Oscar Pics.... Yeah Boring, I Know

Who Looks Gorgeous?????

Which celebrity had the best red carpet look at Sunday night’s 80th Annual Academy Awards?

Keri Russell in Nina Ricci

Jennifer Garner in Oscar de la Renta

Anne Hathaway in Marchesa

Marion Cotillard in Jean Paul Gaultier

Penelope Cruz in Chanel couture

Cameron Diaz in Dior

Heidi Klum in Dior

Hilary Swank in Versace

Faded Youth

And The Oscar Goes To.....

BEST COSTUME DESIGN = ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE, ALEXANDRA BYRNE

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE = RATAOUILLE, BRAD BIRD

BEST MAKEUP = LA VIE EN ROSE, DIDIER LAVERGNE AND JAN ARCHIBALD

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS = THE GOLDEN COMPASS

BEST ART DIRECTION = SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, DANTE FERRETTI AND FRANCESCA LO SCHIAVO

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM = THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS

BEST ANIMATED SHORT = PETER AND THE WOLF

BEST SOUND EDITING = THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

BEST SOUND MIXING = THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

BEST FILM EDITING = THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM = THE COUNTERFEITERS, AUSTRIA

BEST ORIGINAL SONG = "FALLING SLOWLY" FROM ONCE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY = THERE WILL BE BLOOD

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE = ATONEMENT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT = FREEHELD

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE = TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY = DIABLO CODY, JUNO

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY = JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS = TILDA SWINTON, MICHAEL CLAYTON

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR = JAVIER BARDEM, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE = DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE = MARION COTILLARD, LA VIE EN ROSE

BEST DIRECTOR = JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

BEST PICTURE = NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

And The Oscar Goes To......

.... probably nowhere.

Contingency plans for the Oscars have been announced in case organisers are forced to cancel the lavish ceremony due to the ongoing Hollywood writers strike.

The walkouts by members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have crippled the U.S. film and television industry since November (07) and led to the cancellation of red carpet events including the Golden Globes and the People’s Choice Awards earlier this month (Jan08).

The Golden Globes, which usually takes the form of a glittering star-studded ceremony, was reduced to a televised press conference after the union announced plans to protest at the event, forcing the majority of attendees to vow not to cross the picket line.
And now fears are growing that the Academy Awards, which are due to take place on 24 February (08), will face the same fate unless they are granted a waiver by the WGA.

Plans for the ceremony had gone ahead as normal but now organisers have been forced to devise a back-up plan, which would consist of a TV special showing a history of the Oscars and film clips.
Academy president Sid Ganis says, "We have an obligation to the art form to present the Oscars. (But we will have to consider) concepts that are not normally ones that we would have for the show if we were moving straight ahead." But Academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger insists the organisation is still in talks with the WGA to resolve the situation.

She adds, "We want to be able to do the kind of Oscar show that we always do, and we want to create the circumstances that will allow us to do that."

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And The Oscar Nominations Are.....

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actor:Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James...
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Actor:
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In The Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Best Director:
Julian Schanbel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
The Coens, No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best Original Screenplay:
Diablo Cody, Juno
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Sarah Polley, Away From Her
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best Foreign Film:
Beaufort, Israel
The Counterfeiters, Austria
Katyn, Poland
Mongol, Kazakhstan
12, Russia

Best Animated Film:
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Best Picture:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood