Am I eligible to enter? I am hosting an Oscar Live Blog
(cheap plug alert: http://www.greencine.com/static/oscarliveblog.jsp)

though I don't think that gives me any advantage over anyone. I'll post my picks on Saturday... and hope y'all join my chat during the telecast!

Best Motion Picture of the Year
No Country for Old Men

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
There Will Be Blood (2007) - Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Away from Her (2006) - Julie Christie (I)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
No Country for Old Men (2007) - Javier Bardem

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Gone Baby Gone (2007) - Amy Ryan (I)

Best Achievement in Directing
There Will Be Blood (2007) - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Juno (2007) - Diablo Cody

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
No Country for Old Men (2007) - Joel Coen; Ethan Coen

Best Achievement in Cinematography
There Will Be Blood (2007) - Robert Elswit

Best Achievement in Art Direction
There Will Be Blood (2007) - Jack Fisk (art director); Jim Erickson (V) (set decorator)

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Colleen Atwood

Best Achievement in Sound
3:10 to Yuma (2007) - Paul Massey (I)

Best Achievement in Editing
No Country for Old Men (2007) - Roderick Jaynes (I can't wait for his speech!)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
There Will Be Blood (2007) - Matthew Wood (I); Christopher Scarabosio

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Transformers (2007) - Scott Farrar (I); Scott Benza; Russell Earl; John Frazier (I)

Best Achievement in Makeup
Môme, La [aka La Vie en Rose] (2007) - Didier Lavergne; Jan Archibald

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Once (2006) - Glen Hansard; Markéta Irglová
- For the song "Falling Slowly".
(while the more deserving Eddie Vedder sits at home watching)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Atonement (2007) - Dario Marianelli
(while the more deserving Jonny Greenwood sits at home watching)

Best Short Film, Animated
Peter & the Wolf (2006) - Suzie Templeton; Hugh Welchman

Best Short Film, Live Action
Mozart des pickpockets, Le (2006) - Philippe Pollet-Villard

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Sari's Mother (2006) - James Longley

Best Documentary, Features
No End in Sight (2007) - Charles Ferguson (III); Audrey Marrs

Tiebreaker: 9:11 p.m.

And two more I forgot:

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Fälscher, Die (2007)
- Austria.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Ratatouille (2007) - Brad Bird (I)

Well, I've seen a grand total of three nominated films (no major awards) so I'd better not win.

Best Picture - No Country For Old Men

Lead Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis
Lead Actress - Cate Blanchett
Supporting Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Supporting Actress - Tilda Swinton
Director - Paul Thomas Anderson
Adapted Screenplay - There Will Be Blood
Original Screenplay - Juno
Animated Feature - Ratatouille
Documentary Feature - Taxi To The Dark Side
Foreign Language Film - Katyn

Art Direction - Sweeney Todd
Cinematography - Atonement
Costume Design - La Môme
Film Editing - No Country For Old Men
Makeup - La Môme
Original Score - Ratatouille
Original Song - "Falling Slowly"
Sound Editing - There Will Be Blood
Sound - 3:10 To Yuma
Visual Effects - The Golden Compass

Documentary Short - La Corona
Live Action Short - Le Mozart de pickpockets
Animated Short - Même les pigeons vont au paradis

Time of ending: 10:32 Pacific

My picks...

Picture: There Will Be Blood
Leading Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Leading Actress: Julie Christie
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton
Director: Ethan and Joel Cohen
Original Screenplay: Michael Clayton
Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
Costume Design: La Mome (La Vie En Rose)
Sound: No Country For Old Men
Editing: No Country For Old Men
Sound Editing: There Will Be Blood
Visual Effects: Transformers
Makeup: La Mome (La Vie En Rose)
Original Song: Once (Falling Slowly)
Original Score: Michael Clayton
Animated Short: Madame Tutli-Putli
Live Action Short: Tanghi Argentini
Documentary Short: Sari's Mother
Documentary Feature: No End In Sight
Foreign Language: Beaufort (Israel)
Animated Feature: Ratatouille

Mustache: Jeff Reboulet

Tie Breaker: 9:05 PM Pacific

I'll post my picks before the broadcast begins

I'll be waiting. . .

Here's my best effort. I haven't seen any of these films, or a single movie this year for that matter, but I'm always up for a little office pool.

Picture: No Country for Old Men
Leading Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Leading Actress: Julie Christie
Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan
Director: Ethan and Joel Cohen
Original Screenplay: Ratatouille
Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: American Gangster
Costume Design: Elizabeth
Sound: Transformers
Editing: No Country For Old Men
Sound Editing: There Will Be Blood
Visual Effects: Transformers
Makeup: La Mome
Original Song: Enchanted (So Close)
Original Score: Ratatouille
Animated Short: I Met the Walrus
Live Action Short: The Tonto Woman
Documentary Short: Sari's Mother
Documentary Feature: Operation Homecoming
Foreign Language: Katyn
Animated Feature: Ratatouille

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men

Lead actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Lead Actress: Julie Christie
Supp actor: Javier Bardem
Supp actress: Cate Blanchett
Director: Coens
Orig screenplay: Michael Clayton
Adapted screenplay: No Country
Animated: Ratatouille
Documentary: No End In Sight
Foreign: 12

Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: No Country
Costume Design: Sweeney Todd
Film Editing: No Country
Makeup: La Mome
Orig score: Atonement
Orig song: That's How You Know
Sound editing: No Country
Sound mixing: No Country
Visual effects: Pirates of the Carribean

Documentary short: Freeheld
Live action short: Tangi Arghentini
Animated short: Peter & The Wolf

Time 8:41 PM

Picture: No Country for Old Men
Actor: Daniel Day Lewis
Actress: Julie Christie
Supporting actor: Javier Bardem
Supporting actress: Cate Blanchett
Director: Coens
Original screenplay: Michael Clayton
Adapted screenplay: Atonement
Foreign: 12
Animated: Ratatouille
Documentary: Operation Homecoming

Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Costume: Sweeney Todd
Editing: No Country for Old Men
Makeup: Pirates of the Caribbean
Score: Atonement
Song: That's How You Know
Sound editing: There Will Be Blood
Sound mixing: No Country for Old Men
Visual effects: Pirates

Doc short: Sari's Mother
Animated short: Peter and the Wolf
Live short: At Night

Time: 9:02 pm

Picture: No Country for Old Men
Leading Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Leading Actress: Julie Christie
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee.
Director: Ethan and Joel Cohen
Original Screenplay: Juno
Adapted Screenplay: TWBB
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
Costume Design: Elizabeth
Sound: Bourne
Editing: No Country For Old Men
Sound Editing: There Will Be Blood
Visual Effects: Transformers
Makeup: Pirates
Original Song: (i will kill for this one) "Falling Slowly," Once
Original Score: kite runner
Animated Short: I Met the Walrus
Live Action Short: om notten
Documentary Short: Sari's Mother
Documentary Feature: sicko
Foreign Language: 12
Animated Feature: Ratatouille

time: 9:17pm

Picture: There Will Be Blood
Leading Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Leading Actress: Cate Blanchett
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Original Screenplay: Juno
Adapted Screenplay: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: No Country for Old Men
Art Direction: The Golden Compass
Costume Design: Elizabeth
Sound: No Country For Old Men
Editing: No Country For Old Men
Sound Editing: No Country For Old Men
Visual Effects: Transformers
Makeup: Pirates of the Caribbean
Original Song: "Falling Slowly" - Once
Original Score: Atonement
Animated Short: I Met the Walrus
Live Action Short: Om notten
Documentary Short: Freeheld
Documentary Feature: Sicko
Foreign Language: 12
Animated Feature: Ratatouille

Picture: No Country for Old Men
Leading Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Leading Actress: Cate Blanchett
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee
Director: Coen brothers
Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody
Adapted Screenplay: No Country
Cinematography: No Country
Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Costume Design: Elizabeth
Sound: No Country
Editing: No Country
Sound Editing: No Country
Visual Effects: Golden Compass
Makeup: Pirates
Original Song: Enchanted "That's How You Know"
Original Score: Atonement
Animated Short: I Met the Walrus
Live Action Short: Tonto
Documentary Short: Salim Baba
Documentary Feature: Sicko
Foreign Language: Beaufort
Animated Feature: Ratatouille

time: 9:28 pm

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men

Lead actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Lead Actress: Julie Christie
Supp actor: Javier Bardem
Supp actress: Amy Ryan
Director: Coen Brothers
Original screenplay: Juno
Adapted screenplay: Diving Bell
Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Documentary: Sicko
Foreign: Falscher, Die

Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Costume Design: Sweeney Todd
Film Editing: Bourne Ultimatum
Makeup: La Mome
Orig score: Atonement
Orig song: Falling Slowly
Sound Editing: Bourne
Sound: Bourne
Visual effects: Transformers

Documentary short: Sari's Mother
Live action short: I Met the Walrus
Animated short: Om Natten

End Time: 9:11

I lied about posting these on Saturday. I better do it now or will forget. Here we go! (I'm posting these in the same order they have the list on the official Oscars.com site, except i moved Best Picture up)
Underdog's picks:

Best motion picture of the year
"No Country for Old Men"

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
(though I'd be tickled to see Ellen Page win.)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"

Best animated feature film of the year
"Ratatouille"

Achievement in art direction
"There Will Be Blood"

Achievement in cinematography
"No Country for Old Men"
(very tough category to call)

Achievement in costume design

"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Achievement in directing
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Best documentary short subject
"La Corona (The Crown)" A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega

Achievement in film editing
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes

Best foreign language film of the year
"Katyn" Poland

Achievement in makeup
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova

Best animated short film

"Madame Tutli-Putli"

Best live action short film
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard

Achievement in sound editing
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay

Achievement in sound mixing
"3:10 to Yuma"

Achievement in visual effects
"Transformers"

Adapted screenplay
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Original screenplay
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy

Oh, and end time: 9:20pm pst.

13 Oh, and I hadn't realized that La Mome = La Vie En Rose, in case anyone's confused about that. The former title wasn't used for its international release though.

A lot of people are picking the same winners and it is hard to go against them.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
No Country for Old Men (career achievement for Coens)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
There Will Be Blood - Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Away from Her - Julie Christie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
No Country for Old Men - Javier Bardem

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Im Not There - Cate Blanchett

Best Achievement in Directing
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Juno - Diablo Cody

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Away From Her - Sarah Polley (need upset win)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit

Best Achievement in Art Direction
There Will Be Blood - Jack Fisk; Jim Erickson

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Alexandra Byrne

Best Achievement in Sound
No Country for Old Men - Skip Lievsay; Craig Berkey; Greg Orloff; Peter F. Kurland

Best Achievement in Editing
No Country for Old Men - Roderick Jaynes

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
No Country for Old Men - Skip Lievsay

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Transformers - Scott Farrar; Scott Benza; Russell Earl; John Frazier

Best Achievement in Makeup
Môme, La - Didier Lavergne; Jan Archibald

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Once - Glen Hansard; Markéta Irglová

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Atonement - Dario Marianelli

Best Short Film, Animated
Moya lyubov - Aleksandr Petrov

Best Short Film, Live Action
On natten - Christian E. Christiansen; Louise Vesth

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Freeheld - Cynthia Wade; Vanessa Roth

Best Documentary, Features
Sicko - Michael Moore; Meghan O'Hara

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Katyn - Poland

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Ratatouille - Brad Bird

Tiebreaker: 9:13 p.m.

Hey! Somebody stole my tiebreaker time.

Is there a tiebreaker for the tiebreaker?

Also, to repeat an unanswered Bob question from last year's thread -- "169. Bob Timmermann What time do you use for the end? Is it when Ellen DeGeneres says "Good night!" or is it when the credits start to roll?"

The best thing about this year's Oscars is that the travesty of a terrible movie like "Dreamgirls" winning an award won't be repeated, because all the nominees in the major categories are at least decent.

19 - You really lost sleep over Jennifer Hudson beating Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Abigail Breslin and Cate Blanchett? I mean, I was rooting for Rinko, but it was hardly a travesty.

I still stand by my belief that "Dreamgirls" was a good movie.

21 - I liked the first half a lot, and as a whole it certainly wasn't terrible.

By the way, the tiebreaker is the "Time of day that the telecast ends in Los Angeles." So it's the end of the credits, assuming there are credits.

Forgot to add Tiebreaker: 9:00 pm

When Norbit wins an Oscar this year for Best Makeup, will that be the most absurd and most ironic moment (since some think Murphy didn't win last year as punishment for Norbit, though I don't quite believe that)...

Btw, I'm excited and pleased to announce that Film Radar's Karie Bible will be joining my Oscar Live Blog/Chat/whatchamacallit on Sunday. Very cool specialty movie/movie event web site. Set your reminders now! http://www.greencine.com/static/oscarliveblog.jsp

Picture: No Country for Old Men
Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Lead Actress: Ellen Page
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett
Director: Tony Gilroy
Original Screen Play: Juno
Adapted Screen Play: No Country for Old Men
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Costume Design: Atonement
Sound: No Country for Old Men
Film Editing: Into the Wild
Sound Editing: There Will Be Blood
Visual Effects: Transfoermers
Makeup: La Mome
Original Song: Enchanted (So Close)
Original Score: Ratatouille
Short Film Animated: I Met the Walrus
Short Film Live Action: The Tonto Woman
Documentary Short: La Corona
Documentary: Sicko
Foreign Language: Beaufort
Animated Feature: Ratatouille

Tie Breaker: 21:16 (didn't want any confusion)

Okay, sorry to be a pain in the butt, but I'm changing a couple of my choices. Posts 2 and 3 should be ignored.

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Lead actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Lead Actress: Julie Christie
Supporting actor: Javier Bardem
Supporting actress: Amy Ryan
Director: P.T. Anderson
Original screenplay: Diablo Cody
Adapted screenplay: Coen Brothers
Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Documentary Feature: No End in Sight
Foreign Film: Fälscher, Die - Austria.
Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Costume Design: Sweeney Todd
Film Editing: No Country For Old Men (the mysterious Roderick Jaynes)
Makeup: La Môme [aka La Vie en Rose]
Original score: Atonement - Dario Marianelli
Original song: Once - Glen Hansard; Markéta Irglová - For the song "Falling Slowly"
Sound Editing: There Will Be Blood
Sound: 3:10 to Yuma
Visual effects: Transformers
Documentary short: Sari's Mother
Live action short: At Night (Denmark)
Animated short: Madame Tutli-Putli (Canada)

End Time: 9:14 p.m. PST

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Lead actor: Tommy Lee Jones
Lead Actress: Julie Christie
Supporting actor: Tom Wilkinson
Supporting actress: Tilda Swinton
Director: Coen
Original screenplay: Michael Clayton
Adapted screenplay: Coen Brothers
Cinematography: No Country For Old Men
Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
Costume Design: Elizabeth
Sound: 3:10 to Yuma
Film Editing: No Country For Old Men
Sound Editing: Ratatouille
Visual effects: Transformers
Makeup: Norbit
Original song: Once
Original score: 3:10 to Yuma
Animated short: I Met the Walrus
Live action short: Le Mozart des pickpockets
Documentary short: Sari's Mother
Documentary Feature: Taxi to the Dark Side
Foreign Film: Mongol
Animated Feature: Ratatouille

Oops. Tie breaker: 21:31 PST

last year i did HORRIBLE. My only goal this year is to not embarrass myself as much.

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Lead actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Lead Actress: Julie Christie
Supporting actor: Tom Wilkinson
Supporting actress: Ruby Dee
Director: Julian "Schnabelous" Schnabel
Original screenplay: Diablo Cody
Adapted screenplay: Coen Brothers
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
Costume Design: Elizabeth: TGA
Sound: Bourne Ultimatum
Film Editing: Bourne Ultimatum
Sound Editing: Ratatouille
Visual effects: Transformers
Makeup: La Vie En Rose
Original song: That's How You Know - Enchanted
Original score: Ratatouille
Animated short: I Met the Walrus
Live action short: Le Mozart des pickpockets
Documentary short: Salim Baba
Documentary Feature: No End In Sight
Foreign Film: Beaufort
Animated Feature: Ratatouille

tie break: 9:09pm PST

2008 ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men
Best Director: Joel & Ethan Coen
Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis
Best Actress: Julie Christie
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton
Best Original Screenplay: Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men
Best Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Best Cinematography: No Country For Old Men
Best Costume Design: Atonement
Best Makeup: La Vie En Rose
Best Original Score: Atonement
Best Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from Once
Best Sound Editing: Transformers
Best Sound Mixing: Transformers
Best Visual Effects: Transformers
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
Best Foreign Film: The Counterfeiters
Best Documentary Feature: No End In Sight
Best Short Documentary: Sari's Mother
Best Live Action Short: At Night
Best Animated Short: I Met The Walrus

Ending time: 9:11p.m. PST

18 Whoa, sorry about that! I probably should have checked all the times first.

30 I guess 9:11 is a really popular end time.

The tiebreaker I'm using at work is to have the last category named (Best Picture) be the first tiebreaker and then go back in reverse order the awards were given until you get a decisive winner.

Best motion picture of the year
"There Will Be Blood"
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Hal Holbrook
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Julie Christie
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett
Best animated feature film of the year
"Ratatouille"
Achievement in art direction
"There Will Be Blood"
Achievement in cinematography
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey
Achievement in costume design
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Achievement in directing
Paul Thomas Anderson
Best documentary feature
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
Best documentary short subject
"Sari's Mother"
Achievement in film editing
"No Country for Old Men"
Best foreign language film of the year
"12"
Achievement in makeup
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Atonement"
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once"
Best animated short film
"I Met the Walrus"
Best live action short film
"Il Supplente (The Substitute)"
Achievement in sound editing
"No Country for Old Men"
Achievement in sound mixing
"No Country for Old Men"
Achievement in visual effects
"The Golden Compass"
Adapted screenplay
"There Will Be Blood"
Original screenplay
"Juno"
Time - 9:27 PM PST

2008 ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men (I went for a Juno upset in my office pool, on the theory that the dreary contenders would split the vote, but I'll go with the favorite here.)
Best Director: Joel & Ethan Coen
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress: Julie Christie
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett
Best Original Screenplay: Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men
Best Film Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Best Cinematography: No Country For Old Men
Best Costume Design: Sweeney Todd
Best Makeup: La Vie En Rose
Best Original Score: Atonement
Best Original Song: "Falling Slowly"
Best Sound Editing: No Country
Best Sound Mixing: No Country
Best Visual Effects: Transformers
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
Best Foreign Film: The Counterfeiters
Best Documentary Feature: No End In Sight
Best Short Documentary: Freeheld
Best Live Action Short: Tanghi Argentini
Best Animated Short: Madame Tutli-Putli

Ending time: 8:42 p.m.

Please score your own entries if possible.

21
I still stand by my statement which was the, "most random comment in DT history".

A shot in the dark...

Best Picture - No Country For Old Men
Lead Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis
Lead Actress - Ellen Page
Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem
Supporting Actress - Ruby Dee
Director - Coen Bros.
Adapted Screenplay - Coen Bros.
Original Screenplay - Diablo Cody
Cinematography - Roger Deakins
Art Direction - Sweeney Todd
Costume Design - Elizabeth
Sound - Bourne Ultimatum
Editing - There Will Be Blood
Sound Editing - No Country for Old Men
Visual Effects - Transformers
Makeup - La Vie En Rose
Original Song - "Falling Slowly"
Original Score - Atonement
Short Animated - Madame Tutli-Putli
Short Live Action - Tanghi Argentini
Documentary Short Subject - Freeheld
Documentary Feature - No End In Sight
Foreign Film - The Counterfeiters
Animated Film - Persepolis

Time of ending: 9:07 Pacific

7 Forget to add a tiebreaker time, 9:17.

Am I too late?

You're fine until the show starts.

I thought they always start with best supporting actor?

A little late, but still:

Lead Actor: Forest Whitaker
Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin (upset over Eddie Murphy)
Lead Actress: Helen Mirren
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson
Animated Feature: Cars
Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth
Cinematography: Children of Men
Costume Design: Marie Antoinette
Directing: The Departed
Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth
Documentary Short: Two Hands
Film Editing: The Departed
Foreign Language FIlm: The Lives of Others
Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth
Original Score: The Queen
Original Song: Listen
Best Picture: Babel (just sensing that as many people as have hated it, more people loved it than loved the others)
Animated Short Film: The Little Matchgirl
Live Action Short Film - Eramos Pocos
Sound Editing: Letters from Iwo Jima
Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls
Visual Effects: Pirates: Dead Man's Chest
Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine

9:13 p.m.

42 Some of those might have a chance, but I don't know.

Picture: No Country for Old Men
1x4 = 4

Leading Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Leading Actress: Julie Christie
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee.
Director: Ethan and Joel Cohen
Original Screenplay: Juno
Adapted Screenplay: TWBB
Documentary Feature: sicko
Foreign Language: 12 (though i did get it right on my original nhc poll)
Animated Feature: Ratatouille
4x3 = 12

Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
Costume Design: Elizabeth
Sound: Bourne
Editing: No Country For Old Men
Sound Editing: There Will Be Blood
Visual Effects: Transformers
Makeup: Pirates
Original Song: (i will kill for this one) "Falling Slowly," Once
Original Score: kite runner
5x2

Animated Short: I Met the Walrus
Live Action Short: om notten
Documentary Short: Sari's Mother
0x3 = 0

4+12+10+0 = 26. one of my less stellar ballots--much better job last year. oh well.

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men 4
Lead actor: Daniel Day-Lewis 3
Lead Actress: Julie Christie
Supporting actor: Javier Bardem 3
Supporting actress: Amy Ryan
Director: P.T. Anderson
Original screenplay: Diablo Cody 3
Adapted screenplay: Coen Brothers 3
Animated Feature: Ratatouille 3
Documentary Feature: No End in Sight
Foreign Film: Fälscher, Die - Austria. 3
Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood 2
Costume Design: Sweeney Todd
Film Editing: No Country For Old Men Makeup: La Môme [aka La Vie en Rose] 2
Original score: Atonement - Dario Marianelli 2
Original song: Once - Glen Hansard; Markéta Irglová - For the song "Falling Slowly" 2
Sound Editing: There Will Be Blood
Sound: 3:10 to Yuma
Visual effects: Transformers
Documentary short: Sari's Mother
Live action short: At Night (Denmark)
Animated short: Madame Tutli-Putli (Canada)
=30

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men 4

Lead actor: Daniel Day-Lewis 3
Lead Actress: Julie Christie
Supp actor: Javier Bardem 3
Supp actress: Amy Ryan
Director: Coen Brothers 3
Original screenplay: Juno 3
Adapted screenplay: Diving Bell
Animated Feature: Ratatouille 3
Documentary: Sicko
Foreign: Falscher, Die 3

Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood 2
Costume Design: Sweeney Todd
Film Editing: Bourne Ultimatum 2
Makeup: La Mome 2
Orig score: Atonement 2
Orig song: Falling Slowly
Sound Editing: Bourne 2
Sound: Bourne 2
Visual effects: Transformers

Documentary short: Sari's Mother
Live action short: I Met the Walrus
Animated short: Om Natten
34 Total

Nice work Jason Bourne

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men (4)

Lead actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (3)
Lead Actress: Julie Christie
Supp actor: Javier Bardem (3)
Supp actress: Cate Blanchett
Director: Coens (3)
Orig screenplay: Michael Clayton
Adapted screenplay: No Country (3)
Animated: Ratatouille (3)
Documentary: No End In Sight
Foreign: 12

Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: No Country
Costume Design: Sweeney Todd
Film Editing: No Country
Makeup: La Mome (2)
Orig score: Atonement (2)
Orig song: That's How You Know
Sound editing: No Country
Sound mixing: No Country
Visual effects: Pirates of the Carribean

Documentary short: Freeheld (1)
Live action short: Tangi Arghentini
Animated short: Peter & The Wolf (1)

Time 8:41 PM

Phooey. A total of 25. My stellar tiebreaker score won't matter unless it's a tie for last place.

I clocked the show ending at 8:52. Anyone have it different?

I got 13 right for 34 points.

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men (4)
Best Director: Joel & Ethan Coen (3)
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (3)
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem (3)
Best Original Screenplay: Juno (3)
Best Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men (3)
Best Film Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum (2)
Best Makeup: La Vie En Rose (2)
Best Original Score: Atonement (2)
Best Original Song: "Falling Slowly" (2)
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille (3)
Best Foreign Film: The Counterfeiters (3)
Best Short Documentary: Freeheld (1)

Ending time: 8:42 p.m.

I think I got thirty points Jon.

I had the show ending at 8:52 pm.

29 points. Not bad, not great. Heck, I didn't even get to watch the Oscars this year :[ Did you know that Trader Joe's is as crowded on Oscar sunday as Super Bowl sunday?

I think I had 36 points. Was way off on the finishing time, though. Was 19 minutes off on the finishing time, though.

Well, I fared pretty poorly overall. Didn't expect the Bourne juggernaut in those tech/editing categories, either. But here's my tally (and thanks to everyone who stopped by my Oscars chat tonight, 'twas fun!):

28 points.

Best motion picture of the year
"No Country for Old Men"(4)
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (3)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (3)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (3)
Best animated feature film of the year
"Ratatouille" (3)
Achievement in directing
"No Country for Old Men" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (3)
Achievement in makeup
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald (2)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova (2)
Best live action short film
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard (2)
Adapted screenplay
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (3)

52 - 36 points is our current leader - you might not need the tiebreaker.

46 For some reason I forgot to count points for Best Song Falling Slowly, which bumps me up to 36. That should tie me with T Money. Nice.

I was extremely pleased to get 20 points. I need a lot of work in this area.

Oh, by the way, if you haven't totaled up your score in the Screen Jam Oscar Pool, but still want to be in the running to win, could you?

Sure thing. I got 0 points.

I got 27. I figured the Sarah Polley upset pick would fail and it did. Still wish PTA got some more credit.