79th Acadamy Awards

So the Oscars are about to begin and I'm going to post who I'm rooting for in each category. Later I'll put in bold those whom I rooted for that actually took home an oscar!

Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker
The Last King Of Scotland

Actor in a Supporting Role
Djimon Hounsou
Blood Diamond

Actress in a Leading Role
I am lame and have not seen any of the nominated films!

Actress in a Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza
Babel

Animated Feature Film
I've only seen Monster House, which I really liked but can't say I'm rooting for it over the others.

Art Direction
Eugenio Caballero (Art Direction); Pilar Revuelta (Set Decoration)
Pan's Labyrinth

Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Children Of Men

Costume Design
Again... I'm lame.

Directing
Martin Scorsese
The Departed

Documentary Feature
An Inconvenient Truth

Documentary Short
I'm super lame.

Film Editing
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
Babel

Foriegn Language Film
Pan's Labyrinth

Makeup
David Martí and Montse Ribé
Pan's Labyrinth

Music (Score)
Javier Navarrete
Pan's Labyrinth

Music (Song)
"I Need to Wake Up" Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
An Inconvieniet Truth

Best Picture
Letters From Iwo Jima

Short Film (Animated)
I'm super-duper lame.

Short Film (Live Action)
Super super super lame.

Sound Editing
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Sound Mixing
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Visual Effects
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Children of Men

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Guillermo Arriaga
Babel

So 7 of the 18 I was hoping for hit Oscar gold!

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