Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Democrats Win Gov. Races in N.J., Va. By ROBERT TANNER, AP National Writer Democrats swept both governors' races Tuesday, with Sen. Jon Corzine easily winning New Jersey and Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine taking Virginia despite a last-minute campaign push for his opponent from President Bush. Elsewhere, Texas...

BEST PICTURE *The Aviator Fahrenheit 9/11 Hotel Rwanda Kinsey Million Dollar Baby BEST DIRECTOR Bill Condon, Kinsey Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11 *Martin Scorsese, The Aviator BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges, The Door...

Shields Rips Cruise's 'Ridiculous Rant' NEW YORK - Brooke Shields took aim at Tom Cruise's "Today" show diatribe against antidepressants, saying the drugs helped her survive feelings of hopelessness after the birth of her first child. In an op-ed piece published Friday in The New York Tim...

BEST PICTURE Anatomy of a Murder *Ben-Hur North By Northwest Some Like It Hot Suddenly, Last Summer BEST DIRECTOR Alfred Hitchc o ck, North By Northwest Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Suddenly, Last Summer Otto Preminger, Anatomy of a Murder Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot *William Wyler, Ben-Hur BEST ACTOR ...

BEST PICTURE Dances With Wolves The Godfather: Part III *GoodFellas The Grifters Reversal of Fortune BEST DIRECTOR Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather: Part III Kevin Costner, Dances With Wolves Stephen Frears, The Grifters Barbet Schroeder, Reversal of Fortune *Martin Scorsese, GoodFellas BEST ACT...

Sonic Youth wrote:Donna Summer's MacArthur Park, one of the worst songs ever.

Grouchy and ill-tempered. Totally luckless. The poor bastard. Bumbling. Uptight. The victim. Jack Lemmon had a fierce talent for playing characters who were all of the above, but still somehow considerably likable (and sometimes even downright lovable). An oddity, maybe, but then again, the actor w...

BEST PICTURE American Splendor The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Lost In Translation Mystic River *The Saddest Music In The World (going by foreign release) BEST DIRECTOR Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, American Splendor Sofia Coppola, Lost In Translation Clint Eastwood, Mysti...

I cannot choose....although I was this close to picking "Autumn Sonata." Very pleased to see "Cactus Flower" on the list. Don't mind Hawn's supporting actress win, but Bergman damn near picks the film up and runs away with it whenever she's on the screen (the scene where she's d...

Had to be the one I was rooting for... Mario Vazquez Drops Out of 'American Idol' LOS ANGELES - "American Idol" finalist Mario Vazquez, citing "personal issues," withdrew from the talent competition Sunday, and producers of the Fox show called in the son of a baseball Hall of Fa...