“You gambled with your own life, and you face the night alone.” – “Wallflower,Peter Gabriel”
I’m your Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel, shocked the Oscar monkey on Monday (5 days before the show) when the British ex-Genesis founder refused to perform his Wall•E, Oscar nominated song, “Down to Earth” as well as singing in another medley in the upcoming live event. Gabriel refused to perform after learning that his Best Song performance was cut to 65 seconds due to apparent rating pressure to change the pace of the show. (Lol) If the Academy suits had done their Gabriel homework, they would have found out that Peter Gabriel is the “Mickey Rourke” of Rock. His record label (Geffen) once insisted that he give his albums titles, Gabriel’s response was the album named “So.”
When it comes to The Oscars, the bottom line is ratings! Besides pissing off Gabriel, I can’t believe the huge ratings opportunity they have missed out on by not nominating The Dark Knight, for Best Picture. One of the colossal huge ratings blunders of all Oscar time. (IMO), If The Dark Knight was nominated for Best Picture the online community would have viral marketed the Oscar buzz into the highest ratings of all time, yet the Academy failed to see this opportunity. The advertising loss alone has got to be over 40 million+. O-well the prompters telling me to wrap it up (for ratings sake), ya know how it goes. Here’s my Oscar predictions,
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
O-Saya, Slumdog Millionaire
BEST SCORE
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST COSTUME
Milk
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Dark Knight
BEST SOUND EDITING
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Dark Knight
BEST FILM EDITING
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST MAKE-UP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Dark Knight
BEST ANIMATED
Wall•E
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Man on a Wire
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST SCREENPLAY
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
BEST ADAPTED SCREEN PLAY
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Class
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle , Slumdog Millionaire
BEST MALE
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
BEST FEMALE
Kate Winslett, The Reader
BEST FILM
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog sweeps the Oscars! I’ll be posting a follow up, OSCAR prediction result post on Monday, Cheers everyone