Best Picture
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Deserves To Win: Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Actress In A Leading Role
Will Win: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Deserves To Win: Kate Winslet - The Reader
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: Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Directing
Will Win: Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Deserves To Win: Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Will Win: Milk
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Win: Frost/Nixon
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Art Direction
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Cinematography
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Costume Design
Will Win: Australia
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Documentary Feature
Will Win: The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Deserves To Win: Encounters at the End of the World
Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: Smile Pinki
Deserves To Win: The Conscience of Nhem En
Film Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Foreign Language Film
Will Win: Waltz with Bashir
Deserves To Win: The Class
Makeup
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Music (Original Song)
Will Win: “O Saya” - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: “Jai Ho” - Slumdog Millionaire
Music (Original Score)
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: La Maison en Petits Cubes
Deserves To Win: This Way Up
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: The Pig
Deserves To Win: Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Sound Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Wanted
Sound Mixing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
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: Bolt
Snubbed for Best Picture
Snubbed for Best Actor
Snubbed for Best Actress
Snubbed for Best Director