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