Best Picture
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Milk
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Deserves To Win: Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Actress In A Leading Role
Will Win: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Deserves To Win: Meryl Streep - Doubt
Actor In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Actress In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Deserves To Win: Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Directing
Will Win: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Will Win: Happy-Go-Lucky
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Win: The Reader
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Art Direction
Will Win: The Duchess
Deserves To Win: Revolutionary Road
Cinematography
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Costume Design
Will Win: The Duchess
Deserves To Win: The Duchess
Documentary Feature
Will Win: Encounters at the End of the World
Deserves To Win: Man on Wire
Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: The Conscience of Nhem En
Deserves To Win: The Conscience of Nhem En
Film Editing
Will Win: Frost/Nixon
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Foreign Language Film
Will Win: Revanche
Deserves To Win: Waltz with Bashir
Makeup
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Music (Original Song)
Will Win: “Down to Earth” - WALL-E
Deserves To Win: “Jai Ho” - Slumdog Millionaire
Music (Original Score)
Will Win: Milk
Deserves To Win: Defiance
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: Lavatory - Lovestory
Deserves To Win: This Way Up
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Deserves To Win: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Sound Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Mixing
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Visual Effects
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Animated Feature Film
Will Win: Kung Fu Panda
Deserves To Win: Kung Fu Panda
Snubbed for Best Picture
Snubbed for Best Actor
Snubbed for Best Actress
Snubbed for Best Director
