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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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Here come the precursors...

The National Board of Review announces their annual list of winners tomorrow, kicking off the awards season kudos-coaster in earnest. Year after year this group prides itself on being the first out of the gate, lending serious Oscar consideration to this contender or that by being the first to dish honors. Think "Moulin Rouge!" taking down their Best Picture win in 2001, or Halle Berry winning the Best Actress award the very same year for "Monster's Ball."


This year has boasted a unique mixture of filmmaking efforts, and I for one am excited to see where the kudos will fall. So with that, I'll just toss up some NBR predictions and see how it pans out tomorrow morning.


Best Picture
"The Queen"


Top Ten Films of the Year
"Babel"
"The Departed"
"Dreamgirls"
"Flags of Our Fathers"
"Letters from Iwo Jima"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Half Nelson"
"Inside Man"
"The Queen"
"United 93"


(More predictions after the jump.)

Best Actor
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"


Best Actress
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"


Best Supporting Actor
Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"


Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, "Babel," "The Good German," "Notes on a Scandal"


Best Director
Clint Eastwood, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima"


Best Breakthrough Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"


Best Breakthrough Actress
Shareeka Epps, "Half Nelson"


Best Adapted Screenplay
"Little Children," Todd Field, Tom Perotta


Best Original Screenplay
"Babel," Guillermo Arriaga


Best Debut Director
Jason Reitman, "Thank You for Smoking"


Best Documentary
"Deliver Us from Evil"


Best Foreign Language Film
"Volver"


Best Acting by an Ensemble
"United 93"


Best Animated Feature
"Happy Feet"

Comments

Kris,
What about THE PAINTED VEIL?
I think it will make the NBR Top 10.

I'm surprised that you put Inside Man in the top 10.

The NBR is never a good indication of the Oscars. After all, they gave GONG LI the Best Actress award last year.

I figure if Emmy Rossum was the Breakthrough Actress of 2004, Jennifer Hudson has it this year easily.

It's telling that the only time in the past thirteen years that the NBR and the Oscars picked the same best picture was for "American Beauty," a dud that no one gives a rip about anymore.

Damn, and I thought I was being so unique and clever for predicting United 93 to win Ensemble.

And good call on Cohen for Breakthrough, but I still think they'll push Gosling there and give Actor to someone a little bigger, like Whitaker or Smith or O'Toole. And count me in as another that thinks Hudson will take B. Actress.

Iwo Jima is ineligible for Top 10. They don't allow foreign flicks (they list their top 5 instead).

If anybody is gonna be clasified as breaking through this year it'll be Hudson and Cohen.

But then again, they did give Charlize Theron and Paul Giamatti the award a few years back, so who the hell knows.

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2008 Year in Advance Predictions


UPDATED: 2/25/2008





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[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