Oscar Race Update: The Fight Continues

January 09, 2007

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Battle lines are being drawn. Departed vs. everything else is how OUTzoneTV.com's PR dept sees it. Editorial staff is split between ensemble dramas like Bobby , Little Miss Sunshine, or Dreamgirls.

The actress category appears a lock for Helen Mirren, although some are hoping for a surprise upset. Like, "Oh, she's totally going to win anyway so I'm going to vote for Penelope Cruz." (That's what we're dreaming about.)

And no one can get a handle on how the Supporting Actor categories will fall. The Supporting Actress is always a disaster (Juliette Binoche anyone?). And the Supporting Actor category this year could have megastars from Jack Nicholson to realtively quirky less-thans such as Alan Arkin, or the creepy guy from Little Children.

Anyway... here's a recap of awards so far. Other than Iwo Jima being a lock for a nomination (but it can't win cause no one will have seen it)... it's a seriously wide-open field. No?

And because the Oscars are almost as much about momentum as the films themselves. Here's a list of what honors the top movies are winning this awards season -- and a few of our pithy comments to keep the list from putting you to sleep.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (Well, they gave the film away to half the subscribers of The New Yorker. Isn't that buying votes? But it's Al Gore. Who is going to vote against the ex-almost-president?)

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