How Entertainment Weekly Predicted
The 2006 Oscar Nominees

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Best Picture
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
For Your Consideration: Children of Men


Best Director
Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu, Babel
Martin Scorsese, The Departedk
Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
For Your Consideration: Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth


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
For Your Consideration: Matt Damon, The Good Shepherd


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
For Your Consideration: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby


Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
For Your Consideration: Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada


Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchet, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
For Your Consideration: Frances McDormand, Friends With Money


Best Original Screenplay
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
For Your Consideration: Volver


Best Adapted Screenplay
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
Thank You For Smoking
For Your Consideration: Borat!


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