Actress Psychic ~ Ends Next Weekend!

Actress Psychic Oscar Contest --updated point totals here. We last updated after the SAG noms. Now we come to the final pre-Oscar scores. It's been a long blind trip since April, hasn't it? Only maybe you weren't so blind. The collective prediction way back when was reasonably close to what the Oscar competition might look like on Tuesday. That either means that

• you're brilliant
• Oscar voters aren't very imaginative when it comes to judging roles on paper versus what actually ends up on screen or...
• a little of both

The updated points page now has a spotlight on the top 20 players. Check them out and read who they're rooting for (apart from their own year-in-advance predictions of course)


small point gains since last update
+ 11 won the NSFC, an FB Nomination and maxed out on small critics org points Julie Christie (Away From Her)
+ 6 EW Oscar cover (shared) plus two box office pts for Keira Knightley (Atonement)
+6 FB nomination and chosen as EW's "fyc" in their Oscar prediction issue: Nicole Kidman (Margot at the Wedding)
+5 FB Nomination and film at 85% or higher on RT: Laura Linney (The Savages)
+4 box office points and review points (film at 85% or higher at RT) Helena Bonham-Carter (Sweeney Todd)
+ 4 one minor critics award (KCFC ~other two already calculated) and "Great Performances" in EW's best of issues for Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
+3 "Great Performances" in EW's best of issue Keri Russell (Waitress)
+ 3 box office points and small EW inset photo cover Julia Roberts (Charlie Wilsons War)
+3 FB Nomination Tang Wei (Lust, Caution)
+2 box office points for Vanessa Redgrave and Romola Garai (Atonement)
+2 points film at 85% higher on RT: Naomi Watts (Eastern Promises) Note: pre September films already calculated

+1 Entertainment Weekly cover inset photo (small) this affects a few due to that ugly ugly "Best & Worst of 2007" issue: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth the Golden Age / I'm Not There) Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray), Reese Witherspoon (Rendition) and Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart / Changeling)

All that's left is the nominations themselves. I'll tally the actual nomination points up next week and we'll celebrated the winners next weekend! If you want to play the 2.0 version of this game for the February 2009 Oscars, stay tuned -- more details coming next month. To get the fullest film experience you have to stick with the site after the last Oscar statue is handed out. There's daily hijinx --365 days a years right here. Just a friendly reminder from your hardworking film bitch. [Best Actress Predix -final]
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