Predictions..

February 1, 2006

Nominees for the 78th annual Academy awards have been announced earlier..Hmmmm…As with the golden globes,Im predicting again who will recieve the oscar statues..I highlighted my choices..Live telecast of the awards show will be on march 5th(march 6th here)..Watch out for the results..haha..

Oh..By the way,Its February! Love month eh?haha.. Im zero on that right now but happy with it..Good or bad,we just have to accept life as it is..But with a firm quote “I can make a change,and i will do it”…This month ill be off to many seminars and another short course maybe.the colony meetings.plus a membership to a organization..

 

Back to the Oscars! Here is the list of Nominees(My choice is the highlighted ones) 78th Academy Awards Nominees

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
Terrence Howard - HUSTLE & FLOW
Heath Ledger - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Joaquin Phoenix - WALK THE LINE ( Great performance.Great Tribute..Though Heath Ledger could grab it also)
David Strathairn - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
George Clooney - SYRIANA (just like my guess in the globes)
Matt Dillon - CRASH
Paul Giamatti - CINDERELLA MAN
Jake Gyllenhaal - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
William Hurt - A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench - MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA
Keira Knightley - PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Charlize Theron - NORTH COUNTRY
Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE(As i said,its probably her best performance yet!)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams - JUNEBUG
Catherine Keener - CAPOTE
Frances McDormand - NORTH COUNTRY(I’ll still vote for her performance)
Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Michelle Williams - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE (Story and visionwise ill vote for this one,but burton’s bride can snatch it)
TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
KING KONG (Speaking of technical awards!)
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
PRIDE & PREJUDICE

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
BATMAN BEGINS
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (though ill also vote for “the new world”,ive seen only the trailer!)
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
THE NEW WORLD

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (Periodic Costumes have been a great impact)
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTSPRIDE & PREJUDICE
WALK THE LINE

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Ang Lee for this one!)
CAPOTE
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (watch this one!)
MURDERBALL
STREET FIGHT

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
THE DEATH OF KEVIN CARTER: CASUALTY OF THE BANG BANG CLUB
GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA (a wild guess)
THE MUSHROOM CLUB
A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
CINDERELLA MAN
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
CRASH
MUNICH (Michael Kahn will get this one!)
WALK THE LINE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
DON’T TELL
JOYEUX NOèL
PARADISE NOW
SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS
TSOTSI(After Seeing the preview and great cinematography,ill vote for this one)

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (WETA!)
CINDERELLA MAN
STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (Ill vote for munich and memoirs here,both by John Williams! Though Memoirs is much dramatic in the score)
MUNICH
PRIDE & PREJUDICE

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)
“In the Deep” - CRASH
“It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” - HUSTLE & FLOW
“Travelin’ Thru” - TRANSAMERICA(Great Soundtrack!)

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Hmmm..No contest here)
CAPOTE
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
BADGERED
THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION
THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO
9
ONE MAN BAND

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
AUSREISSER (THE RUNAWAY)
CASHBACK
THE LAST FARM
OUR TIME IS UP
SIX SHOOTER

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
KING KONG (technical again)
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
KING KONG (go WETA! Narnia and King kong both from them)
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
WALK THE LINE
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
KING KONG ($207 million dollars of production cost can speak for itself)
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (A great book to film adaptation by
Ang Lee)
CAPOTE
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
MUNICH

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MATCH POINT
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
SYRIANA

R26!

The new Renault f1 car is unleashed! R26 F1 comes with the same specs like the other f1 competitors.The Difference is,they are much more driven to outperform the other teams because they are the defending world champions!Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella will again drive for the yellow and blue team..

 

Some pics(from f1live.com):

 

 

 

Killer Looks. A lot of side airflow plates/fins for devilish speeds..haha

 

A new F1 Era..2.4L V8 engines like this rs26 from renault which is the powerplant of r26 f1.