The late Heath Ledger picked up another best supporting actor award last night for his performance in The Dark Knight at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted three out of the five winners, missing out on Meryl Streep for Doubt and Slumdog Millionaire for best cast.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk – MILK

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier – DOUBT

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

HEATH LEDGER / Joker – THE DARK KNIGHT…
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On Sunday night, the SAG will weigh in on the big acting races. SAG winners have often gone on to win the Academy Award, and usually they correlate better than with the Golden Globes. Here are our predictions:

Best Actor – Sean Penn, Milk

He didn’t win many years ago for Mystic River and since he was brilliant in Milk, this may be his make-up award. Bu we’re still favoring Mickey Rourke to take home the Oscar

Best Actress – Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

This is really interesting, because Kate is nominated for The Reader for…
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Once again, The Academy proves that it is far outside the mainstream when it comes to recognizing the year’s best films. As they have done in recent years, well made, popular, blockbuster films have been ignored in favor of indie fare. The correlation between box office success and Academy nominations has become less and less every single year. Didn’t the Academy learn a thing when last year’s broadcast yielded the lowest television ratings of ALL TIME? Apparently not.

In a way, we are pleased that cutting edge, low budget, independent films are more recognized. It is a stark contrast…
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads all nominees with 13 nominations. Slumdog Millionaire is next with an impressive 10 nominations.

The Reader is a surprise best picture nominee,earning a nomination over the more popular Dark Knight. Clint Eastwood was a curious omission from the best actor nominees and Kate Winslet (The Reader) was able to edge out Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) for a best actress nomination.

Award Counts

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 13
• Slumdog Millionaire: 10
• The Dark Knight: 8
• Milk: 8
• The Reader: 5
• Frost/Nixon: 5
• Doubt: 5
• Revolutionary Road: 3

2009 Oscar Nominations

Best motion…
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And here we go. The Academy announces its complete list of nominations bright and early Thursday morning. Usually, even in extremely predictable years, there are always one or two surprises. Some of the key questions this year are whether or not Clint Eastwood gets a nod for perhaps his last acting role, if The Dark Knight can indeed become the first “comic book movie” to score a Best Picture nomination, and how well will the Academy embrace a small film like Slumdog Millionaire. Here are our predictions:

Best Picture:

Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of…
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Kate Winslet and Slumdog Millionaire both scored big at tonight’s Golden Globe awards. Winslet won for Revolutionary Road and The Reader and Slumdog took home the prize for best motion picture – drama, best screenplay and best director.

Best Motion Picture – Drama: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama: Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Performance by

This is a critical juncture in the Oscar race. After the Hollywood Foreign Press announces on Sunday night, things will either be a lot more clear, or even more jumbled. Let’s take a look at some key races.

Best Actor. Sean Penn has swept most of the critics awards. He won the Broadcast award on Thursday night. If he follows that up with a Globe win, he is virtually unstoppable. The best chance for an upset lies with either Frank Langella or Mickey Rourke. Rourke may not have the support of the larger Academy, but a Langella win would…
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Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted all five Directors Guild of America best director nominees.

The nominees are:
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Gus Van Sant, “Milk”
Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”The Five People You Meet in Heaven video The Hunchback of Notre Dame II full movie

The BFCA holds their awards ceremony tonight and it will be huge. Ten films are up for Best Picture and the winner instantly becomes the frontrunner for the Oscar. In fact, the BFCA winner has often matched up with the eventual Oscar winner. Past winners include “The Departed,” “No Country For Old Men,” and “A Beautiful Mind.” The acting categories will also be interesting. In a wide open actress race, a frontrunner will finally be annointed. We’ll also see if Sean Penn can continue his hot streak as he plows forward toward a second Best Actor Oscar in five years…
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