From the Front Row Oscar Predictions

My final Oscar predictions were published in today's Dispatch. And they are:

BEST PICTURE
Prediction/Preference: "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST DIRECTOR
Prediction/Preference: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST ACTOR
Prediction: Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"
Preference: Sean Penn, "Milk"

BEST ACTRESS
Prediction: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
Preference: Meryl Streep, "Doubt"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Prediction/Preference: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Prediction: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Preference: Viola Davis , "Doubt"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Prediction: Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"
Preference: Martin McDonaugh, "In Bruges "

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Prediction: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Preference: John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Prediction: "The Class"
Preference: "Waltz with Bashir"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Prediction/Preference: "Man on Wire"

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Prediction/Peference: "WALL-E"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Prediction/Preference: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Prediction/Preference: "Jai Ho," "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Prediction/Preference: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Prediction/Preference: "The Duchess"

BEST ART DIRECTION
Prediction/Preference: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

BEST FILM EDITING
Prediction/Preference: "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST MAKEUP
Prediction/Preference: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Prediction/Preference: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

BEST SOUND MIXING
Prediction: "The Dark Knight"
Preference: "WALL-E"

BEST SOUND EDITING
Prediction/Preference: "WALL-E"

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Prediction/Preference: "Presto"

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Prediction: "Spielzeugland (Toyland)"

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Prediction: "The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306"