Oscar Predictions: Final

Best Picture
Atonement
Into the Wild
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Alternate: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
If there was a righteous God: Hairspray

Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Alternate: Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
If there was a righteous God: Russell Crowe, 3:10 to Yuma

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page, Juno

Alternate: Amy Adams, Enchanted
If there was a righteous God: Jodie Foster, The Brave One

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

Alternate: Tommy Lee Jones, No Country For Old Men
If there was a righteous God: James Marsden, Enchanted or Hairspray

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

Alternate: Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
If there was a righteous God: Romola Garai, Atonement

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Alternate: Joe Wright, Atonement
If there was a righteous God: David Fincher, Zodiac

Best Original Screenplay
Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Diablo Cody, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl

Alternate: Steven Knight, Eastern Promises
If there was a righteous God: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, Superbad

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sean Penn, Into the Wild

Alternate: James Vanderbilt, Zodiac
If there was a righteous God: Leslie Dixon, Hairspray