I’d like to invite any interested party to participate in predicting the Oscars. This year, I’ve actually seen many of the nominated films and performances, and I’m willing to predict categories in which I’ve seen, as Bob Dylan once said, ‘less than zero’.

Supporting Actor: Easy..easy easy..Javier Bardem, ‘No Country for Old Me Probably the easiest prediction of the night to get right..

Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee might win this because of her historical importance, but I think the winner will by Amy Ryan for ‘Gone Baby Gone‘ Wow..Tilda Swinton. Didn’t see that coming. She was great, but I thought Amy Ryan was better.

Best Actor: Once again, very easy - Daniel Day-Lewis, for ‘There Will be Blood‘, even though Phillip Seymour Hoffman in just about anything is the best actor going right now, imo. Bingo!

Best Actress: Upset Special - Marion Cotillard for ‘La Vie en Rose’. Julie Christie and Ellen Page will split a lot of votes, and Laura Linney will pull some attention as well. Personally, I’d just give Linney an Oscar pretty much every time she makes a movie. ‘The Savages‘ was brilliant. Bingo!!

Best Song: ‘Falling Slowly‘ from ‘Once‘. This is probably my heart picking over my head, but ‘Once’ is probably one of my two or three favorite movies of the year, and this song just soars. YESYESYES…whoohoooo

Best Director: Whichever Coen brother directed ‘No Country for Old Men’. I guess they both did..bingo!

Best Original Screenplay: ‘Juno’, although ‘The Savages’ and ‘Michael Clayton‘ are incredibly worthy contenders. Bingo!

Best Adapted Screenplay: I think they’ll give this one to ‘Atonement‘. The book was better than the movie, and ‘There Will be Blood’ and ‘No Country for Old Men’ will win a lot of other stuff. Missed again…this looks like a Coen brothers’ night.

Best Film Editing: ‘Bourne Ultimatum‘. Amazing editing in that film. One of the best fight/flight sequences in any action film I’ve ever seen. Bingo!

Best Costume Design: ‘Sweeney Todd‘. I think even Oscar voters are sick of Elizabethan costume pieces winning this category. Whoooops…I totally missed that one

Best Cinematography: “There Will be Blood’. Lighting in this one is simply trans-formative. Bingo!

Animated Feature Film: ‘Ratatouille‘, even thought ‘Persepolis’ is a stronger deeper film. Gotta say though, ‘Ratatouille’ was delightful. Bingo…

Best Foreign Film: I’ve got no bleedin’ idea.

Best Film: “No Country for Old Men’. The landscape fit the story better than nearly any movie outside of ‘2001 A Space Odyssey’.   Bingo!

Feel free to comment and ‘correct’ my predictions. I’ll be happy to feature/co-mingle YOUR predictions with mine.

Update: Special Oscar already presented…viya con carne’