This will be the first year in a long time that the Oscars will get hosted by a someone that is not a comedian.

Hugh Jackman is hosting this year, and he has already said he will not have performing a stand up type of monologue.

The Oscars will have more of a "show" type of atmosphere this year.

Here are the major categories and nominees.

It would be interested to see who OOT picks to come away with an Oscar.


BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire


BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Gus Van Sant, Milk

BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Milk
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Nate Silver runs a little Oscar model to predict this year's winners here, in case anyone hasn't seen it.

It doesn't seem like there will be much of a sweat this year.

I will lose complete faith in humanity if Rourke wins Best Actor. A pretty decent film tho.

I love Slumdog Millionaire, but Benjamin Button has been criminally neglected and under-appreciated, and that is the movie which will survive.

lol @ Robert Downey Jr.

Did you like it or did you feel like you had to like it?

I felt no compulsion whatsoever to like BB. I am not incarcerated at this time!

That is a beautiful gorgeous profound movie. Open your eyes and appreciate it. IMO, as they say!

The same could be said for Heath Ledger's performance.

Here are the winners. Only open if you want the results spoiled.

I seriously liked Heath Ledger's performance.
IMHO he deserves the Oscar for his rendition of the Joker.

BTW in case you were unclear, that spoiler list of winners is bull****. Do not bet any money on it LDO.

crazy, I thought Sean Penn was the favorite, or at least even money with Rourke.

I just loaded a **** ton of money on all the bets that had value as per Nate Silvers predictions so uh one time?

Obviously, Gran Torino is notably absent.

was reading an article about how the children who play the youngest versions of jamal, salim, etc. are still living in the slums in a lean-to built with tarps and stuff. Meanwhile the movie is grossing hundreds of million.

Sick stuff.

I heard an interview with the director. He said they have set up trust funds for the kids but don't want to give the money to their parents for obvious reasons.

those little ****ers should win all the oscars. even the female ones.

What about In Bruges? I keep hearing this was a really good film. Any noms for that?

best original screenplay.

awesome movie. i got excited the first time i saw a preview and never got disappointed.

Rachel Getting Married is self-indulgent crap. Demme needs to return to his Something Wild Lambs roots. I don't care about the rich multicultural cliche-spouting morons in this movie, and I don't care if Anne Hathaway's character wants to self-destruct. The only thing that wedding ceremony was missing (and needed) was a well-aimed machine gun.

Yeah, I saw that too. They also got them into some school. Still, kids are some of the main actors in one of the biggest movies of the year, there has got to be a way to at least, I don't know, replace their tarp roof.

fail

^^^^

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Best Pic - Slumdog
Best Dir - Slumdog
Best Actor - Mickey Rourke
Best Actress - Kate Winslet
Best Supp Actor - Heath Ledger (duh)
Best Supp Actress - No idea, probably Taraji P. Henson