BEST ACTOR
Peter O'toole (Venus)
Will Smith (The pursuit of happyness)
Forest Whitaker (The last king of Scotland)

(possibles)
Matt Damon (The good shepherd)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)
Jamie Foxx (Dreamgirls)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
Derek Luke (Catch a fire)

(long shots)
Christian Bale (The prestige)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)
George Clooney (The good german)
Greg Kinnear (Little miss sunshine)
Edward Norton (The painted veil)


BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench (Notes on a scandal)
Helen Mirren (The queen)
Meryl Streep (The devil wears Prada)

(possibles)
Annette Bening (Running with scissors)
Cate Blanchett (The good german)
Penelope Cruz (Volver)
Naomi Watts (The painted veil)
Kate Winslet (Little children)

(long shots)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherrybaby)
Beyonce Knowles (Dreamgirls)
Sienna Miller (Factory girl)
Gretchen Mol (The notorious Bettie Page)
Renee Zellweger (Miss Potter)