I don't normally do this, but I am bored. Here are my predictions for Oscar nominations, which come out Tuesday. Well, these will also reflect movies I 'hope' have a chance, so... yeah.

* indicates a lock for a nomination

Best Picture
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*
Juno
No Country For Old Men*
There Will Be Blood*
alternate: Michael Clayton

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson*
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen*
Sean Penn
Julian Schnabel*
Joe Wright
alternate: Sidney Lumet (please please please)

Best Lead Actor
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)*
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)*
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
alternate: James McAvoy (Atonement)

Best Lead Actress
Julie Christie (Away From Her)*
Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)*
Keira Knightley (Atonement)
Laura Linney (The Savages)
Ellen Page (Juno)*
alternate: Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)

Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James...)*
Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)*
Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood)
Max Von Sydow (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)
alternate: Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)

Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)*
Kelly MacDonald (No Country For Old Men)
Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)*
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
alternate: Ruby Dee (American Gangster)

Original Screenplay
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)*
Diablo Cody (Juno)*
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)*
Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)
Nancy Oliver (Lars and the Real Girl)
alternate: Kelly Masterson (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)

Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)*
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men)*
Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)*
James Vanderbilt (Zodiac)
alternate: Sean Penn (Into the Wild)

Cinematography
Roger Deakins (The Assassination of Jesse James...)
Roger Deakins (No Country For Old Men)
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)*
Janusz Kaminsk (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)*
Seamus McGarvey (Atonement)
alternate: Eric Gautier (Into the Wild)

Editing
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - aka Roderick Jaynes (No Country For Old Men)*
John Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Tatiana S. Riegel and Dylan Tichenor (There Will Be Blood)*
Christopher Rouse (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Paul Tothill (Atonement)
alternate: Jay Cassidy (Into the Wild)

All right, so these are a combination of my hopefuls and what I think will happen. If my main five get nominated for all the categories I'd be very happy -- but then again, I would have a harder time choosing winners. Oh well, come Tuesday we'll see how close I was for the big categories.