FINAL: Oscar Winner Predictions!

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Alternate: There Will Be Blood

Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Alternate: George Clooney - Michael Clayton

Best Actress: Marion Cotillard - La Vi En Rose
Alternate: Julie Christie - Away From Her

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Alternate: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

Best Original Screenplay: Juno
Alternate: Michael Clayton

Best Adapted Screenplay: There Will Be Blood
Alternate: No Country for Old Men

So those are my predictions for the Oscar winners come Sunday night. Unfortunately I do not believe that there will be too many surprising upsets, but there is always something unexpected. So, I chose Amy Ryan for Best Supporting Actress since she was the favorite at one time. I also chose Paul T. Anderson to win Best Adapted Screenplay giving him his overdue Oscar, but they may be just hoping. The biggest upset I put was Marion Cotillard because she has beaten Julie Christie on occasion and I am hoping more voters have had the chance to watch her film. She had the best performance by a female all year. Sunday night can't come soon enough and I look forward to see how accurate I was able to predict.