My Oscar Predictions

Here's my predictions for the 81st Academy Awards:

Best Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director:
Stephen Daldry

Best Actor:
Mickey Rourke

Best Actress:
Kate Winslet

Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin

Best Supporting Actress:
I'd love to say Amy Adams or Marisa Tomei (Tomei is such a cougar!!), but I will say:
Penelope Cruz

Original Screenplay:
WALL-E, though I'd like to think In Bruges has a chance.

Adapted Screenplay:
This is a tough one:
The Reader (but in an aside, if Slumdog wins this, expect for Slumdog to win for Best Picture...but it's not my choice)

Animated Feature:
WALL-E (What else?)

Best Foreign Language Film:
Last year, Counterfeiters (A German language film from Austria) won; the year before that The Lives of Others (A German film) won; this year there's a German AND an Austrian film nominated...could the German language have a three-peat? I don't think so. My choice:
Waltz With Bashir, (though don't be surprised if The Class wins)

Best Art Direction:
The Duchess

Cinematography:
The Dark Knight

Costume:
The Duchess

Documentary:
Man on a Wire

Editing:
Frost/Nixon

Makeup:
Benjamin Button

Sound Editing:
WALL-E

Sound Mixing:
WALL-E

Visual Effects:
Iron Man