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Well its a forgone conclusion for Heath..... The Dark Knight on the other hand..... one of the so called front runners is going to be snubbed.... always happens.... they'd be fools to snub The Dark Knight. That blockbuster film getting major nominations is just the thing to give them their sought after ratings boost.

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The Dark Knight was never a sure front runner though, nor has the Academy ever really given much thought about a ratings boost when selecting films. The BAFTA snub, along with the main critics groups not taking well to The Dark Knight meant its likelihood of a nomination was on very shaky ground. Those nominations from the Directors Guild, Writers Guild, and Producers Guild helped it a bit, but I'm not so sure that's enough at this point to guarantee The Dark Knight a nomination.

The voting body of that makes up the BAFTA's has a significant presence at the Academy of Motion Picture & Sciences, and since The Dark Knight wasn't nomianted there for Best Picture or Best Director, its chances at the Academy Awards seem as shaky as ever.

It could still sneak in there, but it's not a sure thing, and unless it scores the most nominations to have a psychological edge with the Academy, it doesn't have a chance at actually winning Best Picture.

Right now, Slumdog Millionaire is the obvious likely winner of Best Picture. It faired VERY WELL with the critics awards, it received nominations from all the main Guild's, it won the most Golden Globes, wound up with some impressive nominations at the SAG's, and it has the most BAFTA nominations.

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The GG's are a popularity contest, but they help build momentum.

Chances are, if you haven't fared well with the critics awards and BAFTA's, you're not winning or getting nominated for Best Picture. Surprises do happen though. See the year Crash won Best Picture, when Broakback Mountain swept the critics awards and won the BAFTA for Best Picture.

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The Oscar pundits at Gold Derby are predicting that The Dark Knight will grab the 5th slot in the Best Picture Race, along with "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," and "Slumdog Millionaire."

Here are their predictions and their odds on the top Oscar races, of course only Thursday will be telling if any of these films and actors get nominated and how many of them do. They're usually very good with their predictions though.

http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldde...52-ne.html#more

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