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I won an Oscar pool! A certain J. S. at the Indiana University-Bloomington Office of the Registrar runs an annual Oscar pool, and this year, I won with 7 out 8 correct! Here were my picks:

Best Actor:

• George Clooney for “Michael Clayton”
• Daniel Day-Lewis for “There Will Be Blood”
• Johnny Depp for “Sweeney Todd”
• Tommy Lee Jones for “In The Valley of Elah”
• Viggo Mortensen for “Eastern Promises”

Best Supporting Actor:

• Casey Affleck for “The Assassination of Jesse James”
• Javier Bardem for “No Country for Old Men”
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman for “Charlie Wilson’s War”
• Hal Holbrook for “Into the Wild”
• Tom Wilkinson for “Michael Clayton”

Best Actress:

• Cate Blanchett for “Elizabeth: the Golden Age”
• Julie Christie for “Away from Her” (Wrong!)
• Marion Cotillard for “La Vie En Rose” (Winner)
• Laura Linney for “The Savages”
• Ellen Page for “Juno”

Best Supporting Actress:

• Cate Blanchett for “I’m Not There”
• Ruby Dee for “American Gangster”
• Saoirse Ronan for “Atonement”
• Amy Ryan for “Gone Baby Gone”
• Tilda Swinton for “Michael Clayton”

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• “Atonement” – Christopher Hampton
• “Away from Her” – Sarah Polley
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” – Ronald Harwood
• “No Country for Old Men” – Joel and Ethan Coen
• “There Will be Blood” – Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Original Screenplay:

• “Juno” – Diablo Cody
• “Lars and the Real Girl” -  Nancy Oliver
• “Michael Clayton” – Tony Gilroy
• “Ratatouille” – Brad Bird
• “The Savages” – Tamara Jenkins

Best Director:

• Julian Schnabel for “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
• Jason Reitman for “Juno”
• Tony Gilroy for “Michael Clayton”
• Joel and Ethan Coen for “No Country for Old Men”
• Paul Thomas Anderson for “There Will be Blood”

Best Picture:

• “Atonement”
• “Juno”
• “Michael Clayton”
• “No Country for Old Men”
• “There Will be Blood”