Oscar Winners Leaked?
Filed under: RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, Oscar Watch
My good pal Kevin over at Moviefone just sent over a link to a blog that's posting what they claim is a list of this year's Academy Award winners -- saying, "We don't know who leaked this, but thanks a bunch! Enjoy folks." Of course there's a very good chance it's a fake, but as Kevin noted in our AIM conversation: "I mean, it looks right... the fact that Best Supporting Actress is outta nowhere somehow lends it credibility." He's referring to Amy Adams, who this site says is the winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. But she's not the only surprise in the lot -- both screenplay awards seem a bit fishy, with Best Adapted going to The Reader and Original Screenplay going to In Bruges. Don't get me wrong, I think In Bruges is fantastic -- but will it win the Oscar? Doubt it. And what about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button winning Best Costume Design? As far as the big awards, they claim Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture and Best Director, while Mickey Rourke and Kate Winslet take top acting honors and Heath Ledger, of course, slides away with the Best Supporting Actor win. Those are all expected wins, though.
Check out their full list after the jump and let us know what you think. (Please note that in no way do we advise you to throw a bunch of money down on these picks. You'd be a giant moron if you did. Just sayin' ...)
Actor in a leading role: Mickey Rourke
Actor in a supporting role: Heath Ledger
Actress in a leading role: Kate Winslet
Actress in a supporting role: Amy Adams
Animated Feature Film: Wall-E
Art Direction: The Dark Knight
Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Directing: Slumdog Millionaire
Documentary feature: Man on Wire
Documentary short: The Conscience of Nhem En
Film editing: Milk
Foreign language film: Departures
Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Music (Score): Defiance
Music (Song): Down to Earth (Wall-E)
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Short film (animated): Presto
Short film (live action): Auf Der Strecke (On The Line)
Sound editing: Wall-E
Sound mixing: The Dark Knight
Visual effects: Iron Man
Writing (Adapted screenplay): The Reader
Writing (Original screenplay): In Bruges










Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
2-18-2009 @ 2:26PM
Juan Carlo said...
I am so bookmarking this...
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2-18-2009 @ 2:28PM
Brian said...
The deadline for the return of Oscar ballots was 5pm PT yesterday (Tuesday, 2/17). You're telling me they were tabulated and leaked in an hour and eight minutes (e.g., the time of this linked post)?
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2-18-2009 @ 3:23PM
Kurt said...
If the ballots are read and tabulated electronically, and hour after the deadline for a leak wouldn't be record-breaking. This is doubly true if ballots are tabulated as their received rather than all at once, in which case they could have been sitting on a statistical certainty for days by now.
2-18-2009 @ 2:42PM
Edward Douglas said...
Exactly what I was thinking, Brian... I highly doubt they were able to count all the ballots and have the winners in less than 24 hours. As someone who has run critics awards elections for 3 years with a much smaller group (just 30 people), I know how long it takes to count votes even if you have the majority of votes already in place. I highly doubt that they're precounting the votes as they arrive... this is doubtful.
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2-18-2009 @ 2:44PM
Edward Douglas said...
It's pretty ridiculous...Music Score: Defiance? Seriously? This is a hoax, nothing more.
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2-18-2009 @ 2:47PM
Mike said...
Yeah, I don't buy it. Someone leaked their predictions, nothing more.
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2-18-2009 @ 2:49PM
Eric said...
Isn't it fishy that Direction is just the Movie name and not the director?
Should it not say Danny Boyle.
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2-18-2009 @ 2:51PM
Erik Davis said...
I don't know people -- I can count pretty fast, and I heard all the people counting Oscar votes are really smart ... and fast. Maybe they have, like, a robot and a feisty dog who's up to no good?
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2-18-2009 @ 2:53PM
Kurt Munro said...
Why would you even post this? Watch this:
http://realoscars2009leak.blogspot.com
Delete this story.
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2-18-2009 @ 3:05PM
Twisterv88 said...
Yeah, you know it's a hoax because Defiance wouldn't even be eligible. It came out in 2009.
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2-18-2009 @ 3:26PM
Mike said...
Defiance is eligible, because it is nominated. It was one of those year-end limited releases before opening wider in January.
2-18-2009 @ 3:30PM
twisterv88 said...
Oh...well...it's still a hoax, lol
2-18-2009 @ 3:21PM
Edward Havens said...
Remember the whole AICN Oscar winner leak thing from 2000? Yeah, I'm guessing this is about as legit as that.
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2-18-2009 @ 3:33PM
Edward Douglas said...
Ed, we do know someone at the accounting firm used by the Academy, so maybe we can ask him if there's any chance they'd know the winners by today. :)
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4-07-2009 @ 1:46AM
Edward Havens said...
I thought he was still at D&T
2-18-2009 @ 3:55PM
Dante said...
This smells of Ain't It Cool News publishing that list of purported Oscar winners in 2000.......
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2-18-2009 @ 4:03PM
Dante said...
Oscar winners = Oscar nominees
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2-18-2009 @ 4:44PM
Muffin said...
Would you mind putting the thing about Amy Adams behind the jump? If these are real, this is kind of a big spoiler. Thanks.
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2-18-2009 @ 8:12PM
Dorv said...
Christ, is everything a spoiler?
2-18-2009 @ 5:34PM
Lynn said...
I find this hard to believe because usually the movie that wins best picture tends to win best editing and a screenplay award. Foreign film and score seem wrong too.
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