The OFFICIAL OSCARS THREAD!!! Red Carpet 6:00pm E!, Awards 8:00 ABC

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Johnny Depp - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL Ben Kingsley - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Jude Law - COLD MOUNTAIN Bill Murray - LOST IN TRANSLATION Sean Penn - MYSTIC RIVER ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Alec Baldwin - THE COOLER Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS Djimon Hounsou - IN AMERICA Tim Robbins - MYSTIC RIVER Ken Watanabe - THE LAST SAMURAI ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Keisha Castle-Hughes - WHALE RIDER Diane Keaton - SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE Samantha Morton - IN AMERICA Charlize Theron - MONSTER Naomi Watts - 21 GRAMS ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Patricia Clarkson - PIECES OF APRIL Marcia Gay Harden - MYSTIC RIVER Holly Hunter - THIRTEEN Renée Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM BROTHER BEAR FINDING NEMO THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE ART DIRECTION GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING THE LAST SAMURAI THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT CINEMATOGRAPHY CITY OF GOD COLD MOUNTAIN GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT COSTUME DESIGN GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING THE LAST SAMURAI THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT DIRECTING CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING LOST IN TRANSLATION MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD MYSTIC RIVER DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BALSEROS CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS THE FOG OF WAR MY ARCHITECT THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT ASYLUM CHERNOBYL HEART FERRY TALES FILM EDITING CITY OF GOD COLD MOUNTAIN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS EVIL THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI TWIN SISTERS ŽELARY MAKEUP THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL MUSIC (SCORE) BIG FISH COLD MOUNTAIN FINDING NEMO HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MUSIC (SONG) "Belleville Rendez-vous" - THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE "Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND "Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN "You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN BEST PICTURE THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING LOST IN TRANSLATION MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) BOUNDIN' DESTINO GONE NUTTY HARVIE KRUMPET NIBBLES SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket) MOST (The Bridge) SQUASH (A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion) TWO SOLDIERS SOUND EDITING FINDING NEMO MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL SOUND MIXING THE LAST SAMURAI THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL SEABISCUIT VISUAL EFFECTS THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) AMERICAN SPLENDOR CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS DIRTY PRETTY THINGS FINDING NEMO IN AMERICA LOST IN TRANSLATION

[ejdrapes]

We'll have to wait until next year's award shows to see if Mel's movie gets nominated and wins anything as to whether Hollywood is being given a bad name.

My guess is it won't be nominated for anything considering when the film was released. LOTR came out mid-December 2003, Lost in Translation, September, Mystic River and Master and Commander, October. Seabiscuit is the only one that came out earlier in the year (July). Some times when they announce the nominees for best picture the movie is still in limited release (e.g., playing only in NY and LA).

[Lil'freeper]

Thanks! I wonder why they didn't raise the microphone for her a bit... she seems to be stooping- but maybe that's just her thing.

[BigWaveBetty]

Annie Lennox shows 'em how to sing.

[Warren_Piece]

There are two types of people in this world: those that "get" the O Brother Soundtrack, and those who are hopelessly lost. Alison - a true angel...

[don-o]

Hey Jilie

You can kill your television. Really. Kill MTVABCCNNNCCFOX and all.

You will not die w/o TV

[wizardoz]

I'll not give anybody who makes their living in entertainment the benefit of the doubt.

Well, can't blame you for that....

[onyx]

Jeez, were all these songs written by Yanni or John Tesh?




YES! Must be. LOL!

[AnnaZ]

So far all the songs are pretty boring.

[RichInOC]

Sting, Elvis Costello, now Annie Lennox...Dear God, my misspent college years are coming back to me.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Dosen't the Hurdy Gurdy man usually have a monkey begging for coins?

[dep]

it was an olympic volksgurdy, a gorgeous and terribly expensive -- alas -- instrument. it is stringed like a lute, but the strings are sounded by a rosined wheel instead of being plucked or played with a bow. chords and individual notes are played by keys (sort of visible in the picture on the other side of the neck). beautiful instrument, besutiful sound.

[satchmodog9]

What the hell does UP mean. What is that.

[DoughtyOne]

[BigWaveBetty]

It was a long song. ; )

LOL!!

[small voice in the wilderness]

Hey, who am I to disagree? ;^)

[NYC GOP Chick]

My G-d, what a gorgeous voice!

[rintense]

Jim carey coming up! Yeeeee haaaaa!

[Petronski]

Annie Lennox shows 'em how to sing.

Lennox and Krauss both have excellent talents and range. But my God, who writes this stuff?

[Maigrey]

It's such a beautiful song. And I'm glad to see Annie singing still.

[KellyAdmirer]

I liked the Lennox song slightly, but so far this is the worst bunch of song nominees I can remember.