Any interest in a quick contest. Nominees announced tomorrow morning at 830AM EST. Here are my picks int he 6 main categories...

Best Picture

The Departed
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Dreamgirls

Best Director

Martin Scorsese, "The Departed
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu,"Babel"
Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine
Bill Condon, "Dreamgirls"

Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

Actress

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

Supporting Actor

Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Departed"

Supporting Actress

Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"

I don't think there is any way that Clint Eastwood doesn't get a nomination for Best Director with "Letters from Iwo Jima" (haven't seen it or "Flags of Our Fathers", but Letters is getting amazing reviews).

I predict Sacha Baron Cohen will get a Best Actor nomination.

I don't think there is any way that Clint Eastwood doesn't get a nomination for Best Director with "Letters from Iwo Jima" (haven't seen it or "Flags of Our Fathers", but Letters is getting amazing reviews).

Well he might get a nomination, but I didn't predict him because he didn't get a DGA nomination, and his film didn't get PGA or SAG nominations. It still has a shot but it's became overshadowed by other films at the end of the awards season.

Sorry, but the best movie I saw in 2006 was Apocalypto.

Ugh... I wouldn't nominate Apolcalypto. Maybe it can get a foriegn language nod, but that's as far as I go.

I'm predicting the Oscar Awrds Show will suck

here we go!

picture - departed

director- Scorsese, but usually he is a fucking useless fuck

Actor - DiCaprio. Whitaker is so overrated so cannot desribe it. i mean the man is talentless. he overplays his shit worse than that ass from law and order: ci. granted BD was not great, but still

Actress: mirren, no need to elaotate.

support actor: leo again! i never liked him until the avaitor, but now i see how great his acting ability is.

support actress: none. didn't see any of those movies.

oh, and apolcalypto is tossed out as mel is nothing but a worthless drunk! screw him!

Whitaker is so overrated so cannot desribe it. i mean the man is talentless.

Blasphemy. Whitaker kicks ass on The Shield.

Here's how I did...

Picture - 4 for 5 (Dreamgirls instead of Letters from Iwo Jima)
Director - 3 for 5 (Little Miss Sunshine and Dreamgirls instead of Letters From Iwo Jima and United 93)
Actor - 5 for 5
Supporting Actor - 4 for 5 (DiCaprio instead of Honsou)
Actress - 5 for 5
Supporting Actress - 5 for 5

Overall - 26 out of 30

Isiddiqui was right about Clint Eastwood, but even if I had predicted him, I would not have got rid of the Dreamgirls director to do it, so it's a wash.