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BobbyB 12-30-06 07:00 PM

Oscar Nominations *PREDICTIONS*
 
It's December 30th and we're less than a month away from Oscar nominations being released.

Now that the Globes have had their noms put out, I figured it wasn't too crazy to talk about the Oscar nominations.

What do you guys have for the main awards?

NOTE: Picks in bold, should be's in red.

Best Picture
The Departed
Dreamgirls
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine
Babel

Best Director
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker - Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt - Babel
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland

Best Actress
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Kate Winslett - Little Children
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
I have no clue about the other two.

Cinematography
Pan's Labyrinth
Children of Men
Babel
The Illusionist
The Departed

I'll fill out other categories later.

TragicHero 12-31-06 04:15 AM

as of late what you have posted my choices are;
Best Picture
The Departed
Dreamgirls
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine
Letters From Iwo Jima

Best Director
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Paul Greengrass - United 93

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker - Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat (Maybe...)
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt - Babel
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland

dancingnancie 01-02-07 02:15 AM

My picks for this change a lot all the time but as of today: (I love Oscar season!)

Best Picture
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine

Best Director
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Guillermo Del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth


Best Actor
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson

Best Actress
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Penelope Cruz - Volver

Best Supporting Actor

Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt - Babel
Jackie Earl Haley - Little Children
Michael Sheen - The Queen

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi- Babel
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
dunno on the fifth slot.

BobbyB 01-12-07 12:38 PM

BUMP!

I've added some more predictions.

billdozer 01-14-07 03:55 AM

I predict that they'll nominate Beyonce Knowles for Dreamgirls. No way in hell does she deserve to win it over Helen Mirren though

Holden Pike 01-14-07 05:03 PM

In the big eight categories, I'll go with...

PICTURE
Babel
The Good Shepherd
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
World Trade Center


ACTOR
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Ken Watanabe, Letters from Iwo Jima
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

ACTRESS
Penélope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt, Babel

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Shakeera Epps, Half Nelson
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration

DIRECTOR
Robert DeNiro, The Good Shepherd
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Oliver Stone, World Trade Center

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Babel
Half Nelson
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Children of Men
The Departed
Flags of Our Fathers
Little Children
Thank You for Smoking



The actual nominations will be announced bright and early Tuesday morning.

BobbyB 01-16-07 12:29 AM

Wow...Holds. Why do you think The Departed will get snubbed?

Also, I didn't think WTC got enough positive reaction from reviewers to get a nom.

John McClane 01-16-07 12:36 AM

As he said in The Departed Thread, HERE.
Originally Posted by Holden Pike
It's a good movie, I like it, but it's simply not the kind of piece that gets Oscar nods.

MovieActivist 01-21-07 12:30 PM

Best Picture
The Departed

Dreamgirls
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine
Babel

Best Director
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker - Last King of Scotland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Johnny Depp - pirates...
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt - Babel
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland

Best Actress
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Kate Winslett - Little Children
Sandra bullock - Freedom writers
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
I have no clue about the other two.

Cinematography
Pan's Labyrinth
Children of Men
Babel
The Illusionist
The Departed

lol took your list, sorry but i liked it


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