Ben Wyman

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Oscar Results

I did it. I got over 75%. I'm an expert.

I got 19 out of 24 (79%), and if I'd only stuck with Sean Penn for Best Actor - who I was really rooting for anyway - the only ones I would've missed would've been four completely unimportant categories which I'm totally fine with having missed. So let's review exactly what happened on what turned out to be a really good Oscars in all respects.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Sean Penn for Milk

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Kate Winslet for The Reader

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Okuribito (Japan)
I Picked: Entre les murs (France)

Best Achievement in Music, Original Song
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman, Sampooran Singh Gulzar ("Jai Ho")

Best Achievement in Music, Original Score
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Achievement in Sound

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: The Dark Knight
I Picked: Wall-E

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: Smile Pinki
I Picked: The Conscience Of Nhem En

Best Documentary, Feature
Winner: Man on Wire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: The Duchess - Michael O'Connor

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: la maison en petits cubes
I Picked: Presto

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: WALL·E - Andrew Stanton

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Winner: Milk - Dustin Lance Black

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

While I'm thrilled about my results, I changed a few results from my original picks, and all those changes ended up being wrong. But I entered the orginal list into the Oscar.com game, which should put me near the top of their pool (22 out of 24 ain't bad - except that the game glitches so badly that every time you leave the site, it deletes all of your picks. I tried to go on right before the ceremony started, but the game had crashed, so I couldn't get to it to re-enter the picks. It's a shame, because somewhere floating in a sea of data on the Oscar.com site is a near-perfect Oscar list.

Hope everyone did well this year!