Criswell Predicts!

By channeling the spirit of The Amazing Criswell, I will now predict, with uncanny accuracy, tomorrow's Academy Award nominations...

BEST PICTURE:
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

BEST DIRECTOR:
Guillermo Del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt, Babel
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Pan's Labyrinth
United 93

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
Little Children

BEST EDITING:
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
The Queen
United 93

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Babel
Children of Men
Dreamgirls
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pan's Labyrinth