The Buzz Log What’s hot on Yahoo! Buzz™ (and why)...

Let the hype begin! With the Academy Awards a month away, we ranked this morning's nominees in the five major categories according to Search. We'll keep tabs on these races through the prism of Buzz as the big day draws nearer.

If your searches were Oscar votes, here's the early line on who'd walk away with the coveted statuettes...

1. Babel
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. The Departed
4. The Queen
5. Letters From Iwo Jima

1. Leonardo DiCaprio
2. Will Smith
3. Forest Whitaker
4. Ryan Gosling
5. Peter O'Toole

1. Penelope Cruz
2. Kate Winslet
3. Helen Mirren
4. Meryl Streep
5. Judi Dench

1. Eddie Murphy
2. Mark Wahlberg
3. Alan Arkin
4. Djimon Hounsou
5. Jackie Earle Haley

1. Jennifer Hudson
2. Cate Blanchett
3. Rinko Kikuchi
4. Abigail Breslin
5. Adriana Barraza