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Here are my predictions for who will win (not who should win) the Oscar.  Predictions are in bold type.

 Update: Winners are in green, my incorrect predictions are in red.

• Best Picture:
• "Babel"
• "The Departed"
• "Letters From Iwo Jima"
• "Little Miss Sunshine"
• "The Queen"

• Actor:
• Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
• Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"
• Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
• Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
• Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

• Actress:
• Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
• Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
• Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
• Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
• Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

• Supporting Actor:
• Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
• Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"
• Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"
• Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
• Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"

• Supporting Actress:
• Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
• Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
• Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
• Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
• Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

• Directing:
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"
• Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
• Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
• Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
• Paul Greengrass, "United 93"

• Foreign Language Film:
• "After the Wedding" Denmark
• "Days of Glory (Indigenes)" Algeria
• "The Lives of Others" Germany
• "Pan's Labyrinth" Mexico
• "Water" Canada

• Adapted Screenplay:
• Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
• Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men"
• William Monahan, "The Departed"
• Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"
• Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"

• Original Screenplay:
• Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"
• Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
• Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
• Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
• Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

• Animated Feature Film:
• "Cars"
• "Happy Feet"
• "Monster House"

• Art Direction:
• "Dreamgirls"
• "The Good Shepherd"
• "Pan's Labyrinth"
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
• "The Prestige"

• Cinematography:
• "The Black Dahlia"
• "Children of Men"
• "The Illusionist"
• "Pan's Labyrinth"
• "The Prestige"

• Sound Mixing:
• "Apocalypto"
• "Blood Diamond"
• "Dreamgirls"
• "Flags of Our Fathers"
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

• Sound Editing:
• "Apocalypto"
• "Blood Diamond"
• "Flags of Our Fathers"
• "Letters From Iwo Jima"
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

• Original Score:
• "Babel" Gustavo Santaolalla
• "The Good German" Thomas Newman
• "Notes on a Scandal" Philip Glass
• "Pan's Labyrinth" Javier Navarrete
• "The Queen" Alexandre Desplat

• Original Song:
• "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth" Melissa Etheridge
• "Listen" from "Dreamgirls" Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven
• "Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls" Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett
• "Our Town" from "Cars" Randy Newman
• "Patience" from "Dreamgirls" Henry Krieger and Willie Reale

• Costume:
• "Curse of the Golden Flower"
• "The Devil Wears Prada"
• "Dreamgirls"
• "Marie Antoinette"
• "The Queen"

• Documentary Feature:
• "Deliver Us From Evil"
• "An Inconvenient Truth"
• "Iraq in Fragments"
• "Jesus Camp"
• "My Country, My Country"

• Documentary (short subject):
• "The Blood of Yingzhou District"
• "Recycled Life"
• "Rehearsing a Dream"
• "Two Hands"

• Film Editing:
• "Babel"
• "Blood Diamond"
• "Children of Men"
• "The Departed"
• "United 93"

• Makeup:
• "Apocalypto"
• "Click"
• "Pan's Labyrinth"

• Animated Short Film:
• "The Danish Poet"
• "Lifted"
• "The Little Matchgirl"
• "Maestro"
• "No Time for Nuts"

• Live Action Short Film:
• "Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)"
• "Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)"
  
• "Helmer & Son"
• "The Saviour"
• "West Bank Story"

• Visual Effects:
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
• "Poseidon"
• "Superman Returns"

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