Wait for me!!!

Actor
Josh Brolin
Robert Downey Jr.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Heath Ledger
Dev Patel

Actress
Rosemarie DeWitt
Penelope Cruz
Viola Davis
Marissa Tomei
Kate Winslet

Brolin
Downey Jr.
Hoffman
Ledger
Patel

Adams
Cruz
Davis
Tomei
Winslet

Brolin
Hoffman
Ledger
Marsan
Patel

Adams
Cruz
Davis
Tomei
Winslet

Now we can . Hurry, we have a lot to go before Thursday morning .

Brolin
Downey Jr.
Hoffman
Ledger
Patel

Adams
Cruz
Davis
Tomei
Winslet

Supporting Actor:

Brolin
Downey, Jr.
Hoffman
Ledger
Patel

Supporting Actress:

Cruz
Davis
Henson
Tomei
Winslet

Yeah, I think we should move on to give enough time for Picture/Director. Hope Lecter won't mind.

WOKJ Consensus

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin 17
Philip Seymour Hoffman 17
Heath Ledger 17
Robert Downey Jr. 16
Dev Patel 13

James Franco 2
Eddie Marsan 2
Brad Pitt 1

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz 17
Kate Winslet 17
Viola Davis 16
Marisa Tomei 16
Amy Adams 12

Taraji P. Henson 4
Rosemarie DeWitt 2
Frida Pinto 1

We should finally have some variety for the original screenplay category:

Best Original Screenplay
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall-E
The Wrestler

(really thinking about Happy-Go-Lucky, which looked like a lock after winning NY and LA, but not sure which to drop)

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading
Milk
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall-E
The Wrestler


Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Screenplay

Burn After Reading
Milk
The Wrestler
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall-E

I too was torn on this one because I could easily see Happy-Go-Lucky getting in here but I also can't see any of these missing. Burn After Reading possibly could, but I see it getting in.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader

Best Original Screenplay

Happy Go Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Christina Barcelona
WALL-E

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

for reference, last year we guessed 43/51 nominees (tie in lead acting) and were 84% accurate. I still don't understand how Into The Wild missed it.

Best Picture

No Country For Old Men 18
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly 17
There Will Be Blood 16
Into The Wild 12
Michael Clayton 10
Juno 9
Atonement 7
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street 1

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood 15
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men 15
Sean Penn, Into the Wild 15
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 15
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton 7
Joe Wright, Atonement 4
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2
Ridley Scott, American Gangster 1
David Fincher, Zodiac 1

Best Actor

George Clooney, Michael Clayton 17
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood 17
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises 16
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl 13
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 9
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild 9
Denzel Washington, American Gangster 3
Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 1

Best Actress

Julie Christie, Away From Her 16
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose 16
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart 16
Ellen Page, Juno 16
Laura Linney, The Savages 5
Amy Adams, Enchanted 4
Keira Knightley, Atonement 3
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth 3
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd 1

Best Supporting Actor

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 17
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men 17
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton 16
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild 16
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War 13
Max von Sydow, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 3
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood 3

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There 17
Catherine Keener, Into The Wild 17
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone 17
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton 17
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement 14
Ruby Dee, American Gangster 2
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement 1

Best Original Screenplay

Juno 14
Michael Clayton 14
Ratatouille 14
The Savages 14
Lars and the Real Girl 9
Knocked Up 4
Eastern Promises 1

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 14
Into The Wild 14
No Country for Old Men 14
There Will Be Blood 14
Atonement 9
Zodiac 4
Charlie Wilson's War 1

Best Editing

No Country for Old Men 14
There Will Be Blood 14
The Bourne Ultimatum 12
Michael Clayton 10
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 8
Atonement 5
American Gangster 5
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1
Into The Wild 1

Best Cinematography

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 14
There Will Be Blood 14
Atonement 13
No Country for Old Men 12
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford 10
Lust, Caution 3
Into The Wild 3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1

Best Original Screenplay

Burn After Reading
Milk
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
WALL-E
The Wrestler

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Original:
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall-E

Adapted:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Original
Burn After Reading
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Wrestler

Adapted
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire

No surprises thus far, though TDK will get a Screenplay nod if it gets Best Picture.

Best Original Screenplay
Milk 7
Vicky Cristina Barcelona 7
Wall-E 6
The Wrestler 5
Burn After Reading 4
Rachel Getting Married 4
Happy Go Lucky 2

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 7
Slumdog Millionaire 7
Frost/Nixon 6
Doubt 6
The Reader 5
Revolutionary Road 2
The Dark Knight 2

I kind of don't see WALL-E getting a Screenplay nomination. The first half hour is...pretty silent. I mean. I absolutely adored the movie but I don't really think AMPAS are going to go wild over its script.

There's some precident for it...

Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille all earned Oscar noms for Best Original Screenplay.

Also, there's another science fiction film (dialogue free in some parts) that earned a Best Original Screenplay nom, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Original

In Bruges
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Christina Barcelona
WALL-E

Adapted

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire

Q: What does Gladiator, The Sixth Sense, Saving Private Ryan, Return of the King, Fellowship of the Ring, Forrest Gump, and The Dark Knight all have in common?

Burn After Reading
Milk
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
WALL-E
The Wrestler

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire

I feel the same. I went with it but seriously considered putting Happy-Go-Lucky in its place instead.

I'd actually think the other way around: if it gets the screenplay nod, it's definitely getting BP. It could still get BP without screenplay on the strength of techs, Master & Commander style.

My wording may be strange on the above but if it gets BP (which it will), it has to get Screenplay. It's the movie it is because of its Screenplay.

It's techs are nowhere as strong as Master and Commander, which essentially played as a period film with balls.

Original Screenplay:

Happy-Go-Lucky
The Wrestler
WALL-E
Milk
Vicky Cristina Barcelona


Adapted Screenplay:

Doubt
The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire


in about 90 minutes I'll change to Best Picture/Director.