Best Picture
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: Frost/Nixon
Actor In A Leading Role
Will Win: Sean Penn - Milk
Deserves To Win: Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Actress In A Leading Role
Will Win: Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Deserves To Win: Meryl Streep - Doubt
Actor In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Actress In A Supporting Role
Will Win: Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Deserves To Win: Viola Davis - Doubt
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: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: Doubt
Art Direction
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Changeling
Costume Design
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: The Duchess
Documentary Feature
Will Win: Encounters at the End of the World
Deserves To Win: The Garden
Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: The Final Inch
Deserves To Win: Smile Pinki
Film Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Foreign Language Film
Will Win: The Class
Deserves To Win: Departures
Makeup
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: The Dark Knight
Music (Original Song)
Will Win: “Jai Ho” - Slumdog Millionaire
Deserves To Win: “Down to Earth” - WALL-E
Music (Original Score)
Will Win: WALL-E
Deserves To Win: Milk
Short Film (Animated)
Will Win: Presto
Deserves To Win: Oktapodi
Short Film (Live Action)
Will Win: The Pig
Deserves To Win: New Boy
Sound Editing
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Iron Man
Sound Mixing
Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Deserves To Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Visual Effects
Will Win: The Dark Knight
Deserves To Win: Iron Man
Animated Feature Film
Will Win: Bolt
Deserves To Win: WALL-E
Snubbed for Best Picture
Snubbed for Best Actor
Snubbed for Best Actress
Snubbed for Best Director
