Alright, no second guessing on Sunday morning for this guy. I'm going to go ahead with my final guesses now and leave it to the Oscar Gods to play things out as they may. Then again, I say that now, but more than a few categories are giving me pause (Best Actress, best Art Direction, Best Costume Design). So one never knows. I could wake up in a cold sweat and make a change Saturday evening.

Here's what I'm going with, plus alternates (Gerard will check in later today with his final pre-Oscar "Tech Support" column):

Best Picture: "No Country for Old Men" (alt. "Michael Clayton")
Best Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "No Country for Old Men" (alt. Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly")
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood" (alt. George Clooney, "Michael Clayton")
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose" (alt. Julie Christie, "Away from Her")
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men" (alt. Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild")
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton" (alt. Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone")
Best Adapted Screenplay: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (alt. "No Country for Old Men")
Best Original Screenplay: "Juno" (alt. "Michael Clayton")

Best Art Direction: "There Will Be Blood" (alt. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street")
Best Cinematography: "There Will Be Blood" (alt. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly")
Best Costume Design: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (alt. "Atonement")
Best Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum" (alt. "No Country for Old Men")
Best Makeup: "La Vie en Rose" (alt. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End")
Best Music - Original Score: "Atonement" (alt. "Ratatouille")
Best Music - Original Song: "Once" (alt. "August Rush")
Best Sound Editing: "Transformers" (alt. "No Country for Old Men")
Best Sound Mixing: "Transformers" (alt. "No Country for Old Men")
Best Visual Effects: "Transformers" (alt. "The Golden Compass")

Best Animated Feature Film: "Ratatouille" (alt. "Persepolis")
Best Documentary Feature: "Taxi to the Dark Side" (alt. "No End in Sight")
Best Documentary - Short Subject: "Freeheld" (alt. "Sari's Mother")
Best Short Film - Animated: "Peter & the Wolf" (alt. "I Met the Walrus")
Best Short Film - Live Action: "The Tonto Woman" (alt. "At Night")