My final predictions for the 81st Academy Award Nominees

The nominees will be announced tomorrow by Forrest Whitaker and Academy Award Show producer Sid Ganis. This is it. Every critics award and awards campaign finds out if they made a difference; the road to becoming an Oscar nominee ends tomorrow. Who will get in? Here's what I've come up with(nominees are not ranked in any way):

Best Picture:

• Slumdog Millionaire
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Milk
• The Dark Knight
• Frost/Nixon (this is definitely the one that I feel the least sure of...)

Don't Count Out: WALL-E, Revolutionary Road, The Wrestler

Best Director:

• Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
• David Fincher - Benjamin Button
• Gus Van Sant - Milk
• Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
• Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler

Don't Count Out: Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon, Mike Leigh - Happy Go Lucky, Stephen Daldry - The Reader, Andrew Stanton - WALL-E, Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road

Best Actor:

• Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
• Sean Penn - Milk
• Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
• Leonardo Di Caprio - Revolutionary Road
• Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino

Don't Count Out: Richard Jenkins - The Visitor, Colin Farrell - In Bruges, Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon, Brad Pitt - Benjamin Button

Best Actress:

• Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
• Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
• Meryl Streep - Doubt
• Angelina Jolie - Changeling (bleh)
• Sally Hawkins - Happy Go Lucky

Don't Count Out: Melissa Leo - Frozen River, Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long, Cate Blanchett - Benjamin Button

Best Supporting Actor:

• Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (the "no DUH" prediction of the year)
• Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
• Josh Brolin - Milk
• Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt (the Academy seems to love him)

Don't Count Out: James Franco - Milk, Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road, Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess/The Reader/In Bruges

Best Supporting Actress:

• Kate Winslet - The Reader
• Viola Davis - Doubt
• Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
• Amy Adams - Doubt

Don't Count Out: Taraji P. Henson - Benjamin Button, Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married

Best Original Screenplay:

• WALL-E
• In Bruges
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Happy Go Lucky
• Milk

Don't Count Out: Rachel Getting Married, The Visitor, Changeling, Gran Torino, Burn After Reading

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Slumdog Millionaire
• Benjamin Button
• Doubt
• Frost/Nixon
• Revolutionary Road

Don't Count Out: The Dark Knight, The Reader

Best Editing:

• Slumdog Millionaire
• The Dark Knight
• Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk

Best Cinematography:

• Slumdog Millionaire
• Benjamin Button
• Revolutionary Road
• The Dark Knight
• Changeling

Don't Count Out: Australia, The Reader, The Fall, Milk, The Wrestler

Best Art Direction:

• Benjamin Button
• Changeling
• Revolutionary Road
• The Reader
• The Dark Knight

Don't Count Out: Australia, The Fall

Best Costume Design:

• Benjamin Button
• Changeling
• Revolutionary Road
• The Duchess
• Australia

Don't Count Out: The Fall, The Reader, The Dark Knight

Best Original Score:

• AR Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
• Alexandre Desplat - Benjamin Button
• James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight
• Thomas Newman - WALL-E
• Clint Eastwood - Changeling

Best Original Song:

• The Wrestler - The Wrestler
• Gran Torino - Gran Torino
• Down to Earth - WALL-E
• Jai Ho - Slumdog Millionaire
• I thought I Lost You - Bolt

Animated Film:

• WALL-E
• Bolt
• Kung Fu Panda

Visual Effects:

• Iron Man
• The Dark Knight
• Benjamin Button