Oh yeah, this is happening too...

The OSCARS!!
Duh.
I totally forgot about this amid all the surgery, sickness and Top Model talk. I've picked Whitney to win, while Bob has chosen Amis, for what it's worth. Elizabeth is also in the game this season, err cycle...she's picked Kimberley. My pick for first girl to be ousted from the journey toward becoming America's Next Top Model...Katarzyna.

ANYWAY....

Since I've seen NONE of the nominated movies, as we've previously discussed, what follows is a totally uninformed and completely speculative picks list.

Here is the list of nominees (in the categories I care about):
My picks are bolded...feel free to post your picks so we can battle on Sunday night!

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney in "The Savages"
Ellen Page in "Juno"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role Always a tough pick!
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement"
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"

Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"

Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Julian Schnabel
"Juno", Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton", Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men", Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood", Paul Thomas Anderson

Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"


And of course, the over/under on number of times Barack Obama is mentioned: 5
And, over/under on number of times anyone says anything about "global warming": 8


In other important picks...
Who will "win" Flavor of Love 3? My pick=Grayvee...love that name!
Rock of Love2? (ahem, Maribeth) My pick=Ambre, even with her crazy eyes
Big Brother 9? My pick=Allison/Ryan though I hate them all
Survivor? My pick=Penner
ANTM? My pick, as previously mentioned="plus-size" Whitney

Pick this!

I've refrained from posting about our football picks groups all season for fear of jinxing myself. It's still not technically safe, but I can't wait any longer!
I AM KICKING ASS!! More importantly, I am kicking my husband's ass, which is really all the Christmas gift I need. Is that terrible? Probably!
In our blogfriends and family group, which is myself, Bob, Chris from Solipsistic, Amy from Occhio Grosso and my mom (who picks based on what cities she's visited and which team has a cuter QB).
The last few weeks Chris has started edging up on my lead and as of RIGHT NOW I am only ahead by TWO points with just seven games left in the season...Oooooh. It's getting feisty!

In our college friends group, I am running a close second behind someone who I'm not even sure I know seeing as he or she has used a false name for their picks group! So rude!
I am only two points back with the same seven games. Almost all of the remaining games we have different picks, so I will either TOTALLY kick ass, or my ass will be kicked harshly.

My mom, bless her heart, ALWAYS picks the NY Giants to win. She did so this week even though they were playing the G.D. Patriots. For half the game last night, she had hope...but alas. The refs were paid handsomely, allegedly, as were the Giants players, allegedly, and though the "Jints" made a good showing, the Pats ended up winning 38-35, capping off the first perfect NFL season since 1972. Now shush '72 Dolphins players, shush already.
Here's to the Pats losing their first playoff game and going out unceremoniously. Booooo.
Sorry Mer.
And now that I've fully jinxed myself...I'll get back to the games now.