Hi there,
Okay, we posted yesterday our predictions for the Oscars, here are the winners (and where we got it right and wrong).
The Top Eight
Best Picture – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Director – Danny Boyle (we got it right)
Best Actor – Sean Penn (we predicted Mickey Rourke)
Best Actress – Kate Winslet (we got it right)
Best Supporting Actor – Heath Ledger (well, duh!)
Best Supporting Actress – Penelope Cruz (we got that so wrong, we predicted Viola Davis)
Best Adapted Screenplay – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Original Screenplay – Milk (we got it wrong, we predicted In Bruges)
The Secondary Awards
Best Foreign Language Film – Departures (we got it wrong, we predicted The Class)
Best Animated Feature – Wall-E (we got it right)
Best Animated Short Film – La Maison en Petits Cubes (we got it wrong, we predicted Presto)
Best Live Action Short Film – Spielzeugland (Toyland) (we didn’t offer a prediction)
Best Documentary – Man on Wire (we got it right)
Best Documentary Short – Smile Pinki (we didn’t offer a prediction)
Technical Awards
Best Sound Editing – The Dark Knight (we got it wrong, we predicted Iron Man)
Best Sound Mixing – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Art Direction – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (we got it wrong, we predicted The Dark Knight)
Best Costume Design – The Duchess (we got it wrong, we predicted Milk)
Best Cinematography – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Film Editing – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Visual Effects – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (we got it right)
Best Makeup – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (we got it wrong, we predicted Hellboy 2)
Best Original Music for a Motion Picture – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Original Song – Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
So, how did we go? We managed to predict 13 correct out of 24, not bad but we will have to do better next year.
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What a fantastic surprise the special Oscars episode was. Still bleary-eyed from watching the ceremony the night before, I get to enjoy a ‘hot off the press’ wrap up on the train to work on Tuesday. Good job. Also helped clear up a mystery for me.
Now I know I can be a bit clueless at times but I wasn’t aware Channel 9 was showing the whole thing during the day and so wasn’t aware that the evening telecast would be cut to shreds. Now don’t say ‘duh’. I did wonder how after a 9:40 pm start the telecast could be all over by midnight. I thought maybe it was part of radical Oscar ceremony overhaul. Wrong!
I hate Channel 9. They treat their viewers with such distain. Yes it was great having a real-time telecast but most of us are still only able to watch it in the evening. Not only did they severely truncate the show, they made us wait until bloody Underbelly was finished AND, to add insult to injury, they did that going past the advertised finishing time thing. Grrrrr!
Betty
What a fantastic surprise the special Oscars episode was. Still bleary-eyed from watching the ceremony the night before, I get to enjoy a ‘hot off the press’ wrap up on the train to work on Tuesday. Good job. Also helped clear up a mystery for me.
Now I know I can be a bit clueless at times but I wasn’t aware Channel 9 was showing the whole thing during the day and so wasn’t aware that the evening telecast would be cut to shreds. Now don’t say ‘duh’. I did wonder how after a 9:40 pm start the telecast could be all over by midnight. I thought maybe it was part of radical Oscar ceremony overhaul. Wrong!
I hate Channel 9. They treat their viewers with such distain. Yes it was great having a real-time telecast but most of us are still only able to watch it in the evening. Not only did they severely truncate the show, they made us wait until bloody Underbelly was finished AND, to add insult to injury, they did that going past the advertised finishing time thing. Grrrrr!
Betty
I truly hate commercial television. I feel your pain. I am glad you enjoyed the show. It was fun going in that hot after the awards. We were trying to get Hollie (Fox Entertainment Reporter) on from LA but she was very busy (as you can imagine).
Hollie did end up calling us but we had already upped the show by then. It was a really bad mobile connection too. It was lovely to hear from her and she will be on another show soon.
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I truly hate commercial television. I feel your pain. I am glad you enjoyed the show. It was fun going in that hot after the awards. We were trying to get Hollie (Fox Entertainment Reporter) on from LA but she was very busy (as you can imagine).
Hollie did end up calling us but we had already upped the show by then. It was a really bad mobile connection too. It was lovely to hear from her and she will be on another show soon.
Look forward to hearing Mirren’s opinion on the show. Next year you might consider wiring her up during the telecast and recording her running commentary. I would think she was a hilarious viewing partner.
Look forward to hearing Mirren’s opinion on the show. Next year you might consider wiring her up during the telecast and recording her running commentary. I would think she was a hilarious viewing partner.