Avoiding Ryan Seacrest

It is nice to know Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie share my contempt for Ryan Seacrest.

Oscars Open Thread

The Oscars have been announced.

Best Motion Picture

Atonement

Juno

Michael Clayton

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

I'm happy to see Viggo Mortensen and Ellen Page nominated. The best movie nominees a strong this year. Daniel Day-Lewis and Johnny Depp both up for best actor. Now that's a match up.

I'm grateful Ben Affleck didn't get any nominations for Gone Baby Gone. It's bad enough he has an Oscar for the ABC After School Special known as Good Will Hunting.

Readers, who do you want to see win and who should have been nominated.