And the Oscar goes to...

So today's the Oscars. I guess I'm not as excited as I usually am because I haven't seen most of the films nominated this year. Seriously, I think the only films I've seen are those nominated for Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Poseidon and Superman Returns.



Paul and I have filled out our ballots and here are our choices: (We have a little wager going on who chooses the most winners)

Liz's Choices (in this color) and Paul's Choices (in this color).

Actor Leading:
Ryan Gosling
Forest Whitaker

Actor Supporting:
Alan Arkin
Eddie Murphy

Actress Leading:
Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren

Actress Supporting:
Cate Blanchett (don't want Jennifer!)
Jennifer Hudson

Animated Feature:
Cars
Cars

Art Direction:
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth

Cinematography:
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth

Costume Design:
Marie Antoinette
The Devil Wears Prada

Directing:
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Departed

Documentary Feature:
An Inconvenient Truth
Jesus Camp

Documentary Short:
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Two Hands

Film Editing:
Babel
The Departed

Foreign Language Film:
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth

Makeup:
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth

Original Score:
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen

Original Song:
Cars "Our Town"
Cars "Our Town"

Best Picture:
Babel
Babel

Short Film-Animated:
Lifted
Maestro

Short Film-Live Action:
West Bank Story
The Saviour

Sound Editing:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Letters from Iwo Jima

Sound Mixing:
Dreamgirls
Apocalypto

Visual Effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Screenplay-Adapted:
The Departed
Borat Cultural Learnings of Amercica For Make Benefit Glorious

Screenplay-Original:
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

In honor of the Oscars....

Today's "Cute Boy du Jour" day and I'm making today's cute boy, "Clive Owen", in honor of the Oscars. So yeah, he didn't get nominated for an Oscar or anything, but "Children of Men" did for Cinematography, Editing and Best Screenplay, so in honor of that movie and since Sunday's the Oscars, Clive is my Boy du Jour. Yum!

I totally thought he should've been Bond, but I guess he had good reasons not to take the role. I remember first seeing Clive in "Croupier", which was an interesting movie, but I started to take notice when he was in "Gosford Park". Although he had a smaller role, I totally took notice in how yum he was! And then I saw him in "The Bourne Identity" and that's when I added him to my "cute boy" list.

Anyway, he's my "Cute Boy du Jour".
Enjoy.


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