Awards: Oscar Results

So I got 18 out of 24 categories right. Not stellar but at least I did better than last year. The show was a great improvement over last year. I liked the classiness of the titling and editing of the nomination packages. Billy Crystal was pretty darn funny, even if he did bring out lots of his older material. Loved his opening ‘inside the films’ sequence and many of his off-hand comments (Mr. Excitable). I loved his interpretation of what Nick Nolte was thinking; so funny. Too bad his microphone wasn’t working properly for his opening song; he was almost drowned out by the music. Other highlights included Emma Stone’s enthusiasm, Chris Rock’s animation rant and Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis fooling around with cymbals. Here are the winners:

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
THE SHORE
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF
MR.MORRIS LESSERMORE (predicted)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
SAVING FACE (predicted)
SOUND EDITING
HUGO (predicted)
SOUND MIXING
HUGO (predicted)
ORIGINAL SCORE
THE ARTIST (predicted)
ORIGINAL SONG
MAN OR MUPPET [THE MUPPETS] (predicted)
VISUAL EFFECTS
HUGO
MAKE-UP
THE IRON LADY (predicted)
COSTUME DESIGN
THE ARTIST
ART DIRECTION
HUGO (predicted)
FILM EDITING
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
CINEMATOGRAPHY
HUGO
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
UNDEFEATED (predicted)
ANIMATED FEATURE
RANGO (predicted)
OREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A SEPARATION (predicted)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DESCENDANTS (predicted)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (predicted)
BEST DIRECTOR
MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS [THE ARTIST] (predicted)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
OCTAVIA SPENCER [THE HELP] (predicted)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER [BEGINNERS] (predicted)
BEST ACTRESS
MERYL STREEP [THE IRON LADY]
BEST ACTOR
JEAN DUJARDIN [THE ARTIST] (predicted)
BEST PICTURE
THE ARTIST (predicted)

How did you do?