Oscar Nomination Predictions

Movie award season is in full swing. The Golden Globe Awards are on Sunday, and the Oscar Nominations will be announced on Tuesday January 25. Here are my predictions, together with my picks.

Best Picture

• The Aviator
• Finding Neverland
• Million Dollar Baby
• Ray
• Sideways

MY PICK: Hero

Best Director

• Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
• Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
• Michael Mann, Collateral
• Alexander Payne, Sideways
• Martin Scorsese, The Aviator

MY PICK: Zhang Yimou, House of Flying Daggers or Hero

Best Actress

• Annette Bening, Being Julia
• Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
• Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
• Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
• Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

MY PICK: Annette Bening, Being Julia

Best Actor

• Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
• Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
• Leonardo Dicaprio, The Aviator
• Jamie Foxx, Ray
• Paul Giamatti, Sideways

MY PICK: Jamie Foxx, Ray

Best Supporting Actress

• Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
• Laura Linney, Kinsey
• Virginia Madsen, Sideways
• Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
• Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland

MY PICK: Sharren Warren, Ray or Meryl Streep, The Manchurian Candidate

Best Supporting Actor

• Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
• Jamie Foxx, Collateral
• Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
• Freddie Highmore, Finding Neverland
• Peter Sarsgaard, Kinsey

MY PICK: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby

Best Original Screenplay

• John Logan, The Aviator
• Pedro Almodovar, Bad Education
• Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Keir Pearson and Terry George, Hotel Rwanda
• Bill Condon, Kinsey

MY PICK: Brad Bird, The Incredibles

Best Adapted Screenplay

• David Magee, Finding Neverland
• Tina Fey, Mean Girls
• Paul Haggis, Million Dollar Baby
• Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways
• Alvin Sargent, Spider-Man 2

MY PICK: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways

Most Nominations

1. The Aviator (10)
2. Million Dollar Baby (9)
3. Sideways(9)
4. Ray(7)
5. Finding Neverland(6)
6. Kinsey(5)