OOPS ... I DID IT AGAIN (OSCAR PICKS & WINNERS)

... as in I won my Oscar pool at work. I figure if this newspaper thing doesn't work out, I can go to Vegas and become a handicapper.

In any case, I'll repost my predictions and bold the winner which are usually one in the same.

ACTOR -- LEADING

2 -George Clooney - MICHAEL CLAYTON

1 -Daniel Day-Lewis - THERE WILL BE BLOOD

4 - Johnny Depp - SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

3 -Tommy Lee Jones - IN THE VALLEYOF ELAH

5 Viggo Mortensen - EASTERN PROMISES

ACTOR -- SUPPORTING

2 Casey Affleck - THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

1 Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

5 Philip Seymour Hoffman -CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR

3 Hal Holbrook - INTO THE WILD

4 Tom Wilkinson - MICHAEL CLAYTON

ACTRESS -- LEADING

5 Cate Blanchett - ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE

1 Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER

2 Marion Cotillard - LA VIE EN ROSE

4 Laura Linney - THE SAVAGES

3 Ellen Page - JUNO

* I picked Julie Christie. Cotillard was my second choice, which helped me in the end.

ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING

2 Cate Blanchett - I’M NOT THERE

3 Ruby Dee - AMERICAN GANGSTER

5 Saoirse Ronan - ATONEMENT

4 Amy Ryan - GONE BABY GONE

1 Tilda Swinton - MICHAEL CLAYTON

I went out on a limb. I figured the Academy votes would be split by the Sag-winner Dee, the Golden Globe-winning Blanchett and the buzzworthy Amy Ryan, that something had to go to "Michael Clayton" as a consolation.

ANIMATED FEATURE

2 PERSEPOLIS

1 RATATOUILLE

3 SURF’S UP


CINEMATOGRAPHY

4 THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD ATONEMENT

2 THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

3 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

1 THERE WILL BE BLOOD


COSTUME DESIGN

5 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

2 ATONEMENT

4 ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE

3 LA VIE EN ROSE

1 SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

Yeah, this one almost screwed me up...

DIRECTING

2 THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

5 JUNO

4 MICHAEL CLAYTON

1 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

3 THERE WILL BE BLOOD

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1 NO END IN SIGHT

4 OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE

2 SICKO

3 TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE

5 WAR/DANCE

I thought "No End in Sight" was a shoe-in. I'm still scratching my head.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

2 BEAUFORT

1 THE COUNTERFEITERS

4 KATYŃ

3 MONGOL

5 12


ORIGINAL SCORE

1 ATONEMENT

5 THE KITE RUNNER

3 MICHAEL CLAYTON

2 RATATOUILLE

4 3:10 TO YUMA

ORIGINAL SONG

1 "Falling Slowly" - ONCE

3 "Happy Working Song" - ENCHANTED

4 "Raise It Up" - AUGUST RUSH

2 "So Close" - ENCHANTED

5 "That’s How You Know" - ENCHANTED

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

1 FREEHELD

4 LA CORONA (THE CROWN)

2 SALIM BABA

3 SARI’S MOTHER


ART DIRECTION

5 AMERICAN GANGSTER

2 ATONEMENT

4 THE GOLDEN COMPASS

3 SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

1 THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Man, I flubbed that one...

MAKEUP

1 LA VIE EN ROSE

2 NORBIT

3 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:AT WORLD’S END


FILM EDITING

1 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

5 THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

4 INTO THE WILD

2 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

3 THERE WILL BE BLOOD


VISUAL EFFECTS

3 THE GOLDEN COMPASS

2 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END

1 TRANSFORMERS

Coulda sworn Optimus Prime would take the price ...


SOUND EDITING

1 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

3 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

5 RATATOUILLE

4 THERE WILL BE BLOOD

2 TRANSFORMERS


SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED

4 ATONEMENT

5 AWAY FROM HER

3 THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

1 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

2 THERE WILL BE BLOOD


SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL

1 JUNO

3 LARS AND THE REAL GIRL

2 MICHAEL CLAYTON

5 RATATOUILLE

4 THE SAVAGES

SOUND MIXING

2 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

4 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

5 RATATOUILLE

3 3:10 TO YUMA

1 TRANSFORMERS

Shoulda went with my gut and went with Jason Bourne.


SHORT FILM -- LIVE ACTION

3 AT NIGHT

4 IL SUPPLENTE (THE SUBSTITUTE)

1 LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS (THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS)

2 TANGHI ARGENTINI

5 THE TONTO WOMAN

SHORT FILM -- ANIMATED

3 I MET THE WALRUS

5 MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI

2 MÊME LES PIGEONS VONT AU PARADIS (EVEN PIGEONS GO TO HEAVEN)

4 MY LOVE (MOYA LYUBOV)

1 PETER & THE WOLF


BEST PICTURE

5 ATONEMENT

2 JUNO

3 MICHAEL CLAYTON

1 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

4 THERE WILL BE BLOOD