“A Night at the Oscars” the 81St Academy Awards Official Thinkso Home Edition and the Winner Is: Extra! Extra! Play Along in the Comfort of Your Own Living Room
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“a night at the oscars” the 81st academy awards 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) ■ The Reader Man on Wire ■ Slumdog Millionaire Trouble the Water Jack Nicholson 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 — Germany David Fincher The Class — France Someone mentions “Diego Luna” ■ Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard Departures — Japan on stage (3) ■ Milk, Gus Van Sant Revanche — Austria Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes fake ■ The Reader, Stephen Daldry Waltz with Bashir — Israel a happy marriage (1) ■ Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle Best fiLm eDitiNG Renee Zellweger brings Dan Abrams BEST ACTOr — LeaDiNG rOLe (2 Pts.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as her date (2) ■ Richard Jenkins in The Visitor The Dark Knight Hugh Jackman bombs as host (2) ■ Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon Frost/Nixon ■ Sean Penn in Milk Milk Helen Mirren looks like a hottie (1) ■ Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Slumdog Millionaire Harrison Ford wears his earring (1) Benjamin Button Nicole Kidman looks unbotoxed (5) ■ Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler Best music — OriGiNaL scOre The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Brad and Angelina announce they Best actress — LeaDiNG rOLe (2 Pts.) Alexandre Desplat have adopted another child (3) ■ Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married Defiance, James Newton Howard Someone trips (1) ■ Angelina Jolie in Changeling Milk, Danny Elfman ■ Melissa Leo in Frozen River Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman Someone tries to ad lib, but the ■ Meryl Streep in Doubt WALL-E, Thomas Newman audience doesn’t laugh (1) ■ Kate Winslet in The Reader The musical numbers are really Best music — OriGiNaL sONG boring (1) Best actOr — SuPPOrtiNG rOLe Down to Earth from WALL-E Josh Brolin in Milk Music by Peter Gabriel and Obama is mentioned in more than Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder Thomas Newman / Lyric by Peter Gabriel one acceptance speech (2) Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire Awkward moment occurs between Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight Music by A.R. Rahman / Lyric by Gulzar Jen and Angelina (5) Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road 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) Amy Adams in Doubt Someone at your party falls asleep Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona Best VisuaL effects before the end of the show (1) Viola 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 Iron Man sleeping with Judy Dench (1) Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler You watch the WHOLE show (5) Best WritiNG — AdaPteD screeNPLaY 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 feature fiLm Frozen River [email protected] and see Bolt Happy-Go-Lucky your name in lights! Kung Fu Panda In Bruges WALL-E Milk WALL-E Brought to you by your friends at.