2006 Oscar Picks

OSCAR PICKS Really quickly have to post my Oscar picks before heading to work. I promise a more in depth analysis after the show -- late tonight, or early tomorrow. Wanna win your Oscar pool? Here's your winners. Best Picture - So much of me wants to say "Crash," if only because it means "Brokeback" won't win. Unfortunately, I don't believe that "Crash" will win firmly enough to pick it. "Brokeback Mountain" wins. Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman Best Actress - Reese Witherspoon (absolutely deserving) Best Supporting Actor - George Clooney (or in a major upset, Gyllenhaal) Best Supporting Actress - Rachel Weisz Best Director - Ang Lee (anybody claiming any different is a fucking moron) Best Adapted Screenplay - "Brokeback Mountain" Best Original Screenplay - "Crash" Animated Feature - "Wallace & Gromit" Art Direction - "Memoirs of a Geisha" Cinematography - "Brokeback Mountain" Costumes - "Memoirs of a Geisha" Documentary Feature - "March of the Penguins" Documentary Short Subject - "Death of Kevin Carter" Film Editing - "Crash" ("Cinderella Man" deserves it more) Foreign Language Film - "Tsotsi" ("Paradise Now" = too strong and controversial) Make-up - "Star Wars Ep.III" Original Score - "Brokeback Mountain" (gawd, I can hear the fucking strumming already) Original Song - "In the Deep" from "Crash" (whatever, though, cause it'll be great to hear Three-Six on the "Oscars" regardless) Short Film (animated) - "One Man Band" from Pixar (although I hear "9" is a strong second, and it's the only one I've seen to confirm that status) Short film (live action) - "Our Time Is Up" Sound Mixing - "Walk the Line" Visual Effects - "King Kong" P.S. If "Crash" loses the scripting award, be prepared for that Best Picture upset. Or at least get ready for a possible "I told ya so" from yours truely. -M