from Oscar, the grouch on the couch

Okay, so, I'm making this post just so I can say - "I told you so..." because the Oscars™ are so predictable I'm going to make my picks based on Hollywoodland politics, biases and traditions which has little to do with the films themselves. In fact, I've only seen three of all of the films nominated (for God's sake, Poseidon got a nomination). For the record, here are my predictions on the outcome of this meaningless exercise in diversion:

Lead Actor:
Forest Whitaker

Supporting Actor:
Eddie Murphy

Lead Actress:
Helen Mirren

Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Hudson

Animated Feature:
Cars

Art Direction:
Dreamgirls

Cinematography:
Children of Men

Costume:
Marie Antoinette

Directing:
The Departed, Martin Scorcese

Documentary Feature:
An Inconvenient Truth

Film Editing:
Babel

Foreign Language:
Pan's Labyrinth

Make-up:
Apocalypto

Music (song):
Dreamgirls

Best Picture:
Letters from Iwo Jima

Short film (animated):
No Time for Nuts

Writing (adaptation):
Notes on a Scandal

Writing (original screenplay):
Letters from Iwo Jima