David Thomson's 2009 Oscar Hopes And Predictions

Best supporting actorThese are the actors who will be nominated by the members of the Academy:• Josh Brolin in Milk (as Dan White, (SPOILER ALERT) the eventual assassin – but mindful of his W)• Ralph Fiennes in The Reader (as the boy grown older and sadder)• Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt (as the parish priest who may have …)• Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (as the Joker)• Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road (as the disturbed neighbour) These are the actors who should be nominated:• James Franco in Milk (as Milk's lover Scott Smith)• David Kross in The Reader (as the teenage boy)• Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight• Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road• Anil Kapoor in Slumdog Millionaire (as the quizshow host) The award will go to Heath Ledger for a terrific performance and because of the irresistible force of a sentimental occasion.