My Oscar Predictions for this week

BEST PICTURE
My Predicted Winner: The Departed
My Alternate: Little Miss Sunshine
My Favorite: The Departed

Who should win, but won’t : Letters
The Upset: Babel
The Dark Horse: Little Miss Sunshine
Who Should NOT be here: The Queen
Who SHOULD be here: Children of Men and Pan’s Labyrinth

BEST DIRECTOR
My Predicted Winner: Scorsese
My Alternate: Eastwood
My Favorite: Scorsese

Who should win, but won’t: Greengrass
The Upset: Eastwood
The Dark Horse: Greengrass
Who Should NOT be here: Frears
Who SHOULD be here: Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Caron

BEST ACTOR
My Predicted Winner: Forest
My Alternate: O’Toole
My Favorite: O’Toole

Who should win, but won’t: O’Toole
The Upset: OToole
The Dark Horse: O’Toole
Who Should NOT be here: Smith and DeCrapio
Who SHOULD be here: Matt Damon “The Good Shepherd” and Ken Watanabe “Letters from Iwo Jima”

BEST ACTRESS
My Predicted Winner: Mirren
My Alternate: Streep
My Favorite: Mirren

The Upset: Streep
The Dark Horse: Dench
Who Should NOT be here: all worthy
Who SHOULD be here: Maggie Gyllenhaal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
My Predicted Winner: Eddie
My Alternate: Alan Arkin
My Favorite: Jackie Earle Haley

Who should win, but won’t: Jackie Earle Haley
The Upset: Alan Arkin
The Dark Horse: Walhberg
Who Should NOT be here: Dijomon
Who SHOULD be here: Brad Pitt, Sergi Lopez, Ben Afleck

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
My Predicted Winner: Jennifer Hudson
My Alternate: Abigail Breslin
My Favorite: Rinko Kikuchi

Who should win, but won’t: Rinko Kikuchi
The Upset: Abigail Breslin
The Dark Horse: Rinko Kikuchi
Who Should NOT be here:
Who SHOULD be here: Emily Blunt, Emma Thompson, Catherine O’Hara

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
My Predicted Winner: The Departed
My Alternate: Borat
My Favorite: Children of Men

Who should win, but won’t: Children of Men
The Upset: Anything else would be an upset
The Dark Horse: Borat
Who Should NOT be here: Borat
Who SHOULD be here: Thank You for Smoking

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
My Predicted Winner: Little Miss Sunshine
My Alternate: The Queen
My Favorite: Pan’s Labyrinth

Who should win but won’t: Pan’s Labyrinth
The Upset: The Queen
The Dark Horse: Babel
Who Should NOT be here: All worthy
Who SHOULD be here:

ANIMATED FEATURE
My Predicted Winner: Cars
My Alternate: Happy Feet
My Favorite: A Scanner Darkly

Who should win, but can't: A Scanner Darkly
The Upset: Happy Feet
The Dark Horse: Monster House
Who Should NOT be here: Monster House
Who SHOULD be here: A Scanner Darkly

BEST FOREIGN FILM
My Predicted Winner: Pan’s Labyrinth
My Alternate: The Lives of Others
My Favorite: Pan’s Labyrinth

The Upset: The Lives of Others
The Dark Horse: Days of Glory
Who Should NOT be here: After the Wedding
Who SHOULD be here: Volver

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
My Predicted Winner: An Inconvenient Truth
My Alternate: Deliver Us from Evil
My Favorite: An Inconvenient Truth

The Upset: Deliver Us from Evil
The Dark Horse: Jesus Camp
Who Should NOT be here: My Country, My Country