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The Story We’re Not Linking To…

Posted by Sasha Stone On February - 19 - 2009

The story that supposedly the winners list was leaked is completely bogus.  I didn’t want to even talk about it but since it’s being brought up in the comments, here is a place to discuss it.  It’s just too dumb to contemplate.

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    14 Responses for "The Story We’re Not Linking To…"

    1. Jake February 19th, 2009 at 7:57 pm 1

      OMG HAHA. Dave Karger is hilarious. Read this thing now! There is a link attached to the supposed list of winners, although it probably is a hoax. http://oscar-watch.ew.com/2009/02/the-best-oscar.html

      I just looked over the list again, and it has to be a fake. The Reader for best adapted? Amy Adams for best supporting actress? Original screenplay for In Bruges?

      This is kind of funny nonetheless.
    2. brainypirate February 19th, 2009 at 8:01 pm 2

      I’ve always heard that the ballots are thrown away, that the accountants memorize ALL the winners and that there is no written record of the results, much less a letter to AMPAS….’

      Karger should know that information, shouldn’t he?
    3. Jake February 19th, 2009 at 8:07 pm 3

      Err, it’s a fake. Ben Burtt didn’t work on The Dark Knight for sound mixing. It was these three: Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick. Whoever made this list copied the guys behind Wall-E for sound mixing and put it for The Dark Knight.
    4. Sasha Stone February 19th, 2009 at 8:10 pm 4

      Jake, I don’t appreciate the thread being hijacked with this nonsense. I purposefully didn’t link to that story because it’s idiotic. I don’t really want it brought up here so I’m going to exile your comment to a different thread.
    5. brainypirate February 19th, 2009 at 8:18 pm 5

      Sasha, I understand your feelings, but I bet a lot of folks don’t understand how the votes are counted and kept secret — and they wouldn’t understand WHY the story is as idiotic as it is.

      This thread could be a way to teach people how the ballots are actually counted….
    6. Jake February 19th, 2009 at 8:21 pm 6

      I apologize. Wrong place to post the link, and although it is clearly fake, I reacted to it the same way as Karger from EW.
    7. Hans February 19th, 2009 at 8:58 pm 7

      Actually, that is a curious question. Exactly how many people know the winners, and is there a single person who knows them all? I can’t imagine more than, say, 5 people knowing any given category’s winner.
    8. brainypirate February 19th, 2009 at 9:01 pm 8

      Hans,

      From what I’ve read over the years, the only people who know the results prior to the envelopes being opened are the accountants, and I think it’s a very small number involved. I don’t know if it’s 3 or 5, but I believe they are the only people who know the results. I also believe that one group tabulates ALL the winners, and not each category being tabulated by a separate person.

      Can anyone verify this?
    9. Vincent Cadena February 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm 9

      I would love to see Amy Adams take supporting actress, she is actually my pick as is In Bruges for original screenplay. I laughed hardest when I saw Milk for Editing and Defiance for score.
    10. Ryan Adams February 20th, 2009 at 12:41 am 10

      “…the ballots are thrown away, that the accountants memorize ALL the winners and that there is no written record of the results.”

      So maybe it was those two guys from Price-Waterhouse who were the homophobes in 2006. We’ve been unfairly shitting on Mr. Borgnine’s head for 3 years.

      If that’s true, brainpirate — and it sounds just wacky enough to be fact — then what a creepy little procedure it is.

      Imagine if the US Election results were known only to two people. Or even state-by-state results. Hell, even if the votes to a single small town were controlled by two people. Think of the outrage and potential for abuse.

      But nah, Price-Waterhouse — they’re accountants. And if there’s anything we’ve learned from the past few years, it’s that accountants stand at the very pinnacle of human ethics. Beyond reproach! Certainly not subject to any of the greed or ulterior motives as normal people.
    11. Dominik February 20th, 2009 at 3:43 am 11

      This list is definately inspired. A lot of variances from the all-so-boring consensus (that I also predicted, I have to admit…).
      But anyway, it´s a fake. ;-)
      It´s like naming the winner of the presidential elections before all the votes are counted, like in 2000….
    12. Eduardo Gigante February 20th, 2009 at 11:59 am 12

      The accountants are locked in a hotel some days before, and stay in the aisles of the stage in case someone reads the winner wrong. If that happens, than they go on to stage and immediatley correct them (mercifully that has never happened).
    13. DBibby February 20th, 2009 at 2:08 pm 13

      It’s a good mix of potential upsets and likely winners. Almost believable. But not.
    14. Patrick February 20th, 2009 at 4:17 pm 14

      Karger is high on the Oscar Kool-Aid.

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