Saturday, February 24, 2007

Liz's 2007 Oscar Picks


Following are my Oscar picks for the top 6 categories. Predicted winners are in bold:

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Penélope Cruz in “Volver”

Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”

Helen Mirren in “The Queen”

Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”

Kate Winslet in “Little Children”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Adriana Barraza in “Babel

Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”

Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”

Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”

Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”

Peter O’Toole in “Venus”

Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”

Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”

Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”

Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”

Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”

Achievement in directing

Babel” Alejandro González Iñárritu

The Departed” Martin Scorsese

Letters from Iwo Jima” Clint Eastwood

The Queen” Stephen Frears

United 93” Paul Greengrass

Best motion picture of the year

Babel

The Departed

Letters from Iwo Jima

Little Miss Sunshine

The Queen

2 comments:

Jonathan said...

You got 'em all right! Way to go Liz!

Anonymous said...

Wow! You called them all...you are Supreme Dictator of the World.

Steve