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Thursday, January 22

Oscar Nuñez as Oscar Martinez

every year we instantly pick the Academy Award winners
and every day we pick our nose...

Best Picture
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Milk
  • The Reader
  • Slumdog Millionaire
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire, cause who's gonna bet against a Fox Searchlight film that's actually hamazin and not juss quirky?

Actor
  • Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
  • Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
  • Sean Penn, Milk
  • Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
WINNER: no love for Clint in Torino? esp over Pitt in Curious Snoozefest? don't matter as beat down Mickey Rourke is the one to beat

Actress
  • Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
  • Angelina Jolie, Changeling
  • Melissa Leo, Frozen River
  • Kate Winslet. The Reader
  • Meryls Streep, Doubt
WINNER: this is a tuffy, outside of Angelina, who doesn't deserve a nomination for basically redoing Mel Gibson's role in Ransom. Winslet shoulda been nominated for Rev Road instead of The Reader, so we're gonna give it to Streep

Supporting Actor
  • Josh Brolin, Milk
  • Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
  • Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
  • Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
WINNER: we'd be stoopid to not pick Ledger, but Downey deserves it more

Supporting Actress
  • Amy Adams, Doubt
  • Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Viola Davis, Doubt
  • Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
WINNER: another toughy category filled with phenomenal heavyweight performances, but we're thinking on the lighter side, as Cruz may cruise

Director
  • David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
  • Gus Van Sant, Milk
  • Stephen Daldry, The Reader
  • Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
WINNER: it boils down to Danny Boyle... and no one else

Foreign Film
  • The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
  • The Class (France)
  • Departures (Japan)
  • Revanche (Austria)
  • Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
WINNER: Bashir will Waltz away with it

Adapted Screenplay
  • Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
  • Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
  • David Hare, The Reader
  • Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
WINNER: Slumdog plays the screen!

Original Screenplay
  • Dustin Lance Black, Milk
  • Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
  • Mike Leigh, Happy Go Lucky
  • Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
  • Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, WALL-E
WINNER: Milk's gotta get something, and this may be it

Animated Feature Film
  • Bolt
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • Wall-E
WINNER: the first 1/3 of WALL-E

Art Direction
  • Changeling
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Duchess
  • Revolutionary Road
WINNER: Ben Butt's stinks

Cinematography
  • Changeling
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Reader
  • Slumdog Millionaire
WINNER: what's with the Changeling and all these noms? didn't anyone realize how much that movie sucked? Slumdog Millionaire

Sound Mixing
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • WALL-E
  • Wanted
WINNER: WALL-Eeeeeeeeeee

Sound Editing
  • The Dark Knight
  • Iron Man
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • WALL-E
  • Wanted
WINNER: WALL-Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Original Score
  • Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • James Newton Howard, Defiance
  • Danny Elfman, Milk
  • A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Thomas Newman, WALL-E
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire shoots and scores!

Original Song
  • "Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; WALL-E
  • "Jai Ho," A. R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
  • "O Saya," A. R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam; Slumdog Millionaire
WINNER: no Bruce Springsteen? we don't really care for his Wrestler song, but WTF? The Slums cancel each other out so the award goes to Peter Gabriel & Thoman Newman's jawn

Costume
  • Australia
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Duchess
  • Milk
  • Revolutionary Road
WINNER: The Duchess, cause all the other ones don't really have costumes

Documentary Feature
  • The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
  • Encounters at the End of the World
  • The Garden
  • Man on Wire
  • Trouble the Water
WINNER: hooray for The Betrayal's nod, but wethinks Man on Wire will make the others retire

Documentary (short subject)
  • The Conscience of Nhem En
  • The Final Inch
  • Smile Pinki
  • The Witness—From the Balcony of Room 306
WINNER: the secret of Nhem!

Film Editing
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Milk
  • Slumdog Millionaire
WINNER: Slumdog

Makeup
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Milk
  • Slumdog Millionaire
WINNER: will Ledger's make-up alone win it for Dark Knight? probababablysz

Animated Short Film
  • La Maison en Petits Cubes
  • Lavatory—Lovestory
  • Oktapodi
  • Presto
  • This Way Up
WINNER: he poops he scores with Lavatory—Lovestory

Live Action Short Film
  • Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
  • Manon on the Asphalt
  • New Boy
  • The Pig
  • Spielzeugland (Toyland)
WINNER: Manon on the Asphalt is the new Man On Wire

Visual Effects
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • Iron Man
WINNER: Ben Butt


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