Laura’s oscar predictions

***** Will win and should win

*** Will win

** Should win

* Shouldn’t have been nominated

Bolded: should have been nominated, but wasn’t

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

*****Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote”

Terrence Howard in “Hustle & Flow”

Heath Ledger in “Brokeback Mountain”

Joaquin Phoenix in “Walk the Line”

*David Strathairn in “Good Night, and Good Luck”

Bruce Willis in “Sin City”

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

***George Clooney in “Syriana”

Matt Dillon in “Crash”

Paul Giamatti in “Cinderella Man”

**Jake Gyllenhaal in “Brokeback Mountain”

William Hurt in “A History of Violence”

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Judi Dench in “Mrs. Henderson Presents”

Felicity Huffman in “Transamerica”

Keira Knightley in “Pride & Prejudice”

Charlize Theron in “North Country”

*****Reese Witherspoon in “Walk the Line”

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams in “Junebug”

Catherine Keener in “Capote”

Frances McDormand in “North Country”

***Rachel Weisz- “The Constant Gardener”

**Michelle Williams in “Brokeback Mountain”

Achievement in Directing

**”Brokeback Mountain”

“Capote”

***”Crash”

“Good Night, and Good Luck”

*”MUNICH”

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

Best Motion Picture of the Year

***** “Brokeback Mountain”

“Capote”

“Crash”

“Munich”

“Good Night, and Good Luck”

Adapted Screenplay

“Brokeback Mountain”

*****”Capote”

“The Constant Gardner”

*”A History of Violence”

“Munich”

“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

Original Screenplay

***”Crash”

**”Good Night, and Good Luck”

“Match Point”

“The Squid and the Whale”

“Syriana”