Arnzilla Thanks for more award news ....what great taste they have ! :) Leela Yes...they will be suprises ...good ones I think ! :) Margot Saw Forest in "Last King " ...thought he was excellent.. but personally for me ...equally excellent were DiCaprio and O'Toole. Same with Helen....thought she was excellent in "Queen" but thought Judi Dench was equally excellent in "Notes"

The hell with it. Let's go nuts. Add three more to the mix with Oscarwatch's International Online Cinema Awards and three more with the 2006 Skandies, which Mike D'Angelo describes here and publishes at his blog here. The full Skandie Awards list: Best Picture 01. The Departed 02. The Prestige 03. United 93 04. Children of Men 05. Old Joy 06. L'Enfant 07. Brick 08. Pan's Labyrinth 09. Gabrielle 10. Inland Empire 11. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 12. A Scanner Darkly 13. Half Nelson 14. Volver 15. Mutual Appreciation 16. Inside Man 17. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 18. Casino Royale 19. Dave Chapelle's Block Party 20. Manderlay Best Director 01. Martin Scorsese, The Departed 02. Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men 03. Paul Greengrass, United 93 04. Christopher Nolan, The Prestige 05. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, L'Enfant 06. Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth 07. Cristi Puiu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 08. Rian Johnson, Brick 09. Michael Mann, Miami Vice 10. Hou Hsiao-hsien, Three Times 11. David Lynch, Inland Empire 12. Patrice Chéreau, Gabrielle 13. Tom Tykwer, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 14. Kelly Reichardt, Old Joy 15. Robert Altman, A Prairie Home Companion 16. Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Climates 17. Pedro Almodovar, Volver 18. Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain 19. Richard Linklater, A Scanner Darkly 20. Spike Lee, Inside Man Best Leading Actor 01. Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson 02. Leonardo Dicaprio, The Departed 03. Sacha BaronCohen, Borat 04. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brick 05. Daniel Craig, Casino Royale 06. Will Oldham, Old Joy 07. Christian Bale, The Prestige 08. Pascal Greggory, Gabrielle 09. Aaron Eckhart, Thank You for Smoking 10. Edward Norton, Down in the Valley 11. Jeremie Renier, L'Enfant 12. Ray Winstone, The Proposition 13. Ion Fiscuteanu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 14. Steve Coogan, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story 15. Matt Damon, The Departed 16. Paul Giamatti, Lady in the Water 17. Denzel Washington, Inside Man 18. Clive Owen, Children of Men 19. Hugh Jackman, The Prestige 20. Ben Wishaw, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Best Leading Actress 01. Helen Mirren, The Queen 02. Gretchen Mol, The Notorious Bette Paige 03. Penelope Cruz, Volver 04. Isabelle Huppert, Gabrielle 05. Laura Dern, Inland Empire 06. Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal 07. Jodelle Ferland, Tideland 08. Evan Rachel Wood, Down in the Valley 09. Maggie Cheung, Clean 10. Ivana Banquero, Pan's Labyrinth 11. Deborah Francois, L'Enfant 12. Kate Winslet, Little Children 13. Debbie Doebereiner, Bubble 14. Ellen Page, Hard Candy 15. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby 16. Kirsten Dunst, Marie-Antoinette 17. Shu Qi, Three Times 18. Julianne Nicholson, Flannel Pajamas 19. Melinda Paige Hamilton, Sleeping Dogs Lie 20. Sandra Huller, Requiem Best Supporting Actor 01. Mark Wahlberg, The Departed 02. Nick Nolte, Clean 03. Robert Downey Jr, A Scanner Darkly 04. Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children 05. Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland 06. Anthony Mackie, Half Nelson 07. Sacha Baron Cohen, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 08. Michael Sheen, The Queen 09. David Bowie, The Prestige 10. Rob Brydon, Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story 11. Michael Caine, The Prestige 12. Alec Baldwin, The Departed 13. Sergi López, Pan's Labyrinth 14. Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine 15. John C. Reilly, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 16. Clive Owen, Inside Man (fixed; thanks kin) 17. Ray Winstone, The Departed 18. Ken Watanabe, Letters from Iwo Jima 19. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Mission Impossible III 20. Jason Schwartsman, Marie-Antoinette Best Supporting Actress 01. Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson 02. Luminita Gheorgiu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 03. Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada 04. Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada 05. Meryl Streep, A Prairie Home Companion 06. Maribel Verdu, Pan's Labyrinth 07. Rinko Kikuchi, Babel 08. Eva Green, Casino Royale 09. Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine 10. Vera Farmiga, The Departed 11. Carmen Maura, Volver 12. Lily Tomlin, A Prairie Home Companion 13. Zooey Deschanel, Failure to Launch 14. Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Science of Sleep 15. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stranger Than Fiction 16. Mia Kirschner, The Black Dahlia 17. Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal 18. Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls 19. Adriana Barraza, Babel 20. Lola Duenas, Volver Best Screenplay 01. Christopher and Jonathan Nolan, The Prestige 02. William Monohan, The Departed 03. Rian Johnson, Brick 04. Pedro Almodovar, Volver 05. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Half Nelson 06. Frank Cottrell Boyce, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story 07. Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth 08. Russell Gerwtiz, Inside Man 09. Richard Linklater, A Scanner Darkly 10. Jason Reitman, Thank You for Smoking 11. Patrice Chéreau & Anne-Louise Trividic, Gabrielle 12. Peter Morgan, The Queen 13. Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, Children of Men 14. Andrew Birkin & Bernd Eichinger & Tom Tykwer, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 15. Paul Greengrass, United 93 16. Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, Old Joy 17. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, L'Enfant 18. Lars von Trier, Manderlay 19. Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine 20. Andrew Bujaski, Mutual Appreciation Best Scene 01. Automobile Ambush, Children of Men 02. Battle of Bexhill, Children of Men 03. Nude wrestling, Borat 04. Interchronological car chase, Deja Vu 05. Parkour Chase, Casino Royale (the chase at the construction site) 06. The Pale Man, Pan's Labyrinth 07. Bagby Hot Springs, Old joy 08. Rooftop showdown, The Departed 09. Hotel Reunion, Climates 10. The Mayan city, Apocalypto 11. Olive's talent act, Little Miss Sunshine 12. The Valentine, Jackass Number Two 13. Jean-Baptiste forestalls his execution, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 14. Death on Hollywood Blvd., Inland Empire 15. Opening Shot, 4 16. Rain and Tears (Reprise), Three Times 17. Chased and submerged, L'Enfant 18. Ricky Bobby says grace, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 19. The Conquistador's Rebirth, The Fountain 20. Freck's suicide, A Scanner Darkly

Arnzilla Thanks for more award info ......see being 'nutty' can be fun ! :roll:

Arnzilla I like to see these lists but I don't know how I would make those decisions. :roll: The Departed would be top in all my catagories this year :lol:

Hollywood Reporter Go Thelma !!! :) :) Babel" and "The Departed" were both named best edited feature film, drama, at the 57th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, held Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. It was only the second tie in the history of the awards, presented by the American Cinema Editors. The previous tie occurred in 1989 when "Rain Man" tied with "Mississippi Burning." "Babel" was edited by Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise, while "The Departed" was edited by Thelma Schoonmaker. The best edited feature film, comedy or musical, winner was Virginia Katz for "Dreamgirls." "An Inconvenient Truth," edited by Jay Cassidy and Dan Sweitlik, took best edited documentary honors.

Whoa! A tie in such a close race... it's like a bad joke. TD is the Rain Man equivalent in that it's the blockbuster while Babel is Mississippi Burning in that it's the social commentary film. We all know which one eventually took Best Pic.

Well, this clears things up... Anyway, congratulations to Thelma!!! A very deserved win... :D Arnzilla, I like the 20 at the top...

Arnz said We all know which one eventually took Best Pic. Sure hope it is "raining Oscars" on "TD" next Sunday !!! Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Editing, Best Directing, and Best Picture May even throw in Best Supporting Actor as the cherry on the cake :)

I saw this posted at OW: PAY ATTENTION TO THIS STATISTIC: Only 6 films in FILM HISTORY have won the DGA, WGA, and ACE awards together. 1965: The Sound of Music 1970: Patton 1990: Dances with Wolves 1993: Schindler's List 1994: Forrest Gump 2006: The Departed This is a really damn good thing if you ask me. All won Best Picture and Best Director. If anybody keeps telling you The Departed won't win Best Picture, you throw this at them as one of the reasons why it will.

Jesus I hope so !

Arnz Love your new avatar too ...as well as....great photo of Thelma at top of board Thanks for info from OW ..that sure sounds like SIX great reasons to me !!!! GO DEPARTED !!!!!

Scorsese with Balhaus and his well deserved Lifetime Achievement Award from ASC Guild Awards

Thanks for the photo, peanut!!

Congratulations to Thelma. Having rewatched TD recently on DVD a couple of times now, I think the editing in that movie was certainly award-worthy. Also, I think Ray Winstone deserved a supporting nom. as much as anyone; I really like him. and added so much to that movie.

Agree Courtney. Ray Winstone is exceptional and so believable in his character but then there were a lot of exceptional performances in TD.