Completely irrelevant.... Final 2008 Oscar Nomination Predictions

6 days 'til nominations. Here we go.

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Alternates: Doubt, Wall-E

Best Director
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Alternates: Stephen Daldry, The Reader, Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Alternates: Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road, Richard Jenkins, The Visitor

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Alternates: Melissa Leo, Frozen River, Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder
James Franco, Milk
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Alternates: Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess, Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire (Worst category fraud EVER)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Alternates: Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married, Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons

Best Original Screenplay
Happy- Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh
Milk, Dustin Lance Black
Rachel Getting Married, Jenny Lumet
Vicky Christina Barcelona, Woody Allen
Wall-E, Andrew Stanton
Alternates: Frozen River, Courtney Hunt, The Wrestler, Robert D. Siegel

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Roth
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan
The Reader, David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy
Alternates: The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, Revolutionary Road, Justin Haythe

Best Animated Feature
Bolt
Wall-E
Waltz with Bashir
Alternates: Horton Hears a Who, Kung Fu Panda

Best Cinematography
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Alternates: Defiance, Milk

Best Art/Set Direction
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Alternates: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Synecdoche New York

Best Costume Design
Australia
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Alternates: The Dark Knight, Milk, The Reader

Best Make Up
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Tropic Thunder
Alternates: The Dark Knight, The Reader


Best Film Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Alternates: Defiance, Revolutionary Road

Best Original Song
“Down to Earth,” Wall-E
“I Thought I Lost You,” Bolt
“Gran Torino,” Gran Torino
“Jai Ho,” Slumdog Millionaire
“The Wrestler,” The Wrestler
Alternates: “The Call,” The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, “O… Saya,” Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons, Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight, James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer
Defiance, James Newton Howard
Slumdog Millionaire, A.H. Rahman
Wall-E, Thomas Newman
Alternates: Changeling, Clint Eastwood, Revolutionary Road, Thomas Newman

Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Alternates: Australia, Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best Sound
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Alternates: Australia, The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons

Best Sound Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Iron Man
Wall-E
Alternates: Cloverfield, Waltz with Bashir