Liz's Predictions for Tomorrow's Oscar Nominations

Well tomorrow is my second favorite day of the year. My favorite, of course is the day of the Academy Awards. My second favorite is the day that the Academy Award nominations are announced and that day is tomorrow at 5 am. I will, of course, make my Oscar picks sometime between now and the awards show but for today I am going to share my predictions regarding nominees in the top 6 categories:

Best Picture Nominees

Sure Bets:

The Departed

Dreamgirls

Babel

The Queen

Possible Nominees:

Little Miss Sunshine

Little Children

The Good Shepherd

Best Director Nominees

Marin Scorsese, The Departed

Clint Eastwood, either for Letters from Iwo Jima or Flags of our Fathers

Bill Condon, Dreamgirls

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel

Stephen Frears, The Queen

Best Actor Nominees:

Sure Bets:

Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

Leonardo DiCaprio, either for Blood Diamond or The Departed

Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness

Peter O’Toole, Venus

Possible Nominees:

Matt Damon, The Good Shepherd

Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat

Clive Owen, Children of Men

Best Actress Nominees

Sure Bets:

Helen Mirren, The Queen

Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada

Annette Bening, Running With Scissors

Dame Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal

Possible Nominees:

Penelope Cruz, Volver

Kate Winslet, Little Children

Best Supporting Actor Nominees

Sure Bets:

Jack Nicholson, The Departed

Brad Pitt, Babel

Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls

Possible Nominees:

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children

Best Supporting Actress Nominees

Sure Bets:

Cate Blanchett for one of these: Notes on a Scandal, Babel, or The Good German

Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls

Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine

Possible Nominees:

Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine

Adrianna Barraza, Babel

Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada