Entertainment Weekly Academy Awards Nominations Predictions

The following is year by year Entertainment Weekly Oscar Predictions starting from 1996.

First five are the predictions. The names under the first five were contenders. Bold means nominated. Italic bold means won Oscar.

1996

Predictions for the year 1996

Actress

• *Frances McDormand - Fargo
• *Brenda Blethyn - Secrets and Lies
• *Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
• Debbie Reynolds - Mother
• Courtney Love - The People Vs. Larry Flynt

   --

• *Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves
• *Diane Keaton - Marvin's Room
• Meryl Streep - Marvin's Room
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Emma
• Winona Ryder - The Crucible
• Gena Rowlands - Unhook the Stars
• Kathy Bates - The War At Home
• Shirley MacLaine - The Evening Star
• Madonna - Evita
• FYC Laura Dern - Citizen Ruth

Supporting Actress

• Joan Allen - The Crucible
• Barbara Hershey - The Portrait of a Lady
• Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces
• Marion Ross - The Evening Star
• Juliette Binoche -The English Patient

   - 

• Kate Winslet - Hamlet
• Renee Zellweger - Jerry Maguire
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets and Lies
• FYC Meg Ryan - Courage Under Fire

Actor

• Geoffrey Rush - Shine
• Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
• Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
• Woody Harrelson - The People Vs. Larry Flynt
• Denzel Washington - Courage Under Fire

   -

• Daniel Day-Lewis - The Crucible
• Liam Neeson - Michael Collins
• Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet
• John Travolta - Phenomenon
• Nathan Lane - The Birdcage
• Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
• FYC- Eddie Murphy - The Nutty Professor

Supporting Actor

• Edward Norton - Primal Fear ( The People Vs. Larry Flynt & Everyone Says I Love You)
• Samuel L. Jackson - A Time to Kill
• William H. Macy - Fargo
• Paul Scofield - The Crucible
• Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire

   -

• Armin Mueller-Stahl - Shine
• Harry Belafonte - Kansas City
• Leonardo DiCaprio - Marvin's Room
• Derek Jacobi - Hamlet
• James Woods - Ghosts of Mississippi
• FYC-Noah Taylor- Shine

Picture

• The People Vs. Larry Flynt
• Jerry Maguire
• The English Patient
• Shine
• Fargo

   --

• The Crucible
• Evita
• Hamlet
• Secrets & Lies
• Breaking the Waves
• Big Night
• Trainspotting
• FYC (or Lovable Longshot) Lone Star

Director

• Milos Forman - The People Vs. Larry Flynt
• Joel Coen - Fargo
• Scott Hicks - Shine
• Mike Leigh - Secrets and Lies
• Anthony Minghella - The English Patient

--

• Jane Campion - The Portrait of a Lady
• Barbra Streisand - The Mirror Has Two Faces
• Lars Von Trier - Breaking the Waves
• Nicholas Hytner - The Crucible
• Woody Allen - Everyone Says I Love You
• Danny Boyle - Trainspotting
• Alan Parker - Evita
• Cameron Crowe - Jerry Maguire

• FYC- Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott - Big Night

1997

Written by Gregg Kilday.

Actor

• '''Jack Nicholson - As Good As It Gets
• Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
• Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
• Robert Duvall - The Apostle
• Djimon Hounsou - Amistad'''

   -

• Dustin Hoffman - Wag The Dog
• Al Pacino - Donnie Brasco
• Daniel Day-Lewis - The Boxer
• Samuel L Jackson - Jackie Brown
• Ralph Fiennes - Oscar and Lucinda
• Kevin Kline - In & Out
• Leonardo DiCaprio - Titanic
• FYC - Ian Holm - The Sweet Hereafter

Supporting Actor

• Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
• Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting
• Rupert Everett - My Best Friend's Wedding
• Anthony Hopkins - Amistad
• Kevin Spacey - L.A. Confidential

   -

• Greg Kinnear - As Good As It Gets
• James Cromwell - L.A. Confidential
• Danny DeVito - L.A. Confidential
• Jon Voight - John Grisham's The Rainmaker
• Robert Forster - Jackie Brown
• FYC John Travolta - She's So Lovely

Actress

• Judi Dench - Mrs. Brown
• Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
• Kate Winslet - Titanic
• Julie Christie - Afterglow
• Helen Hunt - As Good As It Gets

   -

• Jodie Foster - Contact
• Jessica Lange - A Thousand Acres
• Julia Roberts - My Best Friend's Wedding
• Pam Grier - Jackie Brown

• FYC NONE No good roles for American actresses. Where’s Meryl Streep or Susan Sarandon or Laura Dern

Supporting Actress

• Gloria Stuart - Titanic
• Joan Cusack - In & Out
• Sigourney Weaver - The Ice Storm
• Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
• Minnie Driver - Good Will Hunting

   -

• Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
• Anne Heche - Donnie Brasco or Wag The Dog
• Judy Davis - Deconstructing Harry
• Kirstie Alley - Deconstructing Harry
• Christina Ricci - The Ice Storm

• FYC - Debbi Morgan - Eve's Bayou

Picture

• Titanic
• L.A. Confidential
• As Good As It Gets
• Good Will Hunting
• Amistad
• --
• The Sweet Hereafter
• Boogie Nights
• The Full Monty
• The Ice Storm
• Wag The Dog
• The Wings of the Dove
• The Boxer

• FYC-Donnie Brasco

Director

• James L. Brooks - As Good As It Gets
• '''Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
• James Cameron - Titanic
• Steven Spielberg - Amistad
• Barry Levinson - Wag The Dog

   --

• Gus Van Sant - Good Will Hunting
• Ang Lee - The Ice Storm
• Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights
• Woody Allen - Deconstructing Harry
• Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter
• FYC-Victor Nunez - Ulee's Gold
• Nominee not mentioned Peter Cattaneo - The Full Monty

1998

Written by David Hochman.

Actor

• Nick Nolte - Affliction
• Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters
• Warren Beatty - Bulworth
• Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
• Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan

   -

• Jim Carrey - The Truman Show
• Michael Caine - Little Voice
• Stephen Fry - Wilde
• Brendan Gleeson - The General
• Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare In Love
• Robin Williams - Patch Adams
• John Travolta - A Civil Action (not Primary Colors)
• FYC- Edward Norton - American History X

Supporting Actor

• Robert Duvall - A Civil Action
• Bill Murray - Rushmore
• Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan
• Geoffrey Rush -Shakespeare In Love (not Elizabeth)
• Ed Harris - The Truman Show

   -

• Donald Sutherland - Without Limits
• David Kelly - Waking Ned Devine
• Dylan Baker - Happiness
• Nick Nolte - The Thin Red Line
• Tom Sizemore - Saving Private Ryan
• William H. Macy - Pleasantville
• FYC - Jeremy Davies - Saving Private Ryan
• Winner not mentioned - James Coburn - Affliction

Best Actress

• Meryl Streep - One True Thing
• Susan Sarandon - Stepmom
• Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare In Love
• Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth

   -

• Cameron Diaz - There's Something AbOUT Mary
• Helena Bonham Carter - The Theory of Flight
• Emily Watson - Hilary and Jackie
• Jane Horrocks - Little Voice
• Ally Sheedy - High Art
• Holly Hunter - Living Out Loud
• Oprah Winfrey - Beloved
• FYC - Christina Ricci - The Opposite of [...]

Supporting Actress

• Lisa Kudrow - The Opposite of [...]
• Joan Allen - Pleasantville
• Kathy Bates - Primary Colors
• Judi Dench - Shakespeare In Love
• Lynn Redgrave -Gods and Monsters

   -

• Thandie Newton - Beloved
• Kimberly Elise - Beloved
• Nicoletta Braschi - Life Is Beautiful
• Brenda Blethyn - Little Voice
• Sharon Stone - The Mighty
• FYC - Patricia Clarkson - High Art
• Nominee not mentioned Rachel Griffiths - Hilary and Jackie

Picture

• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare In Love
• Life Is Beautiful
• Waking Ned Devine
• The Truman Show
• -
• The Thin Red Line
• Beloved
• Pleasantville
• Elizabeth
• Central Station
• Gods and Monsters
• Affliction
• FYC - A Simple Plan

Director

• Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
• Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan
• John Madden - Shakespeare In Love
• Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line
• Peter Weir - The Truman Show

   -

• Sam Raimi - A Simple Plan
• Warren Beatty - Bulworth
• Shekhar Kapur - Elizabeth
• Bill Condon - Gods and Monsters
• Gary Ross - Pleasantville
• John Boorman - The General
• FYC- Todd Solondz - Happiness

1999

Written by Benjamin Svetkey.

Actor

• Matt Damon - The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Denzel Washington - The Hurricane
• Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story
• Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
• Russell Crowe - The Insider

   -

• Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon
• Tom Hanks - The Green Mile
• Anthony Hopkins - Titus
• Al Pacino - The Insider or Any Given Sunday
• Terrence Stamp - The Limey
• Sean Penn - Sweet and Lowdown
• Ralph Fiennes - The End of the Affair
• Tobey Maguire - The Cider House Rules
• FYC- Jim Broadbent - Topsy Turvy

Supporting Actor

• Tom Cruise - Magnolia
• Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense
• Jude Law - The Talented Mr. Ripley
• John Malkovich - Being John Malkovich
• Christopher Plummer - The Insider

     -

• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Talented Mr Ripley - Magnolia
• Michael Caine - The Cider House Rules
• Delroy Lindo - The Cider House Rules
• Chris Cooper - American Beauty
• Wes Bentley - American Beauty
• Michael Clarke Duncan - The Green Mile
• Doug Hutchison - The Green Mile
• Mark Wahlberg - Three Kings
• Ice Cube - Three Kings
• Max Von Sydow - Snow Falling on Cedars
• Eddie Murphy - Bowfinger
• FYC- Jamie Foxx - Any Given Sunday

ACTRESS

• Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds
• Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
• Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair
• Sigourney Weaver - A Map of the World
• Annette Bening - American Beauty

    -

• Frances O'Connor - Mansfield Park
• Cecilia Roth - All About My Mother
• Meryl Streep - Music of the Heart
• Jodie Foster - Anna and The King
• Susan Sarandon - Anywhere But Here
• Kate Winslet - Holy Smoke
• Reese Witherspoon - Election
• Winona Ryder - Girl, Interrupted
• FYC - Julia Roberts - Notting Hill

Best Supporting Actress

• Catherine Keener - Being John Malkovich
• Chloe Sevigny - Boys Don't Cry
• Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted
• Toni Collette - The Sixth Sense
• Samantha Morton - Sweet and Lowdown

   -

• Cameron Diaz - Being John Malkovich
• Jean Smart - Guinevere
• Kimberly J. Brown - Tumbleweeds
• Natalie Portman - Anywhere But Here
• Gwyneth Paltrow - The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Cate Blanchett - The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Julianne Moore - Magnolia (A Map of the World, Cookie's Fortune, An Ideal Husband)
• Sissy Spacek - The Straight Story
• Cherry Jones - Cradle Will Rock
• FYC - Jessica Lange - Titus

PICTURE

• The Sixth Sense
• American Beauty
• The Insider
• Being John Malkovich
• The Talented Mr. Ripley
• -
• The Green Mile
• The Straight Story
• The Hurricane
• The End of the Affair
• The Cider House Rules
• Man on the Moon
• magnolia
• Topsy Turvy
• Boys Don't Cry
• FYC-Three Kings

Director

• Norman Jewison - The Hurricane
• David Lynch - The Straight Story
• Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Sam Mendes - American Beauty
• Michael Mann - The Insider
• -
• David O. Russell - Three Kings
• Mike Leigh - Topsy Turvy
• '''Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich
• Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia
• Neil Jordan - The End of the Affair
• Frank Darabont - The Green Mile
• M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense
• Kimberly Peirce - Boys Don't Cry
• Milos Forman - Man on the Moon
• FYC- Pedro Almodovar - All About My Mother
• Nominee not mentioned - Lasse Hallstrom - The Cider House Rules

2000

Written by Gillian Flynn and Dave Karger. Screenplay Predictions are back after being omitted from 1996-1999

Best Actor

• Tom Hanks - Cast Away
• Geoffrey Rush - Quills
• Russell Crowe - Gladiator
• Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys
• Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls

   -

• Sean Connery - Finding Forrester
• Matt Damon - All the Pretty Horses
• Denzel Washington - Remember The Titans
• Ralph Fiennes - Sunshine
• Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot
• Mark Ruffalo - You Can Count On Me
• FYC - Ed Harris - Pollock

ACTRESS

• Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
• Laura Linney - You Can Count On Me
• Ellen Burstyn - Requiem For A Dream
• Juliette Binoche - Chocolat
• Joan Allen - The Contender
• -
• Bjork - Dancer In The Dark
• Renee Zellweger - Nurse Betty
• Brenda Blethyn - Saving Grace
• Michelle Yeoh - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
• Cate Blanchett - The Gift
• FYC - Gillian Anderson - The House of Mirth

Supporting Actor

• Albert Finney - Erin Brockovich
• Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
• Willem Dafoe - Shadow of The Vampire
• Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator (not for Quills or The Yards)
• Bruce Greenwood - Thirteen Days

   -

• Michael Douglas - Traffic
• Michael Caine - Quills
• Fred Willard - Best In Show
• Jeff Bridges - The Contender
• FYC - Jeffrey Wright - Shaft

Supporting Actress

• Julie Walters - Billy Elliot
• Frances McDormand - Almost Famous
• Kate Hudson - Almost Famous
• Judi Dench - Chocolat
• Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock

   -

• Lena Olin - Chocolat
• Catherine Zeta-Jones - Traffic
• Laura Linney - The House of Mirth
• Catherine Deneuve - Dancer In The Dark
• Kate Winslet - Quills
• Connie Nielson - Gladiator
• FYC - Zhang Ziyi - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Picture

• Gladiator
• Traffic
• Erin Brockovich
• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
• Cast Away

   -

• Chocolat
• Finding Forrester
• You can count on me
• Almost famous
• Wonder boys
• Sunshine
• Quills
• Billy Elliot
• FYC - Thirteen Days

Adapted Screenplay

• Wonder Boys
• Quills
• Traffic
• Chocolat
• House of Mirth

   -

• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
• Meet The Parents
• Requiem For A Dream
• All The pretty horses
• Before night falls
• Pollock
• FYC - High Fidelity
• Nominee not mentioned O Brother Where Art Thou

Original Screenplay

• You Can Count On Me
• State and Main
• Almost Famous
• Erin Brockovich
• Thirteen Days

   -

• Gladiator
• Cast Away
• Unbreakable
• Nurse Betty
• Dancer in the Dark
• Chicken Run
• The Contender
• Sunshine
• Billy Elliot
• FYC - Best In Show

DIRECTOR

• Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich
• Steven Soderbergh - Traffic
• Ridley Scott - Gladiator
• Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
• Philip Kaufman - Quills

   -

• Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous
• Terence Davies - The House of Mirth
• Curtis Hanson - Wonder Boys
• Kenneth Lonergan - You Can Count on Me
• Robert Zemeckis - Cast Away
• Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliot
• Lasse Hallstrom - Chocolat
• FYC - Darren Aronofsky - Requiem For A Dream

2001

Written by Dave Karger and Mark Harris.

BEST ACTOR

• Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
• Gene Hackman - The Royal Tannenbaums
• Will Smith - Ali
• Denzel Washington - Training Day
• Tom Wilkinson - In The Bedroom

   -

• Billy Bob Thornton - The Man Who Wasn't There - Monter's Ball
• Sean Penn - I Am Sam
• John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and The Angry Inch
• Kevin Spacey - The Shipping News
• Guy Pearce - Memento
• FYC - Ewan McGregor - Moulin Rouge

Actress

• Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
• Judi Dench - Iris
• Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge not The Others
• Sissy Spacek - In The Bedroom
• Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive

   -

• Tilda Swinton - The Deep End
• Audrey Tautou - Amelie
• Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones's Diary
• Thora Birch - Ghost World
• Reese Witherspoon - Legally Blonde
• Stockard Channing - The Business of Strangers
• FYC - Charlotte Rampling - Under the Sand

Supporting Actor

• Jim Broadbent - Iris not Moulin Rouge
• Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
• Hayden Christensen - Life As A House
• Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
• Jon Voight - Ali

   -

• Ian Mckellen - The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring
• Ed Harris - A Beautiful Mind
• Jude Law - A.I.
• Ben Stiller - The Royal Tannenbaums
• Carl Reiner - Ocean's 11
• FYC - Tony Shalhoub - The Man Who Wasn't There
• Nominee not mentioned - Ethan Hawke - Training Day

Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
• Helen Mirren - Gosford Park
• Maggie Smith - Gosford Park
• Marisa Tomei - In The Bedroom
• Kate Winslet - Iris

   -

• Cameron Diaz - Vanilla Sky
• Anjelica Huston - The Royal Tannenbaums
• Gwyneth Paltrow - The Royal Tannenbaums
• Judi Dench - The Shipping News
• FYC - Fionnula Flanagan - The Others

Picture

• *A Beautiful Mind
• Black Hawk Down
• *In The Bedroom
• *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• *Moulin Rouge

   -

• The Royal Tannenbaums
• Mulholland Drive
• Shrek
• Amelie
• Ali
• *Gosford Park
• FYC - Memento

Original Screenplay

• *Amelie
• *Gosford Park
• The Man Who Wasn't There
• *Memento
• *The Royal Tannenbaums

   -

• Ali
• Drive
• The Others
• *FYC - Monster's Ball

Adapted Screenplay

• *A Beautiful Mind
• *Ghost World
• *In the Bedroom
• *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• *Shrek

   -

• Bridget Jones's Diary
• Iris
• Black Hawk Down
• The Shipping News
• FYC - Lantana

Director

• *Robert Altman - Gosford Park
• *Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
• *Peter Jackson - The Lord Of the Rings The Fellowship of the Rings
• Baz Luhrman - Moulin Rouge
• *David Lynch - Mulholland Drive

   -

• *Ridley Scott - Black Hawk Down
• Steven Spielberg - A.I.
• Michael Mann - Ali
• Christopher Nolan - Memento
• Todd Field - In The Bedroom
• FYC- Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Amelie

2002

Written by Steve Daly.

Actor

• *Adrien Brody - The Pianist
• *Nicholas Cage - Adaptation
• *Michael Caine - The Quiet American
• *Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
• *Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
• -
• Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
• Tom Hanks - Road To Perdition
• Hugh Grant - About a Boy
• Richard Gere - Chicago
• Leonardo Dicaprio - Catch Me If You Can not Gangs Of New York
• Kieren Culkin - Igby Goes Down
• Campbell Scott - Rodger Dodger
• Derek Luke - Antwone Fisher
• Sam Rockwell - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
• FYC - Dennis Quaid - The Rookie

Actress

• *Nicole Kidman - The Hours
• *Diane Lane - Unfaithful
• *Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven
• Meryl Streep - The Hours
• *Renee Zellweger - Chicago

   -

• Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher
• Maggie Gyllenhaal - Secretary
• *Salma Hayek - Frida
• Nia Vardalos - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• Catherine Keener - Lovely & Amazing
• Jennifer Aniston - The Good Girl
• FYC - Alison Lohman - White Oleander

Supporting Actor

• *Chris Cooper - Adaptation
• *Ed Harris - The Hours
• *Paul Newman - Road To Perdition
• Dennis Quaid - Far From Heaven
• *Christopher Walken - Catch Me If You Can

   -

• Alan Arkin - Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
• *John C. Reilly - Chicago (not for The Hours - Gangs of New York or The Good Girl)
• Viggo Mortensen - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Willem Dafoe - Auto Focus
• Ray Liotta - Narc
• Alfred Moilna - Frida
• FYC - Andy Serkis - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Supporting Actress

• *Kathy Bates - About Schmidt
• Patricia Clarkson - Far From Heaven
• *Julianne Moore - The Hours
• *Meryl Streep - Adaptation
• *Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago

   -

• Edie Falco - Sunshine State
• *Queen Latifah - Chicago
• Michelle Pfeiffer - White Oleander
• Susan Sarandon - Moonlight Mile OR Igby Goes Down
• Lainie Kazan - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• Cameron Diaz - Gangs of New York
• Toni Collette - About A Boy
• Bebe Neuwirth - Tadpole
• FYC - Tovah Feldshuh - Kissing Jessica Stein

Picture

• *Chicago
• *Gangs of New York
• *The Hours
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• *The Pianist
• --
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• About Schmidt
• Adaptation
• Road to Perdition
• Antwone Fisher
• Far From Heaven
• FYC - Talk to Her

Original Screenplay

• *Far From Heaven
• *Gangs of New York
• *My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• Punch Drunk Love
• *Talk to Her
• --
• Igby Goes Down
• Rodger Dodger
• Sunshine State
• The Good Girl
• Lovely and Amazing
• Thirteen Conversations about one thing
• Antwone Fisher
• *FYC - Y Tu Mama Tambien

Best Adapted Screenplay

• About Schmidt
• *Adaptation
• *Chicago
• *The Hours
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

   --

• The Quiet American
• Nicholas nickleby
• Catch Me If Youo Can
• *The Pianist
• 25th hour
• FYC - Personal velocity
• Nominated not mentioned - About a Boy

Director

• *Stephen Daldry - The Hours
• Todd Haynes - Far From Heaven
• Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• *Rob Marshall - Chicago
• '''*Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York

   --

• *Roman Polanski - The Pianist
• Alexander Payne - About Schmidt
• Spike Jonze - Adaptation
• *Pedro Almodovar - Talk To Her
• Sam Mendes - Road To Perdition
• Denzel Washington - Antwone Fisher
• FYC - Steven Spielberg - Minorty report

2003

Written by Dave Karger.

ACTOR

• Russell Crowe - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• *Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
• *Jude Law - Cold Mountain
• *Bill Murray - Lost In Translation
• *Sean Penn - Mystic River not 21 Grams

   --

• *Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Jack Nicholson - Something's Gotta Give
• Paul Giamatti - American Splendor
• Peter Dinklage - The Station Agent
• Chiwetel Ejiofor - Dirty Pretty Things
• Paddy Considine - In America
• Tom Cruise - The Last Samurai
• FYC - Jack Black - School of Rock

Actress

• Jennifer Connelly - House of Sand and Fog
• *Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give
• Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain
• *Charlize Theron - Monster
• *Naomi Watts - 21 Grams

   --

• *Samantha Morton - In America
• Patricia Clarkson - The Station Agent
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Sylvia
• Cate Blanchett - The Missing before Veronica Guerin
• Jamie Lee Curtis - Freaky Friday
• Hope Davis - The Secret Lives of Dentists
• Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Volume 1
• Helen Mirren - Calendar Girls
• Scarlett Johansson - Girl With a Pearl Earring
• FYC - Evan Rachel Wood - Thirteen
• *Nominated not mentioned - Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider

Best Supporting Actor

• *Alec Baldwin - The Cooler
• *Benicio Del Toro - 21 Grams
• Albert Finney - Big Fish
• *Tim Robbins - Mystic River
• *Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai

   --

• Kevin Bacon - Mystic River
• Paul Bettany - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• *Djimon Hounsou - In America
• Bill Nighy - Love Actually
• Eugene Levy - A Mighty Wind
• Sean Astin - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Chris Cooper - Seabiscuit
• Jeff Bridges - Seabiscuit
• William H. Macy - Seabiscuit
• FYC - Peter Sarsgaard - Shattered Glass

Best Supporting Actress

• *Patricia Clarkson - Pieces Of April
• *Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River
• *Holly Hunter - Thirteen
• Scarlett Johansson - Lost In Translation
• *Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain

   --

• *Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog
• Maria Bello - The Cooler
• Geraldine McEwan - The Magdalene Sisters
• Laura Linney -Mystic River
• Jessica Lange - Big Fish
• Hope Davis - American Splendor
• Ellen Degeneres - Finding Nemo
• FYC: Emma Thompson - Love, Actually

Best Picture

• Cold Mountain
• '*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• *Lost in Translation
• *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• *Mystic River

   --

• The Last Samurai
• Big Fish
• *Seabiscuit
• In America
• House of Sand and Fog
• 21 Grams
• American Splendor
• FYC - Finding Nemo

Original Screenplay

• *Finding Nemo
• *In America
• *Lost In Translation
• The Last Samurai
• 21 grams

   --

• Thirteen
• The Station Agent
• *The Barbarian Invasions
• *Dirty Pretty Things
• Love Actually
• Something's Gotta Give
• FYC - A Mighty Wind

Adapted Screenplay

• *American Splendor
• Cold Mountain
• *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• *Mystic River
• --
• *Seabiscuit
• House of Sand and Fog
• Girl With a Pearl Earring
• FYC - The Secret Lives of Dentists
• Nominated not mentioned - City of God

Director

• *Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain
• *Sofia Coppola - Lost In Translation
• *Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• *Clint Eastwood - Mystic River

   --

• Gary Ross - Seabiscuit
• Ed Zwick - The Last Samurai
• Jim Sheridan - In America
• FYC - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - 21 Grams
• *Nominated not mentioned - Fernando Meirelles - City of God

2004

Best Actor

• *Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
• *Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
• *Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
• *Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Paul Giamatti - Sideways

   --

• Liam Neeson - Kinsey
• Javiar Bardem - The Sea Inside
• *Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
• Sean Penn - The Assassination of Richard Nixon
• Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman
• Kevin Spacey - Beyond The Sea
• FYC -- Jeff Bridges - The Door In the Floor

Best Actress

• *Annette Bening - Being Julia
• *Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
• *Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• *Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• *Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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• Julia Roberts - Closer
• Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Volume 2
• Ziyi Zhang - House of Flying Daggers
• Emmy Rossum - Andre Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of The Opera
• Laura Dern - We Don't Live Here Anymore
• Sigourney Weaver - Imaginary heroes
• Kerry Washington - Ray
• FYC - Julie Delpy - Before Sunset

Best Supporting Actor

• *Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• *Jamie Foxx - Collateral
• *Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
• *Clive Owen -Closer
• Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey (not Garden State)

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• Mark Wahlberg - I (heart) Huckabees
• *Alan Alda - The Aviator
• John Lithgow - Kinsey
• David Carradine - Kill Bill Volume 2
• Phil Davis - Vera Drake
• Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
• FYC - James Garner - The Notebook

Supporting Actress

• *Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• *Laura Linney - Kinsey
• *Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• *Natalie Portman -Closer
• Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland

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• Cloris Leachman - Spanglish
• Gena Rowlands - The Notebook
• Sharon Warren -Ray
• Regina King - Ray
• Minnie Driver - Andre Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of The Opera
• Lynn Collins - The Merchant of Venice
• Kyra Sedgwick - The Woodsman
• *Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
• Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate
• FYC - Sharon Warren - Ray

Best Picture

• *The Aviator
• *Finding Neverland
• *Million Dollar Baby
• *Ray
• *Sideways
• --
• Hotel Rwanda
• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
• Collateral
• Closer
• Kinsey
• Andre Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera
• The Incredibles
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• House of Flying Daggers
• A Very long engagement
• The Passion Of The Christ
• FYC - Maria full of grace

Best original screenplay

• *The Aviator
• *Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
• *Hotel Rwanda
• *The Incredibles
• Kinsey

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• Ray
• Maria full of Grace
• Collateral
• The Sea Inside
• Kill Bill 2
• Bad Education
• *Vera Drake
• FYC - Imaginary heroes

Best adapted screenplay

• Closer
• *Finding Neverland
• *Million Dollar Baby
• *The Motorcycle Diaries
• *Sideways

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• Spiderman 2
• A very long Engagement
• We don't live here anymore
• FYC - Friday night lights
• *Nominated not mentioned - Before Sunset

Best Director

• *Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
• *Alexander Payne - Sideways
• *Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers

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• Mike Nichols - Closer
• Bill Condon - Kinsey
• *Taylor Hackford - Ray
• Terry George - Hotel Rwanda
• Michael Mann - Collateral
• FYC - Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
• *Nominated not mentioned - Mike Leigh - Vera Drake

2005

Best Actor

• Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
• *Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
• *Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
• *Joaquin Phoenix - Walk The Line
• *David Strathairn - Good Night and Good Luck

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• *Terrence Howard - Hustle and Flow
• Jeff Daniels - The Squid and The Whale
• Viggo Mortensen - A History of Violence
• Eric Bana - Munich
• Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto
• FYC - Ralph Fiennes - A History of Violence

Actress

• *Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• *Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
• *Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice
• *Charlize Theron - North Country
• *Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line

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• Ziyi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha
• Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
• Clare Danes - Shopgirl
• Naomi Watts - King Kong
• Vera Farmiga - Down To The Bone
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof
• Julianne Moore - The Prizewinner of Defiance Ohio
• Q'orianka Kilcher - The New World
• FYC - Laura Linney - The Squid and The Whale

Best Supporting Actor

• *George Clooney - Syriana
• *Matt Dillon - Crash
• *Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
• *Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
• Terrence Howard - Crash
• --
• Ed Harris - A History of Violence
• *William Hurt - A History of Violence
• Bob Hoskins - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Kevin Costner - The Upside of Anger
• Chris Cooper - Capote
• Frank Langella - Good Night and Good Luck
• Don Cheadle - Crash
• FYC - Donald Sutherland - Pride and Prejudice

Best Supporting Actress

• *Amy Adams - Junebug
• Maria Bello - A History of Violence
• *Catherine Keener - Capote (not for The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The Interpreter, or The 40-Year-Old Virgin)
• ''*Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener'
• *Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

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• Diane Keaton - The Family Stone
• Shirley MacLaine - In Her Shoes
• Gong Li - Memoirs of a Geisha
• Scarlett Johansson - Match Point
• Thandie Newton - Crash
• *Frances McDormand - North Country
• FYC - Taraji P. Henson - Hustle and Flow

Best Picture

• *Crash
• *Brokeback Mountain
• *Capote
• *Good Night and Good Luck
• *Munich

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• Walk The Line
• Cinderella Man
• Match Point
• Pride and Prejudice
• Memoirs Of A Geisha
• Syriana
• A History of Violence
• The Constant Gardener
• King Kong
• --FYC The 40 year old virgin

(Original) Original Screenplay

• *The Squid and The Whale
• *Match Point
• Cinderella Man
• *Good Night And Good Luck
• *Crash

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• The 40 year old Virgin
• Cache
• FYC - Junebug

(Original)Best Adapted Screenplay

• Syriana
• *Capote
• *Munich
• *The Constant Gardener
• *Brokeback Mountain

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• A History of Violence
• Pride and Prejudice
• Walk The Line
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• FYC: Shopgirl

Revised Original Screenplay

• *Crash
• *Good Night And Good Luck
• *Match Point
• *The Squid and the Whale
• *Syriana

Revised Adapted Screenplay

• *Brokeback Mountain
• *Capote
• *The Constant Gardener
• *A History of Violence
• *Munich

Due to Syriana being campaigned as adapted but ruled original by the Academey the predictions had to be revised.

Director

• *George Clooney - Good Night and Good Luck
• David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
• *Paul Haggis - Crash
• *Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
• *Steven Spielberg - Munich
• --
• Woody Allen - Match Point
• James Mangold - Walk The Line
• *Bennet Miller - Capote
• Peter Jackson - King Kong
• Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener
• Michael Haneke - Cache
• FYC - Ron Howard - Cinderella Man

2006

Best Picture

• Babel
• The Departed
• Dreamgirls
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen

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• United 93
• Letters From Iwo Jima
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Little Children
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Thank You For Smoking
• Blood Diamond
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Children of Men
• Bobby
• FYC: Children of Men

Best Actor

• Leonardo Dicaprio, The Departed
• Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
• Peter O'Toole, Venus
• Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
• Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

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• Greg Kinnear – Little Miss Sunshine
• Edward Norton – The Painted Veil
• Ken Watanabe – Letters From Iwo Jima
• Daniel Craig – Casino Royale
• Aaron Eckhart – Thank You For Smoking
• Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• FYC: Matt Damon, The Good Shepherd

Nominee not mentioned Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond

Best Actress

• Penelope Cruz, Volver
• Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet, Little Children

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• Ellen Page – Hard Candy
• Annette Bening – Running With Scissors
• Beyonce Knowles – Dreamgirls
• Cate Blanchett – The Good German
• Naomi Watts – The Painted Veil
• FYC: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby

Best Supporting Actor

• Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
• Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
• Djimon Honsou, Blood Diamond
• Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
• Jack Nicholson, The Departed

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• Mark Wahlberg – The Departed
• Adam Beach – Flags of Our Fathers
• Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland
• Michael Sheen – The Queen
• Brad Pitt - Babel
• FYC: Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada

Best Supporting Actress

• Adriana Barraza, Babel
• Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
• Jennifer Hudson, Film
• Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

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• Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada
• Emma Thompson – Stranger Than Fiction
• Catherine O’Hara – For Your Consideration
• Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine
• Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
• Anika Noni Rose – Dreamgirls
• FYC: Frances McDormand, Friends With Money

Best Director

• Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
• Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears, The Queen
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel
• Martin Scorsese, The Departed
• --
• Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Alfonso Cauron – Children of Men
• Pedro Almodovar – Volver
• FYC: Guillermo Del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth

Best Original Screenplay

• Babel
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Letters From Iwo Jima
• Pan's Labyrinth
• The Queen
• --
• United 93
• Stranger Than Fiction
• Half Nelson
• The Good Shepherd
• FYC: Volver

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Children of Men
• The Departed
• Little Children
• Notes on a Scandal
• Thank You For Smoking

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• Dreamgirls
• Flags of Our Fathers
• FYC: Borat

2007

Written by Dave Karger.

Best Picture

• Atonement
• Juno
• Michael Clayton
• There Will Be Blood
• No Country for Old Men

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• Into The Wild
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• American Gangster
• Sweeney Todd
• Charlie Wilson's War
• The Kite Runner
• The Great Debaters
• Hairspray
• 3:10 To Yuma
• FYC: The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Director

• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men
• Joe Wright – Atonement
• Sean Penn – Into The Wild
• Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood

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• Jason Reitman – Juno
• Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
• Ridley Scott – American Gangster
• Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd
• David Fincher - Zodiac
• Sidney Lumet – Before The Devil Knows Your Dead

• FYC David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises

Best Actor

• Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood
• George Clooney – Michael Clayton
• Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
• Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
• Ryan Gosling – Lars and The Real Girl
• --
• Emile Hirsch – Into The Wild
• James McAvoy – Atonement
• Tommy Lee Jones – In The Valley of Elah
• Frank Langella – Starting Out In The Evening
• Josh Brolin – No Country For Old Men
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Savages or The Devil Knows Your Dead
• Denzel Washington – American Gangster not The Great Debaters
• FYC: Christian Bale – Rescue Dawn

Best Actress

• Julie Christie – Away From Her
• Ellen Page – Juno
• Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
• Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
• Laura Linney – The Savages
• --
• Keira Knightley – Atonement
• Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd
• Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
• Amy Adams – Enchanted
• FYC: Nicole Kidman – Margot at the Wedding

Best Supporting Actor

• Javier Bardem – No Country For Old Men
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
• Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
• Hal Holbrook – Into The Wild
• Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• --
• John Travolta- Hairspray
• Paul Dano – There Will Be Blood
• Max Von Sydow – The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
• Ben Foster – 3:10 To Yuma
• Jason Bateman – Juno
• Steve Zahn – Rescue Dawn
• Tommy Lee Jones – No Country For Old Men
• FYC: J.K. Simmons – Juno

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
• Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
• Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
• Ruby Dee – American Gangster
• Catherine Keener – Into The Wild

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• Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
• Julia Roberts – Charlie Wilson’s War
• Jennifer Jason Leigh – Margot at the Wedding
• Allison Janney – Juno
• Kelly McDonald – No Country For Old Men
• Jennifer Garner – Juno
• Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
• FYC: Emily Mortimer – Lars and The Real Girl

Best Original Screenplay

• Diablo Cody – Juno
• Tamara Jenkins – The Savages
• Nancy Oliver – Lars and The Real Girl
• Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
• Brad Bird – Ratatoullie
• --
• Eastern Promises
• I’m Not There
• Knocked Up
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
• FYC: Before the Devil Knows Your Dead

Adapted Screenplay

• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men
• Christopher Hampton – Atonement
• Ronald Harwood – The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
• Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
• Aaron Sorkin – Charlie Wilson’s War

   --

• American Gangster
• The Kite Runner
• Away From Her
• Zodiac
• FYC: Into The Wild

2008

Written by Dave Karger.

Picture

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

   --

• The Reader
• Wall E
• Revolutionary Road
• Doubt
• FYC: The Wrestler

4/5

Best Director

• Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
• Gus Van Sant – Milk
• David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
• Ron Howard – Frost Nixon

   --

• Andrew Stanton – Wall E
• Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road
• Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
• Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler
• FYC – Tom McCarthy – The Visitor

Nominee not mentioned Stephen Daldry - The Reader 4/5

Best Actor

• Sean Penn – Milk
• Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino
• Brad Pitt – The Curious of Benjamin Button
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
• Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

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• Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
• FYC: Mark Ruffalo – What Doesn’t Kill YOU

4/5

Best Actress

• Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
• Meryl Streep – Doubt
• Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
• Angelina Jolie – Changeling
• Anne Hathaway – Rachel getting Married

   --

• Melissa Leo – Frozen River
• Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
• Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• FYC: Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey

Winner not mentioned Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Supporting Actor

• Josh Brolin - Milk
• Robert Downey Jr.-Tropic Thunder
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
• Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
• Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

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• James Franco - Milk
• Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
• FYC: Kevin Bacon - Frost/Nixon

Best Supporting Actress

• Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis - Doubt
• Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
• Kate Winslet - The Reader

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• Amy Adams - Doubt
• Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
• FYC - Vera Farmiga - Nothing But The Truth

Best Original Screenplay

• Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Milk
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Rachel Getting Married
• Wall E

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• FYC: Frozen River

Nominee not mentioned In Bruges

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Doubt
• Frost/Nixon
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

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• FYC: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

See also

• Entertainment Weekly
• Academy Awards