Oscar predix

Oscar nominations are due tomorrow (Tuesday) at around 1.40pm. Here are my guesses for what's shaping up to be a worthy but infuriatingly predictable competition...

Best Picture:
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
The Departed
Babel
The Queen

Watch out for: Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Director:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel)
Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine)
Bill Condon (Dreamgirls)
Clint Eastwood (Letters from Iwo Jima)

Watch out for: Stephen Frears (The Queen)

Best Actor:
Leonardo diCaprio (The Departed)
Peter O'Toole (Venus)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)

Watch out for: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)

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

Watch out for: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherrybaby)

Best Supporting Actor:
Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)
Jack Nicholson (The Departed)
Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)

Watch out for: Micheal Sheen (The Queen)/Brad Pitt (Babel)

Best Supporting Actress:
Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Adriana Barraza (Babel)
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)

Watch out for: Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada)

Best Original Screenplay:
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine
Babel
Pan's Labyrinth
Stranger Than Fiction

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Departed
Notes on a Scandal
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Little Children