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And so, after months of watching and toiling away, we are now less than 12 hours away from the announcement of the 2008 Academy Award Nominations. Here are my final predictions...no alternates, just the real choices...

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle "Slumdog Millionaire"
David Fincher "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard "Frost/Nixon"
Christopher Nolan "The Dark Knight"
Gus Van Sant "Milk"

BEST ACTOR
Clint Eastwood "Gran Torino"
Richard Jenkins "The Visitor"
Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn "Milk"
Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler"

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway "Rachel Getting Married"
Sally Hawkins "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Angelina Jolie "Changeling"
Meryl Streep "Doubt"
Kate Winslet "Revolutionary Road"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin "Milk"
Robert Downey, Jr. "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman "Doubtt"
Heath Ledger "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon "Revolutionary Road"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz "Vicky Christina Barcelona"
Viola Davis "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei "The Wrestler"
Kate Winslet "The Reader"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall-E
The Wrestler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST FILM EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ART DIRECTION
Australia
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

BEST SOUND
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

BEST SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Wall-E

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

BEST MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Synecdoche, New York

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Another Way to Die" -- Quantum of Solace
"Down to Earth" -- Wall-E
"I Thought I Lost You" -- Bolt
"Jaiho" -- Slumdog Millionaire
"The Wrestler" -- The Wrestler