Oscar Predictions Dec. 8

Best Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director

Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
David Fincher, "The Curious Case"
Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight"
Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

Best Actor

Clint Eastwood, "Gran Torino"
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn, "Milk"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Best Actress

Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Sally Hawkins, "Happy Go Lucky"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Kristin Scott Thomas, "I've Loved You So Long"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"

Best Supporting Actor

Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
John Malkovich, "Changeling"

Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Rosemary DeWitt, "Rachel Getting Married"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

Best Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"
Chris Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, "The Dark Knight"
Eric Roth, "The Curious Case"
John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"
Charlie Kaufman, "Synecdoche, New York"
Jenny Lumet, "Rachel Getting Married"
Andrew Stanton, "Wall-E"