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[The*Empress]

The winners

Best Picture - people voted Brokeback, but I voted Crash... yay it won. :P
Brokeback Mountain 41%
Munich 14%
Good Night, and Good Luck 13%
Capote 5%
Crash 28%

Achievement in Directing - I voted George Clooney, but Ang Lee won.
Bennett Miller Capote 3%
Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain 38%
Steven Spielberg Munich 19%
Paul Haggis Crash 18%
George Clooney Good Night, And Good Luck. 23%

Best Original Screenplay - I voted Good Night. But Crash won.
Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco Crash 38%
George Clooney and Grant Heslov Good Night, And Good Luck. 34%
Woody Allen Match Point 11%
Noah Baumbach The Squid and the Whale 6%
Stephen Gaghan Syriana 11%

Best Adapted Screenplay - I voted Munich, but Brokeback won.
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Brokeback Mountain 45%
Dan Futterman Capote 12%
Jeffrey Caine The Constant Gardener 14%
Josh Olson A History of Violence 10%
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth Munich 19%

Best Actress - I voted for Reese, yay... she won :P
Charlize Theron North Country 14%
Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice 14%
Felicity Huffman Transamerica 16%
Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line 51%
Judi Dench Mrs. Henderson Presents 5%

Achievement in Cinematography - I voted Good Night, but Geisha won.
Dion Beebe Memoirs of a Geisha 26%
Emmanuel Lubezki The New World 7%
Wally Pfister Batman Begins 23%
Rodrigo Prieto Brokeback Mountain 32%
Robert Elswit Good Night, And Good Luck. 12%

Best Actor - I voted Joaquin, but Philip won.
Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain 27%
Joaquin Phoenix Walk the Line 40%
Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote 17%
David Strathairn Good Night, And Good Luck. 6%
Terrence Howard Hustle & Flow 11%

Best Film Editing - I voted Walk the Line, but Crash won.
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley Cinderella Man 16%
Claire Simpson The Constant Gardener 10%
Hughes Winborne Crash 30%
Michael Kahn Munich 16%
Michael McCusker Walk the Line 28%

Achievement in Sound Editing - I voted King Kong, and it won!!! :P
Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn King Kong 44%
Wylie Stateman Memoirs of a Geisha 27%
Richard King War of the Worlds 29%

Best Foreign-Language Film - I voted Paradise, but Tsotsi won.
Paradise Now (Palestine) 25%
Joyeux Noel (France) 16%
Tsotsi (South Africa) 19%
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Germany) 14%
Don't Tell (Italy) 25%

Best Original Song - I voted for Hard Out Here for a Pimp, it won!!! :P
'In the Deep' - Music by Kathleen 'Bird' York and Michael Becker; Lyrics by Kathleen 'Bird' York Crash 40%
'Hard Out Here for a Pimp' - Music & Lyrics by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard Hustle & Flow 27%
'Travelin' Thru' - Music & Lyrics by Dolly Parton Transamerica 32%

Achievement in Sound Mixing - I voted for Narnia, but King Kong won.
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 26%
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek King Kong 21%
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett Memoirs of a Geisha 13%
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland Walk the Line 29%
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins War of the Worlds 11%

Best Original Score - I voted Munich, but Brokeback won.
John Williams Memoirs of a Geisha 27%
Gustavo Santaolalla Brokeback Mountain 36%
John Williams Munich 16%
Alberto Iglesias The Constant Gardener 8%
Dario Marianelli Pride and Prejudice 13%

Best Art Direction - I voted for King Kong, but Geisha won.
Art Direction: Jim Bissell; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale Good Night, And Good Luck. 12%
Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 31%
Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright King Kong 25%
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau Memoirs of a Geisha 20%
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer Pride and Prejudice 11%

Best Documentary Feature - I voted March of the Penguins, and it won :P
Darwin's Nightmare 9%
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 11%
Murderball 13%
March of the Penguins 59%
Street Fight 8%

Best Documentary Short - I voted for Rwanda, but Corwin won.
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club 17%
God Sleeps in Rwanda 50%
The Mushroom Club 20%
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin 13%

Best Supporting Actress - I voted for Keener, but Weisz won.
Frances McDormand North Country 13%
Rachel Weisz The Constant Gardener 36%
Amy Adams Junebug 6%
Michelle Williams Brokeback Mountain 35%
Catherine Keener Capote 10%

Best Animated Feature Film - I voted Wallace, and it won!!! :P
Howl's Moving Castle 12%
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride 48%
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 40%

Achievement in Makeup - I voted for Star Wars, but Narnia won.
Howard Berger and Tami Lane The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 53%
David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson Cinderella Man 15%
Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 32%

Achievement in Costume Design - I voted for Charlie, but Geisha won.
Colleen Atwood Memoirs of a Geisha 36%
Sandy Powell Mrs. Henderson Presents 4%
Jacqueline Durran Pride and Prejudice 15%
Arianne Phillips Walk the Line 16%
Gabriella Pescucci Charlie & the Chocolate Factory 29%

Best Animated Short Film - I voted for the Moon, and it won!!! :P
Badgered 13%
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation 23%
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello 17%
9 23%
One Man Band 24%

Best Live-Action Short Film - I voted for Our time, but Six Shooter won.
Ausreisser (The Runaway) 15%
Cashback 22%
The Last Farm 17%
Our Time Is Up 19%
Six Shooter 27%

Best Visual Effects - I voted War of World, but King Kong won.
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 41%
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick War of the Worlds 20%
Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor King Kong 39%

Best Supporting Actor - I voted for Matt Dillion, but Clooney won.
William Hurt A History of Violence 5%
George Clooney Syriana 27%
Matt Dillon Crash 19%
Jake Gyllenhaal Brokeback Mountain 32%
Paul Giamatti Cinderella Man 17%

 

[The*Empress]

Crash won 3 Awards, Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay

Brokeback won 3 Awards, Directing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Original Score

Geisha won 3 Awards, Cinematography, Best Art Director, Costume Design

King Kong won 3 Awards, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effect.


Wow.

But what about Star Wars and Steven Spielburg, Ignoring Woody Allen and Dolly Parton. And Tom Cruise's War of the World. Why they didn't win?
I thought Star Wars and War of the World were the best movies ever, and many people paid to see that movie, made more money in box office.

 

[The*Empress]

While Gays get all attention, Stein Says Soldiers Snubbed During Oscars Fri Mar 17, 6:05 PM ET



GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Ben Stein says the people who truly were snubbed on Oscar night weren't those who didn't win, but were the American military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Speaking Thursday at a Kent County Republican Party fundraising dinner, the conservative humorist, writer and political pundit said movie stars and film industry professionals failed to highlight the sacrifices of soldiers during the Academy Awards on March 5.

"Not one prayer or moment of silence for those who have given their lives," said Stein, who also has acted ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off") and hosted a game show ("Win Ben Stein's Money"). "And they complain about (falling box office numbers). Stop spitting in the face of Americans and maybe we will go to the movies."

He said the real stars aren't his Beverly Hills neighbors but the soldiers "wearing body armor in 130-degree heat, pulling 24-hour shifts" in the so-called Sunni triangle, the dangerous area of armed insurgents in Iraq.

About 1,000 people attended the $75-per-plate dinner, The Grand Rapids Press reported.