While this year's nominations won't be announced until the end of January, The Academy has revealed that this year's host will be none other than the Daily Show's Jon Stewart.
I like it -- he's a great choice.
As for nominations, I expect (hope) to see Syriana and Crash. As well, you can probably expect Bareba-- er... Brokeback Moutain, due to both its critical acclaim and daring plot/story line. King Kong may get a token Blockbuster nod, but likely it'll just clean up in the SFX category (but what do I know -- I still haven't seen it).
Also, from what I've heard, Munich has a good chance to get in there, but there's got to be a feel-good movie for the ladies to root for: perhaps North Country.
In the end, Syriana will lose due to it's U.S. bashing. Crash's racism may be too strong and a 400-foot monkey surely can't win. Charlize won too recently for Monster so I'll predict this is the Year of the Gay Cowboy. (Strangely, I predicted this as the Year of WFC Rangers in another thread. Hmmm.)
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I like it -- he's a great choice.
As for nominations, I expect (hope) to see Syriana and Crash. As well, you can probably expect Bareba-- er... Brokeback Moutain, due to both its critical acclaim and daring plot/story line. King Kong may get a token Blockbuster nod, but likely it'll just clean up in the SFX category (but what do I know -- I still haven't seen it).
Also, from what I've heard, Munich has a good chance to get in there, but there's got to be a feel-good movie for the ladies to root for: perhaps North Country.
In the end, Syriana will lose due to it's U.S. bashing. Crash's racism may be too strong and a 400-foot monkey surely can't win. Charlize won too recently for Monster so I'll predict this is the Year of the Gay Cowboy. (Strangely, I predicted this as the Year of WFC Rangers in another thread. Hmmm.)
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