The 79th Annual Academy Awards is meant to honor the best in cinematic achievements in the films of 2006. Each year, stars get wined and dined as they celebrate their nominations and triumphs. This year, Technician has decided it is time to honor students who have a psychic skill or are just plain good at guessing. Just cut out the page, circle who you think is going to win and send it in to us. The three students whose guesses are the closest will win a gift certificate to a local eatery. Results should be mailed, dropped off at the Technician office or e-mailed into Features@Technicianonline.com by midnight on Friday, Feb. 23rd. The three winners will be announced Monday, Feb. 26th in the Features section.

Best Picture

BabelThe Departed Letters From Iwo JimaLittle Miss SunshineThe Queen

Animated Feature

CarsHappy FeetMonster House

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood DiamondRyan Gosling for Half NelsonPeter O’Toole for VenusWill Smith for The Pursuit of HappynessForest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress

Penélope Cruz for VolverJudi Dench for Notes on a ScandalHelen Mirren for The QueenMeryl Streep for The Devil Wears PradaKate Winslet for Little Children

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin for Little Miss SunshineJackie Earle Haley for Little ChildrenDjimon Hounsou for Blood DiamondEddie Murphy for DreamgirlsMark Wahlberg for The Departed

Best Supporting Actress

Adriana Barraza for BabelCate Blanchett for Notes on a ScandalAbigail Breslin for Little Miss SunshineJennifer Hudson for DreamgirlsRinko Kikuchi for Babel

Best Foreign Language Film

After the Wedding – Denmark (Susanne Bier)Days of Glory (Indigènes) – Algeria (Rachid Bouchareb)The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) – Germany (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)Pan’s Labyrinth – Mexico (Guillermo Del Toro)Water – Canada (Deepa Mehta)

Best Original Screenplay

BabelLetters from Iwo JimaLittle Miss SunshinePan’s LabyrinthThe Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanChildren of MenThe DepartedLittle ChildrenNotes on a Scandal

Best Cinematography

The Black DahliaChildren of MenThe IllusionistPan’s LabyrinthThe Prestige

Best Documentary Features

Deliver Us From EvilAn Inconvenient TruthIraq in FragmentsJesus CampMy Country, My Country

Best Directing

Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo JimaStephen Frears for The QueenAlejandro González Inarritu for BabelPaul Greengrass for United 93Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Makeup

ApocalyptoClickPan’s Labyrinth

Best Visual Effects

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s ChestPoseidonSuperman Returns

Best Original Score

BabelThe Good GermanNotes on a ScandalPan’s LabyrinthThe Queen