How The Formula Predicts
The 2006 Oscar Nominees


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Prediction Rate 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96

FIRST PLACE PER CATEGORY


Picture
The Departed
48.09 pts


Director
Martin Scorsese
46.04 pts


Actor
Forest Whitaker
31.43 pts


Actress
Helen Mirren
33.04 pts


Supp. Actor
Eddie Murphy
16.66 pts


Supp. Actress
Jennifer Hudson
25.21 pts


Orig. Screenplay
The Queen
28.90 pts


Adaptation
The Departed
28.26 pts


2006 Film Awards

Best Picture
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

6th and 7th Place: United 93, Letters from Iwo Jima

Places 8 to 10: The Devil Wears Prada, The Last King of Scotland, Pan’s Labyrinth


Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Paul Greengrass, United 93
6th and 7th Place: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls ; Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima

Places 8 to 10: Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth ; Kevin MacDonald, The Last King of Scotland, Pedro Almodovar, Volver


Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
6th and 7th Place: Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond* ; Sasha Baron Cohen, Borat!

Places 8 to 10: Gregg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine ; Aaron Eckhart, Thank You For Smoking ; Will Ferrell, Stranger Than Fiction

* DiCaprio's Blood Diamond performance ended on 5th place in a tie with Will Smith, but it was disqualified from the top 5 since DiCaprio's The Deaparted perfomance ranked higher. At the Oscars an actor can only receive one nomination per category.


Best Actress
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children
6th and 7th Place: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby ; Beyoncé Knowles, Dreamgirls

Places 8 to 10: Annette Bening, Running With Scissors ; Laura Dern, Inland Empire ; Renée Zellweger, Miss Potter


Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
6th and 7th Place: Mark Whalberg, The Departed ; Brad Pitt, Babel

Places 8 to 10: Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland ; Michael Sheen, The Queen ; Sergi Lopez, Pan's Labyrinth


Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchet, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
6th and 7th Place: Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada ; Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine

Places 8 and 9: Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration ; Luminita Gheorghiu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu ; Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson


Best Original Screenplay
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Queen
United 93
6th and 7th Place: Pan's Labyrinth ; Stranger than Fiction

Places 8 to 10: Volver ; The Lives of Others ; The Dead Girl


Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat!
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
Thank You For Smoking
6th and 7th Place: The Devil Wears Prada ; Dreamgirls

Places 8 to 10: The Painted Veil ; A Prairie Home Companion ; Children of Men


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