Oscar!

Hello! No, I did not forget about my
blog, it just seems like I did. There
has been a lot to write about...so
much so that I just haven't written
about anything.

And just so it is clear to everyone,
we were NOT trying to prove to the
Russians or the Chinese that we have
weapons that can shoot stuff out of
the sky. There really was something
bad! on that satellite. Maybe
somebody saw Alien. That's all I'm
sayin'.

So,Oscar brought me back to the blog, I promised additional predictions and they are in the mix.


Enjoy!

* performances/movies I have seen.

** winner

Best Animated
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
* "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

I think the buzz is for Rataatouille, so I going with that. And I enjoyed it as well.

Best Foreign Language
"Beaufort" Israel
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia

Ok, so I don't think any of these have been to Houston. I did see a trailer for "The Counterfeiters, so that is my pick. Plus it is about the Holocaust. That's the clincher. Really.

Adapted Screenplay
*"Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
*"Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
*"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
** "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
*"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Seems safe enough.

Original screenplay
**"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
*"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
*"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
*"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

Yay for former strippers!


Supporting Actor
*Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
**Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"
*Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"

Would be quite a shock if anyone else won…..

Supporting Actress
**Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster"
*Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement"
*Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone"
*Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"

There has been some chat as of late about Ruby Dee, but since she won the SAG Award,I am going with Cate Blanchett. Seems safe, I think.

Lead Actor
*George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
**Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"

Ohhh, my worst category! Only 2 performances,but, I believe it is more than safe to go with Daniel Day-Lewis.

Lead Actress
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
**Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
*Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
*Laura Linney in "The Savages"
*Ellen Page in "Juno"

One of my best categories. I only missed Cate Blanchett. But one the hardest categories to pick. Julie Christie is marvelous in Away From Her. Marion Cotillard is gut wrenching in La Vie en Rose. The buzz seems to be switching to Marion Cotillard in the past few days, but I am sticking with Julie Christie.

Directing
* "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"), Julian Schnabel
* "Juno", Jason Reitman
* "Michael Clayton" Tony Gilroy
** "No Country for Old Men"), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
* "There Will Be Blood", Paul Thomas Anderson

Quite a line up. I am going with No Country for Old Men. An amazing film.

Best motion picture of the year
* "Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
* "Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production) A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
* "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
** "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
* "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

‘Cause it is.

Well, that is all for now. I promise to try to do better about blogging.
And Happy New Year! teehee.