Coming off the worst year ever with viewers, the Academy looks to revemp the Oscars with a complete makeover. With Hugh Jackman hosting (really, Wolverine), and no names of award givers being released, this year shapes up to be a beast of a diffrent nature. Readers, the biggest show in showbiz just around the corner. The Kettle reveals its picks...
BEST ACTOR
Who Should Win: Frank Langella... his performance in the surprisingly epic Frost/Nixon was a career topper. He captured the idiosyncratic nature of Richard Nixon to the point where it seemed just too real. Definitely worthy of this Oscar.
Who Will Win: Sean Penn...the timeliness of this performance is what will win Penn the Award. With California recently passing Proposition 8, awarding an actor who played a homosexual man, in San Francisco, will keept the issue topical. Not to mention, Penn performed in the role of his life.
BEST ACTRESS
Who Should Win: Meryl Streep...It seems that whatever Streep touches turns to gold, and her role in Doubt lives up to expectations. However, with her record 16 nominations over they years, and her many wins, the Academy won't reward the top performer this year.
Who Will Win: Kate Winslet...she ended the year with two strong peformances in the Reader and Revolutionary Road, and even though I believe that she was nominated for her weaker role, the Academy will take both into account. Winslet wins her first on her sixth try.
Who Will Win: Kate Winslet...she ended the year with two strong peformances in the Reader and Revolutionary Road, and even though I believe that she was nominated for her weaker role, the Academy will take both into account. Winslet wins her first on her sixth try.
BEST PICTURE
Who Should Win: Slumdog Millionaire....God, such a great year for cinema with all these movies worthy of this award, and as much as I believe Frost/Nixon will be remembered far past Slumdog, I just can't help but pick this feel good story- no doubt, the Academy will feel the same way.
Who Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Who Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Who Should Win: Heath Ledger...I mean really, no explanation is necessary. Not only will this serve to commemorate a young master of the craft taken far too early, but also a timeless performace as the Joker.
Who Will Win: Heath Ledger
Who Will Win: Heath Ledger
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Who Should Win: Marisa Tomei...in my third favorite movie of the year, The Wrestler, Tomei stands out even as the ressurection of Mickey Rourke fills the screen. Not many actresses bare all once they reach a certain pinnacle, but even more impressive was her ability to act as a wrestler with life in a movie about wrestling.
Who Will Win: Penelope Cruz...in an extremely Academy-esque performance, Cruz was a force to be reckoned with in the unrecognized Vicky Cristina Barcelona. A historically tough category, but she'll win.
Who Will Win: Penelope Cruz...in an extremely Academy-esque performance, Cruz was a force to be reckoned with in the unrecognized Vicky Cristina Barcelona. A historically tough category, but she'll win.
BEST DIRECTOR
Who Should Win: Danny Boyle...I am a big advocate for this award being given to the director of the best film, but this year is the toughest I've seen in a while. Fincher directed a visual masterpiece in Button, and Ron Howard might have submitted his top work ever in F/N, but it is Boyle who captures
the hearts of the academy with his fabulous work, getting dirty in the streets in Mumbai.
the hearts of the academy with his fabulous work, getting dirty in the streets in Mumbai. Who Will Win: Danny Boyle
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