Oscar results: My predictions vs the actual events:

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jamie Foxx RAY
Who I predicted: Jamie Foxx- Ray

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Morgan Freeman MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Who I predicted: Morgan Freeman- MDB

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Hilary Swank MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Who I predicted: Hilary Swank- MDB

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett THE AVIATOR
Who I predicted: Cate Blanchett- The Aviator


ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE INCREDIBLES Brad Bird
Who I predicted: The Incredibles

ART DIRECTION
THE AVIATOR Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
Who I predicted: Phantom of the Opera... A little surprised though not really come to think of it- a well deserved Oscar that could have gone in many different ways.

BEST PICTURE
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg
Who I predicted: Million Dollar Baby

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE AVIATOR Robert Richardson
Who I predicted: The Aviator.

COSTUME DESIGN
THE AVIATOR Sandy Powell
Who I predicted: The Aviator

DIRECTING
MILLION DOLLAR BABY Clint Eastwood
Who I predicted: The Aviator- hmmm this was a tough one...but I'm still pretty sad with the result- this struck me as Scorcese's year- he's well overdue and keeps turning out oscar worthy films that just don't make the final cut.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BORN INTO BROTHELS Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
Who I predicted: Supersize Me. In all honesty, I'm happy with this result. I've heard that Born into Brothels is stellar and I wasn't a fan of Supersize Me.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
Who I predicted: Sister Rose's Passion. I'm not surprised to have gotten this one wrong. I hadn't seen any of the nominated films.

FILM EDITING
THE AVIATOR Thelma Schoonmaker
Who I predicted: The Aviator

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE SEA INSIDE Spain
Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Who I predicted: Les Choristes...should have known better. A personal favorite but not really an Oscar film.

MAKEUP
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
Who I predicted: The Passion of the Christ.
I just really didn't want this film to win anything. I hated it.

MUSIC (SCORE)
FINDING NEVERLAND Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Who I predicted: Finding Neverland

MUSIC (SONG)
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
"Al Otro Lado Del Río"Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler
Who I predicted: Learn to be lonely- Phantom of the Opera.
I'm pretty grateful to be wrong here.

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
SIDEWAYS Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Who I predicted: Sideways

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
Who I predicted: ESSM: This is the best award I think they gave out all night. Nicely done!

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
RYAN Chris Landreth
Who I predicted: Birthday Boy. Had I know that Ryan was a canadian flick, I would have put y money elsewhere but not because I knew any better...I claim ignorance

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
WASP Andrea Arnold
Who I predicted: Wasp

SOUND EDITING
THE INCREDIBLES Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
Who I predicted: Spiderman 2. Oh well.

SOUND MIXING
RAY Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
Who I predicted: The Aviator; hmmm...well guess they had to give Ray a few more props than just a best actor.

VISUAL EFFECTS
SPIDER-MAN 2 John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
Who I predicted: I, Robot- This actually makes me pretty sad. But I know it was well deserved none the less.

Well that's it- of the Big 5 (PICTURE, DIRECTOR, ACTOR, ACTRESS, WRITING ADAPTED) I got 4 out of 5.

Total out of 24: 13- not my best year...but not my worst either.
And that's that for the oscars