Oscar Contest (win $100)
 

Oscar Contest!

In the spirit of the Academy Awards this coming Sunday evening (February 25th, 2007), XNations is giving $100 to the webmaster who can correctly predict the number of Oscar winners! Look at the list below, and make your choices in this thread. There are 20 categories.

Best Actor

(1) Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)
(2) Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
(3) Peter O'Toole (Venus)
(4) Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)
(5) Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)

Best Supporting Actor

(1) Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)
(2) Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)
(3) Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)
(4) Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
(5) Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)

Best Actress

(1) Penelope Cruz (Volver)
(2) Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)
(3) Helen Mirren (The Queen)
(4) Meryl Streep (The Devil wears Prada)
(5) Kate Winslet (Little Children)

Best Supporting Actress

(1) Adriana Barraza (Babel)
(2) Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)
(3) Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
(4) Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
(5) Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)

Animated Feature Film

(1) Cars
(2) Happy Feet
(3) Monster House

Art Direction

(1) Dream Girls
(2) The Good Shepherd
(3) Pan's Labyrinth
(4) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(5) The Prestige

Cinematography

(1) The Black Dahlia
(2) Children of Men
(3) The Illusionist
(4) Pan's Labyrinth
(5) The Prestige

Costume Design

(1) Curse of the Golden FLower
(2) The Devil wears Prada
(3) Dreamgirls
(4) Marie Antoinette
(5) The Queen

Documentary Feature

(1) Deliver us from Evil
(2) An Inconvenient Truth
(3) Iraq in Fragments
(4) Jesus Camp
(5) My Country, My Country

Documentary Short

(1) The Blood of Yingzhou District
(2) Recycled Life
(3) Rehearsing a Dream
(4) Two Hands

Film Editing

(1) Babel
(2) Blood Diamond
(3) Children of Men
(4) The Departed
(5) United 93

Foreign Language Film

(1) After the Wedding
(2) Days of Glory (Indigenes)
(3) The Lives of Others
(4) Pan's Labyrinth
(5) Water

Makeup

(1) Apocalypto
(2) Click
(3) Pan's Labyrinth

Music (Score)

(1) Babel
(2) The Good German
(3) Notes of a Scandal
(4) Pan's Labyrinth
(5) The Queen

Music (Song)

(1) An Inconvenient Truth (I need to wake up)
(2) Dreamgirls (Listen)
(3) Dreamgirls (Love you I do)
(4) Cars (Our Town)
(5) Dreamgirls (Patience)

Sound Editing

(1) Apocalypto
(2) Blood Diamond
(3) Flags of our Fathers
(4) Letters from Iwo Jima
(5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Sound Mixing

(1) Apocalypto
(2) Blood Diamond
(3) Dreamgirls
(4) Flags of our Fathers
(5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Writing (Original Screenplay)

(1) Babel
(2) Letters from Iwo Jima
(3) Little Miss Sunshine
(4) Pan's Labyrinth
(5) The Queen

Directing

(1) Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
(2) The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
(3) Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)
(4) The Queen (Stephen Frears)
(5) United 93 (Paul Greengrass)

Best Picture

(1) Babel
(2) The Departed
(3) Letters from Iwo Jima
(4) Little Miss Sunshine
(5) The Queen

Copy and paste the following into your reply, and then add your choice to the end of each line.

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Best Actor:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actress:
Animated Feature Film:
Art Direction:
Cinematography:
Costume Design:
Documentary Feature:
Documentary Short:
Film Editing:
Foreign Language Film:
Makeup:
Music (Score):
Music (Song):
Sound Editing:
Sound Mixing:
Writing (Original Screenplay):
Directing:
Best Picture:
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Good luck!


Eligible webmasters must have been registered at XNations no later than February 1st, 2007 and have a minimum of 100 postcount. You can only guess once of course. Final guesses must be made by 8pm eastern, on Sunday February 25th. At that time, this thread will be locked. Final adjudication is by the admin of XNations. If I have forgotten anything, I can make a change as I go. Above all, no whining. :) In case of a tie, the winnings will be split. Moderators are eligible, however Administrators of XNations are not eligible. (ie... just FB and I cannot play)

Good luck everyone! This should be a fun contest! http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/dvv/popblood.gif Good luck everyone!

Great contest!

I'll have to do a little research before I make my picks

Best Actor: (5) Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
Best Supporting Actor: (1) Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Best Actress: (3) Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Best Supporting Actress: (3) Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Animated Feature Film: (2) Happy Feet
Art Direction: (3) Pan's Labyrinth
Cinematography: (4) Pan's Labyrinth
Costume Design: (5) The Queen
Documentary Feature: (2) An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: (1) The Blood of Yingzhou District
Film Editing: (4) The Departed
Foreign Language Film: (4) Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup: (3) Pan's Labyrinth
Music (Score): (4) Pan's Labyrinth
Music (Song): (3) Dreamgirls (Love you I do)
Sound Editing: (4) Letters from Iwo Jima
Sound Mixing: (3) Dreamgirls
Writing (Original Screenplay): (3) Little Miss Sunshine
Directing: (2) The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Best Picture: (5) The Queen

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Best Actor: (4) Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)
Best Supporting Actor: (3) Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)
Best Actress: (5) Kate Winslet (Little Children)
Best Supporting Actress: (2) Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)
Animated Feature Film: (1) Cars
Art Direction: (4) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Cinematography: (3) The Illusionist
Costume Design: (4) Marie Antoinette
Documentary Feature: (2) An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: (3) Rehearsing a Dream
Film Editing: (2) Blood Diamond
Foreign Language Film: (4) Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup: (1) Apocalypto
Music (Score): (5) The Queen
Music (Song): (4) Cars (Our Town)
Sound Editing: (3) Flags of our Fathers
Sound Mixing: (1) Apocalypto
Writing (Original Screenplay): (2) Letters from Iwo Jima
Directing: (2) The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Best Picture: (2) The Departed
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woot

Excellent... thanks for running this. I've def. got some research to do.

In the meantime I thought there were 24 categories?

Jay, I cut out a few crazy categories to keep it at 20. There are still several "your guess is as good as mine" cats in there anyway. Good luck!

So the webmaster who win most will got moonies?

Cool! I could use some money :)

Best Actor:Forest Whitaker

Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy

Best Actress: Helen Mirren

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson

Animated Feature Film: Cars

Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth

Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth

Costume Design: The Queen

Documentary Feature: Deliver us from Evil

Documentary Short: Recycled Life

Film Editing: Babel

Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth
( i really would like Indigenes to win tho...)

Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth - David Martí, Montse Ribé

Music (Score): Pan's Labyrinth

Music (Song): Cars (Our Town)

Sound Editing: Flags of Our Fathers

Sound Mixing: Flags of our Fathers

Writing (Original Screenplay): Babel

Directing: The Departed (Martin Scorsese)

Best Picture: The Departed

Best Actor: (4) Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)
Best Supporting Actor: (1) Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Best Actress: (3) Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Best Supporting Actress: (4) Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Animated Feature Film: (2) Happy Feet
Art Direction: (4) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Cinematography: (3) The Illusionist
Costume Design: (3) Dreamgirls
Documentary Feature: (2) An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: (1) The Blood of Yingzhou District
Film Editing: (5) United 93
Foreign Language Film: (4) Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup: (3) Pan's Labyrinth
Music (Score): (5) The Queen
Music (Song): (2) Dreamgirls (Listen)
Sound Editing: (5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Sound Mixing: (3) Dreamgirls
Writing (Original Screenplay): (1) Babel
Directing: (2) The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Best Picture: (2) The Departed
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I have seen none of these films and simply based my picks on the typical hollywood themes of anti-american/hate bush and when not applicable, the other hollywood fallback positions. ;)

Best Actor: (1) Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)
Best Supporting Actor: (2) Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)
Best Actress: (5) Kate Winslet (Little Children)
Best Supporting Actress: (4) Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Animated Feature Film: (1) Cars
Art Direction: (3) Pan's Labyrinth
Cinematography: (2) Children of Men
Costume Design: (1) Curse of the Golden FLower
Documentary Feature: (2) An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: (3) Rehearsing a Dream
Film Editing: (2) Blood Diamond
Foreign Language Film: (4) Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup: (3) Pan's Labyrinth
Music (Score): (3) Notes of a Scandal
Music (Song): (2) Dreamgirls (Listen)
Sound Editing: (5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Sound Mixing: (5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Writing (Original Screenplay): (1) Babel
Directing: (1) Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Best Picture: (1) Babel

I saw a few of them! Most of these are total guesses!

Cool Contest!
 

Damn hard with The Departed and Clint Eastwoods 2 movies going at eachother in diffirent categories.. I guess Im going to bet on Clint!! ;-)

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Best Actor: (5) Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
Best Supporting Actor: (4) Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Best Actress: (1) Penelope Cruz (Volver)
Best Supporting Actress: (4) Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Animated Feature Film: (2) Happy Feet
Art Direction: (4) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Cinematography: (4) Pan's Labyrinth
Costume Design: (4) Marie Antoinette
Documentary Feature: (2) An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: (1) The Blood of Yingzhou District
Film Editing: (4) The Departed
Foreign Language Film: (4) Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup: (3) Pan's Labyrinth
Music (Score): (1) Babel
Music (Song): (3) Dreamgirls (Love you I do)
Sound Editing: (4) Letters from Iwo Jima
Sound Mixing: (4) Flags of our Fathers
Writing (Original Screenplay): (2) Letters from Iwo Jima
Directing: (3) Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)
Best Picture: (3) Letters from Iwo Jima
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Cool Contest!!! I am here are my nominations:

Best Actor:Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)
Best Supporting Actor:Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Best Actress: Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)
Best Supporting Actress:Adriana Barraza (Babel)
Animated Feature Film: Cars
Art Direction:Pan's Labyrinth
Cinematography:The Illusionist
Costume Design:Dreamgirls
Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short:Rehearsing a Dream
Film Editing: Babel
Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth
Music (Score): Notes of a Scandal
Music (Song): Dreamgirls (Patience)
Sound Editing: Flags of our Fathers
Sound Mixing: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Writing (Original Screenplay): Little Miss Sunshine
Directing: The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Best Picture: Babel

My picks
 

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker

Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy

Best Actress: Helen Mirren

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson

Animated Feature Film: Cars

Art Direction: Dream Girls

Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth

Costume Design: “Dreamgirls”

Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth

Documentary Short: Rehearsing a Dream

Film Editing: Babel

Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth

Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth

Music (Score): The Queen

Music (Song): Dreamgirls (Listen)

Sound Editing: Flags of our Fathers

Sound Mixing: Blood Diamond

Writing (Original Screenplay): Babel

Directing: Martin Scorsese

Best Picture: THE DEPARTED

Post Count
 

Well, this is depressing....
I don't have a high enough post count to win, unless I talk allot between now and then.

Ho hum

Nice contest..good luck everyone!

Best Actor Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)

Best Supporting Actor Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)

Best Actress Penelope Cruz (Volver)

Best Supporting Actress Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)

Animated Feature Film Monster House

Art Direction Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Cinematography Pan's Labyrinth

Costume Design The Queen

Documentary Feature Iraq in Fragments

Documentary Short Rehearsing a Dream

Film Editing Babel

Foreign Language Film Pan's Labyrinth

Makeup Pan's Labyrinth

Music (Score) Babel

Music (Song) Dreamgirls (Love you I do)

Sound Editing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Sound Mixing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Writing (Original Screenplay) The Queen

Directing Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)

Best Picture The Queen



:arrr:

Best Actor :Peter O'Toole (Venus)
Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)
Best Actress: Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Best Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza (Babel)
Animated Feature Film: Happy Feet
Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth
Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth
Costume Design: The Queen
Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: Rehearsing a Dream
Film Editing: United 93
Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup: Apocalypto
Music (Score): Notes of a Scandal
Music (Song): Cars (Our Town)
Sound Editing: Flags of our Fathers
Sound Mixing: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Writing (Original Screenplay): Letters from Iwo Jima
Directing: The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Best Picture: The Queen

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)
Best Actress: Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Best Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Animated Feature Film: Cars
Art Direction: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Cinematography: The Black Dahlia
Costume Design: The Queen
Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: Rehearsing a Dream
Film Editing: The Departed
Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others
Makeup: Click
Music (Score): The Queen
Music (Song): Cars (Our Town)
Sound Editing: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Sound Mixing: Flags of our Fathers
Writing (Original Screenplay): Letters from Iwo Jima
Directing: The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Best Picture: The Departed

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Best Actor: Forest whitaker
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy
Best Actress: Helen Mirren
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson
Animated Feature Film: Cars
Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth
Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth
Costume Design: Marie Antoinette
Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: Rehearsing a Dream
Film Editing: United 93
Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth
Music (Score): The Queen
Music (Song): Dreamgirls (Love you I do)
Sound Editing: Flags of our Fathers
Sound Mixing: Flags of our Fathers
Writing (Original Screenplay): Babel
Directing: Martin Scorsese
Best Picture: Babel
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Best Actor:1
Best Supporting Actor:3
Best Actress:3
Best Supporting Actress:1
Animated Feature Film:2
Art Direction:4
Cinematography:5
Costume Design:2
Documentary Feature:4
Documentary Short:4
Film Editing:2
Foreign Language Film:4
Makeup:1
Music (Score):1
Music (Song):3
Sound Editing:5
Sound Mixing:1
Writing (Original Screenplay):1
Directing:4
Best Picture:4

same here.... :(

Let's give it a go...

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Best Actor: Peter O'Toole (Venus)
Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)
Best Actress: Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)
Animated Feature Film: Cars
Art Direction: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Cinematography: Children of Men
Costume Design: Curse of the Golden Flower
Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: The Blood of Yingzhou District
Film Editing: Blood Diamond
Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth
Music (Score): Babel
Music (Song): Dreamgirls (Patience)
Sound Editing: Flags of our Fathers
Sound Mixing: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Writing (Original Screenplay): Little Miss Sunshine
Directing: The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Best Picture: Babel
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I might as well let my dog choose. Good luck.

[quote=Evil Chris;119702]Oscar Contest!

in the cynical spirit of second guessing political machinations of holywood publicicists and not necessarily evaluating the most deserving talent, here are my shots at the bucks:

Best Actor

(1) Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)


Best Supporting Actor

(3) Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)


Best Actress

(5) Kate Winslet (Little Children)

Best Supporting Actress

(2) Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)

Animated Feature Film

(2) Happy Feet


Art Direction

(3) Pan's Labyrinth


Cinematography

(1) The Black Dahlia

Costume Design

(5) The Queen

Documentary Feature

(2) An Inconvenient Truth

Documentary Short

(1) The Blood of Yingzhou District

Film Editing

(5) United 93

Foreign Language Film

(4) Pan's Labyrinth


Makeup

(1) Apocalypto

Music (Score)

(5) The Queen

Music (Song)

(5) Dreamgirls (Patience)

Sound Editing

(4) Letters from Iwo Jima


Sound Mixing

(5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Writing (Original Screenplay)

(2) Letters from Iwo Jima

Directing

(5) United 93 (Paul Greengrass)

Best Picture

(1) Babel

Best Actor
(5) Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)

Best Supporting Actor

(4) Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
(5) Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) should get it but eddie will instead :(

Best Actress

(4) Meryl Streep (The Devil wears Prada)

Best Supporting Actress

(3) Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)

Animated Feature Film

(1) Cars

Art Direction

(1) Dream Girls

Cinematography

(1) The Black Dahlia

Costume Design

(1) Curse of the Golden FLower

Documentary Feature

(4) Jesus Camp

Documentary Short

(1) The Blood of Yingzhou District

Film Editing

(2) Blood Diamond

Foreign Language Film

(5) Water

Makeup

(1) Apocalypto

Music (Score)

(5) The Queen

Music (Song)

(2) Dreamgirls (Listen)

Sound Editing

(1) Apocalypto

Sound Mixing

(5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Writing (Original Screenplay)

(1) Babel

Directing

(2) The Departed (Martin Scorsese)

Best Picture

(2) The Departed

w00t

All the wrong answers
 

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)

Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)

Best Actress: Meryl Streep (The Devil wears Prada)

Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)

Animated Feature Film: Happy Feet

Art Direction: The Good Shepherd

Cinematography: The Illusionist

Costume Design: Marie Antoinette

Documentary Feature: My Country, My Country

Documentary Short: Rehearsing a Dream

Film Editing: Blood Diamond

Foreign Language Film: After the Wedding

Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth

Music (Score): The Queen

Music (Song): Dreamgirls (Love you I do)

Sound Editing: Blood Diamond

Sound Mixing: Blood Diamond

Writing (Original Screenplay): Pan's Labyrinth

Directing: The Queen

I love how a few people here took the time to submit their votes but neglected to take the time to read Chris's one paragraph of the rules regarding "minimum 100 post count". LOL...

Best Actor---Peter O'Toole (Venus)
Best Supporting Actor---Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Best Actress---Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Best Supporting Actress---Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Animated Feature Film---Cars
Art Direction---Pan's Labyrinth
Cinematography---Children of Men
Costume Design---Marie Antoinette
Documentary Feature---An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short---The Blood of Yingzhou District
Film Editing---Babel
Foreign Language Film---Pan's Labyrinth
Makeup---Pan's Labyrinth
Music (Score)---Babel
Music (Song)---Dreamgirls (Listen)
Sound Editing---Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Sound Mixing---Dreamgirls
Writing (Original Screenplay)---Little Miss Sunshine
Directing---The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Best Picture---Babel