Best Picture
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Sean Penn - Milk
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: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Josh Brolin - Milk
Actress In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Deserves To Win: Viola Davis - Doubt
Directing
Will Win: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Will Win: Milk
Deserves To Win: In Bruges
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: The Reader
Art Direction
Will Win: Changeling
Deserves To Win: The Duchess
Cinematography
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Costume Design
Will Win: The Duchess
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Documentary Feature
Will Win: The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Deserves To Win: Man on Wire
Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
Deserves To Win: The Final Inch
Film Editing
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Foreign Language Film
Will Win: The Baader Meinhof Complex
Deserves To Win: Revanche
Makeup
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Music (Original Song)
Will Win: “Jai Ho” - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: “O Saya” - Slumdog Millionaire
Music (Original Score)
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: Oktapodi
Deserves To Win: This Way Up
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Deserves To Win: The Pig
Sound Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Iron Man
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: WALL-E
Deserves To Win: Kung Fu Panda
Snubbed for Best Picture
Get Off My Lawn
Snubbed for Best Actor
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Snubbed for Best Actress
Hmong Grandma Spitter
Snubbed for Best Director
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
