For the record, here are my picks in each category for tonight’s Academy Awards…
Best Picture: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Director: Danny Boyle
Best Actress: Kate Winslet
Best Actor: Sean Penn
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz
Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin
Best Adapted Screenplay: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Original Screenplay: MILK
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Animated Short: OKTAPODI
Best Editing: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Art Direction: THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Cinematography: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Costume Design: THE DUCHESS
Best Foreign Film: WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Best Documentary Feature: MAN ON WIRE
Best Documentary Short: THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN (Completely a blind guess)
Best Makeup: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Best Score: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Song: “Jai Ho” from SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Live Action Short: NEW BOY (Yet another blind guess)
Best Sound Editing: WALL-E
Best Sound: THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Visual Effects: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Some solid predictions.