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2007-08 Oscar Calendar



[Monday, December 3, 2007]

Official Screen Credits
Forms Due.


[Wednesday, December 26, 2007]

Nominations ballots mailed.


[Saturday, January 12, 2008]

Nominations polls close
5 p.m. PST.


[Tuesday, January 22, 2008]

Nominations announced
5:30 a.m. PST
Samuel Goldwyn Theater


[Wednesday, January 30, 2008]

Final ballots mailed.


[Monday, February 4, 2008]

Nominees Luncheon


[Saturday, February 9, 2008]

Scientific and Technical
Awards Dinner


[Tuesday, February 19, 2008]

Final polls close 5 p.m. PST.


[Sunday, February 24, 2008]

79th Annual
Academy Awards Presentation
Kodak Theatre

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Final Predictions

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Alright, no second guessing on Sunday morning for this guy. I'm going to go ahead with my final guesses now and leave it to the Oscar Gods to play things out as they may. Then again, I say that now, but more than a few categories are giving me pause (Best Actress, best Art Direction, Best Costume Design). So one never knows. I could wake up in a cold sweat and make a change Saturday evening.


Here's what I'm going with, plus alternates (Gerard will check in later today with his final pre-Oscar "Tech Support" column):


Best Picture: "No Country for Old Men" (alt. "Michael Clayton")
Best Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "No Country for Old Men" (alt. Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly")
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood" (alt. George Clooney, "Michael Clayton")
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose" (alt. Julie Christie, "Away from Her")
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men" (alt. Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild")
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton" (alt. Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone")
Best Adapted Screenplay: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (alt. "No Country for Old Men")
Best Original Screenplay: "Juno" (alt. "Michael Clayton")


Best Art Direction: "There Will Be Blood" (alt. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street")
Best Cinematography: "There Will Be Blood" (alt. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly")
Best Costume Design: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (alt. "Atonement")
Best Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum" (alt. "No Country for Old Men")
Best Makeup: "La Vie en Rose" (alt. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End")
Best Music - Original Score: "Atonement" (alt. "Ratatouille")
Best Music - Original Song: "Once" (alt. "August Rush")
Best Sound Editing: "Transformers" (alt. "No Country for Old Men")
Best Sound Mixing: "Transformers" (alt. "No Country for Old Men")
Best Visual Effects: "Transformers" (alt. "The Golden Compass")


Best Animated Feature Film: "Ratatouille" (alt. "Persepolis")
Best Documentary Feature: "Taxi to the Dark Side" (alt. "No End in Sight")
Best Documentary - Short Subject: "Freeheld" (alt. "Sari's Mother")
Best Short Film - Animated: "Peter & the Wolf" (alt. "I Met the Walrus")
Best Short Film - Live Action: "The Tonto Woman" (alt. "At Night")

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2008 Year in Advance Predictions


UPDATED: 2/25/2008





Main Charts | Tech Charts



[Motion Picture]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Doubt”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Revolutionary Road”

“The Soloist”



[Directing]

David Fincher
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Ron Howard
“Frost/Nixon”

Gus Van Sant
“Milk”

Sam Mendes
“Revolutionary Road”

Joe Wright
“The Soloist”



[Actor in a Leading Role]

Benicio Del Toro
“The Argentine”

Jamie Foxx
“The Soloist”

Frank Langella
“Frost/Nixon”

Sean Penn
“Milk”

Brad Pitt
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”



[Actress in a Leading Role]

Vera Farmiga
“Nothing But the Truth”

Angelina Jolie
“Changeling”

Julianne Moore
“Blindness”

Meryl Streep
“Doubt”

Kate Winslet
“Revolutionary Road”



[Actor in a Supporting Role]

Josh Brolin
“Milk”

Russell Crowe
“Body of Lies”

Robert Downey, Jr.
“The Soloist”

Heath Ledger
“The Dark Knight”

Michael Sheen
“Frost/Nixon”



[Actress in a Supporting Role]

Amy Adams
“Doubt”

Kathy Bates
“Revolutionary Road”

Cate Blanchett
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Catherine Keener
“The Soloist”

Carice van Houten
“Body of Lies”



[Writing, Adapted Screenplay]

“Body of Lies”

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Doubt”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Writing, Original Screenplay]

“Changeling”

“Hamlet 2”

“Milk”

“The Soloist”

“WALL·E”



[Art Direction]

“Australia”

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Red Cliff”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Cinematography]

“Australia”

“The Dark Knight”

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Costume Design]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Doubt”

“The Other Boleyn Girl”

“Red Cliff”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Film Editing]

“Body of Lies”

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Defiance”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”



[Makeup]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“The Dark Knight”

“Red Cliff”



[Music, Original Score]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“The Soloist”

“Revolutionary Road”

“WALL·E”



[Music, Original Song]

coming soon



[Sound Editing]

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Iron Man”

“Speed Racer”

“WALL·E”



[Sound Mixing]

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Cloverfield”

“The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian”

“WALL·E”



[Visual Effects]

“The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian”

“The Incredible Hulk”

“Iron Man”



[Animated Feature Film]

“9”

“Kung Fu Panda”

“WALL·E”



[Foreign Language Film]

coming soon



[Documentary, Features]

coming soon



[Documentary, Short Subjects]

coming soon



[Short Film, Animated]

coming soon



[Short Film, Live Action]

coming soon