Best Picture
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: The Reader
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Deserves To Win: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Actress In A Leading Role
Will Win: Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Deserves To Win: Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Actor In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Actress In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: Viola Davis - Doubt
Directing
Will Win: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Will Win: In Bruges
Deserves To Win: In Bruges
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Will Win: Doubt
Deserves To Win: Doubt
Art Direction
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Costume Design
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Documentary Feature
Will Win: Encounters at the End of the World
Deserves To Win: Encounters at the End of the World
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 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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: Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: La Maison en Petits Cubes
Deserves To Win: La Maison en Petits Cubes
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: Manon on the Asphalt
Deserves To Win: Manon on the Asphalt
Sound Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Sound Mixing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Visual Effects
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Animated Feature Film
Will Win: WALL-E
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Snubbed for Best Picture
The Wrestler
Snubbed for Best Actor
Snubbed for Best Actress
Snubbed for Best Director
Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
