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“a night at the oscars” the 81st official thinkso home edition and the winner is: extra! extra! Play along in the comfort of your own living room. Make your picks and For bonus points, before the collect your points—1 each for standard categories, 2 for the biggies. show, pick scenarios from the list below. Get a prediction right and win. Get it wrong and Best Picture Of The Year (2 pts.) Best Documentary SUBTRACT from your total. ■ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) ■ Frost/Nixon Encounters at the End of the World Salma Hayek shows less cleavage ■ Milk The Garden than Scarlett Johanssen (1) ■ Trouble the Water does NOT wear his sunglasses in the theater (2) Best Director (2 pts.) Best Foreign Film Jack Nicholson sits in the front row (1) ■ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Baader Meinhof Complex — The Class — France Someone mentions “” ■ Frost/Nixon, Departures — on stage (3) ■ Milk, Revanche — Austria and fake ■ The Reader, — Israel a happy marriage (1) ■ Slumdog Millionaire, Best Renee Zellweger brings Dan Abrams BEST ACTOR — LEADING ROLE (2 pts.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as her date (2) ■ in The Visitor The Dark Knight bombs as host (2) ■ in Frost/Nixon Frost/Nixon

in Milk Milk looks like a hottie (1) ■ in The Curious Case of Slumdog Millionaire wears his earring (1) Benjamin Button looks unbotoxed (5) ■ in The Wrestler Best Music — Original Score The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Brad and Angelina announce they Best Actress — Leading Role (2 pts.) have adopted another child (3) ■ in Defiance, Someone trips (1) ■ in Changeling Milk, in Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman Someone tries to ad lib, but the ■ in Doubt WALL-E, audience doesn’t laugh (1) ■ in The Reader The musical numbers are really Best Music — Original Song boring (1) Best Actor — Supporting Role Down to Earth from WALL-E in Milk Music by and Obama is mentioned in more than Robert Downey Jr. in Thomas Newman / Lyric by Peter Gabriel one acceptance speech (2) in Doubt Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire Awkward moment occurs between in The Dark Knight Music by A.R. Rahman / Lyric by Jen and Angelina (5) in O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire

Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Oprah brings Stedman instead Best Actress — Supporting Role Maya Arulpragasam of Gayle (6) in Doubt Someone at your party falls asleep Penélope Cruz in Best Visual Effects before the end of the show (1) Davis in Doubt The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of The Dark Knight Someone makes a joke about Benjamin Button sleeping with Judy Dench (1) in The Wrestler You watch the WHOLE show (5) Best Writing — Adapted Best Costume Design The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Australia Doubt The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Duchess The Reader Milk Slumdog Millionaire MY TALLY: Revolutionary Road Best Writing — Original Screenplay Send your score to Best Animated Frozen River [email protected] and see Bolt Happy-Go-Lucky your name in lights! WALL-E Milk WALL-E Brought to you by your at