My Oscar nomination predictions
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Due to complete lack of interest, I've decided to mothball my Oscar-prediction contest. You've got no one to blame but yourselves, dudes. I've mentioned it more than once.

Anyhoo, here are my predictions in the six main categories:

Best Picture:
Cold Mountain
LOTR: ROTK
Lost in Translation
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

Best Actor:
Russell Crowe, Master and Commander
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean
Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Sean Penn, Mystic River

Best Actress:
Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give
Nicole Kidman, Cold Mountain
Charlize Theron, Monster
Naomi Watts, 21 Grams
Evan Rachel Wood, thirteen (my longshot hunch)

Best Director:
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
Peter Jackson, LOTR: ROTK
Gary Ross, Seabiscuit
Peter Weir, Master and Commander

Best Supporting Actor:
Sean Astin, LOTR: ROTK
Alec Baldwin, The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams
Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai

Best Supporting Actress:
Maria Bello, The Cooler
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River
Holly Hunter, thirteen
Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain

I have predictions in other categories, but I don't feel like posting them here. When the nominations come out in a few days, I'll be posting a response piece. Come back then to laugh at these predictions. It's your right, I suppose.

Also, the top 10 lists poll is still going. If you want, send me your list by the ides of February. If you don't know when that is, I wouldn't want to read your list anyway.