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Penélope Cruz ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona") will win the Oscar for best performance by an actress in a supporting role. "She'll win because her hot-tempered hotcha mama in this bittersweet farce emphasizes certain signature strengths: being fiery, ferocious and a woman who loves not wisely but too well."

Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight") will win the Oscar for best performance by an actor in a supporting role. "The chance to turn the Best Supporting Actor Oscar into a tribute is one that many see as being too good to pass up."

Kate Winslet ("The Reader") will win the Oscar for best performance by an actress in a leading role. "It's her sixth nomination, and many feel that it's finally her year."

Sean Penn ("Milk") will win the Oscar for best performance by an actor in a leading role. "We'll also wager that a number of academy voters, rightfully incensed over the recent passing of Proposition 8, will feel that a vote for Penn is a statement against the anti-gay-marriage bill."

"Slumdog Millionaire" will win the Oscar for best motion picture of the year. "Slumdog Millionaire"

Viva La Vida (Coldplay) should win the 2009 Grammy for Record of the Year. "This is Coldplay’s to lose."

Raising Sand (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss) should win the 2009 Grammy for Album of the Year. "We don’t think that'll stop the Academy from blessing ‘em with a Grammy or two though. This is a likely win for the duo..."

Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”) will win the 2008 Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama. His portrayal of enigmatic Don Draper is so subtle and nuanced that you can't take your eyes off of him.

"Mad Men" will win the 2008 Emmy Award for Best Drama Series. "Mad Men" is the most mesmerizing, stylized study of longing and deception ever to appear on the small screen.

"30 Rock" will win the 2008 Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series. The other four noms are the same as last year's slate, which means "30 Rock" ought to take the trophy again.

Glenn Close (“Damages”) will win the 2008 Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Drama. Close's portrayal of amoral and ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes is spellbinding in her manipulative machinations.

Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”) will win the 2008 Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy. It's a tough balancing act not to tip over into parody, and yet he never does.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“New Adventures of Old Christine”) will win the 2008 Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. Louis-Dreyfus is the one who consistently makes us laugh with her skillful timing.

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