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I was there less than a week... he's been there his entire life.

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That made me literally laugh out loud.

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Nope, there's probably a combined period of over a few months to a year where I've travelled outside of Canada.

Also, I went through hell. I mean.. lived in Ontario/Oakville until I was 5.

Anyways no, I haven't been living under a rock, I guess I just watch the wrong channels?

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i hope slumdog millionaire wins.
i haven't saw it yet, but it just looks THAT damn good.

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How can you hope it wins when you haven't even seen it yet? That's just crazy.

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Here's my shot in the dark...


Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Sean Penn in Milk (Focus Features)


Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)


Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)


Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)


Best animated feature film of the year

* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton


Achievement in art direction

* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando


Achievement in cinematography

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle


Achievement in costume design

* "Australia" (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin


Achievement in directing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle


Best documentary feature

* "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn


Best documentary short subject

* "The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki


Achievement in film editing

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall


Best foreign language film of the year

* "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel


Achievement in makeup

* "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar


Best motion picture of the year

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer


Best animated short film

* "Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit


Best live action short film

* "The Pig" An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh


Achievement in sound editing

* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood


Achievement in sound mixing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty


Achievement in visual effects

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron


Adapted screenplay

* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan


Original screenplay

* "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt

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Here's hoping for Waltz with Bashir. I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with the film's art director when it was just playing in festivals, and it's pretty amazing to see the reception it's gotten since then.