Adam Bernstein Alice Villalobos Brandon Weinbrenner Brian Erickson Clint Tsao Gene Springs gerald granozio Congratulations to AD reader Brandon Jones for correctly predicting 20 categories at this year’s Oscars. This makes him our grand prize winner. Runners up, with a whopping 19 were Arun Welandawe Prematilleke and Daniel Gardabie Finally, those with 18 were: Gr√àgory...
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Commenter John writes: You know, I thought it was a fantastic Oscar telecast. Great hosting, great presenters, everyone looked great (well almost). DESERVING winners. Interesting Lifetime Achievement winner. Nice musical performances. The show ended before midnight. Great montages/clips of the past 80 yrs. I could go on ……. THEN, you watch ‘The View’...
We’re all happy for Diablo Cody winning an Oscar this year for writing the only $100 million dollar baby in the race, her being a woman and all. The folks at ONTD have captioned this “Diablo Cody doing what she does best.” Who hasn’t dreamed of winning an Oscar and having one’s photo taken kissing the Oscar? Plenty of women have taken that...
Carpetbagger does a recount with hanging chads and discovers he was 16 rather than 18 right. I think that makes Kris Tapley the winner with 18 (we had contest winners, though, who got that and higher, so I guess this must mean that the pros, as usual, did not top the fans). Meanwhile, congratulations to Brinton Oscar Breach, who was the only one on our Big Bad Chart to...
The AP tracks reasons why the 80th telecast might have been dull as soup – predictable winners, the writers strike, the rain — but decide in the end that: Stewart, back for a second turn as host, was vastly improved from his 2006 appearance. He proved equal to the challenge posed by Oscarcast’s quick turnaround. His crash-deadline material worked. And...