Who do you think is going to win "Best Supporting Actress" at the Academy Awards this year?

Who do you think is going to win "Best Supporting Actress" at the Academy Awards this year?
IMO, I think this is the one acting category where I think there could be some suprises. So who do you think will take home the prize:
ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
Cate Blanchett - I’M NOT THERE
Ruby Dee - AMERICAN GANGSTER
Saoirse Ronan - ATONEMENT
Amy Ryan - GONE BABY GONE
Tilda Swinton - MICHAEL CLAYTON

Blanchett won the Golden Globe, Dee won the SAG and Swinton won the BAFTA. I think the only one you can count out is Ronan.
Anyways, Who do you think will win (and you want to win?)?

I wouldn't count out anyone in this wacky category--that being said, my money is on RUBY DEE.

Yeah, Ruby Dee seems to be the sentimental favorite.

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So what? That didn't guarantee Gloria Stuart the Oscar.

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In general the award goes to a nominated veteran.

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lol

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I'm thinking if they give best actress to Christie, they won't give supporting to Dee. Too much age in the room. I'm going with the little girl from "Atonement", just as the nod to its one and only acting nomination.

Okay, you are crazy.

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"This may just be a personal thing, but for ME, dropping dead would be the greater disappointment."

The only ones I've seen are Cate Blanchett and Ssaoirse, neither for me was an oscar worthy performance, especially Blanchett's.

I hope Ruby Dee gets it, she has some body of work.

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It's really up for grabs, unfortunately, it seems like Ryan's moment has passed which is a shame because she has been doing consistently good work for a long time and did beautiful work in GONE BABY GONE.
I'm so over Blanchett after all the pretentious bad movies she did this year, but the Academy isn't, so I wouldn't count her out.
Ruby Dee may end up taking this one home, especially if Marion Cotillard surprises with a win--extremely unlikely but we'll see.
I thought Ronan was great and Oscars do love recognizing their little girls in this category.
Swinton could end up be the biggest surprise in a rather dull Oscar race (what with the three other acting categories set in stone already).
Oh, and Marissa Tomei may not have gone on to become a B.O star but she has done awesome work after her Oscar-winning role. She should have won the Oscar for her haunting performance in IN THE BEDROOM (for which she was nominated), and should have been nominated for last year's BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD.

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Updated On: 2/12/08 at 05:02 PM

Agreed.

"I'm thinking if they give best actress to Christie, they won't give supporting to Dee. Too much age in the room"

I never understand arguments like this. I really doubt most Academy voters think like that, saying, "Well, I already voted for an old person in that category, so I've got to average out the age with this category."

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