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Nominations for the Academy Awards for film are to be announced on Tuesday Jan. 31. I have mostly hunches on these since I haven’t seen all the films. It’s easy from prior award shows and word of mouth. Here’s how I think they are gonna go:

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
Walk the Line

Best Director
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Benett Miller - Capote
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
Paul Haggis - Crash
Steven Spielberg - Munich

Best Actor
David Strathaim - Good Night, and Good Luck
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Joaquinn Phoenix - Walk the Line
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain

Best Actress
Charlize Theron - North Country
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Felecity Huffman - Transamerica
Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents

Best Supporting Actor
George Clooney - Syrianna
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Matt Dillon - Crash
Don Cheadle - Crash

Best Supporting Actress
Scarlette Johansson - Match Point
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
Amy Adams - Junebug
Catherine Keener - Capote

Best Original Screenplay
Crash
The Squid and the Whale
Good Night and Good Luck
Match Point
Cinderella Man

Best Adapted Screenplay
Capote
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich

Best Foreign Language Picture
Tsotsi
Joyeux Noel
Paradise Now
Merry Christmas
Mother of Mine

Best Animated Picture
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Howl’s Moving Castle

Best Cinematography
King Kong
Munich
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Good Night and Good Luck

Best Art Direction
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Munich
Batman Begins

Best Costume Design
Memoirs of a Geisha
Chronicles of Narnia
Good Night and Good Luck
Pride and Prejudice
Star Wars Episode III

Best Film Editing
Crash
Munich
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Good Night and Good Luck

Best Sound
King Kong
War of the Worlds
Batman Begins
Munich
The Chronicles of Narnia

Best Sound Editing
King Kong
War of the Worlds
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Best Visual Effects
King Kong
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Best Makeup
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
A History of Violence

Best Musical Score
Memoirs of a Geisha
King Kong
Brokeback Mountain
Munich
Chronicles of Narnia

I have no idea for best song, documentaries or short films so I’ll leave that out. We’ll see how off I am in a few days.