Startin' it early. It's Oscar Day. And this could be an historically bad one. I cannot imagine these hosts being interesting, although I have a thing for Anne Hathaway. Good for James Franco for growing up from being Daniel Desario to Oscar host, but i don't see them being all that entertaining. I'll predict this will be worse than Hugh Jackman's hosting.

I already posted my predictions in another thread but i'll go ahead and stick to my guns...however, I will say "The King's Speech" has gotten a lot of press lately and it could be a sleeper sweeper tonight. I'd rather see that than the goddamn "Social Network". But anyway -

Supporting Actor - Christian Bale
Supporting Actress - Melissa Leo
Best Actor - Colin Firth
Best Actress - Natalie Portman
Best Adapted Screenplay - "The Social Network"
Best Original Screenplay - "Inception"
Director - David Fincher
Picture - "The Social Network"

i have a feeling "king's speech" may win best screenplay. if it does, i believe it will inevitably sweep. but soreass will still get adapted.

My wife is hyped up for this. Its like her Superbowl. She has already started drinking.

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hah, that may work out for you later!

I was kidding about the drinking part but she is excited. She already went to the store picked up her favorite candy and wine though.

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right on.

My wife loves all the "red carpet" stuff so I just set the DVR. I think there's more Oscar pre-game than the Superbowl. Between "E" and ABC, I there's around 8 hours of crap.

I usually like the Oscars, but I'm not sure about this year. I just don't care or haven't watched many of the movies.

My wife loves this crap too. Her excitement is a little tempered this year because we've seen exactly two movies that have been nominated:

Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon

To me it is pretty boring no matter what. I'll be watching the Hawks.

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yeah i'm watching this out of pure tradition. i've watched every oscars since 1990. and yeah, the red carpet stuff is brutal and extremely saturated.

Do straight men watch this??

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Not by choice.

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I mean if you're married I can understand that, but there's the hawks and a Knicks vs Heat game on tonight too.

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You never miss your wealth, till your well went dry
Seem like only yesterday, you were here smiling
Now you gone away, but I know you in a better place
No traces of you, what can I do?
Alone and confused

I'm married, so......

but I could think of a very long list of things I'd watch, and then a list of books I'd read, before I would get to any regular season NBA game without the Bulls in it. Even with the Bulls, there's a decent sized list.

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I usually watch the first 20 minutes

Wow this James Franco was nervous and unfunny on the preshow interview.

Why isnt Justin Timberlake hosting this thing? He'd be perfect. Dude is funnier than most comedians and he hits a ton of demograhics.


Franco is going down, we'll see if he takes Anne Hathaways nice ass with him.


I think he'll be universally panned and she'll be seen as decent.

They could have found a more obscure name to host. If they tried really hard. I have no idea who this Franco dude is - but I know he's in the 127 movie now. Horrible choice for host.

The problem with the Oscars vs. other awards shows is that nobody tries to have any fun. Everyone is so damn serious and polite and there is so many tears that you'd think it was a damn funeral. WAY to stuffy.

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rpb, stop stealing my ideas. i've been saying that for at least 2 years that timberlake is the perfect candidate for an oscars host. come on!

Look I just think he's the best entertainer period right now

He could host the tonight show and be good.

But they played the Franco interview where he was sweating and made a terrible joke about guessing what he's wearing to an interview with Timberlake where he was caught off guard with a comment about following him on the red carpet and he parlayed it into a hilarious two minutes



Ill give you the Oscar host thing, but when he restores the Tonight Show to Carson levels...that's gonna be all me

ok the tonight show thing can be your thing.

i loved how they went to jackman. yes he certainly knows how to make the oscars BOMB. lol!!!

My sleeper would be "Black Swan" for Best Picture. I didn't see a whole lot of the Best Picture nominees but Black Swan was one of the more creepier and dark movies I've seen in a while. Portman should win for Best Actress.

I don't think a lot of people on here really liked it but I thought it was great.

i thought it was standard issue for the most part but portman put it over the top.

"source code" = "inception" for 2011!

Who was the best dressed Z?

YOU were, hon!

oh i guess they got ben stiller to write the opening. it's the MTV Movie Oscar Awards!

So I guess as a society were completely looking the other way on Morgan Freeman's sexing up of his grandaughter?

Target jeans and a 15 year old fleece getting it done for you today?

ASS!!!! Lemme know who wins for best musical and when the Tony Awards are on!

I'm pretty grossed out by Freeman, sadly.

he doesn't gotta do nothin' but stay black and die.

Ya know how I know you're....

Tim Doyle "I never watch any of those shows!"

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who's that smokin hot blonde they keep showin in the red slutty dress?

i'll look more closely. i haven't seen that.