FINAL OSCAR PREDICTIONS

Today's the day. Can't wait; should be an exciting night with the real potential for surprise.

Best Picture: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Upset: JUNO

Best Director: THE COEN BROTHERS
Upset: JULIAN SCHNABEL

Best Actor: DANIEL DAY LEWIS
Upset: GEORGE CLOONEY

Best Actress: JULIE CHRISTIE
Upset: MARION COTILLARD

Best Supporting Actor: JAVIER BARDEM
Upset: HAL HOLBROOK

Best Supporting Actress: TILDA SWINTON
Upset: AMY RYAN or CATE BLANCHETT

Best Original Screenplay: JUNO
Upset: MICHAEL CLAYTON

Best Adapted Screenplay: THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Upset: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN or THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY

Best Animated Film: RATATOUILLE
Upset: PERSEPOLIS

Best Cinematography: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Upset: THERE WILL BE BLOOD or JESSE JAMES or DIVING BELL (personal note: this is the best category I've ever seen)

Best Editing: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Upset: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

Best Visual Effects: TRANSFORMERS (personal note: the greatest achievement in visual effects in the history of the medium)
Upset: PIRATES 3

Best Art Direction: THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Upset: ATONEMENT

Best Costumes: ATONEMENT
Upset: SWEENEY TODD

Best Documentary: NO END IN SIGHT
Upset: SICKO

Best Foreign Language Film: THE COUNTERFEITERS
Upset: BEAUFORT

Best Documentary Short Subject: FREEHELD
Upset: SARI'S MOTHER

Best Makeup: LA VIE EN ROSE
Upset: PIRATES 3

Best Original Score: RATATOUILLE
Upset: ATONEMENT

Best Original Song: FALLING SLOWLY, ONCE
Upset: One of the three songs from ENCHANTED

Best Animated Short: PETER & THE WOLF
Upset: MY LOVE

Best Live Action Short: LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS
Upset: AT NIGHT

Best Sound Editing: TRANSFORMERS
Upset: BOURNE

Best Sound Mixing: TRANSFORMERS
Upset: BOURNE