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BEST ON-SCREEN DUO
Bruce Willis/Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) - Adam Sandler/The Sprouse Twins (Big Daddy) - Keanu Reeves/Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) - Mike Myers/Verne J. Troyer (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) - Tom Hanks/Tim Allen (Toy Story 2)
Voters won't want to reward the Sprouse twins, wary of creating a new Olsen franchise, while the Willis/Osment and Reeves/ Fishburne team-ups lack the sense of humor displayed by past winners like Rush Hour's Chan and Tucker and The Rock's Cage and Connery. Hanks and Allen had the requisite repartee, but few will want to spend 65 cents to phone in a G-rated vote. This year it's Mini-Me's world; we just live three feet above it.

BEST VILLAIN
Mike Myers (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) - Sarah Michelle Gellar (Cruel Intentions) - Matt Damon (The Talented Mr. Ripley) - Christopher Walken (Sleepy Hollow) - Ray Park (Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace)
Walken and Park had the choppers, but not the chops, to be hall-of-fame badasses, and since past evil champs (such as Seven's Kevin Spacey and Speed's Dennis Hopper) have been all mean, all the time, the empathetic Damon is out. Gellar's haughty manipulator would have fit perfectly in a Real World house, but she'll be evicted from this category for a repeat by 1998's winner, Myers, who with his addictive catchphrases may win by one meeeellion votes.

BREAKTHROUGH MALE PERFORMANCE
Jason Biggs (American Pie) - Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) - Jamie Foxx (Any Given Sunday) - Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile) - Wes Bentley (American Beauty)
Sure, voting for Biggs provides the opportunity for a Butt-head-like ''Heh-heh...he 'broke through' that pie'' joke, but the ultimate victor is historically made of sexier stuff. (Alumni are Clooney and McConaughey.) This eliminates the not-yet-buff Osment and the too-weepy Duncan. It comes down to Bentley, who has the makings of an MTV idol, and Foxx, with his already-established young fan base. Given the grosses of their respective movies (Beauty, $129.7 million, versus Sunday's $75.5 million), the popcorn should go to Bentley.

BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Julia Stiles (10 Things I Hate About You) - Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) - Selma Blair (Cruel Intentions) - Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie) - Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry)
The ebulliently naked Elizabeth may tie up the pubescent vote from those males still madly frame-advancing their racier PieDVDs, but it won't be enough to challenge the final battle between flash (Moss) and class (Swank). While many more voters saw Matrix than Boys, too many people link Matrix solely with Reeves. Swank's fabled teen-star redemption (made official by her Oscar) may earn more allegiance from those aspiring adults who look forward to the days when they too can leave their 90210-ish days behind.