Obama? Whatever! Here are my final oscar nom predictions.
Accompanied by a respective NGNG prediction (crazy wild card = extra points!) until Screenplay.
Best Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
I was gonna change my WALL-E prediction but I already called it on this site so I guess I'll just keep it for fun.
NGNG: Gran Torino
Best Achievement in Directing
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
NGNG: Double Eastwood noms
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
NGNG: Dev Patel placement
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
NGNG: Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
NGNG: Anil Kapoor - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader
NGNG: Winslet snub due to placement confusion
Best Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading
Milk
Vicky Christina Barcelona
The Visitor
WALL-E
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Cinematography
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Fall
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Costume Design
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound - Mixing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Best Sound - Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
WALL-E
Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Best Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Best Original Song
"Down to Earth" from WALL-E
"Gran Torino" from Gran Torino
"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire
"The Wrestler" from "The Wrestler"
Best Animated Film
Bolt
WALL-E
Waltz With Bashir
Nomination breakdown (since these are all within single digits away from each other and will likely be in a completely different order come Thursday, it's meaningless):
Slumdog Millionaire - 12
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 11
The Dark Knight - 10
WALL-E - 7
Frost/Nixon - 5
The Reader - 5
Milk - 4
Happy-Go-Lucky - NOTHING!
And just for giggles, some very early predicted wins IF the nominations turn out like this (that is important).
Picture - Slumdog Millionaire
Director - Danny Boyle
Actor - Mickey Rourke
Actress - Kate Winslet
Supp. Actor - Heath Ledger
Supp. Actress - Penélope Cruz
Orig. Screenplay - WALL-E
Adap. Screenplay - Slumdog Millionaire
Cinematography - Slumdog Millionaire
Editing - Slumdog Millionaire
Art Direction - TCCOBB
Costume Design - The Duchess
Sound Mixing - Iron Man
Sound Editing - WALL-E
Visual Effects - TCCOBB
Makeup - TCCOBB
Score - Slumdog Millionaire
Song - "Jai Ho"
Animated - WALL-E