Cinema Audio Society Nominees

Avatar
Re-recording Mixers:
Chris Boyes
Gary Summers
Andy Nelson
Production Mixer:
Tony Johnson, CAS

District 9
Re-recording Mixers:
Michael Hedges
Gilbert Lake
Production Mixer:
Ken Saville

The Hurt Locker
Re-recording Mixers:
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Production Mixer: Ray Beckett

Star Trek
Re-recording Mixers: Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
Production Mixer: Peter J. Devlin, CAS

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Re-recording Mixers:
Greg P. Russell, CAS
Gary Summers
Production Mixer:
Geoffrey Patterson, CAS

PGA Awards Winners and noms

AVATAR
Producers: James Cameron, Jon Landau

DISTRICT 9
Producers: Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson

AN EDUCATION
Producers: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

THE HURT LOCKER *
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Producer: Lawrence Bender

INVICTUS
Producers: Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz, Lori McCreary , Mace Neufeld

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness

STAR TREK
Producers: J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof

UP
Producer: Jonas Rivera

UP IN THE AIR
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

Animated after the cut.

PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

9
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

CORALINE
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Producer: Peter Del Vecho

UP *
Producer: Jonas Rivera

PGA Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:

BURMA VJ
Producer: Lise Lense-Moller

The COVE *
Producers: Paula DuPre Pesman, Fisher Stevens

SERGIO
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television*:

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

GREY GARDENS
Producers: David Coatsworth, Lucy Donnelly, Rachael Horovitz, Michael Sucsy

LITTLE DORRIT
Producers: Lisa Osborne, Anne Pivcevic

PRAYERS FOR BOBBY
Producers: Stanley M. Brooks, Damian Ganczewski, David Permut, Daniel Sladek, Chris Taaffe

THE PRISONER
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination.

TAKING CHANCE
Producers: Lori Keith Douglas, Ross Katz, Brad Krevoy, Cathy Wischner-Sola

SAG Award Winners

Motion Picture:

• Best Ensemble — Inglourious Basterds
• Best Actress — Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
• Best Actor — Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• Best Supporting Actor — Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
• Best Supporting Actress — Mo’Nique, Precious
• Best Stunt Ensemble — Star Trek

Critics Choice Winners

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Best Acting Ensemble: Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Best Actress: tie! Meryl Streep & Sandra Bullock
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo Nique, Precious
Best Young Actress: Saoirse Ronan
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Foreign Language Film: Broken Embraces
Best Animated Movie: Up
Best Comedy Movie: The Hangover
Best Score: Up
Best Song: The Weary Kind
Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Best Make-Up: District 9
Best Action Movie: Avatar
Best Cinematography: Avatar
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Best Art Direction: Avatar
Best Editing: Avatar
Best Sound: Avatar

Golden Globewinners

• Best Picture, Drama – Avatar
• Best Picture, Comedy/Musical — The Hangover
• Best Director — James Cameron, Avatar
• Best Actress, Drama — Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
• Best Actor, Drama – Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• Best Actress, Comedy/Musical — Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
• Best Actor, Comedy/Musical — Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes
• Best Supporting Actress — Mo’Nique, Precious
• Best Supporting Actor — Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
• Best Foreign Language Film — The White Ribbon
• Best Animated Feature — Up
• Best Screenplay — Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
• Best Original Score — Michael Giacchino, Up
• Best Original Song — The Weary Kind, Crazy Heart
• Best TV Series, Drama – Mad Men
• Best TV Series, Comedy — Glee
• Best TV Miniseries — Grey Gardens
• Best Actress, TV Miniseries — Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
• Best Actor, TV Miniseries — Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
• Best Actress, TV Drama — Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• Best Actor, TV Drama — Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Best Actress, TV Comedy — Toni Collette, United States of Tara
• Best Actor, TV Comedy — Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• Best Supporting Actress, TV — Chloe Sevigny, Big Love
• Best Supporting Actor, TV — John Lithgow, Dexter

SAG noms

Ensemble
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Precious

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique, Precious

Golden Globe noms

Motion Picture, Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air

Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical
500 Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

Actress, Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious

Actor, Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers

Actor Comedy/Musical
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joe Gordon Levitt, 500 Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

Actress, Comedy
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated

Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man

Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Screenplay
Neill Blomkampt & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Original Score
Michael Giacchino, Up
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Krozeniowski, A Single Man
Karen O. and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are

Foreign Language Film
Baaria
Broken Embraces
The Maid
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon

Original Song
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“I Want To Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine
“I See You,” Avatar
“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart
“Winter,” Brothers

BFCA noms

NOMINEES FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

Nine, Inglourious Basterds lead with ten nominations each. Avatar close behind with 9.

BEST PICTURE

• Avatar
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Invictus
• Nine
• Precious
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up In The Air

BEST ACTOR

• Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”
• George Clooney – “Up In The Air”
• Colin Firth – “A Single Man”
• Morgan Freeman – “Invictus”
• Viggo Mortensen – “The Road”
• Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker”

BEST ACTRESS

• Emily Blunt – “The Young Victoria”
• Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”
• Carey Mulligan – “An Education”
• Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
• Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious”
• Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Matt Damon – “Invictus”
• Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger”
• Christian McKay – “Me And Orson Welles”
• Alfred Molina – “An Education”
• Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones”
• Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Marion Cotillard – “Nine”
• Vera Farmiga – “Up In The Air”
• Anna Kendrick – “Up In The Air”
• Mo’Nique – “Precious”
• Julianne Moore – “A Single Man”
• Samantha Morton – “The Messenger”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

• Jae Head – “The Blind Side”
• Bailee Madison – “Brothers”
• Max Records – “Where The Wild Things Are”
• Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
• Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Road”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• Inglourious Basterds
• Nine
• Precious
• Star Trek
• Up In The Air

BEST DIRECTING

• Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker”
• James Cameron – “Avatar”
• Lee Daniels – “Precious”
• Clint Eastwood – “Invictus”
• Jason Reitman – “Up In The Air”
• Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker”
• Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “A Serious Man”
• Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – “(500) Days Of Summer”
• Bob Peterson, Peter Docter – “Up”
• Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach – “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – “District 9”
• Geoffrey Fletcher – “Precious”
• Tom Ford, David Scearce – “A Single Man”
• Nick Hornby – “An Education”
• Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – “Up In The Air”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Barry Ackroyd – “The Hurt Locker”
• Dion Beebe – “Nine”
• Mauro Fiore – “Avatar”
• Andrew Lesnie – “The Lovely Bones”
• Robert Richardson – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Dan Bishop – “A Single Man”
• Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg – “Avatar”
• John Myhre, Gordon Sim – “Nine”
• Naomi Shohan, George De Titta, Jr. – “The Lovely Bones”
• David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST EDITING

• Dana E. Glauberman – “Up In The Air”
• Sally Menke – “Inglourious Basterds”
• Bob Murawski, Chris Innis – “The Hurt Locker”
• Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar”
• Claire Simpson, Wyatt Smith – “Nine”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Colleen Atwood – “Nine”
• Janet Patterson – “Bright Star”
• Sandy Powell – “The Young Victoria”
• Anna Sheppard – “Inglourious Basterds”
• Casey Storm – “Where The Wild Things Are”

BEST MAKEUP

• Avatar
• District 9
• Nine
• The Road
• Star Trek

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Lovely Bones
• Star Trek
• 2012

BEST SOUND

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Nine
• Star Trek

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Princess And The Frog
• Up

BEST ACTION MOVIE

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek

BEST COMEDY

• (500) Days Of Summer
• The Hangover
• It’s Complicated
• The Proposal
• Zombieland

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Gifted Hands
• Grey Gardens
• Into The Storm
• Taking Chance

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Broken Embraces
• Coco Before Chanel
• Red Cliff
• Sin Nombre
• The White Ribbon

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Anvil
• Capitalism: A Love Story
• The Cove
• Food, Inc.
• Michael Jackson’s This Is It

BEST SONG

• “All Is Love” – Karen O, Nick Zinner – “Where The Wild Things Are”
• “Almost There” – Randy Newman – “The Princess And The Frog”
• “Cinema Italiano” – Maury Yeston – “Nine”
• “(I Want To) Come Home” – Paul McCartney – “Everybody’s Fine”
• “The Weary Kind” – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham – “Crazy Heart”

BEST SCORE

• Michael Giacchino – “Up”
• Marvin Hamlisch – “The Informant!”
• Randy Newman – “The Princess and the Frog”
• Karen O, Carter Burwell – “Where The Wild Things Are”
• Hans Zimmer – “Sherlock Holmes”

Updates.

Some small updates made again.

New names added

Some new predictions added.

New season, new tricks

Toronto is getting closer and the new season really starts. Updates coming up.

Oscar winners

Category (chron) Category (alpha) Film (alpha) Film (chron) Nominee (alpha) Nominee (chron) Distributor Director (credited) -------------------------------------------

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Results displayed by award category; sort is chronological
Win indicated by an asterisk (*)

2008 (81st)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

*	Sean Penn -- Milk {"Harvey Milk"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

*	Heath Ledger -- The Dark Knight {"Joker"}

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

*	Kate Winslet -- The Reader {"Hanna Schmitz"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

*	Penélope Cruz -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona {"Maria Elena"}

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

*	WALL-E -- Andrew Stanton

ART DIRECTION

*	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo

CINEMATOGRAPHY

*	Slumdog Millionaire -- Anthony Dod Mantle

COSTUME DESIGN

*	The Duchess -- Michael O’Connor

DIRECTING

*	Slumdog Millionaire -- Danny Boyle

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

*	Man on Wire -- James Marsh and Simon Chinn

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

*	Smile Pinki -- Megan Mylan

FILM EDITING

*	Slumdog Millionaire -- Chris Dickens

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

*	Departures -- Japan

MAKEUP

*	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Greg Cannom

MUSIC (Original Score)

*	Slumdog Millionaire -- A.R. Rahman

MUSIC (Original Song)

*	"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire -- Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar

BEST PICTURE

*	Slumdog Millionaire -- Christian Colson, Producer

SHORT FILM (Animated)

*	La Maison en Petits Cubes -- Kunio Kato

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

*	Spielzeugland (Toyland) -- Jochen Alexander Freydank

SOUND EDITING

*	The Dark Knight -- Richard King

SOUND MIXING

*	Slumdog Millionaire -- Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

VISUAL EFFECTS

*	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)

*	Slumdog Millionaire -- Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

WRITING (Original Screenplay)

*	Milk -- Written by Dustin Lance Black

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

*	Jerry Lewis

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

*	Ed Catmull

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)

*

To ERWIN MELZNER for the overall concept including the optical and cooling systems, VOLKER SCHUMACHER for the optical design, and TIMO MÜLLER for the mechanical design, of the Arrimax 18/12 lighting fixture for use in motion picture production. With its choice of vari-focus and specular reflectors, the superior optical and mechanical design of this lighting fixture allows it to operate at 18,000 watts, producing unsurpassed light quality while its innovative cooling system keeps the housing safe to touch. [Lighting]

*

To JACQUES DELACOUX for the concept and electronic design, and ALEXANDRE LEUCHTER for the software and electronic design, of the Transvideo video-assist monitors for the motion picture industry. Using color LCD screens, the Transvideo monitors provide flicker-free video assist bright enough for use in sunlight and have become a ubiquitous tool in both spherical and anamorphic cinematography. [Systems]

*

To BRUNO COUMERT and JACQUES DEBIZE for the optical design, and DOMINIQUE CHERVIN and CHRISTOPHE REBOULET for the mechanical design, of the compact and lightweight Angenieux 15-40 and 28-76 zoom lenses for handheld motion picture photography. With focus and zoom functions that can be easily controlled by either the operator or focus puller while filming handheld, these lightweight zoom lenses demonstrate a very high degree of engineering, supporting both ease of use and quick interchange. [Lenses and Filters]

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)

*

To STEVE HYLÉN for the concept and his continued leadership in the further development of the Hylén Lens System for motion picture effects photography. When attached to a film or digital production camera, this versatile aerial image device can produce a wide variety of optical effects interactively, on set and in real time without post-production image manipulation. [Lenses and Filters]

JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION

*

To Mark Kimball in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. How did I do: 19/24 I thought I did ok but apparently this was my best year with predicting the winners. It's great to move on with new films and nominees.

My final predictions

My final predictions are here:

Actor: Mickey Rourke
S. Actor: Heath Ledger
Actress: Kate Winslet
S. Actress: Penelope Cruz
Animated Feature: WALL-E
Art Direction: Benjamin Button
Cinematography: Slumdog
Costume Design: The Duchess
Directing: Slumdog
Documentary Feature: Man on Wire
Documentary Short: The Witness
Editing: Slumdog
Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir
Makeup: Benjamin Button
Original Score: Slumdog
Original Song: Jai Ho
Picture: Slumdog
Short Film Animated: Presto
Short Film Live Action: Toyland
Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
Sound Mixing: The Dark Knight
Visual Effects: Benjamin Button
Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog
Original Screenplay: Milk

No Guts, No Glory:

Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei
Animated Feature: Kung-Fu Panda
Original Screenplay: WALL-E

I hope Mickey Rourke wins; I have absolutely nothing against Sean Penn but I am sure he will win once again some day. And please give finally the Oscar to Kate Winslet. I cannot believe there is a chance that the supporting actor would go to anyone except Heath. In supporting actress I cannot go against the general conses (Penelope Cruz) but I still would not be surprised if Marisa Tomei wins. Picture and director will go to Slumdog. In animated feature WALL-E should absolutely win as it won so many awards in the Guilds and with the critics in so many categories - but the academy sometimes votes strangely. If this goes wrong, Kung-Fu Panda wins. The same thing is with Foreign Language Film - the winner is not usually the most expected - therefore you can expect any other win except Waltz with Bashir (my prediction anyway).

It will be Slumdog's night and it will be great!

How did I do

Not so well but as I expected.

I missed:

• Brad Pitt (Clint)
• Melissa Leo (Sally Hawkins)
• Kate Winslet - The Reader (Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road)
• Michael Shannon (Dev Patel)
• Amy Adams (Kate Winslet)
• The Dark Knight (The Reader)
• Stephen Daldry (Christopher Nolan)

The big six: 23/30

Missed screenplays:

• Frozen River
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• In Bruges

The big eight: 30/40

The rest:

Not even counted yet...

There were things I had coming: no The Dark Knight. I knew it would'nt make it but I couldn't go against the consensus. I feel sorry for all those who had hoped for it; we all have felt it. I felt it when Fellowship of the Ring did not win the best picture. And most recently when Brokeback Mountain lost best picture for Crash - I was seriously thinking of giving up this hobby.

I had many of my misses on my alternate list or in no guts, no glory - but they do not count, do they. And Brangelina did happen.

If had to choose the winners now the list would be:

• Slumdog Millionaire
• Danny Boyle
• Mickey Rourke
• Kate Winslet
• Heath Ledger
• Marisa Tomei

But we will see how it goes.

Oscar nominations

Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards

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Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
• Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
• Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
• Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
• Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
• Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

• “Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
• “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
• “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

• “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

• “Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
• “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
• “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

• “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
• “Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
• “The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

• “The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
• “The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• “Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
• “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

• “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany
• “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
• “Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
• “Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
• “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
• “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Alexandre Desplat
• “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
• “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
  

Best motion picture of the year

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
• “Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Best animated short film

• “La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
• “Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
• “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films), A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• “Presto” (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
• “This Way Up” A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

• “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
• “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• “The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
• “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King
• “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• “Wanted” (Universal), Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
• “Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
• “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
• “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

• “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
• “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
• “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

It's never been this hard

Oh brother, it's never been this hard... I think. I don't think this will be a good year; too many categories without a clue. I think I have too many nominations for Benjamin Button and The Dark Knight but what can do I. I can't decide against them.

Best picture:

I still don't feel confident about The Dark Knight but I don't have anything to replace it with. Suddenly I don't feel too good about Milk either but I am still keeping it. Maybe WALL-E can happen, who knows.

Alt: The Reader

Best director:

Usually there is one director without best picture nominations. I think Ron Howard could be left out and Darren Aronofsky but I don't dare to go against Directors Guild.

Alt: Darren Aronofsky

Best actor:

I had to choose between Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins. I chose Jenkins as I don't see Brangelina happening and I cannot replace Angelina Jolie (she can be snubbed but she is better choice for me than Brad). If she is snubbed maybe Brad can get in.

Alt: Brad Pitt

Best actress:

From Sally Hawkins, Angelina Jolie and Melissa Leo I chose the first two. Melissa Leo can happen, even Kristin Scott Thomas. Kate Winslet can be snubbed (hope not), but this is the way I will go.

Alt: Melissa Leo

Supporting actor:

These predictions are pretty much the same as everyone else's. If there are surprises it could be Ralph Fiennes.

Alt: Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess

Supporting actress:

Pretty much the same as everyone else's.

Alt: Amy Adams

All the rest categories were hard. For some of them I had a feeling where to go (as the screenplays, editing) but some are just guesses. Too much for The Dark Knight and Benjamin Button but as I said I have no choices.

No guts, no glory:

* The Reader for Best picture
* Kate Winslet snubbed for Revolutionary Road
* Ralph Fiennes supporting actor for The Duchess

Final predictions

Final Predictions

• BEST PICTURE
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Frost/Nixon
• * Milk
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• DIRECTOR
• * Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
• * David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
• * Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
• * Gus Van Sant - Milk
  
• ACTOR
• * Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
• * Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
• * Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
• * Sean Penn - Milk
• * Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
• ACTRESS
• * Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
• * Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
• * Angelina Jolie - Changeling
• * Meryl Streep - Doubt
• * Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
• SUPPORTING ACTOR
• * Josh Brolin - Milk
• * Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
• * Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
• * Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight *
• * Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
• SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• * 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
• ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• * Milk - Dustin Lance Black
• * Rachel Getting Married - Jenny Lumet
• * Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Woody Allen
• * Wall-E - Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon
• * The Wrestler - Robert D. Siegel
• ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
• * Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
• * Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
• * The Reader - David Hare
• * Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beuafoy
• ANIMATED FEATURE
• * Kung Fu Panda
• * WALL-E
• * Waltz With Bashir
• DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• * Encounters at the End of the World
• * I.O.U.S.A.
• * Man on Wire
• * Standard Operating Procedure
• * Trouble the Water
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
• * The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
• * The Class - France
• * Everlasting Moments - Sweden
• * The Necessities of Life - Canada
• * Waltz with Bashir - Israel
• CINEMATOGRAPHY
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * The Reader
• * Revolutionary Road
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• ART DIRECTION
• * Australia
• * Changeling
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * The Duchess
• COSTUME DESIGN
• * Australia
• * Changeling
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Duchess
• * Revolutionary Road
• EDITING
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Frost/Nixon
• * Milk
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• VISUAL EFFECTS
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Iron Man
• MAKEUP
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Synecdoche, New York
• SOUND MIXING
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Iron Man
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• * WALL-E
• SOUND EDITING
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Iron Man
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• * WALL-E
• ORIGINAL SCORE
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Revolutionary Road
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• * WALL-E
• ORIGINAL SONG
• * Bolt - I Thought I Lost You - Miley Cyrus
• * Gran Torino - Gran Torino - Clint Eastwood, Jamie Callum
• * Slumdog Millionaire - Jaiho - AR Rahmen
• * WALL-E - Down to Earth - Peter Gabriel
• * The Wrestler - The Wrestler - Bruce Springsteen
• ANIMATED SHORT FILM
• DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
• LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

PGA noms

The Producers Guild Nominations

Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight

Animated:
Wall-E
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda

Documentary:
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Standard Operating Procedure

Scripter nominees

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Iron Man
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Makeup finalists

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“The Reader”
“Synecdoche, New York”
“Tropic Thunder”
“The Wrestler”