81st Academy Awards Winners: How did my predictions fare?

In my last post, I made some predictions for the major awards for the 81st Academy Awards, and I did pretty so-so:

BEST PICTURE (OK!)

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
  
• “Milk” (Focus Features)
  
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
  
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

BEST ACTOR (NOT OK! I predicted Mickey Rourke)

• Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
  
• Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
  
• Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
  
• Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  
• Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

BEST ACTRESS (It was a toss-up between Meryl Street & Kate Winslet, but I went with the former)

• Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  
• Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
  
• Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  
• Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
  
• Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (OK!)

• Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
  
• Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
  
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
  
• Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
  
• Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (I thought Penelope was just fine in the film, but I was wrong)

• Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
  
• Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
  
• Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
  
• Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  
• Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

BEST DIRECTOR (OK!)

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
  
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard
  
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
  
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
  
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE (OK!)

• “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
  
• “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
  
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (OK!)

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
  
• “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
  
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
  
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
  
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (OK!)

• “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
  
• “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
  
• “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
  
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
  
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
  

Based on my predictions, I got it 6/9 for a 67% success rate in predicting the winners for the 81st Academy Awards. It's not bad, but it could be better. :)

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