It's time: My Official Predictions for the Academy Awards Nominations

Nominations will be announced 8:30 AM on Tuesday morning. My predictions below aren't about who should get a nomination...but who will (and the nominees are listed in no order).

Best Picture:
No Country for Old Men
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will be Blood
Michael Clayton

other possibilities: Into the Wild, Juno, Sweeney Todd, American Gangster

Best Director:
Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will be Blood
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd

other possibilities: Sean Penn - Into the Wild, Jason Reitman - Juno, Sydney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Ridley Scott - American Gangster, Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton

Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
James McAvoy - Atonement

other possibilities: Denzel Washington - American Gangster, Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl, Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild

Best Actress:
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Ellen Page - Juno
Angelina Jolie (noooo) - A Mighty Heart
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age

other possibilities: Amy Adams - Enchanted, Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd, Keira Knightley - Atonement

Best Supporting Actor:
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Tommy Lee Jones - No Country For Old Men
Paul Dano - There Will be Blood

other possibilities: Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild, Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War, Max Von Sydow - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, John Travolta - Hairspray

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
and the 5th slot??? I have no idea...

other possibilities: Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement (please!?), Ruby Dee - American Gangster, Emanuelle Seigner - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Romola Garai - Atonement, Catherine Keener - Into the Wild

Best Original Screenplay:
Juno
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
Lars and the Real Girl

other possibilities: Knocked Up, Waitress, American Gangster

Best Adapted Screenplay:
No Country for Old Men
Atonement
There Will Be Blood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild

other possibilities: Charlie Wilson's War, Zodiac, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Best Editing:
No Country For Old Men
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
American Gangster
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

other possibilities: Zodiac, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Hot Fuzz, There Will Be Blood

Best Art Direction:
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sweeney Todd
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

other possibilities: The Golden Compass, The Assassination of Jesse James, There Will Be Blood, Hairspray

Best Cinematography:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
Sweeney Todd

other possibilities: Harry Potter, The Golden Compass, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, No Country For Old Men, Across the Universe, Pirates of the Caribbean: AWE

Best Costume Design:
Sweeney Todd
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Atonement
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

other possibilities: Harry Potter, The Golden Compass, Across the Universe, 3:10 to Yuma, Hairspray, 300

Best Makeup:
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd
300

other possibilities: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Pirates of the Caribbean: AWE

Best Original Score:
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Jonny Greenwood - There Will be Blood
Howard Shore - Eastern Promises
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner

other possibilities: Hans Zimmer - Pirates of the Caribbean

Best Original Song:
Guaranteed - Into the Wild
That's How You Know - Enchanted
Falling Slowly - Once
Come So Far - Hairspray
Do You Feel Me - American Gangster

other possibilities: Despedida - Love in the Time of Cholera, Walk Hard - Walk Hard

Best Visual Effects:
Transformers
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

other possibilities: Harry Potter, 300

Best Sound Editing:
3:10 to Yuma
Pirates of the Caribbean
Harry Potter
Transformers
The Golden Compass

other possibilities: 300, Ratatouille, The Bourne Ultimatum, No Country For Old Men
Best Sound Mixing:
No Country For Old Men
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
The Golden Compass
300

other possibilities: Hot Fuzz, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter