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

[don-o]

Degenerates on parade.

Well, ain't that special?

[anniegetyourgun]

A serious case of poor taste exhibited in those pics.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I never miss a chance to make fun of the liberal elite!!!

And don't forget that this year they won't have any time limits on speeches.

I did see Faye Dunaway say this morning that the Oscars should be about the acting, not about politics.

She may have a horrible face lift, but she is 100% correct.

[HairOfTheDog]

This is the year for the Tolkien Geeks!

[illiac]

I personally refuse to watch a bunch over over paid, liberal political speeches. Nothing like free advertisings for the RATS!

[Mr.Clark]

This is why you have to pray for Bill Murray to win. From Penn, we get usual commie agit prop, from Murray we will get an always funny acceptance speech.

[mathluv]

I don't plan to watch, but I will also check by here.

[Defender2]

Agreed. I would have sneeked a peak, tonight, to see him. Since He's not, I can avoid Hollywierd Alltogether now.

They can stick their oscars where the Sun does not shine as far as I'm concerned.

Hollywierd get their marching orders from these people anyway:

http://www.dsausa.org/

Carry On!!!!:-) D2

[lilylangtree]

Haven't watch it for years because I can't stand (1) who gets nominated and (2) what gets nominated. Considering that the people in the motion picture business are the only ones that vote, I'm not surprised as to why I or others aren't interested. If anyone gets the price, I hope it's Peter Jackson. The ONLY movie I went and paid money to see in a theatre in 2003 was "Return of the King."

[CathyRyan]

I may watch to see which movie execs are wearing cardiac monitors around their neck. I bet a lot are have severe chest pains over The Passion.

[demnomo]

Bad Oscar Fashion.

Bjork's dead swan frock--how could we forget that masterpiece. And check out Babs bending over. I'll bet Bill Clinton remembers that one. Ewww!

[Prodigal Son]

The Oscars are tonight? Wow. Seriously, I had no clue. Seriously.

Pulling for the Last Samurai myself.

[Syncro]

Well maybe to you...and I agree on all of them except One

Us men like that pic...

[Sofa King]

Someone ping me if they think up a good reason to watch this bloated mess.

[anniegetyourgun]

I saw it today. I'm still processing my own response. However, I would categorically recommend the film as the best and most artistic of any film made of any portion or aspect of the life of Christ.

[lainie]

a beautiful day in l.a.

[LisaMalia]

I'm taking some bets now. How long into the show will it be untill we hear this

I'll take some of that action. 45 minutes, tops.

Although it could be sooner, will probably depend on what order they give the awards, and if Sean Penn wins for Best Actor.

[Dante3]

Stephen Lang should have received at least a nomination for his role in "Gods and Generals." His performance of Stonewall was electrifying.

[ChocChipCookie]

I am so boycotting the Oscars that I won't even read this thread. :O) OTOH, is it really boycotting when I never watch them anyway??

[hole_n_one]

Oscar presenters to be big winners

By Associated Press

No matter who takes home the little golden statues, everybody who makes it on stage at Sunday night's Academy Awards is going to win big.

And we mean big.

According to USA Today, every celeb who's kind enough to put up with the painful inconvenience of sharing themselves with the world as a presenter or a performer during the awards show will receive a hefty gift bag filled with goodies worth a sweet $110,000 (compared with the lame-o $27,000 bags the Grammys give out).

The bounty includes a gift certificate for a $6,000 43-inch Samsung DLP HDTV, plus a year of satellite TV; a pair of round-trip business-class tickets on Air New Zealand from L.A. to Auckland (a gift celeb-watcher Joan Rivers declares is really cheesy); a $1,500 steak dinner at Morton's (that is a veritable bucketful of steak!); and, to help digest that steak, there's also a $500 Krups espresso machine (probably the cheapest item in the bag).

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