(Was out having my car serviced, hence the delay.)

The nominees:

Adapted:
"Borat," Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer
"The Departed," William Monahan
"The Devil Wears Prada," Aline Brosh McKenna
"Little Children," Todd Field, Tom Perotta
"Thank You for Smoking," Jason Reitman

Original:
"Babel," Guillermo Arriaga
"Little Miss Sunshine," Michael Arndt
"The Queen," Peter Morgan
"Stranger than Fiction," Zach Helm
"United 93," Paul Greengrass

Nothing too out of the ordinary here. I mentioned nine of these scripts yesterday in my forecast, correctly predicting 7 of the eventual nominees. The only surprise is "United 93," finally showing signs of life with the guilds. I think this will carry on to an Oscar nomination for Mr. Greengrass, as the writing categories are a good spot for critical faves to turn up.

Also interesting is the category placement of "Borat," which I expected to be considered original in my predictions.

A very big congrats to Jason Reitman, who might well translate this to Academy success. But the usual casualties from WGA to AMPAS are the comedies.

Finally, "Dreamgirls," taking another massive hit (along, I suppose, with the curiously ignored "Notes on a Scandal"), still could show up as Best Picture nominees the likes of "Gladiator" and "Finding Neverland" have missed with the guild in the past.

We'll forecast the ACE later today as the guilds keep coming.