The Oscars - my picks

Ok, just so Rialto is now closed, doesn't mean I am going to ignore the traditional Oscar picks game.
Here are my choices for who will win and who I think should win:


BEST PICTURE
*"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
* "Frost/Nixon"
* "Milk"
* "The Reader"
* "Slumdog Millionaire"

DIRECTOR
* Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
* Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"
* David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
* Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
* Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

ACTOR
* Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
* Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
* Sean Penn, "Milk"
* Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
* Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

ACTRESS
* Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
* Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
* Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
* Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
* Kate Winslet, "The Reader"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Josh Brolin, "Milk"
* Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
* Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
* Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Amy Adams, "Doubt"
* Penélope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
* Viola Davis, "Doubt"
* Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
* Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

"ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"
* Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"
* Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
* Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"
* Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon; original story by Stanton and Pete Docter, "Wall-E

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
* David Hare, "The Reader"
* Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"
* John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"
* Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

ANIMATED FILM
* "Bolt"
* "Kung Fu Panda"
* "Wall-E"

ART DIRECTION
* "Changeling," James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
* "The Dark Knight," Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
* "The Duchess," Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
* "Revolutionary Road," Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

CINEMATOGRAPHY
* "Changeling," Tom Stern
* "Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle
* "The Reader," Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Claudio Miranda
* "The Dark Knight," Wally Pfister

COSTUME DESIGN
* "Australia," Catherine Martin
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Jacqueline West
* "The Duchess," Michael O'Connor
* "Milk," Danny Glicker
* "Revolutionary Road," Albert Wolsky

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
* "The Betrayal" (Nerakhoon)
* "Encounters at the End of the World"
* "The Garden"
* "Man on Wire"
* "Trouble the Water"

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
* "The Conscience of Nhem En"
* "The Final Inch"
* "Smile Pinki"
* "The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306"

FILM EDITING
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
* "The Dark Knight," Lee Smith
* "Frost/Nixon," Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
* "Milk," Elliot Graham
* "Slumdog Millionaire," Chris Dickens

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* "The Baader-Meinhof Complex" (Germany)
* "The Class" (France)
* "Departures" (Japan)
* "Revanche" (Austria)
* "Waltz With Bashir" (Israel)

MAKEUP
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Greg Cannom
* "The Dark Knight," John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
* "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz

ORIGINAL SCORE
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat
* "Defiance," James Newton Howard
* "Milk," Danny Elfman
* "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
* "Wall-E," Thomas Newman

ORIGINAL SONG
* "Slumdog Millionaire," "Jai Ho"
* "Slumdog Millionaire," "O Saya"
* "Wall-E," "Down to Earth"

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
* "La Maison en Petits Cubes"
* "Lavatory -- Lovestory"
* "Oktapodi"
* "Presto"
* "This Way Up"

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
* "Auf der Strecke" (On the Line)
* "Manon on the Asphalt"
* "New Boy"
* "The Pig"
* "Spielzeugland" (Toyland)

SOUND EDITING
* "The Dark Knight," Richard King
* "Iron Man," Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
* "Slumdog Millionaire" Glenn Freemantle, Tom Sayers
* "Wall-E," Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
* "Wanted," Wylie Stateman

SOUND MIXING
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
* "The Dark Knight," Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
* "Slumdog Millionaire," Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
* "Wall-E," Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
* "Wanted," Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

VISUAL EFFECTS
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
* "The Dark Knight," Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
* "Iron Man," John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan

It's just for the first time...I feel....wicked.

ACT TWO, Scene 4: A clearing in the Great Gillikin Forest. Night. A campfire.
Elphaba and Fiyero are alone at last...

ELPHABA:
KISS ME TOO FIERCELY
HOLD ME TOO TIGHT
I NEED HELP BELIEVING
YOU'RE WITH ME TONIGHT
MY WILDEST DREAMINGS
COULD NOT FORESEE
LYING BESIDE YOU
WITH YOU WANTING ME
JUST FOR THIS MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
I'VE LOST ALL RESISTANCE
AND CROSSED SOME BORDERLINE
AND IF IT TURNS OUT
IT'S OVER TOO FAST
I'LL MAKE EV'RY LAST MOMENT LAST
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE…

FIYERO:
MAYBE I'M BRAINLESS
MAYBE I'M WISE
BUT YOU'VE GOT ME SEEING
THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES
SOMEHOW I'VE FALLEN
UNDER YOUR SPELL
AND SOMEHOW I'M FEELING
IT'S "UP" THAT I FELL ...

BOTH:
EVERY MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
I'LL WAKE UP MY BODY
AND MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME...

FIYERO:
SAY THERE'S NO FUTURE
FOR US AS A PAIR ...

BOTH:
AND THOUGH I MAY KNOW
I DON'T CARE …
JUST FOR THIS MOMENT
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
COME BE HOW YOU WANT TO AND SEE HOW BRIGHT WE SHINE
BORROW THE MOONLIGHT
UNTIL IT IS THROUGH
AND KNOW I'LL BE HERE HOLDING YOU
AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE...

Fiyero studies her face.

FIYERO:
What is it?

ELPHABA(beat):
It's just-- for the first time, I feel wicked.