Your choices for the Oscars

BEST MOVIE

“The Aviator”

“Finding Neverland”

“Million Dollar Baby”

 “Ray”

 “Sideways”

BEST DIRECTOR

Clint Eastwood “Million Dollar Baby”

Taylor Hackford “Ray”

Mike Leigh “Vera Drake”

Alexander Payne “Sideways”

Martin Scorsese “The Aviator”

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”

BEST ACTOR

Don Cheadle “Hotel Rwanda”

Johnny Depp “Finding Neverland”

Leonardo DiCaprio “The Aviator”

Clint Eastwood “Million Dollar Baby”

Jamie Foxx “Ray”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett “The Aviator”

Laura Linney “Kinsey”

Virginia Madsen “Sideways”

Sophie Okonedo “Hotel Rwanda”

Natalie Portman “Closer”

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Alda “The Aviator”

Thomas Haden Church “Sideways”

Jamie Foxx “Collateral”

Morgan Freeman “Million Dollar Baby”

Clive Owen “Closer”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

“Before Sunset” Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke; story by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan

“Finding Neverland” Screenplay by David Magee

“Million Dollar Baby” Screenplay by Paul Haggis

“The Motorcycle Diaries” Screenplay by Jose Rivera

“Sideways” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

“The Aviator” John Logan

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; story by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth

“Hotel Rwanda” Keir Pearson and Terry George

“The Incredibles” Brad Bird

“Vera Drake” Mike Leigh

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

“The Incredibles” Brad Bird

“Shark Tale” Bill Damaschka

“Shrek 2” Andrew Adamso

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

“As It Is in Heaven” Sweden

“The Chorus” (Les Choristes) France

“Downfall” Germany

“The Sea Inside” Spain

“Yesterday” South Africa

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

“Born Into Brothels” – Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski.

“The Story of the Weeping Camel” – Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa

“Super Size Me” – Morgan Spurlock

“Tupac: Resurrection” – Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali

“Twist of Faith” – Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

 SUBJECT

“Autism Is a World” Gerardine Wurzburg

“The Children of Leningradsky” Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski

“Hardwood” Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young

“Mighty Times: The Children’s March” Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston

“Sister Rose’s Passion” Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer

 CINEMATOGRAPHY

Robert Richardson “The Aviator”

Zhao Xiaoding “House of Flying Daggers”

Caleb Deschanel “The Passion of the Christ”

John Mathieson “The Phantom of the Opera”

Bruno Delbonnel “A Very Long Engagement”

FILM EDITING

Thelma Schoonmaker “The Aviator”

Jim Miller, Paul Rubell “Collateral”

Matt Chesse “Finding Neverland”

Joel Cox “Million Dollar Baby”

Paul Hirsch “Ray”

ART DIRECTION

“The Aviator” Art direction, Dante Ferretti; set decoration, Francesca Lo Schiavo

“Finding Neverland” Art direction, Gemma Jackson; set decoration, Trisha Edwards

“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” Art direction, Rick Heinrichs; set decoration, Cheryl A. Carasik

“The Phantom of the Opera” Art direction, Anthony Pratt; set decoration, Celia Bobak

“A Very Long Engagement” Art direction, Aline Bonetto

COSTUME DESIGN

Sandy Powell “The Aviator”

Alexandra Byrne “Finding Neverland”

Colleen Atwood “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”

Sharen Davis “Ray”

Bob Ringwood “Troy”

 MAKEUP

Valli O’Reilly and Bill Corso “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”

Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley “The Passion of the Christ”

Jo Allen and Manuel Garcia “The Sea Inside”

ORIGINAL SCORE

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek “Finding Neverland”

John Williams “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”

Thomas Newman “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”

John Debney “The Passion of the Christ”

James Newton Howard “The Village”

ORIGINAL SONG

“Accidentally in Love” from “Shrek 2.” Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery and David Bryson; lyrics by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey

“Al Otro Lado Del Rio” from “The Motorcycle Diaries.” Music and lyrics by Jorge Drexler

“Believe” from “The Polar Express.” Music and lyrics by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri

“Learn to Be Lonely” from “The Phantom of the Opera.” Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics by Charles Hart

“Look to Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)” from “The Chorus (Les Choristes).” Music by Bruno Coulais, lyrics by Christophe Barratier

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

“Birthday Boy” Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory

“Gopher Broke” Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller

“Guard Dog” Bill Plympton

“Lorenzo” Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth

“Ryan” Chris Landreth

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

“Everything in This Country Must” Gary McKendry

“Little Terrorist” Ashvin Kumar

“7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Manana)” Nacho Vigalondo

“Two Cars, One Night” Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner

“Wasp” Andrea Arnold

SOUND EDITING

Michael Silvers, Randy Thom “The Incredibles”

Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard “The Polar Express”

Paul N.J. Ottosson “Spider-Man 2”

SOUND MIXING

Tom Fleischman, Petur Hliddal “The Aviator”

Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo, Doc Kane “The Incredibles”

Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan “The Polar Express”

Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, Steve Cantamessa “Ray”

Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger “Spider-Man 2”

VISUAL EFFECTS

Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”

John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri “I, Robot”

John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier “Spider-Man 2”