Oscar Winners - Zach's Picks

My pal Zach sent in his choices in our humble little Oscar competition - remember, you can send in your entries right up to the start of the Oscar broadcast.

I'm not planning to live-blog the Oscars, but I'll probably check in from time to time to see how it's going.

Here are Zach's picks:

1. Best motion picture of the year

- Milk or Frost/Nixon - This year being such a huge political affair and I feel one of these stands a chance.

2. Performance by an actor in a leading role

- Sean Penn - Huge undertaking and I heard he did great.

3. Performance by an actor in a supporting role

- Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight - A no-brainer.

4. Performance by an actress in a leading role

- Meryl Streep - She always delivers a great performance. Tough group to win.

5. Performance by an actress in a supporting role

- Penelope Cruz - Why not?

6. Best animated feature film of the year

- WALL-E - OF COURSE!!!!

7. Achievement in visual effects

- Benjamin Button

8. Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

- Wall-E - It's just all around good. I see this film winning maybe three awards.