Oscar Predictions

Best Picture

Brokeback Mountain
Munich
Goodnight, and Good Luck
Crash
Capote

Next In Line: Match Point
Wild Card: The Constant Gardener

Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
Joaquin Phoenix (Walk The Line)
Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow)
Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man)

Next In Line: David Strathairn (Goodnight, and Good Luck)
Wild Card: Jeff Daniels (The Squid And The Whale)

Best Actress

Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line)
Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Joan Allen (Upside of Anger)
Charlize Theron (North Country)

Next In Line: Ziyi Zhang (Memoirs of a Geisha)
Wild Card: Keira Knightly (Pride and Prejudice)

Best Director

Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
George Clooney (Goodnight, and Good Luck)
Paul Haggis (Crash)
Steven Spielberg (Munich)
Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener)

Next In Line: Bennett Miller (Capote)
Wild Card: Woody Allen (Match Point)

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
George Clooney (Syriana)
Matt Dillon (Crash)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
Bob Hoskins (Mrs. Henderson Presents)

Next In Line: William Hurt (A History of Violence)
Wild Card: Frank Langella (Goodnight, and Good Luck)

Best Supporting Actress

Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
Amy Adams (Junebug)
Maria Bello (A History of Violence)
Scarlett Johannson (Match Point)
Catherine Keener (Capote)

Next In Line: Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
Wild Card: Laura Linney (The Squid And The Whale)

Best Original Screenplay

Crash
The Squid And The Whale
Goodnight, and Good Luck
Match Point
Cinderella Man

Next In Line: Walk The Line
Wild Card: The 40 Year Old Virgin

Best Adapted Screenplay

Munich
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
Syriana

Next In Line: A History of Violence
Wild Card: King Kong