Final Oscar winner predictions

Best Picture

Babel
The Departed*
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best Director

Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzàlez Inàrritu - Babel
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed*

Best Actor In A Leading Role

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*

Best Actress In A Leading Role

Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen*
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls*
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes On A Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls*
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Best Adapted Screenplay

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children Of Men
The Departed*
Little Children
Notes On A Scandal

Best Original Screenplay

Babel*
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen

Best Film Editing

Babel
Blood Diamond
Children Of Men
The Departed*
United 93

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Dreamgirls
The Good Shepherd
Pan's Labyrinth*
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Prestige

Best Costume Design

Curse Of The Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette*
The Queen

Best Cinematography

The Black Dahlia
Children Of Men*
The Illusionist
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige

Best Makeup

Apocalypto
Click
Pan's Labyrinth*

Best Original Score

Babel*
The Good German
Notes On A Scandal
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen

Best Original Song

Cars - ''Our Town''
Dreamgirls - ''Listen''*
Dreamgirls - ''Love You I Do''
Dreamgirls - ''Patience''
An Inconvenient Truth - ''I Need To Wake Up''

Best Sound Mixing

Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Flags Of Our Fathers*
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Effects Editing

Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Flags Of Our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima*
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Visual Effects

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns*

Best Animated Feature Film

Cars*
Happy Feet
Monster House

Best Foreign Language Film

After The Wedding (Denmark)
Days Of Glory (Algeria)
The Lives Of Others (Germany)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)*
Water (Canada)

Best Documentary Feature Film

Deliver Us From Evil
An Inconvenient Truth*
Iraq In Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country