Date: 29 Feb 04 Adventures of Gamblegirl: Oscars Okay first of all let me say Happy Leap Year. Second of all, if Lord of the Rings: Return of the King doesn't win best picture and director and I am gonna be sooooo cut. The last bit of belief that I have that the Oscards actually have any kind of movie value will be shot. I've gotta feeling that bloody Seabiscuit will win because they love movies like that (thank god Cold Mountain missed the nomination otherwise, would have no hope of winning). Anyway here's my tips: The full list of nominations ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Nominations: 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 Winner: I think either Bill Murray or Sean Penn will win it but am leaning more toward Sean because the Oscar voters coped stick when he didn't win for I AM SAM ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Nominations: Alec Baldwin - THE COOLER Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS Djimon Hounsou - IN AMERICA Tim Robbins - MYSTIC RIVER Ken Watanabe - THE LAST SAMURAI Winner: Tim Robbins ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Nominations: Keisha Castle-Hughes - WHALE RIDER Diane Keaton - SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE Samantha Morton - IN AMERICA Charlize Theron - MONSTER Naomi Watts - 21 GRAMS Winner: Charlize Theron who then will go on to have a career much like Hilary Swank. One good perfmance and then nada ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Nominations: Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Patricia Clarkson - PIECES OF APRIL Marcia Gay Harden - MYSTIC RIVER Holly Hunter - THIRTEEN Rene Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN Winner: Rene Zellweger - surely after being nominated for 3 years in a row, she's gotta win it. But who I really want to win it is Holly Hunter. She's brilliant in THIRTEEN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Nominations: BROTHER BEAR FINDING NEMO THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE Winner: Can't go past Nemo ART DIRECTION Nominations: 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 Winner: LOTR CINEMATOGRAPHY Nominations: CITY OF GOD COLD MOUNTAIN GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT Winner: Cold Mountain - they love the director's stuff COSTUME DESIGN Nominations: 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 Winner: LOTR DIRECTING Nominations: 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 Winner: Should be LOTR but reckon it will go to MYSTIC RIVER MAKEUP Nominations: 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 Winner: PIrates of the Caribbean MUSIC (SCORE) Nominations: BIG FISH COLD MOUNTAIN FINDING NEMO HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Winner: Cold Mountain MUSIC (SONG) Nominations: "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 "The Triplets of Belleville" - THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE "You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN Winner: LOTR BEST PICTURE Nominations: 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 Winner: Reckon it should be LOTR but probably go to Seabiscuit of Mystic River SOUND Nominations: 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 Winner: Haven't made up my mind so will go for LOTR (yeah I know I am biased) SOUND EDITING Nominations: FINDING NEMO MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL Winner: Nemo VISUAL EFFECTS Nominations: 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 Winner: LOTR - and George Lucas will be pissed off WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) Nominations: AMERICAN SPLENDOR CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT Winner: LOTR WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) Nominations: THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS DIRTY PRETTY THINGS FINDING NEMO IN AMERICA LOST IN TRANSLATION Winner: It's either Nemo or Lost in Translation (which supposedly is about Harrison Ford) So how did I go - well here's my talley = 13 / 17 - NOT BAD!!! Gamblegirl