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

[cyborg]

I can only imagine! Bring it on :)

[Trinity_Tx]

Yes, they get more $ if their veiwership is high, but that is determined by the ratings books. I really think someone mislead you about knowing what you click your channels to. If you discover they are monitoring and reporting that, you could make some news.

[RightthinkinAmerican]

Yep, major has-been.

[Petronski]

Massive Explosion at Burbank Fabric Barn
Film at Eleven

[SpookBrat]

She's also uncredited for her brilliant performance in the critically acclaimed "Dazed and Confused".

One of my favorite movies.

[FourPeas]

It looks like someone skinned their sheepdog.

[LenS]

"Speaking of Mel, Bill McCuddy(sp?) on FNC said he just talked to his manager and the 5 day box is up to $117Mil."

That number is probably understated. It's based on estimates of Saturday's and Friday's take from preliminary numbers from the theaters. They then project from those numbers what Sunday's box office will be (since this estimate is released early on Sunday, well before more than a few East Coast matinees start). Generally, the Sunday projections are reasonably accurate since the vast majority of films follow certain patterns on opening weekend.

For Passion, they're estimating about 20 million dollars for Sunday because usually there's no really late business since Monday's a workday and this isn't a kiddie matinee film that does well early on Sunday afternoon. Also, the Oscars take away a lot of potential viewers for one night.

However, this is a film that probably had a lot of matinee business due to people going to the theater from church. And clearly it's audience is filled with a lot of people who have zero interest in the Oscars. My suspicion is that this film will do more than 125 million dollars for the five day start with a Sunday box office over 27 million.

[RichInOC]

By the way, memo to the management and marketing department at Washington Mutual: try getting Dennis Weaver back. Or Sam Elliott if Dennis is retired. If you've done one commercial since you guys bought Great Western that wasn't bone stupid, other than the "scanner" one...I missed it. And I think I've seen every one.

[JulieRNR21]

PS.....they don't keep tabs on what you're watching either.

Then the techie lied to us. Because he said that 'DN knows what we watch'....if we don't watch MTV it has less viewership so can get less money for its commericals. We had wanted MTV removed from our feed and were told that was not possible.

[nycgal]

No way Triplets could have reached that high.

Maybe so, but we won't really know until we've seen both of them.

[HairOfTheDog]

WOO HOO! Lord of the Rings! Special Effects!

[Lil'freeper]

VISUAL EFFECTS: ROTK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DoughtyOne]

[Houmatt]

LOTR WINS AGAIN! YES WETA!

[RightthinkinAmerican]

They're "experts" in world diplomacy, and some of them even have high-school diplomas!

[DoughtyOne]

[weegee]

Uma Thurman for Swiss Miss hot chocolate???

[nutmeg]

Yes! LOTR:ROTK for best Visual Effects!

[Lil'freeper]

Hobbit Happy Dance Time!!!

3 for 3 bay-beeeee.

[wizardoz]

LOTR strikes again!