let's go out to the mooooooovies

"In a more recent film, Murphy more explicitly vilifies the fat black woman he embodies, making her a central object of ridicule, even as he plays opposite himself as her love interest." -my "scholarly" wgs text on the film norbit (More on Norbit? I know, right?)

WGS, in case you don't know, refers to Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies and is what I would have concentrated in had I discovered it earlier. Mostly because they have hella parties with delicious foodies. And also because they seem to care about undergrads, which is exceeeeeeeedingly rare here.

On a less serious note, my Oscar picks for tonight:

1. Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."
My prediction: There Will Be Blood

2. Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"; Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"; Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises."
My prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis (Isn't he the Last King of Scotland of mustachioed oilmen?)

3. Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"; Julie Christie, "Away From Her"; Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"; Laura Linney, "The Savages"; Ellen Page, "Juno."
My prediction: Marion Cotillard (difficult considering no one uglified herself this year for a role, altho ellen page did get preggers)

4. Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"; Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."
My prediction: Javier Bardem

5. Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"; Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."
My Prediction: Amy Ryan (uggggh i haven't seen any of these)

6. Director: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Jason Reitman, "Juno"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."
My prediction: Coen Brothers?... PTA?... I'm going with Anderson

7. Foreign Film: "Beaufort," Israel; "The Counterfeiters," Austria; "Katyn," Poland; "Mongol," Kazakhstan; "12," Russia.
My prediction: Oh, who am I kidding? This isn't even an educated guesstimate. Let's go with Mongol.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"; Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."
My prediction: They'll probably give it to either the Coens or Anderson depending on who doesn't win Best Picture... so prob No Country for Old Men

9. Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"; Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages."
My prediction: Juno How awesome would that be, she's a stripper. And if they go the way of Little Miss Sunshine, it'll be the quirky family comedy with a heart of gold. Although I suppose Lars and Savages could both fall into that category. And YET. Did you hear the dialogue in Juno? It's like someone shot it in the face with a clever gun. AMAZING.

10. Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"; "Ratatouille"; "Surf's Up."
My prediction: Ratatouille, motherfuckers. Unnecessary?