Sunday, February 22, 2009

Academy Award Winners Leaked?

UPDATE, February 22, 2009: Academy Award Winners NOT Leaked Online
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Have the winners of the Academy Awards already been revealed, leaked on the Internet?

From FOX News:


Could it be that the Sunday telecast of the Oscars is irrelevant? Are the winners already out there in plain sight?

The answer is yes, if you believe some of chatter this week on movie industry blogs, which notes that a mysterious Web site materialized with the apparent intention of leaking the Academy Award winners.

That doesn't necessarily mean a spoiler, but the blog has just as mysteriously been taken down, prompting some to speculate that it was too close to the truth.

...An Oscar spokeswoman was unequivocal about the validity of the report.

"The document is a complete fraud," Academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger told E! News, adding that only two people will know the results before the ballots are opened. Apparently, not even the Academy president knows despite the fact the site had a document that appears to have been signed by him.

Click here to view the document listing the winners.

Is this document legitimate or is it a forgery?


Quick! Call 60 Minutes!

I think it's fake; but if it matches all two dozen winners, I'll believe it's real.

Time will tell.

Anyway, the show isn't really about the winners for me. I don't watch because I desperately want to know who's getting an Oscar and who isn't. I don't care.

It's just a fun event. Like the Super Bowl, I usually don't care about the outcome.

Did you know that Jerry Lewis is receiving an honorary Oscar tonight, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award?

The recipient of that award is no surprise but it makes me no less interested in seeing what happens tonight.

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