Academy Award Game

[cubedbee]

We need to have an Oscar predicting contest. Here is the nomination list (http://www.oscar.com/nominees/nomineelist.html). There are 24 categories total. Some are obviously more important that others. I was thinking of having Best Picture and Director worth 3 points. Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, and Original Screenplay would all be worth 2. The other 16 would all be worth 1 each. Does this scoring scheme seem fair, or should it be modified? Before people start posting predictions, I'd like some input on the game format.

[Barney Gumble, FSA]

Best Picture and Director worth 5 points. Best Actor and Actress worth 4 points each. Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress worth 3 points each. , Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay would be worth 2. The other 16 would all be worth 1 each.

Or why not just make a decision and go with it? It's your game, if nobody else likes it, to hell with them.

Weenie.

[cubedbee]

Or why not just make a decision and go with it? It's your game, if nobody else likes it, to hell with them.


I don't just want to sit here and play with myself.

[SideSwipe]

yeah, you don't want to get a debate going over the scoring system :)

Yours sounds fine. Either way, we can still predict without a scoring system in place, so we should start the predicting. How many predictable times can I say predict in this predictable predicting sentence predict?

[cubedbee]

Fine, no debate with the scoring. The final offical scoring is:

Best Picture, Director: 4 points
Best Actor, Actress: 3 points
Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Original/Adapted Screenplay: 2 points
Other Categories: 1 point

Academy Awards are on February 29 at 8 EST, so I will make picks due by February 29 at noon EST. You can edit our picks as many times as you would like, provided the last edit is before the deadline. Don't PM me your picks, post them here and increase your post count. I think glenn is out of prize, but I'll PM him and ask anyway.

[SideSwipe]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ken Watanabe - THE LAST SAMURAI

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Renee Zellweger

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
finding nemo

ART DIRECTION
LOTR

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Master and Commander

COSTUME DESIGN
LOTR

DIRECTING
LOTR

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
??? I'll go with Asylum

FILM EDITING
LOTR

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Barbarian Invasions

MAKEUP
LOTR

MUSIC (SCORE)
LOTR

MUSIC (SONG)
LOTR

BEST PICTURE
LOTR

SOUND
tough one, LOTR

VISUAL EFFECTS
LOTR

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
LOTR

WRITING (original SCREENPLAY)
Lost in Translation

I'm predicting an LOTR sweep.

[Pseudolus]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Ben Kingsley - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron - MONSTER

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FINDING NEMO

ART DIRECTION
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

CINEMATOGRAPHY
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

COSTUME DESIGN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

DIRECTING
LOST IN TRANSLATION

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE FOG OF WAR

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
CHERNOBYL HEART

FILM EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
ŽELARY

MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SCORE)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SONG)
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND

BEST PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
HARVIE KRUMPET

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)

SOUND
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

SOUND EDITING
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
LOST IN TRANSLATION

[cubedbee]

As is indicated on the homepage, glenn has hooked us up with a prize. So, the winner gets their very own travel mug.

[eponine]

Actor - Bill Murray
Supporting Actor - Watanabe Ken
Actress - Charlize Theron
Supporting Actress - Shohreh Aghdashlooo
Animated Feature - Finding Nemo
Art Direction - LOTR
Cinematography - Cold Mountain
Costume Design - LOTR
Directing - Lost in Translation
Documentary Feature - Fog of War
Documentary Short Subject - Ferry Tales
Film Editing - LOTR
Foreign Language - The Twilight Samurai
Makeup - LOTR
Music (Score) - LOTR
Music (song) - You Will Be My Ain True Love
Best picture - Mystic River
Short Film (animated) - Harvie Krumpet
Short Film (live) Die Rote Jacke
Sound - LOTR
Sound Editing - Finding Nemo
Visual Effect - LOTR
Writing (adapted) - Seabiscuit
Writing (original) - Lost in Translation

[Patience]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn - MYSTIC RIVER

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron - MONSTER

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FINDING NEMO

ART DIRECTION
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

CINEMATOGRAPHY
COLD MOUNTAIN

COSTUME DESIGN
THE LAST SAMURAI

DIRECTING
MYSTIC RIVER

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
CHERNOBYL HEART

FILM EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS

MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SCORE)
BIG FISH

MUSIC (SONG)
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND

BEST PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
NIBBLES

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)

SOUND EDITING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

SOUND MIXING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
CITY OF GOD

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
IN AMERICA

[VernSchil]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn - MYSTIC RIVER

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tim Robbins- MYSTIC RIVER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Naomi Watts - 21 GRAMS

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Marcia Gay Harden - MYSTIC RIVER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FINDING NEMO

ART DIRECTION
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

CINEMATOGRAPHY
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

COSTUME DESIGN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

DIRECTING
MYSTIC RIVER

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE FOG OF WAR

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
CHERNOBYL HEART

FILM EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
EVIL

MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SCORE)
BIG FISH

MUSIC (SONG)
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN

BEST PICTURE
MYSTIC RIVER

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
GONE NUTTY

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)

SOUND EDITING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

SOUND MIXING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
MYSTIC RIVER

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
LOST IN TRANSLATION

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[carrot]

Who's winning so far?

[Pseudolus]

‘LORD OF THE RINGS’ WINS DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION

Party Chooses Movie Blockbuster over Kerry (http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=788)

[cubedbee]

Actor - Sean Pean
Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins
Actress - Charlize Theron
Supporting Actress - Holly Hunter
Animated Feature - Finding Nemo
Art Direction - LOTR
Cinematography - Cold Mountain
Costume Design - LOTR
Directing - Lost in Translation
Documentary Feature - Fog of War
Documentary Short Subject - Chernobyl Heart
Film Editing - LOTR
Foreign Language - The Barbarian Invasions
Makeup - LOTR
Music (Score) - Big Fish
Music (song) - A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow
Best picture - Mystic River
Short Film (animated) - Nibbles
Short Film (live) - Two Soldiers
Sound - LOTR
Sound Editing - Finding Nemo
Sound Mixing - Seabiscuit
Visual Effect - LOTR
Writing (adapted) - Seabiscuit
Writing (original) - Lost in Translation

[cubedbee]

Actor - Bill Murray
Supporting Actor - Watanabe Ken
Actress - Charlize Theron
Supporting Actress - Shohreh Aghdashlooo
Animated Feature - Finding Nemo
Art Direction - LOTR
Cinematography - Cold Mountain
Costume Design - LOTR
Directing - Lost in Translation
Documentary Feature - Fog of War
Documentary Short Subject - Ferry Tales
Film Editing - LOTR
Foreign Language - The Twilight Samurai
Makeup - LOTR
Music (Score) - LOTR
Music (song) - You Will Be My Ain True Love
Best picture - Mystic River
Short Film (animated) - Harvie Krumpet
Short Film (live) Die Rote Jacke
Sound - LOTR
Sound Editing - Finding Nemo
Visual Effect - LOTR
Writing (adapted) - Seabiscuit
Writing (original) - Lost in Translation

You forgot sound mixing

[cubedbee]

:bump:

Editing should automatically bump. 2 weeks from today. Free mug for the winner.

[Mr. Penguin]

Let's see if I can duplicate my Grammy success:

1. Best Picture: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,"

2. Actor: Tim Robbins, "Mystic River"

3. Actress: Charlize Theron, "Monster"

4. Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, "In America"

5. Supporting Actress: Renee Zellweger, "Cold Mountain."

6. Director: Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

7. Foreign Film: "The Barbarian Invasions," Canada;

8. Adapted Screenplay: Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman "American Splendor"

9. Original Screenplay: Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan, "In America"

10. Animated feature film: Very tough one. Triplets was on of the most original films in years, but the mere fact that it wasn't nominated for Foreign Film shows that not enough Academy voters have probably even seen it, so I will go with Finding Nemo.

11. Art Direction: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,"

12. Cinematography: "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,"

13. Sound Mixing: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,"

14. Sound Editing: "Finding Nemo,"

15. Original Score: "Finding Nemo," Thomas Newman

16. Original Song: "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from "A Mighty Wind," Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole;

17. Costume: " "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,"

18. Documentary Feature: "Capturing the Friedmans,"

19. Documentary (short subject): "Chernobyl Heart,"

20. Film Editing: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King,"

21. Makeup: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,"

22. Animated Short Film: "Nibbles."

23. Live Action Short Film:"Squash,"

24. Visual Effects: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,"

25. Best Film Name Easily Adapted to Porn: "The Girl With a Pearl Earring".

26. Best Animated Short Film Name Easily Adapted to Porn: "Nibbles"

[Natalie_Portman]

The "Triplets of Bellville" was awesome!!

I am waiting to 11:50am on Sunday to post my guesses....

:)

[Kitara]

Actor - Johnny Depp
Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins
Actress - Charlize Theron
Supporting Actress - Renee Zellweger
Animated Feature - Finding Nemo
Art Direction - LOTR
Cinematography - Girl with a Pearl Earring
Costume Design - The last Samurai
Directing - LOTR
Documentary Feature - Capturing the Friedmans
Documentary Short Subject - Asylum
Film Editing - Cold Mountain
Foreign Language - The Barbarian Invasions
Makeup - Master & Commander
Music (Score) - LOTR
Music (song) - A Mighty Wind
Best picture - LOTR:ROTK
Short Film (animated) - Boundin'
Short Film (live) Die Rote Jacke
Sound Mixing- LOTR
Sound Editing - Pirates of the Caribbean
Visual Effect - Master & Commander
Writing (adapted) - Mystic River
Writing (original) - Lost in Translation

[Sunny]

Actor - Bill Murray
Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins
Actress - Samantha Morton
Supporting Actress - Patricia Clarkson
Animated Feature - Finding Nemo
Art Direction - LOTR
Cinematography - Cold Mountain
Costume Design - LOTR
Directing - LOTR
Documentary Feature - Fog of War
Documentary Short Subject - Asylum
Film Editing - LOTR
Foreign Language - The Twilight Samurai
Makeup - LOTR
Music (Score) - LOTR
Music (song) - You Will Be My Ain True Love
Best picture - LOTR
Short Film (animated) - Harvie Krumpet
Short Film (live) Two Soldiers
Sound - LOTR
Sound Editing - Finding Nemo
Visual Effect - LOTR
Writing (adapted) - Seabiscuit
Writing (original) - In America

[cubedbee]

Only 9 entries so far. This is for a mug! Just pick randomly. Or edit another persons post and make a change or two.

[Jables]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - Johnny Depp

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Tim Robbins

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - Naomi Watts

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Renée Zellweger

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - FINDING NEMO

ART DIRECTION - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

CINEMATOGRAPHY - COLD MOUNTAIN

COSTUME DESIGN - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

DIRECTING - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - THE FOG OF WAR

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT - CHERNOBYL HEART

FILM EDITING - SEABISCUIT

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - TWIN SISTERS

MAKEUP - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

MUSIC (SCORE) - BIG FISH

MUSIC (SONG) - "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND

BEST PICTURE - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) - HARVIE KRUMPET

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) - TWO SOLDIERS

SOUND EDITING - MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

SOUND MIXING - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

VISUAL EFFECTS - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) - AMERICAN SPLENDOR

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) - LOST IN TRANSLATION

[cubedbee]

Less than 21 hours left to get your picks in.

[RedSoxFan]

Actor - Murray
Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins
Actress - Theron
Supporting Actress - Aghdashloo
Animated Feature - Finding Nemo
Art Direction - LOTR
Cinematography - Seabiscuit
Costume Design - LOTR
Directing - LOTR
Documentary Feature - Capturing the Friedmans
Documentary Short Subject - Chernobyl Heart
Film Editing - LOTR
Foreign Language - The Barbarian Invasions
Makeup - LOTR
Music (Score) - LOTR
Music (song) - Into the West
Best picture - LOTR
Short Film (animated) - Destino
Short Film (live) - Two Soldiers
Sound - LOTR
Sound Editing - Master and Commander
Visual Effect - LOTR
Writing (adapted) - Seabiscuit
Writing (original) - Lost in Translation

[abacustwo]

Actor - Sean Pean
Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins
Actress - Charlize Theron
Supporting Actress - Holly Hunter
Animated Feature - Finding Nemo
Art Direction - LOTR
Cinematography - Cold Mountain
Costume Design - LOTR
Directing - Lost in Translation
Documentary Feature - Fog of War
Documentary Short Subject - Asylum
Film Editing - LOTR
Foreign Language - The Barbarian Invasions
Makeup - LOTR
Music (Score) - Big Fish
Music (song) - A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow
Best picture - Mystic River
Short Film (animated) - Destino
Short Film (live) - Two Soldiers
Sound - LOTR
Sound Editing - Finding Nemo
Sound Mixing - Seabiscuit
Visual Effect - LOTR
Writing (adapted) - Seabiscuit
Writing (original) - Lost in Translation

[cubedbee]

1.75 hours. Come on, I know more people wanted to play this.

[Macroman]

1.75 hours. Come on, I know more people wanted to play this.

OK you got me. Made my picks in 10 minutes. I have not seen hardly any of the nomiated films:

Actor - Bill Murray
Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins
Actress - Charlize Theron
Supporting Actress - Renee Zellwegger
Animated Feature - Finding Nemo
Art Direction - LOTR
Cinematography - Cold Mountain
Costume Design - LOTR
Directing - Peter Jackson- LOTR
Documentary Feature - Fog of War
Documentary Short Subject - Asylum
Film Editing - LOTR
Foreign Language - The Twilight Samurai
Makeup - LOTR
Music (Score) - House of Sand and Fog
Music (song) - A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow
Best picture - Mystic River
Short Film (animated) - Nibbles
Short Film (live) - Two Soldiers
Sound - LOTR
Sound Editing - Finding Nemo
Sound Mixing - Seabiscuit
Visual Effect - LOTR
Writing (adapted) - Seabiscuit
Writing (original) - Lost in Translation

[cubedbee]

Nominations still being accepted. My watch is running slow.

[Natalie_Portman]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bill Murray

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tim Robbins

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Renee Zelwiger

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FINDING NEMO

ART DIRECTION
Girl With a Pearl Earring

CINEMATOGRAPHY
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

COSTUME DESIGN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

DIRECTING
Peter Jackson - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE FOG OF WAR

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
CHERNOBYL HEART

FILM EDITING
MASTER AND COMMANDER - THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS

MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SCORE)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SONG)
"INTO THE WEST" FROM LOTR

BEST PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
DESTINO

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
MOST

SOUND
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

SOUND EDITING
MASTER AND COMMANDER

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
LOST IN TRANSLATION

[Jables]

Come on, I know more people wanted to play this.

Still a lot more than the people that played my Grammy ripoff ;)

[Jables]

Cubed, I'm trying to keep score as the show goes on... I think that when people entered a pick for Sound it is for Sound Mixing... I'n not sure where your 3rd sound category is coming from, that would make 25 awards in total, and your first post says 24.

[cubedbee]

Yeah, I think you're right about that. I think you've called them all so far.

[Jables]

Yeah, so far so good...hardly a comfortable lead, and several less popular picks coming up...

Edit: I'm in a free-fall! Why do I despise LOTR so much?

[Jables]

Looks like I need Johnny Depp AND Naomi Watts just to clinch a tie with the leader, Natalie_P (by my count)... not too promising

[Jables]

I'm eliminated, :shake:

Jables, start 8-0, fall flat on face :lol:

[Jables]

Yay, I never have to hear about this Lord of the Rings bullshiat again! :furious:

I was so hoping they'd find a way to lose the last award, just so I could post...

BEST
PICTURE
NEVER
WASES

WHAT A CHOKE OF A MOVIE! LMAO!

(It still feels good even if it isn't true :D)

[cubedbee]

According to my calculations, SideSwipe and Natalie Portman are the two winners, tied with 31 total points. Both predicted the sweep for LOTR. If you think you scored higher, speak up now, since I'm done doublechecking.

[cubedbee]

Weird trivia: LOTR broke the record for a film winning all its nominations. The previous recordholder was Gigli.

[RedSoxFan]

According to my calculations, SideSwipe and Natalie Portman are the two winners, tied with 31 total points. Both predicted the sweep for LOTR. If you think you scored higher, speak up now, since I'm done doublechecking.

How did they both predict the sweep if SideSwipe predicted LOTR in more categories than Natalie Portman did?

[cubedbee]

My bad. Natalie didn't predict the sweep, but tied with SideSwipe nonetheless.

[Mr. Penguin]

While I'd like to congratulate the winner, mostly I want to congratulate Jables, who appeared on both the Grammys and the Academy Awards this year without being nominated for either.

[RedSoxFan]

According to my calculations, SideSwipe and Natalie Portman are the two winners, tied with 31 total points. Both predicted the sweep for LOTR. If you think you scored higher, speak up now, since I'm done doublechecking.

Are you going to publish the final standings so I can see how I stacked up?

[Jables]

While I'd like to congratulate the winner, mostly I want to congratulate Jables, who appeared on both the Grammys and the Academy Awards this year without being nominated for either.

Highlight of the show, IMNSHO

[cubedbee]

According to my calculations, SideSwipe and Natalie Portman are the two winners, tied with 31 total points. Both predicted the sweep for LOTR. If you think you scored higher, speak up now, since I'm done doublechecking.

Are you going to publish the final standings so I can see how I stacked up?

Yeah, I'll do so when I get home.

[frummie]

I was so hoping they'd find a way to lose the last award, just so I could post...

BEST
PICTURE
NEVER
WASES

WHAT A CHOKE OF A MOVIE! LMAO!

(It still feels good even if it isn't true :D)

:rofl: You could have put the following in your signature line:

:lol:"and the oscar goes to ... A Beautiful Mind" :lol: "and the oscar goes to ... Chicago" :lol: :lol:"and the oscar goes to ... Mystic River" :lol:

[Jables]

:lolup:

[SideSwipe]

WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

What did I win??

It WAS a pretty boring show no?

[Natalie_Portman]

And the best displaced Bush-man, aborigine trophy goes to ....

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's Peter Jackson

And the best bird's nest hairdo on a female married to a director goes to....

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's Peter Jackson's wife

( Do I get extra credit? :) )

...I still like The Triplets of Bellville over Finding Nemo....

[Jables]

While I'd like to congratulate the winner, mostly I want to congratulate Jables, who appeared on both the Grammys and the Academy Awards this year without being nominated for either.

Highlight of the show, IMNSHO

Low quality RealVideo capture of Jables on the Oscars (http://katdamage.home.comcast.net/fark/best_song.rm)
MP3 of the audio (http://katdamage.home.comcast.net/fark/best_song.mp3)

[cubedbee]

Here's the final scores. I'll be PMing glenn and asking him to send mugs to both of the winners.

SideSwipe 31
Natalie Portman 31
RedSoxFan 28
Mr Penguin 25
Pseudolus 23
Kitara 22
Jables 22
Slim Shady 21
Macroman 21
Cubed 20
Patience 19
cmu_stu 19
Vern 16
eponine 15

[SideSwipe]

I'm honoured to be in the company of such great nominees. Without you all entering this contest, there would'nt be anything for me to win.

Putting together my list of winners was such a great experience, the scenery in New Zealand was breathtaking, and my fellow cast-members were great to work with.

Peter Jackson, thanks for delivering this mug to me. During the time we were making this list, you have been like a father, mother, and long lost lover to whom I owe all my success. Thanks for taking a chance on me.

Say yes to Drugs! Gay Marriages for Everybody! Vive Le Canada!

[cubedbee]

OK, some bad news for the winners. Glenn graciously promised me a single mug for this competition. His last mug. Lacking foresight, I didn't set up a tiebreaker. I want to set up one now, after the fact.

So, my proposed tiebreaker is to have the two winners predict how much money LOTR will make this weekend. Here is its historical performance (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=returnoftheking.htm) Oscar winners almost always see a spike in their grosses the weekend after.

SideSwipe and Natalie: Post your predictions here or PM me if you prefer. Thursday 11:59 pm EST is the deadline. Final boxoffice numbers come out on Monday afternoon for the weekend. If either of you is unhappy about this after-the-fact tiebreaker, PM me and I'll talk to glenn about alternative prizes. Or I'll sleep with whoever doesn't get the mug.

[Natalie_Portman]

Glenn, you need a bakesale or something to raise funds for RF prizes. :shake:

You know, they gave two Oscars in the Best Actress category when there was a tie in 1968 between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand!

SideSwipe, maybe we can reach a joint-custody agreement--you can have the mug Monday through Wednesday, and I will get the mug on Thursday through the weekend.

[SideSwipe]

SideSwipe, maybe we can reach a joint-custody agreement--you can have the mug Monday through Wednesday, and I will get the mug on Thursday through the weekend.

No way, I want him here every other weekend!

How about splitting the mug into two?

Come on Glenn, I'm sure you can dig up two measly prizes! Pretty Please!!!

[RedSoxFan]

SideSwipe, maybe we can reach a joint-custody agreement--you can have the mug Monday through Wednesday, and I will get the mug on Thursday through the weekend.

No way, I want him here every other weekend!

How about splitting the mug into two?

Come on Glenn, I'm sure you can dig up two measly prizes! Pretty Please!!!

You could play Rock, Paper, Scissors for it. I'm available for hire as an RPS consultant.

[Sunny]

SideSwipe, maybe we can reach a joint-custody agreement--you can have the mug Monday through Wednesday, and I will get the mug on Thursday through the weekend.

No way, I want him here every other weekend!

How about splitting the mug into two?

Come on Glenn, I'm sure you can dig up two measly prizes! Pretty Please!!!


You could play Rock, Paper, Scissors for it. I'm available for hire as an RPS consultant.

You guys are too funny! :wink:

[Jables]

:bump:

So who won the mug? ;)

Cubed, are you gonna run this contest again when the nominees come out? The Grammy nominations just came out today and got thinking about trying for a better turnout on my Grammy Award game which was a direct ripoff of this one :)