My Oscars scorecard
My Oscar predictions were published in The Oklahoman and NewsOK. Here’s how they compared with what actually happened tonight:
Best picture
BAM’s Should win: “Atonement.”
BAM’s Will win: “No Country for Old Men.”
Actual winner: “No Country.”
Best director
BAM’s Should win: Jason Reitman.
BAM’s Will win: Joel and Ethan Coen.
Actual winner: Coen brothers.
Best actor
BAM’s Should win: George Clooney.
BAM’s Will win: Daniel Day-Lewis.
Actual winner: Daniel Day-Lewis.
Best actress
BAM’s Should and will win: Julie Christie.
Actual winner: Marion Cotillard.
Best supporting actor
BAM’s Should and will win: Javier Bardem.
Actual winner: Javier Bardem.
Best supporting actress
BAM’s Should and will win: Amy Ryan.
Actual winner: Tilda Swinton.
Best documentary feature
BAM’s Should win: “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters,” which is impossible because, inexplicably, it did not get a nomination.
BAM’s Will win: “No End in Sight.”
Actual winner: “Taxi to the Dark Side.”
Best animated film
BAM’s pick: “Surf’s Up.”
Actual winner: “Ratatouille.”
Best adapted screenplay
BAM’s pick: Sarah Polley, “Away from Her.”
Actual winner: Coen brothers, “No Country.”
Best original screenplay
BAM’s pick: “Juno,” Diablo Cody.
Actual winner: “Juno,” Diablo Cody.
-BAM
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Don’t feel bad about the ones you got wrong. Very few people predicted Best Actress correctly and I don’t think anybody thought Tilda Swinton would win. Including her, apparently!