My Oscar Predictions

With only 90 minutes to go until the show begins, here are my predictions:

Best Picture: Crash
Best Director, Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress: Felicity Huffman, TransAmerica
Best Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhall, Brokeback Mountain
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Junebug
Best Original Screenplay: Crash
Best Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain
Cinematography: Brokeback Mountain
Animated Feature: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

I'm going out on a limb with several of these - and I wouldn't be surprised to see Brokeback for Best Picture, Reese Witherspoon (Actress), George Clooney (Supp. Actor), and Rachel Weisz (Supp. Actress) win instead. Nothing will make me cheer more loudly than if Amy Adams wins - the supporting actress category has been a wild card in the past and as prone to recognize great performances (e.g., Marsha Gay Harden in Pollack) as well as payback (e.g., Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love) and hers is the best BY FAR - if only the voters took the time to watch it.

We'll know before too long.....