Below are predictions in all Academy Award categories from our experts, who include Edward Douglas, Comingsoon.net; Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune; Steve Pond, The Envelope; Gene Seymour, Newsday; Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun; Peter Travers, Rolling Stone; Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly and myself, natch.

In some cases our gurus have changed their minds recently. Douglas and Seymour, for example, switched their picks in the supporting-actor race to Matt Dillon.

BEST PICTURE
"Brokeback Mountain" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers, Tucker

BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers, Tucker

BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers, Tucker

BEST ACTRESS
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica" — O'Neil
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line" — Douglas, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers, Tucker

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, "Syriana" — O'Neil, Pond, Sragow
Matt Dillon, "Crash" — Douglas, Seymour
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man" — Phillips, Travers, Tucker

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain" — Tucker

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Crash" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers, Tucker

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Brokeback Mountain" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers, Tucker

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Joyeux Noël" — Sragow
"Paradise Now" — Phillips, Travers
"Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" — Douglas, O'Neil
"Tsotsi" — Pond, Seymour, Tucker

BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Wallace & Grommit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers, Tucker

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"Brokeback Mountain" — O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers
"Memoirs of a Geisha" — Douglas, Tucker

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"In the Deep" from "Crash" — Pond, Tucker
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Seymour, Sragow
"Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica" — Travers

BEST ART DIRECTION
"Memoirs of a Geisha" — Douglas, Phillps, O'Neil, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers, Tucker

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Brokeback Mountain" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Sragow,
"Good Night, and Good Luck" — Tucker
"Memoirs of a Geisha" — Seymour, Travers

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Memoirs of a Geisha" — Douglas, Phillps, O'Neil, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers
"Mrs. Henderson Presents" — Tucker

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"March of the Penguins" — Douglas, O'Neil, Pond, Sragow, Travers, Tucker
"Murderball" — Phillips
"Street Fight" — Seymour

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Big Bang Club" — Seymour
"God Sleeps in Rwanda" — Douglas, Phillps, O'Neil, Pond, Sragow, Travers
"A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin" — Tucker

BEST FILM EDITING
"The Constant Gardener" — Sragow
"Crash" — Douglas, Phillps, O'Neil, Pond, Travers, Tucker
"Munich" — Seymour

BEST MAKEUP
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillps, Pond, Seymour, Sragow, Travers, Tucker

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"The Moon and the Son" — O'Neil, Phillips, Tucker
"One Man Band" — Douglas, Travers
"The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello" — Pond
"9" -- Seymour, Sragow

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"Ausreisser (The Runaway)" — Douglas, O'Neil, Travers
"The Last Farm" — Sragow
Six Shooter" — Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Tucker

BEST SOUND EDITING
"King Kong" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Travers
"Memoirs of a Geisha" — Sragow, Tucker

BEST SOUND MIXING
"King Kong" — Phillips, Pond, Seymour, Travers
"Memoirs of a Geisha" — Sragow
"Walk the Line" — O'Neil, Tucker
"War of the Worlds" — Douglas

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" — Seymour, Tucker
"King Kong" — Douglas, O'Neil, Phillips, Pond, Sragow, Travers