Oscars 2011

[markrobertpetty]

AYBG, when will we get the official results of the Oscar Prediction Game please?

Yes please, I need to know just how rubbish I was this year!!!!

[funthing29]

Someone said earlier that there were 4 second placers so it was obviously a close contest!

[funthing29]

Coming from the horse's mouth...ouch...

ACADEMY AGREES: FRANCO AND HATHAWAY WERE A POOR CHOICE

The selection of James Franco and Anne Hathaway to host this year’s Oscars telecast was a mistake, a high-ranking member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has acknowledged. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the member, who asked not to be identified, said, “A lot of us said Franco, who is a good actor, is the wrong guy when it was announced. … We questioned the TV value of both hosts, and it turned out to be right.” The member also complained about allowing the show’s producers to select the hosts, without any input from the Academy’s board of governors. But Academy President Tom Sherak disagreed, saying “When you hire producers, you have to have confidence they are going to put on the show you are looking for.” Yet Sherak himself voiced discontent with the performance of the two hosts, remarking that “the chemistry seemed to be off” between them and adding: “The problem is, in the past when you have a comic, that comic can play off what happens on the show. … I think that was missing. I think they were doing their job. Franco is a very charming guy, but sometimes you need a comic to make fun of things.”

http://www.studiobriefing.net/2011/03/a ... or-choice/

[markrobertpetty]

Any chance of having the final list of how we all did in the prediction game please....

[funthing29]

I haven’t been feeling that great today (headache and toothache ) so I’m at home with time on my hands and decided to tally the scores from the oscar prediction game.

kevinknapman is indeed the winner so congratulations! A deserving winner!

Here are the final scores:
kepinknapman = 17/24
funthing29 = 16/24
markrobertpetty = 16/24
Beate = 16/24
Preston1990 = 16/24
yogi = 15/24
mattymc13 = 15/24
lilacstem = 14/24
alythonian = 14/24
cruk = 13/24
kobbing = 12/24
rawr_xoxo = 11/24
Celini = 11/24
charanjitw = 11/24
Yinster = 10/24
soonforgotten = 10/24
ttmd = 10/24
bevvy = 10/24
Judesmon = 9/24
Allsinging = 9/24
IndyJ = 9/24
prettyxcool = 9/24
steve9872 = 7/24

Interesting things to point out:
- Nobody predicted Tom Hooper would win Best Director (although Beate did say he should).
- Only a few people managed to predict In A Better World for Best Foreign Language category.
- Very few correct predictions for the short film/subject awards.

Well done to everyone who took part!

P.S. Please can someone verify my scores as my maths is not brilliant!

[Beate]

Yep, I am kicking myself about Tom Hooper! Preston did send us the results in a PM a little while earlier too but I was waiting for AYBG to verify them. I am sure they are the same though as you have.

[AYBG]

Looks like I'm way behind the times!
Well done kevinknapman
Sending a PM now...

[andrews]

Oscar voting to be done online May. 24, 2011 3:37 PM ET (AP)

And the winner is... going to be determined online.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is planning to change its voting system to allow members to make their picks electronically, rather than through mailed, paper ballots the way they have for years.

The approximately 6,000 members of the Academy received a letter recently, asking that they provide updated email addresses. No exact timetable for the shift is in place, but this is the first step, Academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger said Tuesday.

The change, which The New York Times first reported, could result in an earlier Oscar ceremony. The show usually takes place in late February.