Bets: 81st Academy Awards

Actor - Leading Role:

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Actress - Leading Role:

Kate Winslet - The Reader

Actor - Supporting Role:

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Actress - Supporting Role:

Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Best Animated Feature:

WALL-E - Andrew Stanton

Art Direction:

The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley and Peter Lando

Cinematography:

The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister

Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle

Costume Design:

Australia - Catherine Martin

The Duchess - Michael O’Connor

Documentary Film/Feature:

Encounters at the End of the World

Documentary Short:

Smile Pinki

Film Editing:

Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens

Foreign Language Film:

Waltz With Bashir (Israel) in Hebrew - Ari Folman

Makeup:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Greg Cannom

The Dark Knight - John caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Music, Original Score:

Defiance - James Newton Howard

Milk - Danny Elfman

Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman

WALL-E - Thomas Newman

Motion Picture:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

Original Song:

“Down to Earth” from WALL-E - Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (music), Peter Gabriel (lyrics)

Short Film, Animated:

Presto

Short Film, Live Action:

New Boy

Sound Editing:

The Dark Knight - Richard King

Iron Man - Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes

Slumdog Millionaire - Tom Sayers

WALL-E - Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood

Wanted - Wylie Stateman

Sound Mixing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten

The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick

Slumdog Millionaire – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

WALL-E – Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt

Wanted – Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Visual Effects:

Iron Man - John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, and Shame Mahan

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Slumdog Millionaire - Tom Sayers WALL-E - Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood Wanted - Wylie Stateman

Writing (Original Screenplay)

In Bruges - Martin MacDonagh