Quote of the Day - March 7

You know a wise man once said, I think it was Attila the Hun, "It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail."

- Ross Webster, Superman III

Quote of the Day - March 6

So I went 12/24 last night. Not half bad, considering the upset special of Crash over Brokeback. My biggest disappointment of the night was in the Best Cinematography category where The New World was absolutely robbed. My biggest Oscar snub of the year - Sin City should at least have received a nomination in Best Visual Effects.

On to the best quote of last night (I can't remember the exact quote, but here is my best interpretation of it):

"Martin Scorsese: zero Oscars. Three 6 Mafia: one"

- John Stewart, 78th Annual Academy Awards

Oscar Picks

To honor the request of Classic, below are my predictions for tonight's Academy Awards. It is important to note that these are not the movies I want to see win, but the ones I believe will win (with some upset choices for good measure). And to anyone who was at Lisa's Oscar party last year knows, my predictions can be wrong, very wrong. It is just that I am too smart for the Academy and thus, making it very difficult to know what they are thinking.

1. BEST PICTURE - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
2. ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
3. ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA
4. BEST DIRECTOR - Ang Lee - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
5. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Jake Gyllenhaal - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
6. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
7. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco - CRASH
8. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - Tony Kushner & Eric Roth - MUNICH
9. BEST ART DIRECTION - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
10. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - THE NEW WORLD
11. BEST FOREIGN FILM - TSOTSI
12. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
13. BEST ORIGINAL SONG - “Travelin’ Thru” — TRANSAMERICA
14. BEST COSTUME DESIGN - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
15. BEST ANIMATED FILM - WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
16. BEST FILM EDITING - MUNICH
17. BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - KING KONG
18. BEST MAKE-UP - THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
19. BEST SOUND MIXING - WALK THE LINE
20. BEST SOUND EDITING - KING KONG
21. BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
22. BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA
23. BEST SHORT FILM - ANIMATED - BADGERED
24. BEST SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION - AUSREISSER (THE RUNAWAY)