OSCAR NODS AND PREDICATIONS!

Best Picture:

Atonement

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood
Juno

Michael Clayton

Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)

Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)

Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)

Jason Reitman (Juno)

Julian Schnabel (Le Scaphandre et le papillon/ The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

Best Actor: (difficult category this year)

George Clooney (Michael Clayton)

Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)

Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street)

Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)

Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises) - the dark horse

Best Actress:

Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)

Julie Christie (Away From Her)

Marion Cotillard (La Mome / La Vie en Rose)

Laura Linney (The Savages)

Ellen Page (Juno)

Best Supporting Actor:

Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)

Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)

Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)

Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

Best Supporting Actress:

Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)

Ruby Dee (American Gangster)

Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)

Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)

Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

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Cinematography: (the one category where each nominee has a legitimate chance)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Atonement

No Country for Old Men

Le Scaphandre and le Papillon

There Will Be Blood

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Costume Design: (it's always hard to say)

Across the Universe

Atonement

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

La Mome

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Original Screenplay:

Juno

Lars and the Real Girl

Michael Clayton

Ratatouille

The Savages

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Adapted Screenplay: (a true toss-up)

Atonement

Away From Her

Le Scaphandre and le Papillon

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Those in bold are my predications. While I disagree with many of them, I base my predictions on current industry buzz. Unlike some previous years, I would say there are no shoe-in winners. Atonement, Juno, No Country are clearly the front runners in most categories as of now, but anything can happen. And I intentionally left out the editing and sound categories because...well, who cares. As for original score and best song, your guess is as good as mine.