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We will tally the total on Oscar night to see who
wins.
If you want to play along, send your predictions to us
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email and we will post the winner on the home page.
Here we go...
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BEST
PICTURE |
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Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
A two horse race - Babel or Departed... I choose Scorsese! |
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Richard |
Little Miss Sunshine springs the total upset. |
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Jacob |
The Departed squeezes past the competition. |
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BEST
ACTOR |
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Ryan Gosling
Peter O'Toole
Will Smith
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Forest has this locked up -- but Leo deserves it. |
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Richard |
Forest Whitaker cannot lose this one. |
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Jacob |
Forest as Idi Amin |
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BEST
ACTRESS |
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Penélope Cruz
Judi Dench
Meryl Streep
Kate Winslet |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
How is Helen Mirren going to win this easily??? Ugh. |
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Richard |
Helen Mirren as the odds-on favorite. |
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Jacob |
Mirren, but Winslet deserves a go. |
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BEST
DIRECTOR |
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Clint Eastwood
Stephen Frears
Paul Greengrass
Alejandro González Iñárritu
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
This absolutely must be the year for Marty!!! |
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Richard |
Scorsese will win. |
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Jacob |
Scorsese, although Greengrass should be considered. |
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FOREIGN
FILM |
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Efter brylluppet
Indigènes
Pan's Labyrinth
Water |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Pan's Labyrinth probably should have a Best Pic Nom. |
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Richard |
Pan's Labyrinth by a mile. |
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Jacob |
Pan will win it... but The Lives of Others is great too. |
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SUPP.
ACTOR |
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Jackie Earle Haley
Djimon Hounsou
Eddie Murphy
Mark Wahlberg
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
I see Marky-Mark pulling an upset in this category. |
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Richard |
Eddie Murphy has been rolling through award season. |
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Jacob |
Eddie Murphy (yes, Norbit) will get the statue. |
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SUPP.
ACTRESS |
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Adriana Barraza
Cate Blanchett
Abigail Breslin
Rinko Kikuchi |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Hudson Schmudson -- Abigail should win and will win! |
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Richard |
Hudson and Mirren are two locks. |
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Jacob |
Hudson gets the award in a mediocre film. |
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ORIG.
SCREENPLAY |
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Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
This is a tough race... I think Sunshine gets the nod here. |
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Richard |
Little Miss Sunshine may be the dark horse tonight. |
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Jacob |
Letters from Iwo Jima gets its award here. |
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ADAP.
SCREENPLAY |
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Borat
Children of Men
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Departed wins easily... but Little Children might get close. |
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Richard |
Borat to spring an almighty surprise. |
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Jacob |
The Departed gets this one. |
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CINEMATOGRAPHY |
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The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
The Illusionist
The Prestige |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
The closest race on the cards... Edge goes to Dahlia! |
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Richard |
Pan's Labyrinth sneaks this one. |
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Jacob |
Children of Men looks fantastic and should get the Oscar. |
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BEST
DOCUMENTARY |
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Deliver Us from Evil
Iraq in Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country My Country |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
The most important and deserved win for Al Gore's passion. |
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Richard |
Can they give the award to anyone else... Truth. |
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Jacob |
An Inconvenient Truth melts the competition. |
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FILM
EDITING |
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Babel
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
United 93 |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
United 93 gets its prize... but Departed may be rolling. |
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Richard |
Babel's interwoven screenplay wins here. |
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Jacob |
The Departed wins big on the night. |
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BEST
SCORE |
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The Good German
Notes on a Scandal
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
The simple beauty of Pan's Labyrinth. |
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Richard |
The Pan Flute. |
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Jacob |
The Queen should not be overlooked here. |
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ORIGINAL SONG |
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"Listen"
"Love You I Do"
"Our Town"
"Patience"
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Randy Newman is an Oscar favorite every year. |
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Richard |
Melissa Etheridge needs to wake up for this award. |
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Jacob |
Listen up people. |
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ANIMATED FILM |
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Cars
Monster House |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Cars drives it home... but Happy Feet has an outside shot. |
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Richard |
Vroom Vroom |
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Jacob |
Cars gets the checkered flag. |
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COSTUME
DESIGN |
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Curse of the Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
The Queen |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Marie deserved more nominations, but will get the win here. |
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Richard |
Dreamgirls wins another award. |
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Jacob |
Dream a little dream. |
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ART
DIRECTION |
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Dreamgirls
The Good Shepherd
Pirates of the Caribbean 3
The Prestige |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Pan's Labyrinth really deserves this one. |
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Richard |
Dreamgirls again. |
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Jacob |
Pan's Labyrinth will win some technical awards. |
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SOUND
EDITING |
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Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Flags of Our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
For some reason, war movies win this a lot -- Iwo Jima |
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Richard |
Letters From Iwo Jima |
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Jacob |
Ditto -- This one seems a solid pick. |
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SOUND
MIXING |
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Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Flags of Our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 |
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Flags of Our Fathers |
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Richard |
Dreamgirls |
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Jacob |
Flags |
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SPECIAL
EFFECTS |
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Poseidon
Superman Returns
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
The least important award of the night goes to Pirates. |
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Richard |
Pirates wins with the fish faces. |
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Jacob |
Pirates should win this one easily. |
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BEST
MAKE-UP |
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Apocalypto
Click
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
Pan's Labyrinth may win more than any other film. |
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Richard |
Pan's Labyrinth is a no-brainer. |
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Jacob |
Pan's Labyrinth in a lop-sided category. |
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LIVE
ACTION SHORT |
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Binta y la gran idea
Éramos pocos
Helmer & Son
The Saviour
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
West Bank Story - The wacky take off on West Side Story |
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Richard |
Binta y lan gran idea |
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Jacob |
The Saviour |
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DOCU.
SHORT |
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Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream
Two Hands
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
AIDS wins awards -- cynical but true -- Yingzhou takes it. |
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Richard |
Two Hands |
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Jacob |
Recycled Life will trash the rest. |
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ANIMATED SHORT |
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Lifted
The Little Matchgirl
Maestro
No Time for Nuts
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CRITIC |
PREDICTION |
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TC |
The Little Matchgirl is a touching animated short... loved it. |
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Richard |
Lift that trophy high and proud. |
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Jacob |
Maestro waves the competition adieu. |
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TIE
BREAKER |
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Who Will Be the Last Person
Shown During the "In Memoriam" Video Reel?
TC - Altman (100%)
RP - James Brown
JH - Robert Altman
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THE
FINAL RESULTS |
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2nd -
JACOB SCORED - 12
3rd - RICHARD SCORED - 12
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TC wins two years in a row. Jacob edges
past Richard into second place based on the
tie-breaker.
All the surprises this year made it one of the
toughest ceremonies to predict in recent memory.
Congrats to Martin Scorsese for finally winning
his well-deserved and overdue Academy Award!!!
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