My picks:

Best Picture - Babel

Best Actor - All 4 Hunky Actors in The Departed (Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg & Jack Nicholson, yes, Jack Nicholson)- [This won't happen as none of them were nominated in this category, but wow...]

Best Actress - Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada (Helen Mirren was great and I haven't seen the rest of the movies with the nominees in this category, but Meryl nailed this character) [side note: 3 of the 5 nominees in this category are over 50]

Best Original Screenplay - Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Adapted Screenplay - I only saw The Departed in this category and kept thinking that although this was a good flick, haven't I seen this before?...think L.A. Confidential-ish

Best Supporting Actor - Mark Wahlberg (again, he's the only one I saw in this category so I'll pull for him)

Best Supporting Actress - a tie - Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi for Babel

Best Director - Although I'd love to see Scorsese get it (FINALLY) The Departed was very much a "guy" movie (although I endured all the blood and guts because of the tremendous acting of all the actors in this movie...did I mention Martin Sheen's excellence? Even Alec Baldwin was perfect in this movie!). However, I'm pulling for Paul Greengrass for United 93. I mean, he took unknown actors and some real life characters and molded them into the most powerful movie of the year (for me).