OK, after months of Oscar prognosticating for Movie City News, we're finally at the end of the road.

I don't know that I'll be in an Oscar pool this year, so I just put together my own list of final predictions, along with the name of the film/person I'd actually vote for if I had the chance (in all but a couple of categories where I haven't seen enough of the films).

UPDATE: On Sunday afternoon, I made 2 last minute prediction changes (these are final as of 12:17 p.m. PT).

Performance by an actor in a leading role:
PREDICTION: Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland"
I'D VOTE FOR: Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
PREDICTION: Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine"
I'D VOTE FOR: Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children"

Performance by an actress in a leading role:
PREDICTION: Helen Mirren in "The Queen"
I'D VOTE FOR: Penelope Cruz in "Volver"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
PREDICTION: Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls"
I'D VOTE FOR: Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls"

Best animated feature film of the year:
PREDICTION: "Happy Feet", George Miller
I'D VOTE FOR: "Monster House", Gil Kenan

Achievement in art direction:
PREDICTION: "Dreamgirls", Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
I'D VOTE FOR: "Pan's Labyrinth", Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero, Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta

Achievement in cinematography:
PREDICTION: "Children of Men", Emmanuel Lubezki
I'D VOTE FOR: "Pan's Labyrinth", Guillermo Navarro

Achievement in costume design:
PREDICTION: "Dreamgirls", Sharen Davis
I'D VOTE FOR: "Dreamgirls", Sharen Davis

Achievement in directing:
PREDICTION: "The Departed", Martin Scorsese
I'D VOTE FOR: "Babel", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Best documentary feature:
PREDICTION: "An Inconvenient Truth", Davis Guggenheim
I'D VOTE FOR: "Iraq in Fragments", James Longley

Best documentary short subject:
PREDICTION: "The Blood of Yingzhou District", Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Achievement in film editing:
PREDICTION: "The Departed", Thelma Schoonmaker
I'D VOTE FOR: "Babel", Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise

Best foreign language film of the year:
PREDICTION: "The Lives of Others" (Germany)
I'D VOTE FOR: "Pan's Labyrinth" (Mexico)

Achievement in makeup:
PREDICTION: "Pan's Labyrinth", David Marti and Montse Ribe
I'D VOTE FOR: "Pan's Labyrinth", David Marti and Montse Ribe

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):
PREDICTION: "Babel", Gustavo Santaolalla
I'D VOTE FOR: "Babel", Gustavo Santaolalla

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):
PREDICTION: "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth"
I'D VOTE FOR: "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth"

Best motion picture of the year:
PREDICTION: "Babel", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
I'D VOTE FOR: "Babel", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers

Best animated short film:
PREDICTION: "Lifted", Gary Rydstrom

Best live action short film:
PREDICTION: "West Bank Story", Ari Sandel

Achievement in sound editing:
PREDICTION: "Letters from Iwo Jima", Alan Robert Murray
I'D VOTE FOR: "Letters from Iwo Jima", Alan Robert Murray

Achievement in sound mixing:
PREDICTION: "Dreamgirls", Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
I'D VOTE FOR: "Dreamgirls", Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton

Achievement in visual effects:
PREDICTION: "Superman Returns", Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
I'D VOTE FOR: "Superman Returns", Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

Adapted screenplay:
PREDICTION: "The Departed", screenplay by William Monahan
I'D VOTE FOR: "Little Children", screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta

Original screenplay:
PREDICTION: "Little Miss Sunshine", written by Michael Arndt
I'D VOTE FOR: "Babel", written by Guillermo Arriaga