81st OSCAR AWARDS NOMINATION LIST

This Monday morning, marked the end of the hunt for the movie Award season. The Academy Award or commonly known as The Oscar will provide the answers of which films will win it big. Following are my predictions for several main categories. By the way, this time, the Oscar will be hosted by the Sexiest Man Alive for 2008, Hugh Jackman. For a record 6 years running, I won't be able to watch it live again.

[Note: The categories are highlighted as such, while the predictions are in such. Possible winners maybe noted with a green highlighted and asterick (*)]

#1 BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button // Frost/Nixon // Milk // The Reader // Slumdog Millionaire

#2 BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire // Stephen Daldry - The Reader // David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button // Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon // Gus Van Sant - Milk

#3 BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor // Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon // Sean Penn - Milk // Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button // Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

#4 BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married // Angelina Jolie - Changeling // Melissa Leo - Frozen River // Meryl Streep - Doubt* // Kate Winslet - The Reader

#5 BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin - Milk // Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder // Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt // Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road // Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

#6 BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams - Doubt // Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona* // Viola Davis - Doubt // Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button // Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

#7 BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WALL-E // Happy-Go-Lucky // Frozen River // In Bruges // Milk

#8 BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curios Case of Benjamin Button // Frost/Nixon // The Reader // Slumdog Millionaire // Doubt

#9 BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt // Kung Fu Panda // WALL-E

#10 BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Revanche (Austria) // The Class (France) // The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)* // Waltz with Bashir (Israel) // Departures (Japan)