Congrats Marty! :D Maybe Leo will have a chance to the Oscar.....

Adrenaline season has started... and as each year... I can't help reading nominees and winners... and as each year... BLAH BLAH BLAH... I sware I won't do that again... Ok, I have swallowed my two zen pills and stop here to congratulate my almost homonym... Martin... Cheers to you and your dream team ! And as for "Babel"... this is a movie I want to see...

Just found this. The WONDERFUL Marty! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=899HqoMf5-0&mode=related&search=

Thanks for the link, Shynney!

YAY MARTY!!!
BIG CONGRATS TO SCORSESE!!! Okay... I'm very, very, extremely disappointed DiCaprio didn't win. :( But I'm BEYOND THRILLED Scorsese won Best Director for TD! LOVED his speech! So cool that he was going to talk faster than his usual! :lol: BTW... Did anyone notice when Cameron Diaz introduced TD she said Internal Affairs instead of Infernal affairs?!?!? Oooooops!!! :oops: Okay...onward to the SAG Awards & the Academy Awards. I want Marty to WIN the Oscar this year! 8) And, of course...Would LOVE DiCaprio to WIN too!8)

Don't know what happened to that link to Scorsese's acceptance speech but maybe this one works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dStHdzf3DQ

Yes Shynney - it works - thanks!

All the usual suspects are part of the SOAP nominations. But here's a new angle... Best Scene or Sequence * Ivana Baquero and The Pale Man sequence (Pan's Labyrinth) * Abigail Breslin performs her routine (Little Miss Sunshine) * Jennifer Hudson performs "And I Am Telling You" (Dreamgirls) * Clive Owen and friends in the car are ambushed and chased (Children of Men) * Martin Sheen departs (The Departed)

Arnz Thanks for SOAP nods :)

SOAP results announced early: Best Picture: Children of Men Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) Best Actor: Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson) Best Actress: Helen Mirren (The Queen) Best Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen (The Queen) Best Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) Best Adapted Screenplay: Children of Men Best Original Screenplay: Volver Best Animated Film: (tie) Happy Feet/A Scanner Darkly Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth Best Foreign Language Film: Volver Best Original Score: Clint Mansell (The Fountain) Best Original Song: "I Need to Wake Up," Melissa Etheridge (An Inconvenient Truth) Best Art Direction: Children of Men Best Cinematography: Children of Men Best Costume Design: Marie Antoinette Best Editing: The Departed Best Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth Best Sound: Children of Men Best Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Best Ensemble: The Departed Best Independent Film: Little Miss Sunshine Best Pre-August Film: United 93 Best Debut: (tie) Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)/Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) Best Scene/Sequence: Jennifer Hudson performs "And I Am Telling You" (Dreamgirls) Best Living Talent Without an Oscar: Martin Scorsese Best Web Site Related to Film: Internet Movie Database (imdb.com)

BFCA vote count released: BEST PICTURE - Winner: The Departed - 49 votes Runners up: United 93 - 19 votes / Letters From Iwo Jima - 18 votes / Dreamgirls - 16 votes / The Queen - 13 votes / Little Miss Sunshine - 9 votes / Babel - 7 votes / Little Children - 5 votes / Blood Diamond - 4 votes / Notes on a Scandal - 4 votes BEST ACTOR - Winner: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland - 68 votes Runners up: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed - 22 votes / Peter O'Toole - Venus - 21 votes / Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond - 19 votes / Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson - 7 votes / Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness - 7 votes BEST ACTRESS - Winner: Helen Mirren - The Queen - 102 votes Runners up: Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal - 21 votes / Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada - 10 votes / Kate Winslet - Little Children - 9 votes / Penelope Cruz - Volver - 2 votes BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Winner: Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls - 35 votes Runners up: Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond - 32 votes / Jack Nicholson - The Departed - 25 votes / Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine - 21 votes / Adam Beach - Flags Of Our Fathers - 17 votes / Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland - 14 votes BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Winner: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls - 74 votes Runners up: Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal - 34 votes / Adriana Barraza - Babel - 11 votes / Rinko Kikuchi - Babel - 11 votes / Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration - 7 votes / Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction - 6 votes BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE - Winner: Little Miss Sunshine - 56 votes Runners up: The Departed - 43 votes / A Prairie Home Companion - 18 votes / Babel - 11 votes / Dreamgirls - 9 votes / Bobby - 7 votes BEST DIRECTOR - Winner: Martin Scorsese - The Departed - 69 votes Runners up: Paul Greengrass - United 93 - 28 votes / Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima - 22 votes / Bill Condon - Dreamgirls - 15 votes / Stephen Frears - The Queen - 10 votes BEST WRITER - Winner: Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine - 41 votes Runners up: Peter Morgan - The Queen - 33 votes / William Monahan - The Departed - 29 votes / Todd Field, Tom Perrotta - Little Children - 17 votes / Zach Helm - Stranger Than Fiction - 15 votes / Guillermo Arriaga - Babel - 8 votes BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - Winner: Cars - 57 votes Runners up: Happy Feet - 51 votes / Monster House - 18 votes / Flushed Away - 9 votes / Over The Hedge - 6 votes BEST YOUNG ACTOR - Winner: Paul Dano - Little Miss Sunshine - 52 votes Runners up: Jaden Christopher Syre Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness - 46 votes / Joseph Cross - Running With Scissors - 15 votes / Freddie Highmore - A Good Year - 13 votes / Cameron Bright - Thank You For Smoking - 12 votes BEST YOUNG ACTRESS - Winner: Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine - 86 votes Runners up: Ivana Baquero - Pan's Labyrinth - 20 votes / Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson - 13 votes / Keke Palmer - Akeelah and the Bee - 12 votes / Dakota Fanning - Charlotte's Web - 11 votes BEST COMEDY MOVIE - Winner: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - 58 votes Runners up: Little Miss Sunshine - 49 votes / Thank You For Smoking - 18 votes / The Devil Wears Prada - 9 votes / For Your Consideration - 9 votes BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION) - Winner: Charlotte's Web - 52 votes Runners up: Akeelah and the Bee - 37 votes / Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 35 votes / Lassie - 11 votes / Flicka - 6 votes BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION - Winner: Elizabeth I - 53 votes Runners up: When the Levees Broke - 45 votes / The Ron Clark Story - 9 votes / Nightmares and Dreamscapes - 5 votes / The Librarian - 4 votes BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Winner: An Inconvenient Truth - 80 votes Runners up: Shut Up and Sing - 29 votes / Wordplay - 15 votes / This Film Is Not Yet Rated - 9 votes / Who Killed the Electric Car - 6 votes BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - Winner: Letters From Iwo Jima - 62 votes Runners up: Pan's Labyrinth - 35 votes / Volver - 23 votes / Apocalypto - 16 votes / Water - 5 votes / Days of Glory - 1 votes BEST SONG - Winner: "Listen" - Dreamgirls - 50 votes Runners up: "The Neighbor" - Shut Up and Sing - 22 votes / "I Need To Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth - 17 votes / "My Little Girl" - Flicka - 15 votes / "Never Gonna Break My Faith" - Bobby - 15 votes / "Ordinary Miracle" - Charlotte's Web - 14 votes BEST SOUNDTRACK - Winner: Dreamgirls - 80 votes Runners up: Happy Feet - 23 votes / Babel - 16 votes / Marie Antoinette - 11 votes / Cars - 10 votes BEST COMPOSER - Winner: Phillip Glass - The Illusionist - 47 votes Runners up: Howard Shore - The Departed - 27 votes / Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel - 26 votes / Hans Zimmer - The Da Vinci Code - 17 votes / Thomas Newman - The Good German - 13 votes / Clint Mansell - The Fountain

Your lists are a wonder Mr Arnzilla - thank you!

Wow, Best Picture oscar is officially wide open....but I think Little Miss Sunshine is gonna be the winner there, with, hopefully, Marty taking Best Director. Little Miss just took home the PGA tonite. Pretty interesting. Personally, don't think that is the best picture, but then didn't think Crash was the best picture last year either. The Departed may be too much for AMPAS, but I'm hoping it's not. :?

I liked LMS... a lot. But I'd wait a couple of weeks when things settle for a prediction. It really looks like anything could win at this point.