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

[FreedomGuru]

Dumb Tiger Woods commercial now. Why does Rush worship that guy?

Perhaps because he's a great golfer. And he's made a bazillion dollars.

[Phisher]

11/11

[John H K]

The later book he's essentially chasing the U.S.S. Essex (under a different name) off South America, actually.

Having talked with some friends who literally know more about warfare in the period than anyone on earth, I think, they couldn't come up with an example of taking the wheels off the guns.

But, in the grand scheme of historical unreality in war films, it did OK. Didn't do the egregious violence to history that something like, say, The Patriot did. (Oops, I just spoke ill of something associated The Mel, I'm doomed on FR, I guess.)

And some of the stuff that people have complained about actually WAS unrealistic. Yes, 14 year old boys were actually midshipmen ordering 40 year old sailors around :-)

[AgentEcho]

Obviously you've never seen the work behind the scenes.

[RichInOC]

I'm a big "Caddyshack" geek, so I thought Eldrick Spackler was pretty funny, actually.

[Floratina]

I don't think that Crystal was referring to the award winner's opinion being the "scary" thing. He implied that the government would take revenge on the winner's comment be using its power to audit him, and that was scary.

[Maven]

It's nice to see that Howard Shore has come a long way since "Saturday Night Live" when they had "Howard Shore and the All Nurse Band."

Maven

[Petronski]

True, true. And as far as I'm concerned, the Oscars became totally irrelevant when they hosed Russell Crowe and snubbed him for A Beautiful Mind. I knew for sure then what a total scam it was.

That was a horrible snub of a great work, but for me complete irrelevance when Saving Private Ryan lost out for best picture to . . . . wait for it . . . Shakespeare in Love.

[vomit]

[Johnny_Cipher]

Lost
None!

Nuh uh. It "lost" Sound Editing.

[Lil'freeper]

LOTR up for Editing!

[DoughtyOne]

[Dr.Deth]

Dumb Tiger Woods commercial now. Why does Rush worship that guy?

Huh? That commercial kicks the crap out of anything on the Super Bowl this year, including the game.

[Hildy]

Now my two cents...two of the most OVERRATED actors in my oh so humble opinion: NATALIE WOOD and GREGORY PECK. Both easy on the eyes, but whose acting range was A-B.

[HairOfTheDog]

WOO HOO! Lord of the Rings! Film Editing

Won
Art Direction
Costume Design
Visual Effects
Makeup
Sound Mixing
Music - Original Score - Howard Shore
Film Editing

Lost
None!

Still coming up
Best Picture
Best Director - Peter Jackson
Music - Original Song - "Into the West"
Adapted Screenplay

[BigWaveBetty]

I'd wager Tiger's "day job" is paying right nicely .

Which is the reason he shouldn't get any crazy ideas about being an actor. :-)

[icwhatudo]

7!

[Lil'freeper]

BEST EDITING: ROTK!!!!!!

[YaYa123]

I fell asleep when Alex Baldwin didn't win and Tim Robbins did, without making an anti Bush statement....What have I missed?

[Clemenza]

Men who enjoy LOTR squat when they urinate.

[weegee]

From the lessons learned, we can take over an entire nation in a week.

You bring up an interesting point. We may have faced many other losses/unwinable wars if not for the application of strategies and errors learned in Vietnam.