It's so odd how successful people around Tom Cruise have been Oscar wise, while he hasn't won yet:

1988 Rain Man (Dustin Hoffman wins the Oscar)

1993 The Firm (This film was with Holly Hunter, she won the Oscar for the Piano which came out later that year).

1997 Jerry Maguire (Cuba Gooding Jr. won the Oscar for his role, and Renee Zellweger had her breakout role in this film, before winning Oscar 6 years later).

2001 Vanilla Sky (Had Penelope Cruz, and he was dating her after this. There's a strong chance that she could win the Oscar this year).

2002: The Hours (Not a Tom Cruise film, but a year after their marriage ended, she won an Oscar).

2004 Collateral (Jamie Foxx starred in this with Cruise, and was in Ray later that year, which he won the Oscar for).

So based on this pattern, some actors/actresses that will be winning an Oscar soon could include Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Ken Watanabe, Dakota Fanning, and Katie Holmes???