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Complete Oscars predix from our pundits

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

Comments

BROKEBACK takes picture and director; goes 0 for 3 in the acting categories. Click on my name below for more picks!

All of the pundits here predict "Brokeback Mountain" for Best Picture. Could it be that the potential "Crash" upset was just an illusion? Or will it sneak up on the cowboys (and the pundits) and take the top prize tomorrow night? It should be interesting. For my take on the whole thing, click on my name below.

The Supporting Actor category is the toughest this year. There is no real front runner and that should make it one of the more tense moments of the night.

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