Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Because the Globes and the Oscars have never agreed on Best Picture since LOTR; I'm assuming Button goes the Atonement route...)
Possibly: Slumdog Millionaire
My Preference: The Reader
Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
Will Win: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Possibly: Happy-Go-Lucky
My Preference: Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Director
Will Win: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Possibly: David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
My Preference: Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Best Screenplay
Will Win: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Possibly: Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
My Preference:
Best Actor (Drama)
Will Win: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler (I'm guessing that the momentum shifts here)
Possibly: Sean Penn - Milk (Would be a home-run, but he's too critical of the
Globes, and won recently)
My Preference: Sean Penn - Milk
Best Actor (Musical/Comedy)
Will Win: Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
Possibly: Colin Farrell - In Bruges
My Preference: James Franco - Pineapple Express
Best Actress (Drama)
Will Win: Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Possibly: Meryl Streep - Doubt
My Preference: Kristin Scott Thomas - Il y a longtemps que je t'aime / Meryl Streep - Doubt (sentiment!)
Best Actress (Musical/Comedy)
Will Win: Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Possibly: Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
My Preference: Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor
Will Win: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Possibly: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
My Preference: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress
Will Win: Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Possibly: Kate Winslet - The Reader
My Preference: I really love them all except for Amy Adams. Kate Winslet is the best, but it's category fraud. I guess... Viola Davis - Doubt
Best Original Score
Will Win: Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Possibly: A. R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
My Preference: Clint Eastwood - Changeling (The only thing that I LOVED about the movie)
Best Original Song
Will Win: Bruce Springsteen - "The Wrester" from The Wrestler
Possibly: Clint Eastwood - "Gran Torino" from Gran Torino
My Preference: Bruce Springsteen - "The Wrester" from The Wrestler
Best Foreign Language Film
Will Win: Waltz with Bashir
Possibly: Gomorrah
My Preference: Waltz with Bashir
Best Animated Film
Will Win: WALL-E
Possibly: WALL-E
My Preference: WALL-E
