What I think the nominees should be:
BEST PICTURE:
The Departed
Akeelah and the Bee
Children of Men
The Fountain
Blood Diamond
BEST ACTOR:
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Hugh Jackman - The Fountain
Forrest Whitaker - Last King of Scotland
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking
Clive Owen - Children of Men
BEST ACTRESS:
Ellen Paige - Hard Candy
Gretchen Mol - The Notorious Bettie Page
Hellen Mirren - The Queen
Keke Palmer - Akeelah and the Bee
Deborah Francois - L'Enfant
BEST DIRECTOR:
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Alfonso Cuarón - Children of Men
Darren Aronofsky - The Fountain
Edward Zwick - Blood Diamond
Neil Marshall - The Descent
BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL):
Darren Aronofsky - The Fountain
Doug Atchison - Akeelah and the Bee
Brian Nelson - Hard Candy
Charles Leavitt - Blood Diamond
Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED):
William Monahan - The Departed
Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, & Hawk Ostby - Children of Men
Jason Reitman - Thank You Fork Smoking
Iris Yamashita - Letters from Iwo Jima
Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger, & Tom Tykwer - Perfume: Story of a Murderer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Mark Whalburg - The Departed
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Children of Men
Lawrence Fishburne - Akeelah and the Bee
Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine
Brad Pitt - Babel
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jennifer Connelly - Blood Diamond
Rachel Weiz - The Fountain
Thandie Newton - Pursuit of Happyness
Natalie Mendoza - The Descent
Maria Bello - Thank You For Smoking