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Thursday, January 22
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 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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