Oscar Picks
I forgot to post these before the show started. Oops!
I decided to vote as if I were actually voting. This is not the way I would vote if I were trying to guess the winners in Vegas.Â
The hardest categories for me were Best Leading Actress and Live Action Short. Meryl Streep was the first I saw and I thought for sure noone could top that performance. I’ve since seen them all and it is a very tough call.
I’ve placed my second choice for some in parenthesis.
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire (The Reader)
Actor in a Leading Role: Richard Jenkins (Mickey Rourke)
Actress in a Leading Role: Meryl Sreep (Anne Hathaway)
Directing: Slumdog Millionaire (Frost/Nixon)
Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger  (Robert Downey Jr.)
Actress in a Supporting Role: Viola Davis (Penelope Cruz)
Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire (Doubt)
Original Screenplay: Frozen River (In Bruges)
Animated Feature: WALL-EÂ
Animated Short: Lavatory – Lovestory (La Maison en Petits Cubes)
Live Action Short: New Boy (Manon on the Asphalt)
Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire (Changeling)
Score: Slumdog Millionaire – I loved the music in this movie!
Song: Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire
Visual Effects: Iron ManÂ
Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire (The Dark Knight)
Sound Editing: WALL-E
Sound Mixing: Slumdog MillionaireÂ
Art Direction: Changeling (The Duchess)
Costume Design: The Duchess (Milk)
Makeup: Benjamin Button (Hellboy II)
Documentary Feature: Encounters at the End of the World (Man on Wire)
Documentary Short: The Witness – the only one I saw in this category 
Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir – didn’t see any in this category.