Oscar Picks...

The Academy Awards are on Sunday night, and I'm super excited as usual. It's my second favorite night of the year next to Halloween.


Here are my picks:


Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Actress
Kate Winslet for The Reader

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger for The Dark Night

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Director
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Screenplay
Milk

Best Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Editing
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Art Direction
The Dark Knight

Best Costume Design
The Duchess

Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Original Score
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Song
"Down to Earth" from WALL-E

Best Sound
WALL-E

Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight

Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Animated Feature Film
WALL-E

Best Foreign Film
Vals Im Bashir (Waltz with Bashir)

Best Feature-Length Documentary
Man on Wire

Best Short Subject Documentary
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

Best Short Film - Animation
La Maison en petits cubes

Best Short Film - Live Action
Toyland

I'm normally good for about 15 out of the 24 categories. The Short Films are always hard to pick because there really isn't a good opportunity to see them. Most of the technical awards are tough on me, too.

I guess I'll just have to wait until Sunday night to see how I did this year.