BEST PICTURE

Projected Nominees
[1] Munich
[2] Brokeback Mountain
[3] Good Night, and Good Luck
[4] Walk the Line
[5] Cinderella Man

In Contention
[6] Match Point, [7] Mrs. Henderson Presents, [8] Crash, [9] The Producers, [10] The Constant Gardener, [11] King Kong
Dark Horses
[12] The Squid and the Whale, [13] Capote, [14] Memoirs of a Geisha, [15] The Family Stone
Not Forgotten
[16] The New World, [17] Syriana, [18] The White Countess, [19] Pride and Prejudice, [20] The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, [21] Hustle and Flow

BEST DIRECTOR

Projected Nominees
[1] Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
[2] Steven Spielberg (Munich)
[3] George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck)
[4] Woody Allen (Match Point)
[5] Peter Jackson (King Kong)
In Contention
[6] James Mangold (Walk the Line), [7] Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener), [8] David Cronenberg (A History of Violence), [9] Ron Howard (Cinderella Man), [10] Rob Marshall (Memoirs of a Geisha), [11] Paul Haggis (Crash), [12] Stephen Frears (Mrs. Henderson Presents)

Dark Horses
[13] Bennett Miller (Capote), [14] Stephen Gaghan (Syriana), [15] Terence Malick (The New World)

Not Forgotten

[16] Susan Stroman (The Producers), [17] James Ivory (The White Countess), [18] Tommy Lee Jones (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)

BEST ACTRESS
Projected Nominees
[1] Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
[2] Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
[3] Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
[4] Ziyi Zhang (Memoirs of a Geisha)
[5] Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice)
In Contention
[6] Sarah Jessica Parker (The Family Stone), [7] Charlize Theron (North Country), [8] Naomi Watts (King Kong)
Dark Horses
[9] Natasha Richardson (The White Countess), [10] Q’Orianka Kilcher (The New World), [11] Joan Allen (Upside of Anger), [12] Gwyneth Paltrow (Proof)
Not Forgotten
[13] Claire Danes (Shopgirl), [14] Vera Farmiga (Down to the Bone)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Projected Nominees
[1] Scarlett Johansson (Match Point)
[2] Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
[3] Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
[4] Gong Li (Memoirs of a Geisha)
[5] Maria Bello (A History of Violence)
In Contention
[6] Laura Linney (The Squid and the Whale), [7] Diane Keaton (The Family Stone), [8] Uma Thurman (The Producers), [9] Catherine Keener (Capote), [10] Shirley MacLaine (In Her Shoes), [11] Frances McDormand (North Country)
Dark Horses
[12] Amy Adams (Junebug), [13] Vanessa Redgrave (The White Countess), [14] Emily Mortimer (Match Point), [15] Anne Hathaway (Brokeback Mountain)
Not Forgotten
[16] Rosario Dawson (Rent), [17] Rachel McAdams (The Family Stone), [18] Michelle Yeoh (Memoirs of a Geisha), [19] Thandie Newton (Crash), [20] Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice)