Oscar nominations

“Best Picture
"The Aviator"
"Finding Neverland"
"Million Dollar Baby"
"Ray"
"Sideways"

Actor
Don Cheadle in "Hotel Rwanda"
Johnny Depp in "Finding Neverland"
Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Aviator"
Clint Eastwood in "Million Dollar Baby"
Jamie Foxx in "Ray"

Actress
Annette Bening in "Being Julia"
Catalina Sandino Moreno in "Maria Full of Grace"
Imelda Staunton in "Vera Drake"
Hilary Swank "Million Dollar Baby"
Kate Winslet in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

Directing
“The Aviator" Martin Scorsese
"Million Dollar Baby" Clint Eastwood
"Ray" Taylor Hackford
"Sideways" Alexander Payne
"Vera Drake" Mike Leigh

Big 4 are above. Winners will be:

"The Aviator"
Jamie Foxx in "Ray"
Hilary Swank "Million Dollar Baby"
"Million Dollar Baby" Clint Eastwood”

“It's unanimous! I haven't seen one picture on that list!”

“what no passion? who woulda thunk it”

“Wouldn't that have been last year Maple? I don't know.”

“I know S.A.G. member, its kinda kewl seeing the films before they even hit the big screen.

I think Foxx and 'Ray' will take two.”

“I don't even recognize any of those movies.”

“Passion nominated for Makeup, Original Score, Cinematography.

It'd be nice if Clint Eastwood got his best actor Oscar, haven't seen the movie, but that's the kind of thing the Academy likes to do...
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“I know about 10 sag members. I got a chance to see the ballot last year. Pretty cool stuff.

I have lost touch with a lot of my TV buddies I used to work with. Every year we would have a kick a$$ party and a guessing game as to who would win each oscar. We have even made it into a drinking game.”

“Okay, thanks Bison. I have not scanned the entire list yet. He might get the Cinematography Oscar.”

“Yeah I'd expect Passion to get Cinematography, it was exceptional...”

“Bison, did you see “A Very Long Engagement” also nominated in this category? This will give Mel a run for his money. I have not seen the Avaitor yet, so it may as well.”

“Nah, haven't seen that one, nor the Aviator. Want to see that and Million Dollar Baby.”

“Anyone else as out-of-touch as Zac and I are?”

“I read that "Passion" was a Grade-B slasher movie.”

“Yea, me too! It's hard for the wife at this point to sit through a movie being 8 months pregnant. I don't know if I am going to see anything before the DVD release.”

“I am, treebeard, although I have heard of those movies. I usually wait until they come out on video so I can watch the movie without having the six-month-old in the next seat horking on my jacket.”

“Tree, I haven't seen any of those movies either.

Aviator doesn't interest me because of who is playing Howard Hughes. They could have gotten someone instead of a wuss to play the lead actor part.

Never heard of Neverland or Sideways.

Ray should be good.

I read an article on Hillary Swank. she trained 7 days a week 4-6 hrs each day to train to do this role. I still won't go see it.

I finally saw Passion. It was ok nothing great though. I still can't figure out why people came out of the theathers crying and such. Didn't most people realize he was treated that way to start with??”

“No, tree, you're not alone. Of all the movies mentioned, the only one I've seen is Eternal Sunshine... And, I loved it (I bought it on DVD). In fact, it was such an original and interesting movie that I wondered if it might be up for a screenplay award.”

“im gonna go see sideways or million dollar baby today.

passion was a horrible movie. that fcking baby that satan creeped me the fck out. but yea, the cinematography was good”

“No one's gonna talk about the bestest part? No F9/11!!! Bawhahahahaha!”

“f/911 was held out of the documentary categories by moore because he wanted it to have a shot in the overall category”

“"that fcking baby that satan was carrying creeped me the fck out"

million dollar baby is not playing anywhere near me. waaaaaaaaa!!!!! not even in indy

o well sideways still looks good. im in the mood for a comedy”

“Haven't seen any of these movies yet... Would like to see "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "Finding Neverland", "The Aviator" and "Ray"”

“Hero didn't make the list. I'm boycotting.”

“eternal sunshine rocked”

“i borrowd hero from the library and was pissed to find i had got the one with no sub-titles”

“Why didn't you just check out a book on learning Chinese at the same time?”

“Until Gollum recieves the 'Best Performance By A Hiker Who Crawled Out Of A Cave In France After Getting Lost For 3 Weeks And Surviving On Nothing But Clay And Wood' award I refuse to pay $29.99 to see a movie at the theatre...

p.s...
on a sort of related note, if I were Angelina Jolie I would strip down naked, stand in front of the mirror all day, and stare at my self.”

“I did not think Passion was very good, but then I knew how it ended. I am really disappointed that Farhenhoax did not get a nod. That movie was so incredibly bad, when I finally saw it I laughed till my tummy hurt.

Farenhoax, the mantra of the left, was a bigger joke than their political mumblings.”

“sideways was good not great. there was one scene at the end, however, that had the theater rolling.”