No lengthy explanations as to why, just short and sweet; here are my picks for tonight's 80th Annual Academy Awards.
- Best Visual Effects: Diana Miao for
'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'- Best Sound Mixing: Alan Meyerson for
'Transformers'- Best Sound Editing: Skip Lievsay and Joel Dougherty for
'No Country for Old Men'- Best Original Song: 'Falling Slowly' from
'Once' written and performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
- Best Original Score: Dario Marianelli for
'Atonement'- Best Makeup: Liz Dann for
'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'- Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood for
'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'- Best Film Editing: Tatiana S. Riegel for
'There Will Be Blood'- Best Art Direction: Gary Freeman for
'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'- Best Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey for
'Atonement'- Best Documentary:
'Sicko'- Best Animated Picture:
'Ratatouille'- Best Foreign Language Film:
'The Counterfeiters'- Best Adapted Screenplay: Ronald Harwood for
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'- Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody for
'Juno'- Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett as Jude Quinn in
'I'm Not There'- Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck as Robert Ford in
'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'- Leading Actress: Ellen Page as Juno MacGuff in
'Juno'- Leading Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in
'There Will Be Blood'- Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for
'There Will Be Blood'- Best Picture:
'No Country for Old Men'