NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS! You could excuse Anne Hathaway, Melissa Leo, and Angelina Jolie for channeling their inner Han Solo after learning that Nate Silver, he of fivethirtyeight.com fame, has pegged their chances of walking away with a Best Actress statuette as 0.0%. Silver's picks for the top categories are Kate Winslet (beating our Meryl Streep 67.6% to 32.4%) Mickey Rourke (easily besting Sean Penn), Slumdog Millionaire in a rout, Danny Boyle likewise in a romp, Heath Ledger and Taraji P. Henson.
In other Oscar news, the Chicago Tribune's Mark Caro has a fun list of 10 reasons you should watch this year's broadcast (as if readers of this site need reasons). Savvy ALOTT5MAers will note that Caro's No. 10 reason ("No matter how long, predictable and dull any Oscarcast may be, one element always delivers the goods: the death montage! Which recently deceased Hollywood figure will get the loudest tacky applause? Wanna know? Watch the show!") is sadly a moot point.
And speaking of montages, here's MTV’s Movies Editor Josh Horowitz channeling his inner Billy Crystal as he takes a trip through some of this year's Oscar contenders.
Finally, if you haven't seen it yet, Roger Ebert offers a touching rememberance of his friend and co-host Gene Siskel on the 10-year anniversary of the skinny one's untimely passing.
Plus, don't forget to be here Oscar night for liveblogging of the Oscar festivities. The fun begins at 7 pm EST.
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