81st Oscars: My First Big 8 Predictions.

Here we go again...hopefully these will be good for a laugh this time next year.

BEST PICTURE
Australia.
Changeling.
**Doubt.**
Revolutionary Road.
Synecdoche, New York.

BEST DIRECTOR
Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York.
Baz Luhrmann - Australia.
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road.
Gus Van Sant - Milk.
**John Patrick Shanley - Doubt.**

BEST ACTOR
Benicio del Toro - Guerrila.
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road.
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Synecdoche, New York.
**Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon.**
Sean Penn - Milk.

BEST ACTRESS
Emily Blunt - Sunshine Cleaning.
Angelina Jolie - Changeling.
Nicole Kidman - Australia.
**Meryl Streep - Doubt.**
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Gael García Bernal - Blindness.
**Josh Brolin - Milk.**
Jason Butler Harner - Changeling.
Peter Macdissi - Towelhead.
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
**Amy Adams - Doubt.**
Toni Collette - Towelhead.
Viola Davis - Doubt.
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Samantha Morton - Synecdoche, New York.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ethan & Joel Coen - Burn After Reading.
Ronald Harwood - Australia.
Megan Holley - Sunshine Cleaning.
**Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York.**
Andrew Stanton - WALL*E.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
**Alan Ball - Towelhead.**
Justin Haythe - Revolutionary Road.
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon.
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt.