Best Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Reader Milk Slumdog Millionaire JXM Picks: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie - Changeling Melissa Leo - Frozen River Meryl Streep - Doubt Kate Winslet - The Reader
JXM Picks: Kate Winslet
Best Actor Richard Jenkins - The Visitor Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon Sean Penn - Milk Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
JXM Picks: Mickey Rourke
Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams - Doubt Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis - Doubt Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler Taraji Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
JXM Picks: Taraji Henson
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Best Supporting Actor Josh Brolin - Milk Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
JXM Picks: Heath Ledger
Best Animated Feature Film Bolt Kung Fu Panda WALL-E
JXM Picks: WALL-E
Best Director Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry - The Reader David Fincher - The Curious Case of Bejamin Button Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon Gus Van Sant - Milk
JXM Picks: Danny Boyle
Best Original Screenplay Courtney Hunt - Frozen River Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky Martin McDonagh - in Bruges Dustin Lance Black - Milk Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter - WALL-E
JXM Picks: Dustin Lance Black
Best Adapted Screenplay Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button John Patrick Shanley - Doubt Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon David Hare - The Reader Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
JXM Picks: Slumdog Millionaire
JXM Picks: Mickey Rourke