Best Picture
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Sean Penn - Milk
Deserves To Win: Sean Penn - Milk
Actress In A Leading Role
Will Win: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Deserves To Win: Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
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: Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Directing
Will Win: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Gus Van Sant - Milk
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Will Win: Milk
Deserves To Win: Frozen River
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Art Direction
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
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: Trouble the Water
Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
Deserves To Win: The Final Inch
Film Editing
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Foreign Language Film
Will Win: Waltz with Bashir
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: “O Saya” - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: “O Saya” - Slumdog Millionaire
Music (Original Score)
Will Win: Milk
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: This Way Up
Deserves To Win: This Way Up
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Deserves To Win: Manon on the Asphalt
Sound Editing
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Mixing
Will Win: WALL-E
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
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: Kung Fu Panda
Snubbed for Best Picture
Snubbed for Best Actor
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Snubbed for Best Actress
Snubbed for Best Director
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
