Mayor Sam's Oscar Nominee Predictions

Tomorrow morning, at the ungodly hour of 5:30 a.m., the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will announce their nominations for the annual Academy Awards. The winners will be announced at the 78th Annual Academy Awards held Sunday, March 5th at the Kodak Theatre. This year's host for the awards is John Stewart. Will Mayor V. be there?

Here are my own predictions for the nominations.


Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck
Walk the Line
Munich
The Constant Gardener

Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck
Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale

Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Charlize Theron, North Country
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
William Hurt, A History of Violence
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Don Cheadle, Crash
Will Ferrell, The Producers

Best Supporting Actress
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Amy Adams, Junebug
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, North Country
Shirley MacLaine, In Her Shoes

Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Bennett Miller, Capote
Paul Haggis, Crash
Fernando Meirelles, The Constant Gardener

Screenplay - Original
Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco, Crash
Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Akiva Goldsman, Cliff Hollingsworth, Cinderella Man

Screenplay - Adapted
Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
Dan Futterman, Capote
Josh Olson, A History of Violence
Jeffrey Caine, The Constant Gardener
Tony Kushner & Eric Roth, Munich

Animated Feature
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Chicken Little
The Corpse Bride
Howl's Moving Castle
Robots

Documentary Feature
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Favela Rising
Mad, Hot Ballroom
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Art Direction
King Kong
Chronicles of Narnia
Memoirs of a Geisha
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Visual Effects
Chronicles of Narnia
King Kong
Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Costumes
Chronicles of Narnia
Memoirs of a Geisha
Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire
Pride and Prejudice
Good Night, and Good Luck

Makeup
The Chronicles of Narnia
Cinderella Man
A History of Violence
The Libertine
The New World

Editing
Crash
Munich
Walk the Line
History of Violence
Pride & Prejudice

Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Crash

Original Score
John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha
Gustavo Santaollala, Brokeback Mountain
Henry Gregson-Williams, Chronicles of Narnia
Alexandre Desplat, Syriana
John Williams, Munich

Song
A Love That Will Never Grow Old, Emmy Lou Harris, Brokeback Mountain
Hustle and Flow, Terence Howard, Hustle and Flow
Travelin' Thru, Dolly Parton, Transamerica
There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway, Mel Brooks, The Producers
Wunkerkind, Alannis Morissette, Chronicles of Narnia