James' Oscar Picks

Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director - Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actor - Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) - The upset here would be if Sean Penn wins it for Milk
Best Actress - Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz (Vicky Chistina Barcelona)
Best Original Screenplay - Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Animated Feature - Wall-E
Best Animated Short Film - Presto
Best Foreign Language Film - Waltz With Bashir
Best Art Direction - The Dark Knight (But most likely will go to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Best Cinematography - The Dark Knight deserves it (But will most likely go to Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Costume Design - The Duchess
Best Documentary Feature - Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short - The Conscience of Nhem En (I would like to see it go to The Final Inch though)
Best Editing - The Dark Knight (But most likely will go to Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Live Action Short - Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Best Makeup - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Original Song - "Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (Wall-E)
Best Sound Editing - The Dark Knight (But Wall-E is the one the Academy will most likely hand it to)
Best Sound Mixing - Wall-E
Best Visual Effects - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button