Article: AND THE WINNER IS . . . 'Experts' offer their Oscar prognostications; The nominees SUPPORTING ACTOR Cuba Gooding Jr. for "Jerry McGuire" William H. Macy for "Fargo" Armin Mueller-Stahl for "Shine" Edward Norton for "Primal Fear" James Woods for "Ghosts of Mississippi" SUPPORTING ACTRESS Joan Allen for "The Crucible" Lauren Bacall for "The Mirror Has Two Faces" Juliette Binoche for "The English Patient" Barbara Hershey for "Portrait of a Lady" Marianne Jean-Baptiste for "Secrets & Lies" ACTOR Tom Cruise for "Jerry McGuire" Ralph Fiennes for "The English Patient" Woody Harrelson for "The People vs. Larry Flynt" Geoffrey Rush for "Shine" Billy Bob Thornton for "Sling Blade" ACTRESS Brenda Blethyn for "Secrets & Lies" Diane Keaton for "Marvin's Room" Frances McDormand for "Fargo" Kristin Scott-Thomas for "The English Patient" Emily Watson for "Breaking the Waves" DIRECTOR Joel Coen for "Fargo" Milos Forman for "Larry Flynt" Scott Hicks for "Shine" Mike Leigh for "Secrets & Lies" Anthony Minghella for "The English Patient" PICTURE "Fargo" "The English Patient" "Jerry McGuire" "Secrets & Lies" "Shine"

If you're anything like me, you'll be watching ABC's Academy Awards telecast at 8 tonight on WISN-TV (Channel 12) with a bag of microwave popcorn, a wine cooler and a Beanie Baby in the likeness of Demi Moore perched on your lap.

Since I went out on a limb Sunday with my Oscar predictions, and since misery loves company, I thought I'd ask other folks to weigh in with their predictions. So, with just hours to go before the ceremony, what follows are the thoughts of some folks you might know talking about some movies you probably haven't seen.

Ed Bisaillon, director of the Humphrey IMAX Dome in the Milwaukee Public Museum. Bisaillon has seen both of the IMAX films that are nominated for ...

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