"Thank you life. Thank you love. It is true there is some angels in this city."

Cate Blanchett is the dog from No Country for Old Men.

Good show, great winners.

There was a severe lack of star power and glamour, mostly due to the lack of grace and innovation on the red carpet. It was like there was only 3-4 dresses, each just done in a different style. The best part of the red carpet had to be Gary Busey, Ryan Seacrest and Jennifer Garner. Wow, that was about the most awkward thing I've ever seen. Garner looked genuinely scared, Laura Linney couldn't give a shit less, Seacrest actually showed some manliness by practically throwing Busey away, but part of me really wanted to see Gary beat up Ryan. Ah well. What the hell were Heidi Klum and Seal doing there? And Josh Lucas? And Melora Hardin? Too many TV people, if you ask me. But they had a short time to put this show together. All is forgiven.

Stewart's monologue was not as sharp this time, but his bits during the show were amazing! This is what a great host does. He'll definitely be back a few times. (Though, I really miss Steve Martin.) And Stewart bringing Marketa back on stage to speak is going to win him some big fans.

"Star of the 2010 Untitled Nicole Kidman Project."

"Speaks four different languages and just earlier she taught me "I'm calling security" in all of them." LOL! But it should have been "Our next presenter is Penelope Cruz. She speaks four different langauges, not a single one of them being English." No, I love her. Sorta.

And howbout Cate Blanchett's face after the Elizabeth clip? Hilarious. Then, her excitedness when Marion won. She's so hormonal. LOL. Cate and I had the same face though when Marion won.

Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen were very fun. As were Anne and Steve.

Robert Boyle got the only standing ovation of the night. Though, to me, it really felt like Glen and Marketa were damned close. The crowd really loved that song, or perhaps they didn't want to see any more Enchanted-ness. Oh, and again, that Jon McLaughlin guy is HOT! Amy Adams needed a set. Adams is so adorable. Kristin Chenoweth was so not into it. She looked kinda stoned on the red carpet? Ruby Dee is really pretty for her age! I'm babbling! But seriuously, I think the crowd was more excited for Glen and Marketa than anything else the rest of the night. "Wow, that guy is so arrogant." I loved Marketa's facial expression when the music cut her off like "okay, sure, whatever, bye." Then, she came back and gave one of the best speeches of the night.

Josh Brolin and James McAvoy present together. Oh, to be between them.

"In case you're wondering what we do during the commercial breaks, we sit around making catty remarks about the outfits you all at home are wearing."

Jack will knock someoen up by the end of the night. "AND THE BABY GOES TO...."

Frances McDormand was so happy for the her hubby and his brother. She was crying. She's so cool!

The director of the show loves Laura Linney. They cut to her a lot. I was happy.

Katherine Heigl could really pull off a Hollywood ultraclassic glam look, but instead she looks like she got punched on both sides. Keri Russell looked good though and presented very well. Miley Cyrus - bleh.

Go Bourne! I wish Matt Damon and his incredible ass were there, too!

Oh, and when Stewart said "Gaydolph Titler" - Marion turned to whoever she was sitting with and said "Who is that?"

FASHION!

BEST DRESSED:

1. Jennifer Garner


2. Helen Mirren


3. Marion Cotillard


4. Laura Linney


5. Nicole Kidman




It was a really good show, I thought. I wish they'd let every winner speak. I wish E! and TV Guide channel would get DECENT people for the Red Carpet, but then Regis on the ABC show said Xavier for Javier. I know these people have a lot to remember. But their job is in the entertainment field, and to have Joey Fatone say Amy Ryan looks constipated or Ryan Seacrest repeatedly wiping his sweat toward the camera or Regis mispronounce something like that, well, it's pathetic. I wish Bravo or A&E would do red carpet coverage. I think they'd do it a bit better. E! should just get Joel from the Soup or Chelsea Handler to do it. They'd be awesome.


But let me close by saying this is about the strongest set of winners I've ever seen from the Oscars. Maybe the Strike gave people time to actually see the films?

80th OSCAR WINNERS!!!!!

Great winners. Really really great. Like, the best they've been in ages? Probably.


(Fashion kinda sucked and presenters were rather disappointing.)

More thoughts tomorrow.

I'm drunkish.

Here's what won!

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Best Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Doc Feature: Taxi to the Dark Side
Best Doc Short: Freeheld
Best Score: Atonement
Best Cinematography: Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood
Best Song: Falling Slowly, Once
Best Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters
Best Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Best Sound Mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Sound Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Screenplay: The Coens, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Animated Short Peter and the Wolf
Live Action short: Le Mozart des Pickpockets
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
Visual Effects: The Golden Compass
Best Makeup: La Vie Rose
Best Animated Feature: Ratouille
Best Costume Design: Elizabeth, The Golden Age

If I Voted for the Winners....

BEST PICTURE: ATONEMENT
Nominees Seen: All 5.
A toughie. As close as the year Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon went up against Traffic, it would be between No Country for Old Men and Atonement.

BEST DIRECTING: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN.
Nominees Seen: 4 (haven't seen Diving Bell)
Gilroy and Reitman are way out of their league. PTA is, as always, damn awesome, but the Coens are just awesome-r.

BEST ACTOR: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Nominees Seen: All 5
Easy squeezy. Mortensen would get nowhere near the noms he got without the bathouse scene, Depp probably delivers the best in his third nominated performance. Jones is very compelling, but I think more deserving for NCFOM. It pisses me off that Clooney wasn't nominated for Out of Sight or O Brother but got in for Syriana and Michael.

BEST ACTRESS: MARION COTILLARD - LA VIE EN ROSE
Nominees Seen: 4 (Not Seen: Linney)
Cotillard is in a class by herself, even more than Daniel. Blanchett could do that role in her sleep, and I'm pretty sure she dozed off as some point in the film. Christie is elegant, old and British! INSTANT NOM! No, she's really good, but her costar Gordon Pinsent is way better. And Ellen Page will take it home someday. SIDENOTE: IT PISSES ME OFF THAT OF THE 19 PEOPLE NOMINATED IN THE ACTING CATEGORIES, THE ONE I LOVE THE MOST IS ONE OF THE PERFORMANCES I HAVEN'T SEEN. LAURA, YOU ARE A GODDESS! I'LL SEE THE SAVAGES SOON ENOUGH.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: CASEY AFFLECK - THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
Nominees Seen: 4 (Not Seen: Holbrook)
So I just found out Hal was in The Fog, so that makes me respect him more LOL. Bardem would be my pick if it hadn't been for the category fraud that is placing Casey in supporting. Wilkinson is memorable, but I didn't feel the passion for his performance I felt for In the Bedroom. But Casey - equal to Daniel and Marion.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: AMY RYAN - GONE BABY GONE
Nominees Seen: 4 (Not Seen: Dee)
Should I really check out American Gangster just for Ruby's 4 minutes of screentime? Blanchett doesn't even give the best performance as Dylan, and when she was opposite Michelle Williams in the film I felt that Michelle (or even someone like Naomi Watts or Julianne Moore) would've been more interesting as the "female" Dylan. Saoirse is terrific, one of the best child performances. Swinton is even better, perfectly nuanced, chilling and relatable. But Amy Ryan sets the screen on fire the way a supporting actress should.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: NANCY OLIVER - LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Nominees Seen: 4 (Not Seen: The Savages)
Juno is awful flashy, Clayton even more so. And I'll be damned if Ratatouille didn't have that amazing monologue by the critic that brought tears to my eyes. But Nancy's Lars is absolutely whimsical and perfectly developed. Fo shiz!

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: ETHAN AND JOEL COEN - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Nominees Seen: 4 (Not Seen: Diving Bell)
Awful close. Atonement is my runner-up, more like 1.1 I'd say. Oh, and congrats again to my lovely Sarah Polley! You show amazing potential and WILL be a great filmmaker.

ART DIRECTION: THE GOLDEN COMPASS

CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

COSTUME DESIGN: ATONEMENT
(the green dress!)

FILM EDITING: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

MAKEUP: LA VIE EN ROSE

ORIGINAL SCORE: ATONEMENT

ORIGINAL SONG: "Falling Slowly" - ONCE

SOUND MIXING: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (I'd probably actually vote for NCFOM or TWBB, but I think the Bourne series deserves to be called OSCAR WINNING!)

VISUAL EFFECTS: THE GOLDEN COMPASS

ANIMATED FEATURE: RATATOUILLE (the only one I've seen)


And who would you vote for?

Razzie & Indie Spirit WINNERS!

If you think about the shit the Oscars and the Globes get, I think it's far more deserved for the Razzies and Independent Spirit Awards. The Razzies never actually honor the worst stuff of the year - well, occasionally they get it right - and they are partial to starfucking, er, starstabbing more so than the Globes. The ISPs meanwhile snub eligible films for no real reason, give random actors nominations while leaving deserving people off their ballots. Let's examine the past 5 winners for the Independent Spirit Awards Best Film:

Juno
Little Miss Sunshine
Brokeback Mountain
Sideways
Lost In Translation

Isn't this kind of annoying? I'd say these films are more low-budget studio films than genuine independents. 3 of them are genuinely great films that do deserve a spotlight they didn't get at the Oscars, but there are completely indie films out there that never make it here.


RAZZIE WINNERS:
Worst Picture:
I Know Who Killed Me

Worst Actor:
Eddie Murphy (as Norbit)
NORBIT

Worst Actress (TIE) :
Lindsay Lohan (as Aubrey) and
Lindsay Lohan (as Dakota)
I KNOW WHO KILLED ME

Worst Supporting Actress:
Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia)
NORBIT

Worst Supporting Actor:
Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong)
NORBIT

Worst Screen Couple:
Lindsay Lohan
and
Lindsay Lohan
(as The Yang to Her Own Yin)
I Know Who Killed Me

Worst Remake Or Rip-off:
I Know Who Killed Me
Rip-Off of HOSTEL, SAW and THE PATTY DUKE SHOW

Worst Prequel or Sequel:
Daddy Day Camp

Worst Director:
Chris Siverston
I Know Who Killed Me

Worst Screenplay:
I Know Who Killed Me
Written by Jeffrey Hammond

Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie:
I Know Who Killed Me


Independent Spirit Awards:

Robert Altman Award
Todd Haynes, Laura Rosenthal and the cast of I’m Not There

Best Feature
Juno

Best Director
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Male Lead
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages

Best Female Lead
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Supporting Male
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Talk To Me

Best Supporting Female
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

Best First Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno

Best First Feature
The Lookout (!!!!!!)

John Cassavetes Award
August Evening

Best Foreign Film
Once

Best Screenplay
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

Best Documentary
Crazy Love

Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Oscars: WHO WILL WIN!

Tomorrow - who should win!


BEST PICTURE:
1. No Country for Old Men - 35%
2. Juno - 25%
3. There Will Be Blood - 18%
4. Atonement - 14%
5. Michael Clayton - 8%

NCFOM has win every major AMERICAN award, sweeping all 4 major guilds, the first movie to do so since Return of the King. I have Juno second cause I could conceivably buy NCFOM and TWBB being for the same audience, causing vote splitting, allowing for the little indie crowdpleaser (and highest grosser of the batch) to sneak in. Atonement is not last for me - whereas it seems to be for everyone else - due to it winning the Globe and the BAFTA. Can a film that won both of those be listed last? I THINK NOT!


BEST DIRECTING:
1. Joel and Ethan Coen - 40%
2. Julian Schnabel - 28%
3. Paul Thomas Anderson - 20%
4. Jason Reitman - 8%
5. Tony Gilroy - 4%

Schnabel could become the 2nd person to win the Oscar for directing without a Picture nom, but the Coens are still out in front. I just get the feeling that "Diving Bell" will get recognized somewhere.

BEST ACTOR:
1. Daniel Day-Lewis - 45%
2. George Clooney - 20%
3. Johnny Depp - 16%
4. Viggo Mortensen - 14%
5. Tommy Lee Jones - 5%

DDL's getting #2, but I'd like to put Depp as runner up. If it weren't for Cloooney being the cat's pajamas to Hollywood.

BEST ACTRESS:
1. Julie Christie - 30%
2. Marion Cotillard - 29%
3. Ellen Page - 28%
4. Laura Linney - 12%
5. Cate Blanchett - 1%

A close one. I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to buy into Marion. For starters, Daniel Day-Lewis and George Clooney have raved her. In EW's secret Oscar ballot thinger, almost everyone said they voted for Marion. I really haven't heard a single person say they voted for Julie. (I heard several for Ellen and Laura.) Damn conformity, everyone is saying Julie.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
1. Javier Bardem - 38%
2. Hal Holbrook - 32%
3. Casey Affleck - 16%
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman - 8%
5. Tom Wilkinson - 6%

Bardem should have this locked up, but never underestimate an old veteran, especially in the supporting category.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
1. Tilda Swinton - 27%
2. Amy Ryan - 26%
3. Ruby Dee - 25%
4. Cate Blanchett - 20%
5. Saoirse Ronan - 3%

Perhaps the category of the night? Dee is in AG for 4 minutes, but apparently is an industry veteran that must have an Oscar. This seems to work better for men than women. Ryan has big Hollywood support through Affleck, but Tilda has bigger Hollywood support through Clooney. This is the best way to reward Michael Clayton. A case could be made for Blanchett, but I think she has more going against her than for her.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Juno - 40%
2. Michael Clayton - 30%
3. Ratatouille - 20%
4. The Savages - 6%
5. Lars and the Real Girl - 4%

The former stripper gets it. Honest to blog!

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
1. No Country for Old Men - 34%
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - 28%
3. There Will Be Blood - 22%
4. Atonement - 15%
5. Away From Her - 1%

ANIMATED FEATURE:
Ratatouille. Duh.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
I think they'll overlook Michael Moore in favor of NO END IN SIGHT.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
No idea. Beaufort sounds nice and foreign though?

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Oh boy. The supporting actress of the techs! Again, Diving Bell's gotta score somewhere? Roger Deakins has to finally win instead of cancelling himself out? Atonement has no chance right? So that leaves the oil and fire of THERE WILL BE BLOOD.

ART DIRECTION:
Sweeney Todd is awful drab. Atonement is your classic winner here, but something tells me Mr. Sissy Spacek, Jack Fisk, takes it home for THERE WILL BE BLOOD.

FILM EDITING:
Again with Diving Bell winning somewhere, right? RIGHT? No Country for Old Men's editor isn't a real person, and are they really going to give The Coens 4 Oscars each on one night? That would be cool. Hey, howbout honoring that fantastic series with Matt Damon. The rush of THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM wins out.

VISUAL EFFECTS:
I really hope TRANSFORMERS loses, but it won't.

COSTUME DESIGN:
Sweeney still drab? Elizabeth - been there, done that. Across the Universe is showy, but simple. La Vie En Rose would be a great way to honor Marit Allen (RIP!) But Atonement has that green dress. THAT GREEN DRESS! Eh, SWEENEY TODD will win.

MAKEUP:
Pirates already won, Norbit - umm, no. GO LA VIE EN ROSE!

SOUND MIXING:
That Kevin O'Connell has to win for TRANSFORMERS right?

SOUND EDITING:
No clue, maybe Bourne? I'll go with a tech win for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.

ORIGINAL SCORE:
ATONEMENT. Nuff said.

ORIGINAL SONG:
I fell hard for FALLING SLOWLY (ONCE) as the Enchanted songs cancel each other out.

Animated Short:
I Met the Walrus

Live Action Short:
The Tonto Woman

Documentary Short:
La Corona.


No idea on the last 3. LOL.

The remaining guilds went to....

COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD:
Period: Sweeney Todd
Contemporary: Blades of Glory
Fantasy: The Golden Compass

Terrific set of winners. LOL - Blades of Glory!


American Cinema Editors - The Eddies:
Drama - The Bourne Ultimatum
Comedy/Musical - Sweeney Todd

I started typing "No Country..." till I realized it actually lost something. Bourne isn't surprising, and there's rumors the voters didn't go for NCFOM because it was edited by its directors.

ART DIRECTORS GUILD:
Fantasy - The Golden Compass
Period - There Will Be Blood
Contemporary - No Country for Old Men

Cinema Audio Society:
No Country for Old Men


So No Country for Old Men won the PGA, DGA, WGA and SAG Ensemble, but didn't win the Best Film award at the BAFTAs or the Globes, losing both to Atonement.


I'll be back on Saturday with WILL WIN / SHOULD WIN for the Oscars!

10 Oscar Fashions of the Aughts!

Slimming this list down to 10 was like Sophie's Choice, I tell ya. I limited each person to one (sorry, Miss Winslet) and showed great restraint in leaving off my Nicole. (For the record, her dresses, hair and makeup for the 75th and 76th ceremony are near perfect.)

In alphabetical order...

HALLE BERRY




MARCIA GAY HARDEN




SALMA HAYEK



ANGELINA JOLIE




GWYNETH PALTROW




JULIA ROBERTS




MICHELLE WILLIAMS



KATE WINSLET




REESE WITHERSPOON




RENEE ZELLWEGER

First batch of Oscar presenters announced! KRISTIN CHENOWETH TO SING!!!!! AMY ADAMS TO SING!!!!

Oscar® Show Participants Revealed

Beverly Hills, CA –– Eightieth Academy Awards® telecast producer Gil Cates and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis today announced the presenters and performers who will participate in the February 24 Oscar® telecast.

At a press conference held at the Academy’s headquarters today (Thursday), Cates and Ganis announced the presenters scheduled to date, including all four of last year’s winners in the acting categories—Alan Arkin, Jennifer Hudson, Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker—as well as Amy Adams, Jessica Alba, Cate Blanchett, Josh Brolin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, Miley Cyrus, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Garner, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Katherine Heigl, Jonah Hill, Dwayne Johnson, Nicole Kidman, James McAvoy, Queen Latifah, Seth Rogen, Martin Scorsese, Hilary Swank, John Travolta, Denzel Washington and Renee Zellweger.

Cates and Ganis also announced the performers of the nominated songs. Amy Adams will sing “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” (music by Alan Menken and lyric by Stephen Schwartz). Also from “Enchanted” (and written by Menken and Schwartz) will be “That’s How You Know,” sung by Kristin Chenoweth and Marlon Saunders, and “So Close,” to be performed by Jon McLaughlin.

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova will perform their nominated song, “Falling Slowly,” from the motion picture “Once,” and Jamia Simone Nash will perform “Raise It Up,” from “August Rush,” with the IMPACT Repertory Theatre of Harlem, headed by Jamal Joseph, who shares the song’s music and lyric credit with Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas.

Also scheduled to return to the Oscar telecast team will be writers Hal Kanter, Buz Kohan, Jon Macks and Bruce Vilanch.

Second-time Oscar show host Jon Stewart will also bring on several writers to work on the telecast.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.


Miley Cyrus is probably the only big surprise here, and even that's not too surprising. As long as she's just presenting a song performance, I really don't mind?

But really - AMY ADAMS and KRISTIN CHENOWETH WILL SING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Have you seen this Jon McLaughlin guy? He's really hot!

Presenters I'd Like to See...

Peeps I'd like to see give out Oscars, introduce montages, etc.

+Emily Blunt & Anne Hathaway (together again!)
+Michelle Pfeiffer (really, she needs to do this just for me!)
+James McAvoy (yummmmmm)
+Christian Bale (has he really never done this?)
+Sarah Jessica Parker (COSTUME DESIGN!)
+Sissy Spacek (her husband is a nominee, so she'll be there anyway)
+Frances McDormand (see Spacek)
+Rachel McAdams (big year ahead!)
+Robin Williams (always funny)
+James Marsden (should introduce Amy Adams when she sings one of the Enchanted songs)
+Jodie Foster & Martin Scorsese should present Best Directing
+Leonardo Dicaprio & Kate Winslet should present Best Picture

STRIKE OVER!!!!

WAHOO!

Welcome back, The Office and 30 Rock! See ya next year, Pushing Daisies!

The Academy will hold a a press conference tomorrow at 10AM PST to announce details of the ceremony, including some presenters. As I originally anticipated, presenters were being lined up, just not announced. The Oscars WILL go on in all their glory Sunday February 24th at 8:30PM EST.

Congrats to all the writers and I hope they got what they wanted.

Random BAFTA thoughts!

A surprisingly good show!

The host is pretty dull, I miss Stephen Fry. I loved when he did a joke and the next shot was Frances McDormand looking so bored.

Marion, Daniel and Tilda's speeches were great. Don't remember Javier? I love Tilda mouthing "FUCK" when she won. A repeat of these winners on Oscar night would be hot. A talented group, to say the least.

Rosamund Pike is gorgeous. What a beautiful face! They cut to her and Keira a lot. Keira laughed at every joke the host did. And James McAvoy was his regular hot self. Ugh, I need to get McAvoy'd.

Jessica Biel is now blonde and looks like Sienna Miller. It was sweet when they did the In Memorium and the last person was Heath and they showed Sienna crying. She is human after all! Emily Blunt looked delicious, as always. And she has some kind of orange-red-black hair. Eva Green actually looked classy? Not like some retarded goth slut. Loved her look.

And Emily Blunt bashed Matthew McCanaughey. Go girl!

WGA & BAFTA WINNERS!

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WINNERS:

Original Screenplay:
Diablo Cody - Juno

Adapted Screenplay:
Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men


BAFTA WINNERS:

Film: Atonement
British Film: This Is England (!!!!!!!!!)
Director: The Coens - No Country for Old Men
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Actress: Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose (!!!!!!!!!!)
S. Actor: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
S. Actress: Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton (!!!!!!!)
Art Direction: Atonement
Costumes: La Vie En Rose
Makeup: La Vie En Rose
Music: La Vie En Rose
Sound: The Bourne Ultimatum
Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Cinematography: No Country for Old Men
Orig. Screenplay: Juno
Adapt. Screenplay: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (!!!)
Animated Film: Ratatouille
Visual Effects: The Golden Compass


Hmm, I'm starting to think Tilda and Marion have a chance for Oscar. Probably wrong, but ah well.

I'll get some fashion pics later tonight!

BAFTA PREDIX!

I usually love the BAFTA red carpet. It's a bit more classy.

Here's the predictions:

Best Film - No Country for Old Men
Best British Film - Atonement
Director - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Original Screenplay - Juno
Adapted Screenplay - No Country for Old Men
Film Not in the English Language - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Lead Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis
Lead Actress - Julie Christie
Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem
Supporting Actress - Tilda Swinton (no guts, no glory)

That's all I shall guess.

Oscar Luncheon....they eat the Oscars?

No Country for Old Men won the PGA and the DGA.

There Will Be Blood won the ASC.

The Oscar luncheon took place Monday.

Here's the big class pic!

Don't you love the bottom left? Hal, Ellen, Casey, Julie, Sarah and Marion together! Awesome. And noticed what Marion's head is between!!! LOL! (Lucky gal.)

Though Laura Linney, Amy Ryan and Marion are so the hottest there. And I love how the one Coen Brother appears to look lost without the other one. Oh, fun times.

I live for the big Oscar Class picture!

Here's the amazing writers. I'm still overjoyed that Sarah Polley is an Oscar nominee!

My Most Anticipated of 2008

1. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates. Directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead) Starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates and Michael Shannon. DECEMBER 19, 2008 (Will be released approxiamately 11 years after Titanic.)

2. MILK
The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White. Directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, To Die For, My Own Private Idaho) Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Victor Garber, Diego Luna, Denis O'Hare and Allison Pill. FALL 2008



3. THE DARK KNIGHT
Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly. Directed by Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, Insomnia, Memento, The Prestige) Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy. JULY 18, 2008

4. AUSTRALIA
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand. Directed by Baz Lurhman (Moulin Rouge, Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet) Starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Essie Davis and John Jarratt. FALL 2008



5. SEX AND THE CITY
Based on the Emmy and Golden Globe winning comedy series which ran on HBO from 1998 to 2004 and became a cultural phenomenon, the film follows the continuing adventures of sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw as she, along with sardonic Miranda, Park Avenue princess Charlotte, and feisty Samantha, deals with relationship drama both in and out of the bedroom. Directed by Michael Patrick King. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth and Jennifer Hudson. MAY 30, 2008.

6. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage. Directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) Starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. SUMMER 2008

7. HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU
Based on the best-selling book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. The Baltimore-set romantic comedy of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior in an era where human contact has been replaced by technology and isolation. Directed by Ken Kwapis (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) Starring Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ben Affleck, Justin Long and Kris Kristofferson. AUGUST 1, 2008



8. DOOMSDAY
Great Britain, 2007. A deadly plague, known as the "Reaper Virus," has broken out, killing hundreds of thousands in its wake. In desperation, the British Government evacuates as many survivors as it can out of the infected area, and then builds a wall, preventing the remainder from escaping. Thirty years later, with the wall still up and the victims all but forgotten, the virus breaks out again. The Government decides to send a crack team of operatives, led by Major Eden Sinclair, into the hot zone to investigate the possibility of a cure. Directed by Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dog Soldiers) Starring Rhona Mitra, Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, Sean Pertwee, Adrian Lester, Nora-Jane Noone and MyAnna Buring. MARCH 14, 2008

9. SUNSHINE CLEANING
In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister. Directed by Christine Jeffs (Sylvia) Starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Clifton Collins Jr, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Steve Zahn. 2008



10. GEORGE A ROMERO'S DIARY OF THE DEAD
A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own. Directed by George A Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead) FEBRUARY 15, 2008



11. MAMMA MIA!
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgaard, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper and Christine Baranski. JULY 18, 2008

12. THE INTERNATIONAL
An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring. Directed by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Heaven) Starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. AUGUST 15, 2008

13. BLINDNESS
A doctor's wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. Directed by Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener, City of God) Starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Sandra Oh, Danny Glover and Alice Braga. AUGUST 8, 2008

14. THE YOUNG VICTORIA
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee. Starring Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent and Miranda Richardson. 2008

15. THE X-FILES 2
A sequel to the 1998 blockbuster film, an adaptation of the popular science fiction series that chronicles the investigation by two FBI Agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, into the top secret "X-Files" which involve alien and other unexplained phenomena. Directed by Chris Carter. Starring David Duchnovy, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly and Xzibit. JULY 25, 2008

16. GREY GARDENS
Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Kennedy (both named Edith Bouvier Beale aka "Big and Little Edie") raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, "Grey Gardens." As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. Directed by Michael Sucsy. Starring Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange and Jeanne Tripplehorn. FALL 2008

17. THE READER
In postwar Germany, a young man’s decades-long obsession with an older woman runs headlong into a war crimes trial, where he learns an awful truth. Directed by Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot) Starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes and Bruno Ganz. DECEMBER 12, 2008



18. MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse. Directed by Bharat Nalluri. Starring Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciaran Hinds, Shirley Henderson. MARCH 7, 2008

19. BURN AFTER READING
A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it. Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men, Fargo, Raising Arizona) Starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Richard Jenkins.



20. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history, The Other Boleyn Girl tells the story of two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, who driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII. Directed by Justin Chadwick (Bleak House) Starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana. FEBRUARY 29, 2008