Best Picture
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: Milk
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: Sean Penn - Milk
Actress In A Leading Role
Will Win: Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Deserves To Win: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Actor In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Deserves To Win: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Actress In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Deserves To Win: Amy Adams - Doubt
Directing
Will Win: Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Deserves To Win: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Will Win: Happy-Go-Lucky
Deserves To Win: Frozen River
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Win: Doubt
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Art Direction
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Changeling
Cinematography
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Reader
Costume Design
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: Revolutionary Road
Documentary Feature
Will Win: Man on Wire
Deserves To Win: Trouble the Water
Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: The Final Inch
Deserves To Win: Smile Pinki
Film Editing
Will Win: Milk
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Foreign Language Film
Will Win: The Class
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: Milk
Deserves To Win: Defiance
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: La Maison en Petits Cubes
Deserves To Win: Oktapodi
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: New Boy
Deserves To Win: Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Sound Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Wanted
Sound Mixing
Will Win: WALL-E
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Visual Effects
Will Win: Iron Man
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Animated Feature Film
Will Win: Bolt
Deserves To Win: Kung Fu Panda
Snubbed for Best Picture
Snubbed for Best Actor
Snubbed for Best Actress
Snubbed for Best Director
