Sunday, March 05, 2006 :: 8:24:00 PM

The Oscars started 25 mins ago, but i've been meaning all week to make a predictions list.. here it is! I promise I haven't even seen any of the oscars yet - so lets see how close I've become!

I've narrowed my choices down to two per category, the one with stars is the one I choose over the other.

I hope it's easy enough to follow, i've just thrown this list together....


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- NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 78TH AWARDS -

Performance by an actor in a leading role

***Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

***Matt Dillon in "Crash" (Lions Gate)
Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Company)
***Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

***Catherine Keener in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Michelle Williams in BrokebackMountain" (Focus Features)

Best animated feature film of the year

"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" (Warner Bros.) Yim Burton and Mike Johnson
***"Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Nick Park and Steve Box

Achievement in art direction

"King Kong" (Universal) Art Direction: Grant Major Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
***"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Art Direction: John Myhre Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau

Achievement in cinematography

***"Batman Begins" (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dion Beebe

Achievement in costume design

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (Warner Bros.) Gabriella Pescucci
***"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing

"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Bennett Miller
***"Crash" (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis

Best documentary feature

***"March of the Penguins" (Warner Independent Pictures) Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau A Bonne Pioche Production
"Murderball" (THINKFilm) Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
An Eat Films Production

Best documentary short subject

***"God Sleeps in Rwanda" Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
An Acquaro/Sherman Production
"The Mushroom Club" Steven Okazaki A Farallon Films Production

Achievement in film editing

***"Crash" (Lions Gate) Hughes Winborne
"Munich"(Universal and DreamWorks) Michael Kahn

Achievement in makeup

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch Howard Berger and Tami Lane
and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista)
***"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley
(20th Century Fox)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

***"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

***"In the Deep" from Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker "Crash" (Lions Gate) Lyric by Kathleen "Bird" York
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston,edric Coleman "Hustle & Flow" and Paul Beauregard Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)

Best motion picture of the year

***"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, An A-Line Pictures/Cooper's Town/ Producers Infinity Media Production
"Crash" (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar's Bridge/ Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull's Eye Entertainment Production

Best animated short film

"Badgered" Sharon Colman A National Film and Television School Production
***"One Man Band" Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews A Pixar Animation Studios Production

Best live action short film

"The Last Farm" Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson A Zik Zak Filmworks Production
"Six Shooter" (Sundance Film Channel) Martin McDonagh A Missing in Action Films and
Funny Farm Films Production

Achievement in sound editing

***"King Kong" (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King

Achievement in sound mixing

***"King Kong" (Universal) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick,
"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox) Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland

Achievement in visual effects

***"King Kong" (Universal) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay

***"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Dan Futterman
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Original screenplay

***"Crash" (Lions Gate) Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco Story by Paul Haggis
"Match Point" (DreamWorks) Written by Woody Allen

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