These are the oscar nominations, I’ve listed the awards in importance to me this year, not every year (least-greatest). I have also put my prediction along with some comments for some awards. The winners will be posted the day of or after the oscar ceremony. Enjoy. Oh and if I put one and didn’t comment on it, I probably haven’t seen any of that category and I just chose a familiar or intriguing name/title.  By the way the actual nominees are in no particular order.PS: We’ll miss ya Mr. Ledger. Documentary Short

•  Freeheld
• The Crown
• Salim Baba
• Sari’s Mother

Live-Action Short 

•  At Night
• The Substitute
• The Mozart of Pickpockets
• Tanghi Argentini
• The Tonto Woman

Animated Short  

•  I Met the Walrus
• Madame Tutli-Putli
• Even Pigeons Go To Heaven
• Peter and The Wolf
• My Love

Documentary 

•  Taxi to the Dark Side
• War/Dance
• No End in Sight
• Sicko
• Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Foreign Film 

•  Mongol
• 12
• Katyn
• Beaufort
• The Counterfeiters

Music(song) 

•  Enchanted
• Once
• Enchanted
• Enchanted
• August Rush

Music(score)

•  The Kite Runner
• Michael Clayton
• Atonement
• Ratatouille
• 3:10 to Yuma

Animated Picture 

•  Surf’s Up
• Persepolis
• Ratatouille

Make Up 

•  Norbit
• La Vie En Rose
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Sound Mixing 

•  3:10 to Yuma
• Transformers
• No Country For Old Men
• Ratatouille
• The Bourne Ultimatum

Sound Editing 

•  There Will Be Blood
• No Country For Old Men
• Ratatouille
• Transformers
• The Bourne Ultimatum

Costumes 

•  Atonement
• Across the Universe
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age
• La Vie En Rose
• Sweeney Todd

Visual Effects

•  The Golden Compass
• Transformers
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Art Direction 

•  American Gangster
• The Golden Compass
• Atonement
• There Will Be Blood
• Sweeney Todd

Editing 

•  The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
• Into the Wild
• No Country For Old Men
• There Will Be Blood
• The Bourne Ultimatum

Cinematography 

•  Atonement
• The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• No Country For Old Men
• There Will Be Blood

Best Supporting Actress 

•  Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
• Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
• Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
• Ruby Dee, American Gangster
• Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best Actress 

•  Laura Linney, The Savages
• Julie Christie, Away From Her
• Ellen Page, Juno
• Cate Blanchettt, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
• Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose

Best Actor 

•  Daniel-Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
• George Clooney, Michael Clayton
• Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
• Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
• Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd

Best Supporting Actor 

•  Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
• Tom Wilikinson, Michael Clayton
• Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
• Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford

Best Screenplay (original)

•  Michael Clayton
• Lars and the Real Girl
• Ratatouille
• The Savages
• Juno

Best Screenplay (adapted)

•  Away From Her
• The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
• No Country For Old Men
• Atonement
• There Will Be Blood

Best Directing

•  The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
• Juno
• There Will Be Blood
• No Country For Old Men
• Michael Clayton

Best Picture

•  Juno
• Atonement
• No Country For Old Men
• There Will Be Blood
• Michael Clayton