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T H U R S D AY, S E P T E M B E R 0 7 , 2 0 0 6The Bold Predictions Of Tom O'NeilI hate Oscar handicap stories that come out in the spring or summer orfall, long before many of the possible contenders have even beenfinished, much less seen by anyone. But at least if you're gonna do it,you should show a little gumption. Tom O'Neil of The LA Times makesbold predictions for what movies will contend, And what does he do?He names THIRTY movies that are likely or possible contenders forBest Picture and then names almost as many for Best Actor andActress. Thirty. That's like me "singling out" 30 or so people runningfor President and then tentatively guessing that one of them (HilaryClinton, John McCain, Al Gore, Condoleeza Rice, John Edwards, MikeHuckabee, Mitt Romney, Evan Bayh, Wesley Clark, Bill Frist, JoeBiden, Tom Ridge, George Pataki, Newt Gingrich, Mark Warner, MarkSanford, John Kerry, Russ Feingold, General Zod, Jeb Bush, ChuckHegal, Barack Obama, Rudy Guiliani, Tom Daschle, Christopher Dodd,Mike Gravel, Bill Richardson, Tom Vilsack, George Allen, Sam Frost,John Cox, Michael Charles Smith, Tom Tancredo, Howard Dean orwhomever). Okay, maybe one of them WON'T be President but I surewouldn't bet on it. And what have I proven? That I can list a bunch ofnames.In the same way, O'Neil lists 30 movies he "thinks" are contenders forBest Picture. If one of the five nominees ISN'T on this list, he trulylooks the fool.BEST PICTURE"All the King's Men""Babel""Blood Diamond""Bobby""Dreamgirls""Flags of Our Fathers""The Good German""The Good Shepherd""The History Boys""The Holiday""Little Children""Little Miss Sunshine"Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G . C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: The Bold Predictions Of Tom O'Neilhttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/09/bold-predictions-of-to...
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