Best Picture
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Actress In A Leading Role
Will Win: Meryl Streep - Doubt
Deserves To Win: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Actor In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Deserves To Win: Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Actress In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Deserves To Win: Amy Adams - Doubt
Directing
Will Win: Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Deserves To Win: David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Will Win: Milk
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Win: Doubt
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Art Direction
Will Win: Revolutionary Road
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Reader
Costume Design
Will Win: The Duchess
Deserves To Win: Australia
Documentary Feature
Will Win: Trouble the Water
Deserves To Win: The Garden
Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
Deserves To Win: Smile Pinki
Film Editing
Will Win: Frost/Nixon
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Foreign Language Film
Will Win: Revanche
Deserves To Win: Departures
Makeup
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Music (Original Song)
Will Win: “Jai Ho” - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: “Down to Earth” - WALL-E
Music (Original Score)
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: This Way Up
Deserves To Win: Presto
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: The Pig
Deserves To Win: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Sound Editing
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Wanted
Sound Mixing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Visual Effects
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Iron Man
Animated Feature Film
Will Win: Kung Fu Panda
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Snubbed for Best Picture
Gran Torino
Snubbed for Best Actor
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Snubbed for Best Actress
Snubbed for Best Director
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
