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lists are in order of win probability
last update : 6th March
what I reckoned to be realistic win candidates (on the day of the awards) are in bold WINNERS ARE MARKED WITH A ROW OF EXCLAMATION-MARKS or ASTERISKS
ACTOR 1. Hoffman ************************ correct 2. Ledger 3. Strathairn 4. Howard 5. Phoenix
ACTRESS 1. Witherspoon ************************ correct 2. Huffman 3. Dench 4. Knightley 5. Theron
SUPPORTING ACTOR 1. Dillon 2. Giamatti 3. Clooney !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oops 4. Gyllenhaal 5. Hurt
SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1. Weisz ********************* correct (it's her birthday tomorrow) 2. Keener 3. Williams 4. Adams 5. McDormand
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 1. Good Night, and Good Luck. 2. Crash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oops : couldn't bring myself to tip such an undeserving screenplay 3. Syriana 4. The Squid and the Whale 5. Match Point
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1. Brokeback Mountain ********************* correct 2. Capote 3. Munich 4. A History of Violence 5. The Constant Gardener
DIRECTOR 1. Lee ********************************** correct 2. Clooney 3. Haggis 4. Spielberg 5. Miller
PICTURE 1. Brokeback Mountain 2. Crash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (their) oops 3. Good Night, and Good Luck. 4. Munich 5. Capote
ANIMATED : Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit ***** YES FOREIGN : Sophie Scholl : The Final Days !!!! (no)
ARCHIVE : nominations predictions from 31/1/06
Nominations now out. Lists of nominees ranked according to win-order probability will appear here shortly.
Lists are in order of nomination probability
FINAL update : morning of 31st January 2006. [Nominations announced 31st January]
* : possible winner ** : most likely winner from top 5 nomination candidates *** : certainty for win
ACTOR  1 ** Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote 2 * Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain 3 Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line 4 David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck. 5 Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale ----------------------------------------------------- 6 Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man 7 Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener 8 Terrence Howard, Hustle and Flow 9 Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence 10 Cillian Murphy, Breakfast on Pluto 11 Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain 12 Eric Bana, Munich (... you're avner laugh...) nominations : Hoffman, Ledger, Phoenix, Strathairn, Howard snubs : Daniels, Crowe, Fiennes ACTRESS 1 *** Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line 2 Felicity Huffman, Transamerica 3 Judi Dench, Mrs Henderson Presents 4 Charlize Theron, North Country 5 Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice ----------------------------------------------------- 6 Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha 7 Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger 8 Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener 9 Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale 10 Q'orianka Kilcher, The New World 11 Maria Bello, A History of Violence 12 Naomi Watts, King Kong nominations as predicted snubs : Zhang, Allen SUPPORTING ACTOR  1 * Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man 2 * George Clooney, Syriana 3 ** Matt Dillon, Crash 4 * Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain 5 * Clifton Collins Jr, Capote ----------------------------------------------------- 6 * William Hurt, A History of Violence 7 * Frank Langella, Goodnight, and Good Luck. 8 * Michael Lonsdale, Munich 9 * Terrence Howard, Crash 10 * Bob Hoskins, Mrs Henderson Presents 11 * Ed Harris, A History of Violence 12 Don Cheadle, Crash nominated : Giamatti, Clooney, Dillon, Gyllenhaal, Hurt snubs : Collins, Langella SUPPORTING ACTRESS  1 * Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener 2 * Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain 3 * Catherine Keener, Capote 4 * Amy Adams, Junebug 5 ** Maria Bello, A History of Violence ----------------------------------------------------- 6 * Thandie Newton, Crash 7 Frances McDormand, North Country 8 * Scarlett Johansson, Match Point 9 * Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha 10 Shirley MacLaine, In Her Shoes 11 Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale 12 Diane Keaton, The Family Stone nominated : Weisz, Williams, Keener, Adams, McDormand snubs : Bello (!), Newton, Johansson
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 1 * Crash (Haggis / Moresco) 2 ** Good Night, and Good Luck (Clooney / Heslov) 3 * The Squid and the Whale (Baumbach) 4 * Match Point (Allen) 5 * The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Apatow / Carell) ----------------------------------------------------- 6 * Syriana (Gaghan) 7 Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Park) [ADAPTED??] 8 Cinderella Man (Hollingsworth / Goldsman) 9 Hustle and Flow (Brewer) 10 Junebug (MacLachland) 11 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Arriaga) 12 The New World (Malick) nominated : Crash, Good Night and Good Luck, The Squid and the Whale, Match Point, Syriana snubs : The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wallace and Gromit, Cinderella Man
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1 ** Brokeback Mountain (McMurtry / Ossana) 2 * Capote (Futterman) 3 * The Constant Gardener (Caine) 4 Walk the Line (Dennis / Mangold) 5 A History of Violence (Olson) ----------------------------------------------------- 6 Munich (Kushner / Roth) 7 Batman Begins (Nolan / Goyer) 8 Memoirs of a Geisha (Bass / Goldsman / Swicord / Wright) 9 The Chronicles of Narnia... (Adamson / Peacock / Markus / McFeely) 10 King Kong (Jackson / Walsh / Boyens) 12 Jarhead (Broyles) nominated : Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence, Munich snub : Walk The Line
BEST DIRECTOR 1 ** Brokeback Mountain (Lee) 2 * Good Night, and Good Luck (Clooney) 3 * Crash (Haggis) 4 Capote (Miller) 5 A History of Violence (Cronenberg) ----------------------------------------------------- 6 The Constant Gardener (Meirelles) 7 Munich (Spielberg) 8 Match Point (Allen) 9 Walk the Line (Mangold) 10 The New World (Malick) 11 King Kong (Jackson) 12 2046 (Wong) nominated : Lee, Clooney, Haggis, Miller, Spielberg snubs : Cronenberg (!), Meirelles, Allen, Mangold
BEST PICTURE 1 *** Brokeback Mountain 2 Crash 3 Goodnight, and Good Luck. 4 Capote 5 Walk the Line ----------------------------------------------------- 6 The Constant Gardener 7 A History of Violence 8 Munich 9 King Kong 10 Match Point 11 Cinderella Man 12 The Chronicles of Narnia... nominated: Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck, Capote, Munich snubs : Walk The Line, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence

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