Oscar Diary

I have posted some changes to the top eight categories for my nominations predictions on the right. I doubt that there will be any major changes before the nominations are announced in three weeks. I'm hoping to keep my streak going, I have gotten 35 right out of 40 the last two years.

and the rest of the categories are....

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Children of Men
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Departed
Babel

ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette
Pan’s Labyrinth
Children of Men
Letters from Iwo Jima

FILM EDITING
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
United 93
Letters from Iwo Jima

COSTUME DESIGN
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette
Curse of the Golden Flower

MAKEUP
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Queen
Pan’s Labyrinth

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Queen
Apocalypto
Notes on a Scandal
Babel
Good German

ORIGINAL SONG
Dreamgirls
Cars
Happy Feet
Dreamgirls
Bobby

BEST SOUND DESIGN
SOUND MIXING (5, music, action)
Dreamgirls
Flags of Our Fathers
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pirates of the Caribbean 2

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING SOUND EDITING
(3, animation, action)
Flags of Our Fathers
Cars
Pirates of the Caribbean 2

VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates 2
Superman Returns
The Fountain

ANIMATED FEATURE
Happy Feet
Cars
Flushed Away
Over the Hedge
Monster House

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Volver
The Lives of Others
Pan’s Labyrinth
Letters From Iwo Jima
Days of Glory

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Deliver Us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Shut Up & Sing
The War Tapes
Storm of Emotions

BEST SHORT SUBJECT
Recycled Life
The Diary of Immaculee
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Rehearsing a Dream
Dear Talula
Phoenix Dance
Two Hands
A Revolving Door