AND THE NOMINEES MIGHT BE...
				BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE   Michael Caine, The Quiet American   Nicholas Cage, Adaptation   Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York   Richard Gere, Chicago   Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt It would be nice, but don’t expect…   Greg Kinnear, Auto-Focus    Robin Williams, One-Hour Photo Other outstanding lead performances this year include:   Derek Luke, Antwone Fisher   Edward Norton, 25th Hour   Adrien Brody, The Pianist   Adam Sandler, Punch-Drunk Love BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE   Salma Hayek, Frida   Nicole Kidman, The Hours   Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven   Meryl Streep, The Hours   Renee Zellweger, Chicago But what if there’s a full moon?   Nia Vardolas, My Big Fat Greek Wedding   Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE   Chris Cooper, Adaptation   Willem Dafoe, Auto-Focus   Ed Harris, The Hours   Paul Newman, Road to Perdition   Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven But what if the Road actually takes us quickly to Heaven?   Robin Williams, Insomnia   Brian Cox, 25th Hour   John C. Reilly, Chicago or The Hours or Gangs of New York BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE   Kathy Bates, About Schmidt   Cameron Diaz, Gangs of New York   Queen Latifah, Chicago   Julianne Moore, The Hours   Meryl Streep, Adaptation But what about…?   Susan Sarandon, Igby Goes Down   Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago
		BEST PICTURE About Schmidt   Chicago   Gangs of New York   The Hours   The Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers Long shot, Hail Mary, on the outside track…   Adaptation   My Big Fat Greek Wedding BEST DIRECTOR   Stephen Daldry, The Hours   Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings:  The Two    Towers   Spike Jonze, Adaptation   Rob Marshall, Chicago   Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York But then again maybe…   Alexander Payne, About Schmidt   Spike Lee, The 25th Hour BEST SCREENPLAY (Because of all the confusion about what counts as an Original Screenplay or an Adapted Screenplay, I’m lumping both categories together with ten nominees.)   About Schmidt   Adaptation   Auto-Focus   Chicago   Far From Heaven   Gangs of New York   The Hours   The Pianist   Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (I’ll throw this one away on principle) Y Tu Mama Tambien But what if you like dangerous odds?   25th Hour   Minority Report BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM   City of God   Crime of Father Amarro, The    Heroes   Talk to Her   Y Tu Mama Tambien But weren’t there more foreign movies? How the hell should I know? BEST ANIMATED FILM   Lilo & Stitch   Spirited Away (the surest winner this year?)   Spirit:  Stallion of the Cimarron What about…? The Wild Thornberrys Movie Treasure Planet
					And the nominees might be... (technical stuff)
						Expect these movies to make big splashes...