Every year I try to guess who’ll win at the Oscars. For an amateur Oscar historian I think I do fairly well, and though I haven’t had a ton of time this year to pay as close attention as I’d like here are my picks.
Picture: Â Slumdog Millionaire
Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt
Original Screenplay: Wall-E
Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Animated Film: Wall-E
Foreign-Language Film: Departures
Documentary: Man on Wire
Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Cinematography:Â The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Costume Design: The Duchess
Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Music Score: Slumdog Millionaire
Song: Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire
Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
Sound Mixing: Wall-E
Live Action Short: Toyland
Animated Short: Presto
Documentary Short: The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306
Biggest crossing-fingers moment? If by some sort of miracle, somehow, amazingly that Heath Ledger is upset and Kirk Lazarus Robert Downey Jr. grabs the prize.
best actor:mickey rourke. sup actor:heath ledger. best actress:melissa leo. sup actress:marisa tomei. animated: kung fu panda. art direction:dark knight. cinematography:dark knight. costume:duchess. director:slumdog. best picture: benjamin button. kev, i’m new to twitter. i can’t figure out how to twitter someone. any tips?—-stevedave47
>i can’t figure out how to twitter someone.
Replies are usually in this format. To reply to me:
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Of course, depending whether you are using the web, SMS or another device to do Twitter updates the process may vary.