January 6th Oscar Predictions

My Oscar Predictions:

Best Picture
THE DEPARTED
DREAMGIRLS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN
(Babel is lingering nearby)

Best Actress
Penelope Cruz in VOLVER
Judi Dench in NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren in THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet in LITTLE CHILDREN

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio in THE DEPARTED
Ryan Gosling in HALF NELSON
Peter O'Toole in VENUS
Will Smith in THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Forest Whitaker in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Best Supporting Actress
Adrianna Barraza in BABEL
Cate Blanchett in NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson in DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi in BABEL

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Brad Pitt in BABEL
Michael Sheen in THE QUEEN
Mark Wahlberg in THE DEPARTED
(There are like 10 other viable contenders including Jack Nicholson, Jackie Earl Haley, Michael Caine, etc)

Best Director
Bill Condon for DREAMGIRLS
Clint Eastwood for LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Stephen Frears for THE QUEEN
Paul Greengrass for UNITED 93
Martin Scorsese for THE DEPARTED
(All 3 Mexican directors could slip in here....BABEL, CHILDREN OF MEN, PAN'S LABRYINTH...OR Robert Altman, David Lynch, Eastwood for FLAGS, Almodovar, etc etc)

Any thoughts?