Oscars!! Oh My God!! Oscars!!

Best Picture: 4/5. I thought that there was a good chance that Letters From Iwo Jima would get nominated, but I thought that The Queen would be the movie bumped, not Dreamgirls. Fine with me, though.

Best Director: 4/5. I figured that the Sunshine directors would not get a nom. And Bill Condon would have been next on my list to go, but I would have never expected Paul Greengrass. I thought maybe Almodovar.

Best Actor & Actress: I nailed these! 10/10. And animated film, too! 3/3

Supporting Actor: 4/5. I had picked Jack Nicholson for The Departed, instead of Mark Wahlberg for The Departed. He has no chance, but I am rooting for him, mainly because of I [heart] Huckabees.

Supporting Actress: 3/5. This was my worst category. My top 3 got nominated... Hudson, Blanchett, and Kikuchi. Then I picked Emily Blunt and Vanessa Redgrave, with Toni Collette as my first alternate. I think this may have been wishful thinking more than anything. It's bad enough that Ms. Breslin got nominated, but if she wins, I may just stop watching at that point.

Documentary: 4/5... I missed My Country, My Country. I figured since The Dixie Chicks are taking over the world, that they would get a nom.

Original Screenplay: 4/5. Pan's Labyrinth got the foreign film spot that I thought would go to Volver. (By the way, my interest in seeing Pan's Labyrinth has dropped to zero or less, based entirely on listening to Guillermo del Toro on Fresh Air earlier this week, where he used the words 'Freudian' and 'Jungian' to describe his film.)

Adapted Sceenplay: 3/5. How was I supposed to know that crap like Children Of Men would get nominated? I had picked The Devil Wears Prada and Thank You For Smoking, and I am glad that they didn't get nominated.

Foreign Film: Ouch! 2/5. Volver, Black Book, and Vitus did not get picked.