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Drew's "Predict The Oscars...Poorly" Contest - '06 Style!
Over and done. Winner announced
here. Back by popular demand after hibernating for years, it's the only Oscar contest that rewards you for ignorance! Here's the deal: Although I'm a sheep and still enter them compulsively, I'm not a big cheerleader
for Oscar prediction contests. Anybody can jump around the interweb these days and get a pretty good feel for who's gonna win the biggies. For the most part, one has a better chance of being surprised at the end of a Ron Howard flick than at the announcement for Best Picture.
Besides, there's already a zillion prediction contests already; what's the
fun in doing the exact same thing as everybody else? To paraphrase what that Frost fella
said...why not take the road less traveled? So I like to have my Oscar contest
with a twist: The person who predicts the most Oscar LOSERS wins not only
a heep o' self esteem, but a big ole package of movie stuff as well. You look confused...I shall explain. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to predict which nominee in each category is most likely to NOT win an Oscar. Let's say last year you thought Alan Alda was the least likely nominee to win for Best Supporting Actor. (Boy, that was a toughie, eh?) That's who you would predict to lose. Now, I know it sounds pretty easy, since there's only one Oscar winner per category category, you've got a 4 out of 5 chance in most categories to pick the loser. But just remember, for every Catalina Sandino Moreno, who had the same odds of winning as George W. having Whoop That Trick as his ringtone, there's an Adrien Brody who actually winds up taking home the gold. And remember, you have to predict in each category. You can't possibly tell me with a straight face that you know for sure who is a sure thing to not win for Best Short Subject Documentary. If you have any questions about it, just send me a quick e-mail before you enter. So, what do you get if you win? Oodles, my friend. Oodles. More specifically, a prize pack chock full o' FIFTY movie goodies (posters, promos, keychains, magnets, hats, postcards, buttons, soundtracks, bumper stickers, bookmarks, yadda yadda, from the following flicks: A Beautiful Mind, Adaptation, American Psycho, Amistad, Antz, Auto Focus, Being John Malkovich, Bring It On, Carlito's Way, Catch Me If You Can, Cry Baby, Daredevil, Death Becomes Her, Dude Where's My Car, E.T., Eve's Bayou, Evolution, Fight Club, Gangs Of New York, Ghost Dog, Ghost World, Harry Potter, Head Of State, Independence Day, Lord Of The Rings, Lost In Space, Mars Attacks, Men In Black 2, Monkeybone, Moulin Rouge, Mulan, Out Of Sight, Pirates Of The Carribean, Pleasantville, Pollock, Prince Of Egypt, Psycho, Road To El Dorado, Run Lola Run, Seabiscuit, Shrek, Spider Man, Swimfan, Swimming Pool, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Wedding Singer, Thin Red Line, True Lies, Truman Show, Wall Street, Where The Heart Is, X-Men, and a bunch more that I'm much too lazy to type out.In the event of a tie, one winner will be chosen randomly. Only one entry per person will be eligible; multiple entries will not only disqualify you, but will haunt your guilty conscience eternally. The last day to enter is March 4, 2006. Any entry made after March 4, 2006 will result in an e-mail succinctly stating "You snooze, you lose" and the entry be invalid. Tears will ensue. The winner will be notified on March 11, 2006 and the second I hear back from them, will be given well-deserved public acclaim on the web site. Void where prohibited. But honestly, if you live in a place that won't even allow you to win a stinkin' movie contest, you should probably consider moving. Everyone's name and e-mail address will be discarded in a sterile environment once the winner is announced. At no time will they be given to anyone, even those annoying Girl Scouts, who offered to pony up Australia if they could hound my visitors with Thin Mint offers. Not ruling Australia will be tough, but hey, to paraphrase my man Johnny Caspar, you gotta have ethics. You Must Make A Selection In Every Category!
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