Best Actor is shaping up as a career award for Jeff Bridges. The long-time actor has been nominated for five Oscars, but never won the gold. His role as a washed up country singer has earned rave reviews, and Kit Bowen predicts he’ll win over George Clooney and Colin Firth.

Paramount moved the release of Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” from October to February, taking it out of the ‘09 Oscar race. But some experts think it could still be a contender for next year’s Oscars. Will Academy voters remember it? Well, Kit Bowen says it’s a film that sticks with you for a long time.

The second in our “Road to the Oscars” series focuses on Best Animated Short. Four of the five nominees in this category are European including a “Wallace and Gromit” short, “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” and “The Lady and the Reaper.” Kit Bowen takes a closer look.

Today is the first post in our “Road to the Oscars” series, in which we look at every single award. Kit Bowen reports on the nominees for the always difficult to guess Best Live Action Short category, an award which could impact any Oscar pool. Bowen thinks “The Door” may have what it takes.