(Note: Gerard has altered his Best Original Score predictions with the news that Jonny Greenwood's and Michael Brook's compositions have been disqualified. --Kris)

Best Picture
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Into the Wild"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
Alt.: "Juno"

Best Director
Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Sean Penn, "Into the Wild"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Paul Thomoas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
Alt: Sidney Lumet, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"

Best Actor
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Emile Hirsch, "Into the Wild"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
Alt.: Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"
Ellen Page, "Juno"
Alt.: Keira Knightley, "Atonement"

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson’s War"
Hal Holbrook, "nto the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"
Alt.: Tommy Lee Jones, "No Country for Old Men"

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, "I’m Not There"
Catherine Keener, "Into the Wild"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone, Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"
Alt.: Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"

Best Adapted Screenplay
"Atonement"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Into the Wild"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
Alt.: "Zodiac

Best Original Screenplay
"Juno"
"Lars and the Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Ratatouille"
"The Savages"
Alt.: "Knocked Up"

Best Art Direction
"Atonement"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"The Golden Compass"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
Alt.: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

Best Cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
Alt.: "Into the Wild"

Best Costume Design
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Atonement"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"La Vie en Rose"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Alt.: "Hairspray"

Best Film Editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"Into the Wild"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
Alt.: "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Best Makeup
"La Vie en Rose"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Alt.: "300"

Best Music – Original Score
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Atonement"
"The Kite Runner"
"Lust, Caution"
"Ratatouille"
Alt.: "Grace is Gone"

Best Music – Original Song
"Enchanted" – "That’s How You Know"
"Hairspray" – "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)"
"Into the Wild" – "Guaranteed"
"Into the Wild" – "Society"
"Once" – "Falling Slowly"
Alt.: "American Gangster" – "Do You Feel Me"

Best Sound Mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Spider-Man 3"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"Transformers"
Alt.: "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End"

Bests Sound Editing
"300"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End"
"Ratatouille"
"Spider-Man 3"
"Transformers"
Alt.: "The Bourne Ultimatum"

Best Visual Effects
"The Golden Compass"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End"
"Transformers"
Alt.: "I am Legend"

Best Foreign-Language Film
"The Unknown" – Italy
"The Counterfeiters" – Austria
"Days of Darkness" – Canada
"Mongol" – Kazakhstan
"The Year My Parents Went on Vacation" – Brazil
Alt.: "12" – Russia