Greg's Oscar Picks (How I fared)...

I'm all kinds of tired from last night's Oscars. Who knew that sitting on your bottom on a bleacher for five hours then stuffing your face with shrimp as you interview the winners could be so taxing! Then there was the Academy only giving us one parking pass. I gave it to my award show BFF Sandra Barrera and ended up parking down on Sunset Blvd. off LaBrea. The signs were a bit vague so I was not quite sure if I'd get towed. I didn't. Whew! Not even a ticket. Okay, so let's move on. Did any of you win Oscar pools last night? As you know I made some predictions yesterday and am now going to reveal how I did: Best motion picture of the year: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production Christian Colson, Producer Correct! Achievement in directing: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Danny Boyle Correct! Performance by an actor in a leading role: Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features) Correct! Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Correct! Performance by an actress in a leading role: Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) Correct! Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company) Correct! Best animated feature film of the year: "WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Andrew Stanton Correct! Achievement in cinematography: "Changeling" (Universal) Tom Stern "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Claudio MirandaWrong! The winner: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Anthony Dod Mantle Achievement in costume design: "Australia" (20th Century Fox) Catherine Martin Wrong! The winner: "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films) Michael O'Connor Best documentary feature "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures) A Wall to Wall Production James Marsh and Simon Chinn Correct! Best documentary short subject: "The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306" A Rock Paper Scissors Production Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde Wrong! The winner:Smile Pinki Best foreign language film of the year: "The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production Germany "The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haut et Court Production France Wrong! The winner: "Departures" (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners Production Japan Achievement in makeup: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Greg Cannom Correct! Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman Correct! Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman Lyric by Peter Gabriel Wrong! The winner: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Gulzar Best animated short film: "Presto" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Doug Sweetland Wrong! The winner: "La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production Kunio Kato Best live action short film: "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" (Hamburg Shortfilmagency) An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production Reto Caffi Wrong! The winner: "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production Jochen Alexander Freydank Achievement in sound editing: "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Richard King Correct! Achievement in sound mixing: "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed NovickWrong! The winner: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty "WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt Achievement in art direction: "Changeling" (Universal) "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Wrong! The winner: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" James J. Murakami (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Achievement in visual effects: "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin Wrong! The winner: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron Achievement in film editing: "Frost/Nixon" (Universal) Mike Hill and Dan Hanley Wrong! The winner: "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Lee Smith Adapted screenplay: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Simon BeaufoyCorrect! Original screenplay: "Milk" (Focus Features) Written by Dustin Lance Black Correct!