From: Gillian_White@nospampleasethanksmail.com   
      
   "LadyOO7"  wrote in message   
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   > I'm so thrilled for him. With three nominations, the man's bound to   
   > walk out of there with something. And even if not, as Will Smith said   
   > following his own nomination in 2002 (for 2001's Ali), he will forever   
   > have "Academy Award nominee" in front of his name.   
      
   I don't think he'll win Best Director - that one seems to have Ang Lee's   
   name on it already.   
      
   However, I do think he has a VERY good chance for Supporting Actor, and that   
   it will come down to him or Paul Giamatti.   
      
   Where I think there might be an upset is in Best Film. A person on the news   
   today pointed out that GNAGL might sit better with the Academy voters, on   
   the basis that many of them actually lived through the era that the film   
   deals with.   
      
   > What a terrific night this is going to be. For the first time it ages,   
   > it's an all out competition between everyone and everything in almost   
   > every category. Much better than when it's blatantly obvious that   
   > someone's going to win and everyone else has been nominated just out of   
   > formality.   
      
   I think there are some 'locked' categories. I'll make a prediction of Best   
   Director for Ang Lee, Best Actor for Philip Seymour Hoffman and Best Actress   
   for Reese Witherspoon. Outside of that, I have no idea.   
      
   Gillian   
      
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