== Possible changes to list from 81st Academy Awards == 

 Top contenders right now for Best Picture for the 81st Academy Awards are as follows... 

 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Cate Blanchett (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) 
 Slumdog Millionaire- None 
 Milk- Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) 
 Frost/Nixon- Rance Howard (A Beautiful Mind) 
 The Dark Knight- Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby), William Fitchner (Crash) 
 Revolutionary Road- Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic, The Departed), Kate Winslet (Titanic), Kathy Bates (Titanic) 
 Gran Torino- Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby) 
 Defiance- None 
 Rachel Getting Married- Debra Winger (Terms of Endearment), Paul Lazar (The Silence of the Lambs), Roger Corman (The Godfather Part II, The Silence of the Lambs) 
 Changeling- Colm Feore (Chicago) 
 Doubt- Meryl Streep (The Deer Hunter, Kramer vs. Kramer, Out of Africa) 
 The Wrestler- None