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The 2008 Academy Awards are here and now that the writer's strike is over, it's going to be the biggest Hollywood party of the year. We've made our predications on the winners and losers for this year. Have you made yours? Join along with us as we watch the madness count down and make your own Oscar predictions. Get your Oscar ballot here, share with friends and see who comes out on top!

There were few surprises when the 2008 Oscar nominations were announced in January. Two critically acclaimed films—There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men—walked away with eight nods each, while Michael Clayton earned seven. All three were nominated for Best Picture, along with Atonement and Juno.

All but Atonement received Best Director nods as well—Julian Schnabel, director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, joined Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood), Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men), Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) and Jason Reitman (Juno) in earning nominations.

So the top nominations weren't much of a surprise, but what about the winners? That's what we'll find out tonight when the 2008 Academy Award top dogs are announced. Half the fun of watching awards shows, especially the Oscars, is making your own predictions about who will end up a winner and who will fail to take home a prize. So we've provided our readers with their very own 2008 Oscar ballots to choose your winners and see how your picks compare with the results!

2008 Oscar Ballot (Print Out and Circle Your Choices!)

Best Picture:

* Atonement

* Juno

* Michael Clayton

* No Country for Old Men

* There Will Be Blood

Achievement in Directing:

* Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

* Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

* Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton

* Jason Reitman - Juno

* Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and Butterfly

Best Original Screenplay:

* Juno

* Michael Clayton

* Ratatouille

* Lars and the Real Girl

* Savages

Best Adapted Screenplay:

* Atonement

* Away From Her

* No Country for Old Men

* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

* There Will Be Blood

Best Actress:

* Ellen Page - Juno

* Julie Christie - Away From Her

* Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose

* Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age

* Laura Linney - The Savages

Best Actor

* George Clooney - Michael Clayton

* Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

* Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd

* Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

* Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley of Elah

Best Supporting Actress:

* Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

* Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

* Amy Ryan - Gone, Baby, Gone

* Saorise Ronan - Atonement

* Ruby Dee - American Gangster

Best Supporting Actor:

* Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

* Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

* Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War

* Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild

* Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Achievement in Cinematography:

* Atonement

* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

* No Country for Old Men

* There Will Be Blood

* The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Achievement in Sound Editing:


* There Will Be Blood

* The Bourne Ultimatum

* Ratatouille

* No Country for Old Men

* Transformers

Best Foreign-Language Film:

* The Counterfeiters

* Mongol

* Beaufort

* Katyn

* 12

Best Original Song:

* "Falling Slowly" - Once

* "Raise It Up" - August Rush

* "Happy Working Song" - Enchanted

* "So Close" - Enchanted

* "That's How You Know" - Enchanted

Achievement in Sound Mixing:

* The Bourne Ultimatum

* Ratatouille

* 3:10 to Yuma

* No Country for Old Men

* Transformers

Best Original Score:

* Atonement

* 3:10 to Yuma

* Michael Clayton

* The Kite Runner

* Ratatouille

Best Art Direction:

* Atonement

* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

* There Will Be Blood

* American Gangster

* The Golden Compass

Best Documentary Feature:

* Taxi to the Dark Side

* Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

* No End in Sight

* Sicko

* War/Dance

Best Documentary Short:

* Freeheld

* La Corona (The Crown)

* Salim Baba

* Sari's Mother

Best Animated Feature Film:

* Surf's Up

* Persepolis

* Ratatouille

Achievement in Makeup:

* Norbit

* La Vie En Rose

* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Achievement in Costume Design:

* Atonement

* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

* Elizabeth: The Golden Age

* Across the Universe

* La Vie En Rose

Best Animated Short Film:

* I Met the Walrus

* Madame Tutli-Putli

* My Love (Moya Lyubov)

* Peter & the Wolf

* Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)

Best Live-Action Short Film:

* At Night

* Il Supplente (The Substitute)

* Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)

* Tanghi Argentini

* The Tonto Woman

Best Visual Effects:

* The Golden Compass

* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

* Transformers

Written By Ann Turner
Article provided in partnership with GayWebMonkey.com.

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