My Oscar Predictions...

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - SEAN PENN
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - HEATH LEDGER
ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE - KATE WINSLET
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - VIOLA DAVIS
ANIMATED FEATURE - WALL - E
ART DIRECTION - THE DARK KNIGHT
CINEMATOGRAPHY - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
COSTUME DESIGN - THE DUCHESS
DIRECTING - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - TROUBLE THE WATER
DOCUMENTARY SHORT - THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN
FILM EDITING - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - WALTZ WITH BASHIR
MAKEUP- THE DARK KNIGHT
MUSIC (SCORE) - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
MUSIC (SONG) "Jai Ho" SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
BEST PICTURE - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) - OKTAPODI
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) - SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)
SOUND EDITING - IRON MAN
SOUND MIXING - THE DARK KNIGHT
VISUAL EFFECTS - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) - IN BRUGES

SHOW ENDS AT 8:29 PM PST

Well, Sh*t

As it turns out - while thinking about this year's Oscars - I decided to look up the actual day Eric Stormoen sent out his top ten list near the close of the last century and it turns out it was May Freaking 6. The ten year anniversary of that date is LESS THAN 100 DAYS AWAY. Now it may sound to you like that's more than enough time to get through the second half of a top ten list but you must understand that for me this means working at a ferocious pace. I have - after all - taken roughly nine years and two hundred and sixty some odd days to get this far. I'm starting to think all those years writing on deadline make it easier to do it that way and nearly impossible to do it without one breathing down my neck. So I'll be seeing all of you *very* soon with some new posts post-haste.