Final Oscar Nom Predictions!

With the 81st Annual Academy Award Nominations being announced tomorrow morning, I'm gonna take a stab at predicting them, finally. Here goes nothing!

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Alt 1: WALL-E
Alt 2: The Reader

Best Director
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Alt 1: Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Alt 2: Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

Best Actor
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Alt 1: Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Alt 2: Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Alt 1: Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Alt 2: Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Alt 1: James Franco - Milk
Alt 2: Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Alt 1: Amy Adams - Doubt
Alt 2: Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married

Best Original Screenplay
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
WALL-E

Alt 1: Frozen River
Alt 2: In Bruges

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire

Alt 1: The Reader
Alt 2: Revolutionary Road

Best Animated Feature Film
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir

Alt 1: Bolt
Alt 2: Horton Hears a Who!

Best Foreign Language Film
The Class (Germany)
Departures (Japan)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
The Necessities of Life (Canada)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

Alt 1: Tear This Heart Out (Mexico)
Alt 2: Revanche (Austria)

Best Documentary Feature
Encounters at the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
Man on Wire
Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water

Alt 1: At the Death Door House
Alt 2: Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Best Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

Alt 1: Defiance
Alt 2: Revolutionary Road

Best Original Song
"I Thought I Lost You" - Bolt
"Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
"O... Saya" - Slumdog Millionaire
"Down to Earth " - WALL-E
"The Wrestler" - The Wrestler

Alt 1: "Gran Torino" - Gran Torino
Alt 2: "Once in a Lifetime" - Cadillac Records

Best Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road

Alt 1: The Duchess
Alt 2: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Best Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Sex and the City

Alt 1: Revolutionary Road
Alt 2: Changeling

Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Alt 1: The Reader
Alt 2: Synecdoche, New York

Best Cinematography
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Alt 1: Defiance
Alt 2: Australia

Best Film Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Alt 1: The Wrestler
Alt 2: Defiance

Best Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

Alt 1: Wanted
Alt 2: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Quantum of Solace
WALL-E

Alt 1: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Alt 2: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

Alt 1: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Alt 2: Wanted