Oscars '08

The Oscars are in just a few short hours, and below are my predictions for the night's awards. Even more immediately, though is the red carpet pre-show. My predictions for that? Hilary Swank and Helen Mirren will look stunning. Johnny Depp will have weird facial hair. And Bai Ling will, of course, look like she stumbled out of a mental institution.

As for the actual awards, here's who I hope wins, not because I think they are each the most deserving in their respective categories, but because I want to win the various pools I've entered.

BEST PICTURE: No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS: Julie Christie, Away From Her
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
BEST DIRECTOR: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Diablo Cody, Juno
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Ratatouille
BEST ART DIRECTION: There Will Be Blood
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: There Will Be Blood
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Atonement
BEST DOCUMENTARY: No End in Sight
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Sari’s Mother
BEST EDITING: The Bourne Ultimatum
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The Counterfeiters (Austria)
BEST MAKEUP: La Vie en Rose
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Atonement
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: ‘’Falling Slowly,’’ Once
BEST SOUND EDITING: Transformers
BEST SOUND MIXING: Transformers
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Transformers
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: I Met the Walrus
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT: Tanghi Argentini