little Children: 3
Happy Feer: 2
Children of Men: 2
The Fountain: 2
Pan's Labyrinth: 5
Marie Antoinette: 2
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: 3
The Pursuit of Happyness: 2
Notes on a Scandal: 2
Blood Diamond: 2