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Not everyone gets all that excited about the technical categories but if you'd like to read what I have to say about what deserves to be nominated or why I'm making the following predictions, check the MySpace blog. You can also hear me discussing predictions in all the categories with Jason O'Brien on tonight's Oscar, Oscar! broadcast on Blog Talk Radio. Or you can just read the list of predictions:

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
Defiance - Eduardo Serra
Revolutionary Road - Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle

BEST FILM EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon - Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill
Milk - Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens

BEST ART DIRECTION
Changeling - James J. Murakami and Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolto
The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley and Peter Lando
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea and Debra Schutt
Slumdog Millionaire - Mark Digby and Michelle Day

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Changeling - Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West
The Duchess - Michael O'Connor
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky
Slumdog Millionaire - Suttirat Larlarb

BEST MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Synecdoche, New York

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

BEST SOUND EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Iron Man
WALL-E

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man