Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted three out of the five films nominated for Screen Actor’s Guild awards: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, and Slumdog Millionaire. The two surprise nominations were The Dark Knight and Revolutionary Road. In a bit of an upset, Milk was left out of the best ensemble nominations.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button picked up two more acting nominations for best actor (Brad Pitt) and best supporting actress (Taraji P. Henson). Kate Winslet was nominated for both best actress (Revolutionary Road) and best supporting actress (The Reader).

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor

Best Picture Drama
Winner: Atonement
Prediction: Atonement

Best Picture Musical/Comedy
Winner: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Prediction: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Actress Drama
Winner: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Prediction: Julie Christie, Away From Her

Best Actor Drama
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood
Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood

Best Actress Musical/Comedy
Winner: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Prediction: Ellen Page, Juno

Best Actor Musical/Comedy
Winner: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Prediction: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd…
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“Little Miss Sunshine” continued to gain Oscar momentum at last night’s Screen Actor’s Guild Awards when it picked up the award for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture. Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted four out of five awards. Eddie Murphy took home the Best Supporting Actor statue instead of our pick, Leonardo DiCaprio.

Here is the list of winners:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker / THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren / THE QUEEN

Outstanding Performance

“Bobby” and “Little Children” garnered their first recognition of the Oscar season at this morning’s Golden Globe nominations. As we predicted, neither of the 9-11 films – “United 93” and “World Trade Center”— were able to snag a nomination. In addition, although Clint Eastwood’s “Flags of Our Fathers” did not earn a best picture nomination, the director is nominated twice in the best director category for both “Flags” and “Letters from Iwo Jima.”

Below is an incomplete nomination list. The full list will be made available later today.

Best Picture – Drama
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children…
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The Broadcast Film Critics Association nominations are in and “United 93″ is continuing its rise to Oscar contention. “United 93″ has now been recognized by both the Broadcast Film Critics and the New York Critics Circle.

Oscar Frenzy correctly picked eight out of the ten nominees for best picture. We did not anticipate “Blood Diamond” or “Notes on a Scandal” to take home prizes. Until one of these films wins additional recognition, they will remain off of our Oscar radar.

Best Picture
Babel
Blood Diamond
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes…
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“United 93″ pulled an upset by winning best picture over “The Departed” and “Letters from Iwo Jima” at the the New York Critic’s Circle Awards today. If “United 93″ can win outside of New York, it might be time to start penciling it in once again for Oscar contention.

On the acting front, with wins in Los Angeles and New York, Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker are looking more and more like locks for Oscar nominations. Below is a full listing of the New York Critic’s Circle Awards.

Best Picture: “United 93″
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, “The…
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As we predicted, “Letters from Iwo Jima” took the top prize at the LA Film Critics Association awards this afternoon. “Letters” is looking more and more like a lock for an Oscar nomination. Below is a full listing of the LAFCA awards courtesy of Variety The Singing Detective trailer .

Picture: “Letters From Iwo Jima”
Runner-up: “The Queen”

Director: Paul Greengrass, “United 93″
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima”

Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat” and Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland” (tie) (no runner-up)

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The American Film Institute announced its top ten films of the year today, and, in a surprise, “Borat” made the cut while “The Departed” did not. Like the National Board of Review, the American Film Institute also recognized “Letters from Iwo Jima.” Although “Letters” does not open until December 20, it is generating increasing attention from Oscar prognosticators.

The top ten recognized films, in alphabetical order, are:

“Babel”
“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
“The Devil Wears Prada”
“Dreamgirls”
“Half Nelson”
“Happy Feet”
“Inside Man”
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
“Little Miss Sunshine”…
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The National Board of Review announced their top ten films earlier today and in a bit of a surprise, Clint Eastwood’s yet to be released WWII drama, “Letters from Iwo Jima” snagged the top prize. The film, a companion piece to October’s “Flags of Our Fathers,” tells the story of the battle of Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective.

The top ten recognized films, in alphabetical order, are:

“Babel”
“Blood Diamond”
“The Departed”
“The Devil Wears Prada”
“Flags Of Our Fathers”
“The History Boys”
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“Notes on a Scandal”
“The Painted Veil”…
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