Best Picture
Will Win: Milk
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Deserves To Win: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Actress In A Leading Role
Will Win: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Deserves To Win: Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Actor In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Actress In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Deserves To Win: Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Directing
Will Win: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Will Win: Milk
Deserves To Win: Happy-Go-Lucky
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Frost/Nixon
Art Direction
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Duchess
Cinematography
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Duchess
Documentary Feature
Will Win: Man on Wire
Deserves To Win: Man on Wire
Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: The Final Inch
Deserves To Win: The Conscience of Nhem En
Film Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Foreign Language Film
Will Win: Waltz with Bashir
Deserves To Win: The Class
Makeup
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Music (Original Song)
Will Win: “Jai Ho” - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: “Jai Ho” - Slumdog Millionaire
Music (Original Score)
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: Presto
Deserves To Win: Oktapodi
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: Manon on the Asphalt
Deserves To Win: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Sound Editing
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Mixing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Visual Effects
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Animated Feature Film
Will Win: WALL-E
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Snubbed for Best Picture
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Couscous
Snubbed for Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Synecdoche New York
Snubbed for Best Actress
Natalie Portman - The Other Boleyn Girl
Snubbed for Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
