Oscar Predictions

Best Picture
No Country for Old Men-The only lock thus far and the frontrunner
There Will Be Blood-To big and too good to be ignored
Juno-The underdog
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly-Getting some great love at the right time
Michael Clayton-Most likely to not make it out of this bunch

Alternate-Atonement,Into the Wild
Long Shot-Sweeney Todd

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

Alternate-Joe Wright (Atonement) Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Viggo Mortenson (Eastern Promises)
Denzel Washington (American Gangster)

Alternate-James McAvoy (Atonement) Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)

Best Actress
Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Marion Cotilliard (La Vie En Rose)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Keira Knightley (Atonement)

Alternate-Amy Adams (Enchanted) Laura Linney (The Savages)

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Casey Affleck (The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilsons War)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

Alternate-Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men)

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Amy Adams (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
Catherine Keener (Into the Wild)
Ruby Dee (American Gangster)