OSCAR PREDIX (1st of 5)

All right, slightly for fun but just a lid-bit serious, here goes:

Picture:
Babel - Dreamgirls - The Good German - Little Children - United 93

Director:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Steven Soderbergh - The Good German
Todd Field - Little Children
Paul Greengrass - United 93

Actor:
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Jude Law - Breaking and Entering
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Brad Pitt - Babel
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland

Actress:
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Ashley Judd - Bug
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children

Supp. Actor:
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Brian Cox - Running With Scissors
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Tobey Maguire - The Good German
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls

Supp. Actress:
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Carmer Maura - Volver
Sharon Stone - Bobby
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction

Original Screenplay:
Babel - Breaking and Entering - The Queen - Stranger Than Fiction - Volver

Adapted Screenplay:
Dreamgirls - The Good German - The Last King of Scotland - Little Children - Running With Scissors

Animated Feature:
Cars - Flushed Away - Happy Feet - Monster House - Over the Hedge

Art Direction:
The Black Dahlia - Dreamgirls - The Good German - Marie Antoinette - The Prestige

Cinematography:
Children of Men - Dreamgirls - Flags of Our Fathers - Fur - The Good German

Costume Design:
Dreamgirls - The Good German - Infamous - Marie Antoinette - Miss Potter

Editing:
Babel - Bobby - Dreamgirls - The Good German - United 93

Makeup:
Dreamgirls - Marie Antoinette - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Original Song
Bobby - Cars - Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing - An Inconvenient Truth - A Prairie Home Companion

Score:
Babel - Children of Men - The Good German - Little Children - The Queen

Sound:
Dreamgirls - Flags of Our Fathers - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Superman Returns - United 93

Sound Editing:
Cars - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - World Trade Center

Visual Effects:
Charlotte's Web - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Superman Returns