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Oscar Predictions: 2007 (Top 8: 75%; Overall: 50% - techies were tough this year! )

As Oscar turns 80 this year, the writers' strike may leave him with a bummer of a birthday party. But show or no show, there will still be envelopes, and here are my annual best guesses as to the names that will be inside them.

Best Picture
The nominees are: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood.
What Will Win: No Country for Old Men. [RIGHT!]
What Should Win: No Country for Old Men.

Best Director
The nominees are: Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jason Reitman for Juno, Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton, Ethan & Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men and Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood.
Who Will Win: Ethan & Joel Coen. [RIGHT!]
Who Should Win: Ethan & Joel Coen.

Best Actor
The nominees are: George Clooney in Michael Clayton, Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah and Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises.
Who Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis. [RIGHT!]
Who Should Win: George Clooney.

Best Actress
The nominees are: Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Julie Christie in Away From Her, Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose, Laura Linney in The Savages and Ellen Page in Juno.
Who Will Win: Julie Christie. [WRONG!]
Who Should Win: Ellen Page.

Best Supporting Actor
The nominees are: Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men, Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War, Hal Holbrook in Into the West and Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton.
Who Will Win: Javier Bardem. [RIGHT!]
Who Should Win: Javier Bardem.

Best Supporting Actress
The nominees are: Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There, Ruby Dee in American Gangster, Saoirse Ronan in Atonement, Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone and Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton.
Who Will Win: Cate Blanchett. [WRONG!]
Who Should Win: Tilda Swinton.

Best Original Screenplay
The nominees are: Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, and The Savages.
What Will Win: Juno. [RIGHT!]
What Should Win: Juno.

Best Adapted Screenplay
The nominees are: Atonement, Away From Her, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, and There Will be Blood.
What Will Win: No Country for Old Men. [RIGHT!]
What Should Win: No Country for Old Men.

Best Original Song
The nominees are: "Falling Slowly " from Once, "Happy Working Song " from Enchanted, "Raise It Up " from August Rush , "So Close " from Enchanted, and "That's How You Know" from Enchanted.
What Will Win: "Falling Slowly" from Once. [RIGHT!]
What Should Win: "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted.