NBR predictions

Here are my predictions for the NBR announcement Thursday:

Best Picture: Milk
alt: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Director: David Fincher (Benjamin Button)
alt: Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road)

Actor: Sean Penn (Milk)
alt: Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road)

Actress: Meryl Streep (Doubt)
alt: Kate Winslet (Rev Road and/or Reader)

Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (Dark Knight)
alt: Michael Shannon (Rev Road)

Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
alt: Viola Davis (Doubt)

Original Screenplay: Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Married)
alt: Dustin Lance Black (Milk)

Adapted Screenplay: John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
alt: Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

Breakthrough Actor: Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)
alt: Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)

Breakthrough Actress: Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
alt: Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married)

Animated Feature: WALL•E

Special Achievement: Clint Eastwood (Changeling and/or Gran Torino)
alt: John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)

TOP TEN
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Rachel Getting Married
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
The Visitor
The Wrestler