Jean Herseholt Humanitarian Award

And the Oscar goes to... Sherry Lansing

Costume Design

And the Oscar goes to... Marie Antoinette

Adapted Screenplay

And the Oscar goes to... The Departed

Animated Feature Film

And the Oscar goes to... Happy Feet

Supporting Actor

And the Oscar goes to... Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine

Sound Mixing

And the Oscar goes to... Dreamgirls

Sound Editing

And the Oscar goes to... Letters From Iwo Jima

Live Action Short Film

And the Oscar goes to... West Bank Story

Animated Short Film

And the Oscar goes to... The Danish Poet

Makeup

And the Oscar goes to... Pan's Labyrinth

Art Direction

The Oscar goes to... Pan's Labyrinth

Here we go!!

The moment we've all been waiting for!

5 minutes away from the red carpet

You can feel the excitement, can't you?

Live Coverage

I highly recommend going to this link-

It is the Oscar Igloo's live coverage of the Oscars and it is very interesting.

http://www.atnzone.com/moviezone/oscars/2007/live.php?c=&s=0

One Hour and Thirty One Minutes

We're getting close!

David's Best Supporting Actress

Sorry, I've noticed I didn't put in my supporting actress picks. Anyway, here they are

Adriana Barraza - Babel
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Anika Noni Rose - Dreamgirls

It is completed, and we're an hour and a half away. NICE!!!!!!!!

Editor's Final Predictions

Here are my final predictions. I've changed some of them from my analyses, but not many. My predicted winner is in red, and my runner-up is underlined.

BEST PICTURE

Babel
The Departed

Letters From Iwo Jima

Little Miss Sunshine

The Queen

BEST DIRECTOR

Alejandro González Iñárritu-Babel

Clint Eastwood-Letters From Iwo Jima

Stephen Frears-The Queen

Paul Greengrass-United 93

Martin Scorsese-The Departed

BEST 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

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin-Little Miss Sunshine

Jackie Earle Haley-Little Children

Djimon Hounsou-Blood Diamond

Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls

Mark Wahlberg-The Departed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Adriana Barraza-Babel

Cate Blanchett-Notes on a Scandal

Abigail Breslin-Little Miss Sunshine

Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls

Rinko Kikuchi-Babel

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Babel

Letters From Iwo Jima

Little Miss Sunshine

Pan’s Labyrinth

The Queen

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 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

After the Wedding

Days of Glory

The Lives of Others

Pan’s Labyrinth
Water

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Cars

Happy Feet

Monster House

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Deliver Us From Evil

An Inconvenient Truth

Iraq in Fragments

Jesus Camp

My Country, My Country

BEST FILM EDITING

Babel

Blood Diamond

Children of Men

The Departed

United 93

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Black Dahlia

Children of Men

The Illusionist

Pan’s Labyrinth

The Prestige

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Babel

The Good German

Notes on a Scandal

Pan’s Labyrinth

The Queen

BEST ART DIRECTION

Dreamgirls

The Good Shepherd

Pan’s Labryinth

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

The Prestige

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

I Need to Wake Up-An Inconvenient Truth

Listen-Dreamgirls

Love You I Do-Dreamgirls

Our Town-Cars

Patience-Dreamgirls

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Curse of the Golden Flower

The Devil Wears Prada

Dreamgirls

Marie Antoinette

The Queen

BEST MAKEUP

Apocalypto

Click

Pan’s Labyrinth

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Poseidon

Superman Returns

BEST SOUND MIXING

Apocalypto

Blood Diamond

Dreamgirls

Flags of Our Fathers

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

BEST SOUND EDITING

Apocalypto

Blood Diamond

Flags of Our Fathers

Letters From Iwo Jima

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

Binta and the Great Idea

Eramos Pocos

Helmer & Son

The Saviour

West Bank Story

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

The Danish Poet

Lifted

The Little Matchgirl

No Time for Nuts

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

The Blood of Yingzhou District

Recycled Life

Rehearsing a Dream

Two Hands

I can't wait for tonight! Ellen DeGeneres should be great!

David's Big 8 Awards

Well, Daniel put up his top 8 awards, and I thought I'd follow. Good idea!

Best Picture

Babel (2)
Blood Diamond (3)
The Departed**
Letters From Iwo Jima (4)
Little Miss Sunshine (5)

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron - Children Of Men (5)
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima (3)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel (2)
Paul Greengrass - United 93 (4)
Martin Scorsese - The Departed**

Best Actor In A Leading Role

Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (4)
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond**
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson (5)
Ken Watanabe - Letters From Iwo Jima (3)
Forest Whitaker - The Last King Of Scotland (2)

Best Actress In A Leading Role

Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine (4)
Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal (2)
Helen Mirren - The Queen**
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada (3)
Kate Winslet - Little Children (5)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine (5)
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed (2)
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond (4)
Jack Nicholson - The Departed**
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed (3)

what can I say? I loved the film!

Best Adapted Screenplay

Children Of Men (2)
The Departed**
Flags Of Our Fathers (4)
Little Children (3)
Thank You For Smoking (5)

Best Original Screenplay

Babel (2)
Letters From Iwo Jima**
Little Miss Sunhine (3)
The Queen (5)
United 93 (4)

My Top Ten + Honorable Mentions, other awards, and Big 8

10. Notes on a Scandal
9. Shut Up & Sing
8. Flags of our Fathers
7. Marie-Antoinette
6. Half Nelson
5. The Queen
4. Babel
3. The Departed
2. Children of Men
1. Little Miss Sunshine

Honorable Mentions: An Inconvenient Truth, For Your Consideration, Thank You for Smoking, Casino Royale, Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Blood Diamond, Infamous

Worst of the year: Running with Scissors

Overrated film: The Last King of Scotland

Overrated performance: Djimon Housou, Blood Diamond

Underrated film: Flags of our Fathers

Underrated performance: Daniel Craig, Infamous

My Big 8 Awards

BEST PICTURE

Little Miss Sunshine**
Children of Men
The Departed
Babel
The Queen

BEST DIRECTOR

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine
Martin Scorsese, The Departed**
Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel

BEST ACTOR

Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Greg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson**
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Aaron Eckhart, Thank You for Smoking

BEST ACTRESS

Helen Mirren, The Queen**
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Kirsten Dunst, Marie-Antoinette
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children (haven't seen this, but there weren't any other contenders that I could think of that I thought merited a nomination)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Daniel Craig, Infamous
Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine**
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration**
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Queen
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine**
Stranger than Fiction
Half Nelson

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Children of Men
Flags of our Fathers
The Departed**
Notes on a Scandal
Thank You for Smoking

Best Picture?

In a year when the most nominated film didn't receive a Best Picture nod, when the acting categories were all predicted since the noms announcement ceremony and when Martin Scorsese will finally get his Oscar (he better, otherwise the AMPAS sucks), this will still be one of the best Award shows because the Best Picture race should be one of the closest in years.

I've seen Letters from Iwo Jima and it deserves to be on this list, but even if Clint pulls an upset and it's screenplay can get enough votes in a very competitive category, it will not win because it's a foreign language film. Little Miss Sunshine needs to pick up the Original Screenplay award to have a chance of winning because it looks like Alan Arkin and Abigail Breslin won't win in their respective categories. The Queen is a strong competitor and could pull an upset, but it seems more likely that they will reward Helen Mirren, not much else.

The race should be closer between Babel and The Departed. Babel seems like the favorite to win since it's a bit more Oscar bait, but The Departed seems to have a better chance of winning in it's categories, except maybe for Best Supporting Actor. There are a few categories that may decide of the outcome:

1) Best Film Editing
Both of them are nominated in this category, and if a film nominated for Best Picture wins in this category, it usually goes on to win the top prize.

2) Screenplays
While William Monahan's script will likely win for Best Adapted Screenplay, it is a very tough race for Best Original Screenplay. Indeed, 4 of the nominees for Best Picture are in this category. Paul Haggis has been nominated for the third straight year, but this doesn't seem to be his year. I haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth, but I don't think there's been enough buzz for it's screenplay to win. As for the other 3 films, they all have an equal chance of winning. Even though I predict Babel to win, Little Miss Sunshine seems like the favorite to take this award.

3) Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has made a tremendous film, and has worked exceptionally well with his international cast, but it won't seem enough for him to win. Martin Scorsese is the heads-on favorite, and his win will boost The Departed to win Best Picture, but if somehow Clint would get his 3rd directing Oscar, then those chances would slim down enormously.

Well, I can't wait for the announcement, and while I hope The Departed wins Best Picture, I will be happy with any film that wins this year because I loved all these films, and I can't wait to see what Ellen DeGeneres has in store for us.