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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Oscar Oscar Musical Edition

Best Original Score. I think I lost my mind on this one. The breakdown is

Benjamin Button (1)
Defiance (5)
Milk (2)
Slumdog (8)
WALL-E (0)

and the winner is ... Slumdog

Anne
GramTuna
JPowers
Katjam
Kyara
RobdeGreat
Sherry
Donna

The nominees for Best Song.

Down to Earth (WALL-E) - 5
Jai Ho (Slumdog) - 7
O Saya (Slumdog) - 4

and the winner is ... Jai Ho

Anne
GramTuna
GreenTuna
Katjam
Kyara
Rob
RobdeGreat

Best Foreign Film - The Lone winner for "Departures" (Japan) is Copssister!

Leaderboard -- After 20

Anne - 12
GramTuna - 12

Kyara - 10

GreenTuna - 9
JPowers - 9

Rob - 8
Donna - 8

Sherry - 7

Copssister - 6
Geek36 - 6
KatJam - 6
TeenTuna - 6
RobdeGreat - 6

Brittany - 5
BSTuna - 5

Odie - 3

Oscar Oscar Musical Edition

Oscar Oscar A Whole Bunch of Categories Too Fast

Oscar Oscar Needs More Cowbell Update

The Category is Supporting Actor. Why is Phillip Seymour Hoffman wearing a black ski hat? He looks like he has plans to knock off a 7-11 after the show.

Our guesses are nearly unanimous (though not entirely) for the late Heath Ledger.

Josh Brolin (1)
Robert Downey Jr. (2)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (2)
Heath Ledger (11)
Michael Shannon (0)

and the winner is ... Heath Ledger

Anne
Brittany
Copssister
Geek36
GramTuna
GreenTuna
JPowers
Katjam
Kyara
Rob
Sherry

And now, Best Documentary. I absolutely love documentaries. Mostly we think Men on Wires should win the Oscar.

Betrayal (0)
Encounters at the End of the World (3)
Garden (2)
Man on Wire (9)
Trouble the Water (2)

and the winner is ... Man on Wire

Anne
Copssister
Geek36
GramTuna
GreenTuna
JPowers
Kyara
TeenTuna
Donna

And Best Documentary Short. The winner is ... Smile Pinki, and let's just cut to the chase because we all guessed wrong except

Brittany

Current Leaderboard

GreenTuna (8)

Anne (7)
GramTuna (7)
JPowers (7)
Kyara (7)

Geek36 (6)

Brittany (5)
Copssister (5)
TeenTuna (5)
Rob (5)
Donna (5)

Katjam (4)
Sherry (4)

BSTuna (3)
Odie (3)

RobdeGreat (2)

Oscar Oscar Needs More Cowbell Update

Oscar Oscar Categories nobody knows

Oscar Oscar Part the Third

The Joaquin Phoenix ripoff is HYSTERICAL.

The category is Cinematography. We favored Buttons, Knights and Millionaires.

Changeling (1)
Benjamin Button (5)
Dark Knight (5)
Reader (0)
Slumdog (6)

and the winner is ... Slumdog Millionaire

Copssister
Geek36
Odie
Rob
RobdeGreat
Donna

Leaderboard

Anne (5)
GramTuna (5)
GreenTuna (5)
JPowers (5)

Geek36 (4)
Kyara (4)
TeenTuna (4)
Rob (4)

Brittany (3)
BSTuna (3)
Copssister (3)
Katjam (3)
Odie (3)
Sherry (3)
Donna (3)

RobdeGreat (2)

And now the scientific and technical awards. Snack break!

Oscar Oscar Part the Third

Oscar Oscar after the break

I sure hope SJP doesn't breathe too deeply because her girls are ready for their close-up, if you catch my drift. The set design to introduce the category of Art Direction is supposed to look all back-stage studio-esque, but really it looks like a craptacular spectacle of lumber.

Our guesses for art direction is all over the map.

Changeling (2)
Benjamin Button (4)
Dark Knight (5)
Duchess (2)
Revolutionary Road (3)

and the winner is ... Benjamin Button

Anne
Katjam
Rob
Sherry

The companion oscar is for Costume design. We have guesses in all 5, but the majority feel that a costume drama darn well better win for costume design.

Australia (4)
Benjamin Button (2)
Duchess (8)
Milk (1)
Revolutionary Road (3)

and the winner is ... The Duchess

Anne
Brittany
GramTuna
GreenTuna
JP
TeenTuna
Odie
Rob

and the nomination for Best MakeUp. We couldn't decide if we should reward curiosity or darkness.

Benjamin Button (7)
Dark Knight (7)
Hellboy II (2)

and the winner is...Benjamin Button

Anne
Copssister
Geek36
GramTuna
GreenTuna
Kyara
Sherry

I'm not sure about these motion picture yearbooks. Mostly I look at the film clips and I'm glad I missed them.

Current Scoreboard

Anne (5)
GramTuna (5)
GreenTuna (5)
Julie (5)

TeenTuna (4)
Kyara (4)

Brittany (3)
BSTuna (3)
Geek36 (3)
Katjam (3)
Rob (3)
Sherry (3)

Donna (2)
Copssister (2)
Odie (2)

RobedeGreat (1)

Oscar Oscar after the break

Oscar Opening

OK. Hugh Jackman. Trying to do a funny Billy Crystal musical opening.

*crickets*

Well, if only.

Hugh Jackman just told Mickey Rourke that he looked great. Hugh Jackman now gets the Oscar for biggest liar.

Well, this is an interesting amalgamation of past winners of Best Supporting Actresses. Our Oscar picks are across the boards, with ballots cast for all five:

Amy Adams (3)
Penelope Cruz (5)
Viola Davis (2)
Taraji P. Henson (4)
Marisa Tomei (1)

......And the winner is....Penelope Cruz

Brittany
BSTuna
GreenTuna
JP
Catjam

Best Original Screenplay...We didn't love either Frozen River or Happy-Go Lucky.

Frozen River (0)
Happy-Go-Lucky (0)
In Bruges (4)
Milke (8)
WALL-E (4)

And the winner is.....Milk

Brittany
BSTuna
Geek36
GramTuna
JP
Katjam
Rob
Sherry

And for Best Adapted Screenplay, we had doubt in Doubt, but otherwise,

Benjamin Button (4)
Doubt (0)
Frost/Nixon (2)
Reader (2)
Slumdog (8)

and the winner is...Slumdog Millionaire

Anne
GramTuna
GreenTuna
JP
Kyara
Melanie
RobdGreat
Donna

Best animated film. Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black are presenting. That has to be embarrassing, but I'm not entirely sure for which person.

Although are there are bets for all three films, WALL-E is clearly the front runner in the Oscar Pool.

Bolt (1)
Kung-Fu Panda (4)
WALL-E (11)

and the winner is...WALL-E

Anne
BSTuna
Copssister
Geek36
GramTuna
GreenTuna
JP
Katjam
Melanie
Odie
Donna

And, best animated short...

Maison en Petits Cubes (2)
Lavatory-Lovestory (4)
Oktapodi (4)
Presto (3)
This Way Up (3)

and the winner is....La Maison en Petits Cubes

Kyara
Melanie

And the leader board thus far:

Julie - 4
BSTuna - 3
GramTuna - 3
GreenTuna - 3
Kyara - 3
TeenTuna - 3
Anne - 2
Brittany - 2
Geek36 - 2
Katjam - 2
Donna - 2
Copssister - 1
Odie - 1
Rob - 1
RobdeGreat - 1
Sherry - 1

Oscar Opening

Oscar Oscar!

The accounting offices of Tuna, Tuna and Tuna (also known as Me, Myself and I) have tabulated the Oscar ballots and grabbed some dinner in anticipation of the big night. I haven't seen much of the pregame show, but I am VERY happy to see Tim Gunn calling the shots.

It just occurred to me that I have NO idea who is hosting the Oscars. I think this isn't a good sign.

HAHAHAHA -- They just played a bit of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life with the pirate accounts as the real accounts walked the carpet. CLASSY>

Meryl Streep is wearing steel gray. Don't know that I love it.

Penelope Cruz looks nice. Her dress is a vintage 60-year old dress. Very nice...and different.

Richard Jenkins in a movie nobody saw (I did, though, and it was very good), whom many people will remember as the first dead guy in Six Feet Under.

Jack Black. Why are they talking to him?

Marissa Tomei. Hmmm. Don't love the dress. The skirt is so huge looks like she could power-buff a gymnasium in no time flat.

Oh no. one of the inspirations for the director of this show was old Busby Berkley movies. This does NOT bode well.

OK. Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy ride.

Oscar Oscar!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Oscar! Oscar!

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
Now! Now! Now!
Please?

OK, I'm running this a little close to the wire, but there are still a bunch of days (5) until Oscar 2009 (February 22nd) . So click on the the LINK and VOTE. As always, having seen any of these films is often no help whatsoever, as I believe last year's winner (*cough*GramTuna*) saw maybe two or three, and the large majority of those were cartoons.

SO GO VOTE!

We're betting ALL Oscar categories except those scientific ones that are awarded earlier by whichever starlet drew the short straw. You don't have to vote for each one, but no vote will mean no points if you happen to guess right.

This year there might be a prize. But I'm not saying if there will be or not, partly because I haven't decided and partly because if there IS a prize and you only join in BECAUSE there is a prize, then it would be all "pay to play" and recent events have shown us all just how BAD that is for your career.

Did I mention you should VOTE?

Check back on Sunday night, as live Oscar blogging will be all the rage.

Oscar! Oscar!

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

I Might As Well Get This Out of the Way Now

And then January was over.

Holy calendar, Batman. Things have been CRAZY over here. There was January and snow and freezing cold and someone thinks we live in Siberia and rehearsals and teaching and work and teenagers and DRAMA and more snow and freezing cold and world premieres in Detroit and "Careful! Winter Driving Conditions" signs and school musical auditions and dentists and more freezing and cold, an upcoming Oscar pool and one very uncooperative groundhog.

That about brings you up to date.