Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The Top 2 Picks


Because Oscar season is almost to a close, and there are really only 2 more awards left (BAFTA and Oscar), I will milk it for all its worth. The "Gurus of Gold", MCN Oscar predictors, have all released their top 2 picks for each award of the evening. Last year, many of their predictors went 100% when correcting the main awards. So this could be interesting. There are 16 Gurus. So I will tell you how many votes, in the top 2 have been rewarded to each.

BEST PICTURE

Slumdog Millionaire : 14 votes in the #1 slot
1 vote in the #2 slot
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button : 1 vote in the #1 slot
10 votes in the #2 slot
Milk : 3 votes in the #2 slot
Frost/Nixon : 1 vote in #2 slot
The Reader : 1 vote in the #2 slot

BEST ACTOR

Sean Penn (Milk) : 11 #1 votes
3 #2 votes
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) : 3 #1 votes
12 #2 votes
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) : 1 #1 vote
1 #2 vote

BEST ACTRESS

Kate Winslet (The Reader) : 13 #1 votes
2 #2 votes
Meryl Streep (Doubt) : 2 #1 votes
12 #2 votes
Angelina Jolie (Changeling) : 1 #1 vote
1 #2 vote
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) : 1 #2 vote


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) : 16 #1 votes

Josh Brolin (Milk) : 5 #2 votes

Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder) : 5 #2 votes

Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) : 4 #2 votes

Phillip Seymore Hoffman (Doubt) : 2 #2 votes


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona) : 8 #1 votes
5 #2 votes
Viola Davis (Doubt) : 6 #1 votes
6 #2 votes
Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler) : 1 #1 vote
1 #2 vote
Taraji P. Henson (Benjamin Button) : 1 #1 vote
1 #2 vote
Amy Adams (Doubt) : 3 #2 vote

...
so if were to believe this their choices are

BEST PIC - Slumdog .. with a runaway win
ACTOR - Sean Penn .. with Rourke in second and Langella as a spoiler
ACTRESS - Kate Winslet ... with Streep in second
S. ACTOR - Heath Ledger .. with a runaway win
S. ACTRESS - Penelope Cruz ... with Viola Davis in second and Tomei/Henson as spoilers

hmmmm

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