79th Annual
Academy Awards
Carolyn McFaul's Picks

There are not many movies Carolyn has missed and she's never one to balk at giving her opinion. So here's her picks for the Academy Awards. Then tune in on February 25th and see how she does.

Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson

Peter O'Toole - Venus

Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness

Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland

Carolyn's Pick: Will Smith. "He is so talented and so versatile."

Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine

Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children

Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond

Eddie Murphy - Dream Girls

Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

Carolyn's Pick: Eddie Murphy. "I knew he was talented but I never knew he could do all of the things he did in this movie."

Penelope Cruz - Volver

Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal

Helen Mirrin - The Queen

Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada

Kate Winslett - Little Children

Carolyn's Pick: Judi Dench. "She did a wonderful job. I think Meryl Streep was very good too, but I don't think it's worth an Oscar."

Adrianna Barraza- Babel

Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal

Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls

Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Carolyn's Pick: Jennifer Hudson. "Boy can she belt it out."

Babel

The Departed

Letters from Iwo Jima

Little Miss Sunshine

The Queen

Carolyn's Pick: Little Miss Sunshine. "It really made me laugh. Everyone did such a great job in their performance. I could have done without the grandfather's bad language, but I guess that was part of it. It was very, very good."

Happy Feet

Monster House

Carolyn's Pick: Cars. "I thought it was very well done and I just plain liked it."