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    picardia: "The Dark Knight" was overlong and overblown. It was two great movies mashed together to make one merely good one. Heath Ledger was the only truly gre... more »
    barzzini: In Bruges was my favorite movie this year. Colin Ferrell was awesome. Where is the love? more »
    brendastarlet is on it: Melissa Leo seems to have gotten the nomination that Sally Hawkins should have received for Happy Go Lucky. more »
    ArtfulSlinger: Ugh. I woke up this morning and was all excited and as usual the Academy let me down hardcore. No Dark Knight or Wall-E for best picture? Seriously?... more »
    murphygreen: The only good nominations were Marisa Tomei, Mickey Rourke and Michael Shannon. I'm sad Sally Hawkins or Kristin Scott Thomas didn't get nominated ove... more »
    autonaimee: Well, if Kate Winslet wins the Oscar for best actress, hopefully she can muster a better acceptance speech than that faux suprised and overwhelmed act... more »
    morninggloria: Anyone remember "Mathnet" from the educational PBS after school program "Square One"? Ok. Anyone remember the episode where someone was trying to saba... more »
    Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!: I don't know about their accuracy, but I prefer the BAFTAS. Eddie Murphy was once nominated for his role in Shrek, and Jamie Bell won for Billy Elliot... more »
    pamplemousse (nee twinpeaks): All I know is that I saw Slumdog Millionaire this past weekend, and it was by far the best movie I saw this year! I hope it wins! And Milk comes in a ... more »
    katie.scarlett.o'hara: Aren't the SAGs the best predictor? Aren't a lot of the people who vote for the SAGs also in the Academy? more »
    BabyJane: Oscar just rips off the BabyJane Awards. That's the show that's held in MY HEAD! It's really quite fabulous, I even got Cher to do my red carpet inter... more »
    sportz.star: Kate Winslet won best supporting actress Golden Globes for The Reader and that role gets her nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars. I haz a confuzed. more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): I can give you the definitive answers tonight. I'll take today's Variety home - my cat picks the winners according to which she blesses with a hairba... more »
    aisuru113: And again animamated features get shafted. more »
    hortense: I think the box office also has a lot to do with it- the momentum a movie has right before the nominations. And also I think the various regional gui... more »
    Samanthrax: Oscars, you did not nominate the Dark Knight for Best Picture. You are dead and less relevant to me than you were last year. And the year before that,... more »
    Khrushchev: Maybe this is why these Oscar nominations, more than any in recent memory?, were the most boring I've ever heard. Seriously, guys? Were there any othe... more »
  • #fortunetelling

    Which Other Awards Shows Best Predict The Oscars?

    It's always nice to win something, but do Golden Globe wins necessarily translate into Oscar nods? We've compared the Oscar nominations to the results of "lesser" awards shows to see how they really stack up. More »