Here are my top Oscar picks. I absolutely do not know what I am talking about!

[CTyankee]

But, here goes:

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire (but should be Milk)

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (but should be Sean Penn, dammit!)

Best Actress: Kate Winslet (love her)

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger

Best Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson (Benjamin Button) or Viola Davis (Doubt) Can't decide on this one.

What are YOUR picks?

[graywarrior]

1. Same as yours coz I don't know shit about any of those films

[jobycom]

2. Milk, Rourke, Streep, Ledger, Davis nt

[Ava]

3. my picks.. not who i think should win but who i think will win

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year
"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo


Achievement in cinematography
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Jacqueline West

Achievement in directing
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Danny Boyle


Best motion picture of the year
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)

Adapted screenplay
"The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) Screenplay by David Hare

Original screenplay
"Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax) Written by Mike Leigh

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. All I know is have some kleenex handy for this one

I don't have a clue either, but I know this: I think the leaked list is real, so.....

Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)

Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader)(my 11yo says that this is the tipoff that the list is fake: she says Anne Hathaway wins this one)

Supporting Actress: Amy Adams (Doubt)

Original Screenplay: In Bruges

Adapted Screenplay: The Reader

Animated Feature: Wall-E

Original Song: Down to Earth (Peter Gabriel, from Wall-E)

The allegedly completely fraudulent list may be found here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1151166/And-winner--Kate-Thats-Oscar-list-leak-believed.html

What I do know is this: Have Kleenex Handy. Tears will likely be shed - between the widely presumed posthumous acceptance for Ledger, and the "In Memoriam" segment, at which time Oscar wil tip its hat for the final time to (among many other fine performers and filmmakers): Heath Ledger, Sydney Pollack, Anthony Minghella, Van Johnson, Bernie Mac, George Carlin, Estelle Getty, Ollie Johnston (one of the great Disney animators), Roy Scheider, Paul Scofield, and Paul Newman.

[AwakeAtLast]

5. LOTS of big stars passed this year

Either that, or I'm getting older and it just seems like it.

[Scooter24]

6. Mine...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8544318

Best Picture- Slumdog Millionaire
Directing- Slumdog Millionaire
Actor- Sean Penn
Actress- Kate Winslet
Supporting Actor- Heath Ledger
Supporting Actress- Penelope Cruz
Adapted Screenplay- Slumdog Millionaire
Original Screenplay- Milk
Animated Feature- WALL-E
Animated Short Film- Presto
Live Action Short- Toyland
Foreign Language- Waltz with Bashir
Documentary Feature- Man on Wire
Documentary Short- The Witness
Music Score- Slumdog Millionaire
Music Song- Jai Ho
Art Direction- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography- Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design- The Duchess
Film Editing- Slumdog Millionaire
Makeup- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sound Editing- WALL-E
Sound Mixing- The Dark Knight
Visual Effects- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[bigwillq]

7. Slumdog for best picture

although I don't think it deserves it.

I didn't see many of the others that were nominated. I did not see Milk or The Reader.

But I think:

Penn for Actor (although Rourke may win)

Winslet for Best Actress

Ledger for Best. Supp. Actor (I did see this one)

Cruz for Best Sup. Actress (just a guess, Davis is probably choice No. 2)

[blue_onyx]

8. My picks are...

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke

Best Actress: Meryl Streep (could easily be Kate Winslet)

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger

Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz (this is the most open category...Amy Adams was my close second choice).