Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Well it looks as though my little brush with fame didn't generate much interest around here. I did post on another forum & received many illuminating responses. At least I tried....

I had the pleasure of meeting Christian Hoff (JERSEY BOYS, 2006 Tony winner, Best Featured Actor MUSICAL) a few weekends ago after seeing him in THE MIDTOWN MEN featuring the original JERSEY BOYS (minus John Lloyd Young). Christian Hoff is such a kind & generous person. And his singing & dan...

I just logged on & found out. I cannot believe it! Thanks....

Jeff from Lexington, KY

(It looks as though tie breakers are supposed to be included. I forgot.)

1. The Artist
2. Elizabeth Taylor
3. Billy Crystal.

Picture: The Artist Director: Michel Hazanavicius Actor: Jean Dujardin Actress: Viola Davis Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants Foreign Language Film: A Separation (Iran) Animated Feature...

For the other categories, here's what ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY projects.... Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris (special mention: The Artist) Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants (special mention: Hugo) Foreign Language Film: A Separation (Iran) (special mention: Poland's In Darkness) Animated Feature...

No doubt, the most contentious race. Initially, I sensed that two-time Tony Award-winning Viola Davis has the sort of legitimate pedigree the Academy would choose to honor. And she was certainly the runner-up to Penelope Cruz (Davis' DOUBT nomination). Yet I now sense Meryl Streep's momentum, especi...

Some of you know that Entertainment Weekly's actual category-by-category Oscar odds don't appear in its Special OSCAR edition. Rather the categories are handicapped in an article that appears in a regular edition shortly before the ceremony. Does anyone know the date this edition will hit newsstands...

Regarding surprises..."like the good old times"...well, it seems like just yesterday that Geena Davis was an upset winner for The Accidental Tourist (most pundits forecast Sigourney Weaver). Yet surprises have occurred fairly recently...Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock) was a surprise over Kate ...

Continuing in my own little thread, I'd like to mention that Louisville, Kentucky's own Jennifer Lawrence will be co-announcing the nominations this year. That's quite a trajectory, if you ask me, to go from here (I'm from Lexington, Kentucky) to the national arena at such a young age. Only six year...

Does anyone out there know about a nominations prediction contest? I used do participate in one online yet it is now defunct. Just wondering & thanks in advance to any leads on such contests.

Hello, I was a regular in the previous forum from, say, 2000 or so through around 2005 or 2006. Around five years ago, I sort of stopped frequenting the UAADB...the usual Oscar party I attended sort of disbanded & the Oscar pool ceased a few years after. Over at the old place, I was "Jeffre...