Bright Day for The Dark Knight

On the nominations due out Thursday, here are my predictions:

Best picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Dark Knight; Frost/Nixon; Milk; Slumdog Millionaire

Best director: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire; Clint Eastwood for Gran Torino; David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon; Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight

Best lead actor: Leonardo DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road; Richard Jenkins in The Visitor; Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon; Sean Penn in Milk; Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

Best lead actress: Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married; Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky; Melissa Leo in Frozen River; Meryl Streep in Doubt; Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road

Best supporting actor: Josh Brolin in Milk; Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder; Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt; Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight; Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon

Best supporting actress: Amy Adams in Doubt; Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Viola Davis in Doubt; Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Kate Winslet in The Reader

Best original screenplay: Milk; Rachel Getting Married; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; The Visitor; The Wrestler

Best adapted screenplay: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Doubt; Frost/Nixon; Revolutionary Road; Slumdog Millionaire