Academy Award Nominations & Oscar Winners - 2008

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Below are the Academy Award nominees for movies released in 2008. Who will win the Oscar this year? Which movies will be denied an Academy Award? Only time will tell...

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Best Picture
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - My Prediction	A-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	A-
Frost/Nixon	B
Milk - My Pick	A-
The Reader	B
Best Director
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle (My pick and prediction)	A-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher	A-
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard	B
Milk - Gus Van Sant	A-
The Reader - Stephen Daldry	B
Best Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: Milk - Sean Penn	A-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Brad Pitt	A-
Frost/Nixon - Frank Langella	B
The Visitor - Richard Jenkins	B+
The Wrestler - Mickey Rourke (My pick and prediction)	A
Best Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: The Reader - Kate Winslet	B
Changeling - Angelina Jolie	B
Doubt - Meryl Streep	A
Frozen River - Melissa Leo	B+
Rachel Getting Married - Anne Hathaway (My pick and prediction)	B-
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: The Dark Knight - Heath Ledger (My pick and prediction)	A+
Doubt - Philip Seymour Hoffman	A
Milk - Josh Brolin	A-
Revolutionary Road - Michael Shannon	A-
Tropic Thunder - Robert Downey Jr.	B-
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Penelope Cruz	B
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Taraji P. Henson	A-
Doubt - Amy Adams (My pick)	A
Doubt - Viola Davis (My prediction)	A
The Wrestler - Marisa Tomei	A
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Milk - (My pick and prediction)	A-
Frozen River	B+
Happy-Go-Lucky	B+
In Bruges	A
WALL-E	A+
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - (My prediction)	A-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	A-
Doubt - (My pick)	A
Frost/Nixon	B
The Reader	B
Best Foreign Picture
WINNER: Departures
The Baader Meinhof Complex	B+
The Class	A-
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir	A
Best Documentary Picture
WINNER: Man on Wire - (My pick and prediction)	A-
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World	C-
The Garden
Trouble the Water
Best Animated Picture
WINNER: WALL-E - (My pick and prediction)	A+
Bolt	B+
Kung Fu Panda	A-
Best Art Direction
WINNER: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	A-
Changeling	B
The Dark Knight - (My pick and prediction)	A+
The Duchess	C+
Revolutionary Road	A-
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire	A-
Changeling	B
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	A-
The Dark Knight - (My pick and prediction)	A+
The Reader	B
Best Costume Design
WINNER: The Duchess - (My pick and prediction)	C+
Australia	B
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	A-
Milk	A-
Revolutionary Road	A-
Best Film Editing
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - (My prediction)	A-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	A-
The Dark Knight - (My pick)	A+
Frost/Nixon	B
Milk	A-
Best Makeup
WINNER: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - (My pick and prediction)	A-
The Dark Knight	A+
Hellboy II: The Golden Army	B-
Best Original Score
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - (My pick and prediction)	A-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	A-
Defiance	B+
Milk	A-
WALL-E	A+
Best Original Song
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire - Jai Ho	A-
Slumdog Millionaire - O Saya	A-
WALL-E - Down to Earth	A+
Best Sound Mixing
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire	A-
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	A-
The Dark Knight	A+
WALL-E	A+
Wanted	B+
Best Sound Editing
WINNER: The Dark Knight	A+
Iron Man	A-
Slumdog Millionaire	A-
WALL-E	A+
Wanted	B+
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	A-
The Dark Knight	A+
Iron Man - (My pick and prediction)	A-
Best Documentary Short
WINNER: Smile Pinki
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
Best Animated Short Film
WINNER: La Maison En Petits Cubes
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
Best Live-Action Short Film
WINNER: Spielzeugland
Auf Der Strecke
Manon On the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig