Placing my bets on tonight’s Oscar winners. I may be losing some money tonight but I’m doing to document this here and forward it to my gambling buddies. And yes, I’m aware I’m a pansy for betting on award shows rather than sports events. Shove it.

Side note: Could you believe how incredibly difficult it is to not judge someone based on their looks? I’m terrible at being neutral.

MP = my prediction
W = winner

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk***MP***
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire



BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for Milk
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler ***MP***



BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for The Reader ***MP***



BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight ***MP***
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road
(Note: I literally flipped a coin for this one because I WANT Ledger to win, but I imagine it could just as easily go to Josh Brolin, the wife-beating sonofabitch.)


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AND ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams for Doubt ***MP***
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis for Doubt
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler



BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire***MP***
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk



BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire ***MP***



BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL·E ***MP***

I watched every single one of these movies to prepare for this night, so I’d better be right about some of these. Also, if Angelina Jolie wins anything for “Changeling” I will throw a hissy fit because that movie was just awful.

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