Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

How awful.

ETA: CNN and MSNBC are both reporting it on their websites.



Edited By dws1982 on 1201038592

Dennis Bee has said that his nomination-day predictions have often been better than his final predictions. This is true for me too--last year, I saw the Alan Arkin upset coming on nomination morning, and then backed off in my final predictions--but I'm not sure if it'll be the case this year. It se...

Maybe Fred Thompson can get back into that contract with ABC radio to host the morning and noon news show when Paul Harvey kicks it. He made a pretty good radio host.



Edited By dws1982 on 1201032491

Voted for Hirsch; I think that he and McAvoy (Brolin, too) both would've been infinitely more deserving than Depp or Mortensen.



Edited By dws1982 on 1201030134

Into the Wild didn't even get in for Song. They just handed most of the category over to Enchanted, just like they used to in the Disney-animation heyday.

In the makeup category, we ahve Oscar-nominee Norbit.



Edited By dws1982 on 1201010168

I think it's been pointed out elsewhere, but this ruling against There Will Be Blood is especially ridiculous when you consider that last year's winner in this category, Babel , drew heavily from previously-recorded material, and the most famous (and only decent, in my opinion) piece of music in th...

BEST PICTURE The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (5 overall) Into the Wild (10 overall) Michael Clayton (6 overall) No Country for Old Men (7 overall) There Will Be Blood (7 overall) BEST DIRECTOR Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Sean Penn, Into the Wild Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton...

They certainly seem to be trying to bring on the pretty. But most of the pretty boys are actually good actors, too, so that's good.



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