Oscar Blogging

Weight: 168 (yup, my friend arrived this afternoon!)

This post isn't coming from my desire to give raves and pans to the stars for clothes and speeches -- I'll leave that to the folks from Go Fug Yourself who are far better at it than me.   For me this is basically about doing two things I really want to do this afternoon -- watch the Oscars and update th blog. 

It's been a busy weekend.  Let's see how many entries I can rack up over the course of the Oscar commercials.

But first, my picks:

BY CATEGORY - 79TH AWARDS

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Peter O'Toole - VENUS  (haven't seen it yet, but he's always a favorite for me)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Best animated feature film of the year
CARS

Achievement in art direction
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA

Achievement in costume design
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Achievement in directing
THE DEPARTED

Best documentary feature
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Best documentary short subject
THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT

Achievement in film editing
CHILDREN OF MEN

Best foreign language film of the year
PAN'S LABYRINTH (imo, best film of the year)

Achievement in makeup
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS

Best motion picture of the year
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Achievement in sound editing
DREAMGIRLS

Achievement in sound mixing
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in visual effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Adapted screenplay
BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN

Original screenplay
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Comments

[Deluzy]

DAMN!!! I run an Oscars competition each year for 1) my department; 2) my friends. If I'd known you were into it, I'd have sent you a ballot.

What the hell ... I'm pasting your choices into a Word doc, printing them out, and entering you anyway. :)