Deep Vote predicts the Oscars:Last year, he batted 1000 :: rogerebert.com :: Oscars

MADNESS, AS YOU KNOW, IS LIKE GRAVITY. ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE ... PUSH: Roger Ebert talked to his reliable inside-Oscar source, "Deep Vote," and he's ready to make his predictions. Best Supporting Actor, he claims, is assuredly Heath Ledger's, and as for the big prize?

Best Picture, 'Slumdog Millionaire,' 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Doubt,' 'Revolutionary Road,' 'The Reader.' Maybe 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.' Extremely strong possibility of 'The Dark Knight.' 'WALL-E' is good enough, but voters will cover it in the best animation category. 'Synecdoche, New York' is easily good enough, but they're embarrassed you had to explain it to them.

The big wild card? No one's seen Clint Eastwood's 'Gran Torino' yet.