UPDATED OSCAR PICKS

In my first post of 2007, I will give you the updated and more in depth oscar analysis that you have been craving for. However, I will also not expect anyone to watch the Oscars as I am revealing the winners early:

BEST PICTURE
Winner: The Departed
It's a weak season and this seems to be the only movie that has critical as well as commercial success. Scorsee is back and in full force in this one
The Runners Up (in order):
Letters From Iwo Jima
Dreamgirls
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Martin Scorsee, The Departed
The guy deserves it and he certainly has a winner with The Departed. The Academy has snubbed him many times without a win and I'd bet my college fund on this win.
Runners Up (in order):
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Guillermo Del Toro, Pan's Labyrnith
Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Whitaker's performence was the best of the year. Simply remarkable. Leo may have a little chance but Whitaker performence would just be way too hard to ignore. He's gotta win.
Runners Up (in order):
Leo Dicaprio, The Departed
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Hellen Mirren, The Queen
Over, done, and finished. Supposedly the performence of the year with tons of buzz around it. This is the easiest prediction and a LOCK bigtime.
Runners Up (in order):
Kate Winslet, Little Children
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Meryl Streep, Devil Wears Prada

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
That's right, here's my upset. This category is up for grabs and I think the Academy will snub Nicholson because he doesn't really need it. I really have no rationale for this pick
Runners Up (in order):
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Brad Pitt, Babel
James Cromwell, The Queen
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
I hear she's really good and no other performence comes close in this category. The former American Idol loser wins an Oscar. Wow, what a country we live in.
Runners Up (in order):
Rinko Kulchi, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Vanessa Redgrave, Venus

BEST ADAPTED/ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner, Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Runners Up (in order): Dreamgirls, The Last King of Scotland, Little Children, Notes on a Scandal
Winner, Original Screenplay: United 93
Runners Up (in order): The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine, Babel, Volver

Best Animated Feature
Winner: Happy Feet. (yuck, by the way)
Runners Up: Cars, Monster House

Best Documentary
Winner: An Inconvienent Truth (Al Gore's propaganda film)
Runners Up: Shut up and Sing, Deliver Us from Evil

Best Foreign Film
Winner: Pan's Labrynith (Mexico)
Runners Up: Volver (Spain), The Lives of Others (Germany)

There you have it. These are the winners of the 2007 Academy Awards but we are all winners when we read DOLAN'S POONINGS. It really is the most important and informative blog on the net. Ahhh, check back tommorow for my Updated Playoff Predictions. And your requests for a topic I could do a list on, would be delicious.