We Predict

Best Supporting Actress

  • The Contenders
  • Adriana Barraza, Babel
  • Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
  • Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
  • Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
  • Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Ben Lyons Says...
Jennifer Hudson:  Speaking of Dreamgirls, who has a better backstory than Hudson? Her rise to superstardom is almost too good to be true. She is a lock in a strong category, a true testament to her performance. From American Idol to the Oscars—in the words of the great Don King: Only in America!


Marc Malkin Says...
It's all yours, Ms. Hudson. She is the favorite, and the Academy is loving her. What's not to love? Eliminated from American Idol, a big-screen debut opposite Jamie Foxx and Beyoncé and humble beginnings. She is the shining star of Dreamgirls. Amd the Academy Awards will not be Hudson's one night only—she'll be at awards shows for years to come. Only question now is, what's next? With the right management team, she can do anything. But a few wrong turns, and she'll be following in Jennifer Holliday's Effie White footsteps.

Best Director

  • Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
  • Martin Scorsese, The Departed
  • Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Stephen Frears, The Queen
  • Paul Greengrass, United 93

Ben Lyons Says...
Martin Scorsese:  I hate to say it, but this is Marty's year. This bugs me, because The Departed isn't even one of his best films. It also isn't classically Scorsese. The camera work is fairly simple, and with great actors, you're always going to get great performances. I loved the film, but for this to be Scorsese's Oscar? It feels a little like a lifetime achievement award instead. The very deserving Iñárritu and Greengrass are just out of luck, going up against one of the all-time greats.

Answer B!tch Says...
I hope Scorsese wins, just so I can hear him talk reallyreallyreally fast like he does.

Best Picture

  • The Contenders
  • Babel
  • The Departed
  • Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • The Queen

Ben Lyons Says...
Babel:  I've been saying it for months now—on E! News, Daily 10 and E! Online—so excuse me if you've heard it before: Babel was hands down the best movie of 2006. It's simply a higher level of filmmaking than everything else out there. From the great ensemble cast to the tremendous size and scope of the film, the movie is an instant classic. However, just as we reach the culmination of awards season, just when Babel should be making its victory lap, the little movie that could—Little Miss Sunshine—is slowly creeping up on Brad & Co. And that would be the icing on the cake for Sunshine's amazing run. From Sundance to box-office success to Oscar gold...what a ride.

Ted Casablanca Says...
Little Miss Who? Letters from Where? Besides, Clint already got his Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven accolades, right? I think as riveting and revealing as The Queen may be, it's Mirren's pic, not the whole royal shebang, which leaves Babel and The Departed standing the most primo chances of nabbing Best Picture. In the latter, how can you sit through two hours and 31 friggin' minutes of that delish, albeit bloody, cast—including a very humpable DiCaprio, Wahlberg and Damon—and not feel like jumping in a cold shower? Which means Babel will take it, as the crushingly poignant flick keeps the focus on world fretting, not on Brad Pitt's yummy but furrowed brow.

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