The Bait an Oscar Mole?

Did anybody else see this? The he/she commented on I! and The Bait Spot, posting the address to his blog, where he was planning to be the 100% true view on Bait an Oscar, yet never revealed his/her idenity. Any idea who this poser was? If you go on over to the chat room you can see all the thoughts that have already sprung up, its pretty entertaining, so thanks for the laugh!

July Oscar Watch: Results

This is the accuracy of our predictions here on I! guys...



Best Picture- 5/5

Best Director- 4/5
Our Wrong Guess: Mike Nichols, Neighbors
The Result- Brian DePalma, In the Land of Eden


Best Actor- 4/5
Our Wrong Guess: Lee Pace, The Violinist
The Result- Christian Bale, The Aftermath

Best Actress- 5/5

Best Supporting Actor- 3/5
Our Wrong Guesses: Christian Clemenson, The Monster of Florence & Joe Odagiri, Sacred
The Result- Sacha Baron Cohen, The Monster of Florence & Joel Grey, Neighbors

Best Supporting Actress- 4/5
Our Wrong Guess: Rosemary Harris, The Violinist
The Result: Sienna Miller, The Violinist

Overall: 25/30= 83%

The wait is agonizing...

Can't wait for nominations to be posted. I know we're supposed to be patient, but the wait is agonizing lol.

July Oscar Watch: Best Picture

1. The Violinist- I stand by what I have said, and I think that this will be the winner of the month. A lot of BOTM voters give it solid reviews and it's closest rival doesn't have the love of some BOTM voters. Expect this to be the winner of the month..

2. Tuskegee- Bryce is probably the most overdue author on the site, and voters may want to reward one of his most succesful baits ever. Although, some voters found it overrated and didn't put it in their top 5. With hardly any buzz for the bait itself, it may be a bit forgotten, and not win the month.

3. After the Fall- The most highly acclaimed team bait since The Bluest Eye is sure to break into the Top 5, and have one of the higher nomination tallies as well. Don't expect it to take BOTM, but it's a solid candidate if the nominations aren't what predicted.

4. The Monster of Florence- With solid BOTM winner support, this bait could easily garner Michael's 2nd career BP nomination. However, with so many baits fighting for spots this month, it could easily be left out in the cold.

5. In the Land of Eden- One of the baitier baits of the month is likely to get a spot, but in recent discussions with BOTM authors, they seem to have forgotten about it. Can it withstand a wild and crazy month?

Still in the Running:

6. Neighbors- A solid bait could easily sneak in the Top 5, and if so, expect it to have a huge nomination tally as well.

7. Sacred- Much like In the Land of Eden, voters have sort of forgotten about the highly praised bait, however if the nominations are as up in the air as some authors believe them to be, this could easily sneak in.

July Oscar Watch: Best Director

1. Tony Kaye, Tuskegee- The clear frontrunner in my opinion, there isn't much strong competition this month, and I feel like the choice is perfect. He's won the majority of precursors, and voters agree he's a good choice. Expect him to take home the gold.

2. Andrew Dominik, The Violinist- A refreshing choice that the Academy could really eat up, he was extremely close behind Kaye with the NBR, but something tells me the frontrunner will actually win this time.

3. Mike Nichols, Neighbors- A good director choice for a solid bait will make this nomination happen. I doubt he'll win, but I could see the old vet coming out of nowhere and be the one walking up to the podium.

4. John Boorman, After the Fall- Much like Dominik, it's a refreshing choice that the Academy could go for, provided that there is a surprising After the Fall sweep. Without that, I doubt he'll hold the gold this month.

5. Isao Yukisada, Sacred- A risky choice that led to lots of praise, and expect an Oscar nomination to be the only praise that this director gets.

Still in the Running:

6. David Cronenberg, The Architects of Fear- The bait was strong and opened to good reviews, but like I said earlier, I think everyone is tired of Cronenberg/Mortenson baits.

July Oscar Watch: Best Actor

1. Jack Nicholson, After the Fall- Even though he didn't win any major precursors, I believe the veteran will beat out Derek Luke. To my knowledge he has never won an Oscar (in the contest, haha) and this is the perfect role for him. Look for the "surprise" victory here.

2. Derek Luke, Tuskegee- This is a really close one guys, but I think the old pro will take the award. Luke has won the major precursors though, so he is the favorite, but I would expect an upset of sorts here.

3. Liam Nesson, Hale's Inferno- He did well at a few precursors, but there was no NBR love at all. While an award would be deserving, look for all the glory to go to costar Sir Ian McKellan.

4. Viggo Mortenson, The Architects of Fear- Mortenson/Cronenberg projects have become very common these days, I think in response to this, the academy will shut out the talented actor for a bigger name star.

5. Lee Pace, The Violinist- Like I said earlier, a nomination is likely, but only because voters loved the bait. The question remains, is he taken seriously enough as an actor to be nominated?

Still in the Running:

6. Mandy Patinkin, Neighbors- As I have also said earlier, if Neighbors gets a BP nomination look for it to get a lot more nominations than expected, this could be one of those surprises.

July Oscar Watch: Best Actress

1. Julie Christie, Neighbors- In a moderate upset over "frontrunner" Sigourney Weaver, I pick Christie to take the Oscar this month. Neighbors is the Julie Christie show, and After the Fall (as I have said before) will be successful in some different categories, this is where Neighbors will take the spotlight.

2. Sigourney Weaver, After the Fall- A considered frontrunner will not be taking home the Oscar this month, but rest assured the bait will be rewarded in a different place. She still has a big chance, but I feel like it's just not the right time.

3. Jennifer Connelly, The Architects of Fear- Connelly has a big chance to in my opinion, this is a situation where the "Top 2" battle it out, but the 3rd just sneaks past them and wins. Keep an eye out for her, she may be the one at the podium.

4. Kou Shibasaki, Sacred- If the bait is rewarded in any major category it could be here, but I think it will likely be ignored across the Big 8 board. Still, she gives a fantastic performance that still has a chance at winning the gold.

5. Ayelet Zurer, In the Land of Eden- The more I think about this bait winning awards, the less I think it will happen. Look for her to be unfortunately overlooked in a strong month for Best Actress.

Still in the Running:

6. Meryl Streep, The House of Bernardo Alba- She may not have been buzzed about at all, but don't completely count her out. She got moderate percursor support, but it's likely her other competitors will blow right past her.

July Oscar Watch: Best Supporting Actor

1. Sir Ian McKellan, Hale's Inferno- A legendary actor gets his well overdue Oscar, and it is much deserved in his most compelling yet. He may not have the most buzz, but he has the acclaim, and the Academy will reward Hale's Inferno with a win here.

2. Tom Sturridge, The Violinist- He may have just as many "precursor" wins as McKellan (each with 2 a piece), but look for The Violinist to be rewarded in other categorise this month. Although, Sturridge did gain the SAG's support, I don't think it will warrant a win for him.

3. Hugh O'Connor, After the Fall- Much like his costar Sophie, they will both fall fate to no Gold come Oscar night. Their costars are just too strong in the film, and the film won't sweep the awards either. I just don't think he'll win, although he has the most precursor nominations out of the bunch.

4. Christian Clemenson, The Monster of Florence- With not as much buzz, and a bit of a controversy regarding if the character even should have been cast, this makes him a risky bet. Yet, if he isn't nominated, Monster has no one in the acting races, which is rare for such high Best Picture contenders.

5. Joe Odagiri, Sacred- Odagiri has managed to make two key short lists this month (SAG/The Bait Spot), but failed to win either, or reach the Top 3 with the NBR. While this does hurt his chances, a strong role helps him to a nomination.

Also in the Running:

6. Joel Grey, Neighbors- Except this to happen if Neighbors picks up a Best Picture nomination and Christie wasn't the only standout performer...

July Oscar Watch: Best Supporting Actress

1. Rosemary Harris, The Violinist- My predicted winner of the category. Winning the SAG really boosted her to frontrunner status, and even though she didn't make the NBR Top 3, I think she'll pull out the only acting win for the likely Best Picture winner.

2. Angela Bassett, Tuskegee- Harris, barely beats out Angela for the Oscar. Bassett gave a first-rate performance that will likely be ignored for the veteran. A win is more likely on her part if her costar Luke does not win his category. Still, I think she'll have to wait a while to get her Oscar.

3. Sophie Okonedo, After the Fall- If you look at the stats, she's the most likely candidate to win, but something tells me that she will be overlooked come the end of the month. Her problem: Two A-list costars who are both neck and neck with their competitors.

4. Shohreh Aghdashloo, In the Land of Eden- A bit more of a risk to put money on her, but she is the next in line as far as buzz is considered. A powerful role, in an accalimed bait, and a weak month, usually equals a nomination.

5. Joan Cusack, Baked Alaska- The biggest change of not getting nominated lies here with Joan. I pick her to round out the 5 because I think this is what most people will do on their ballots "Oh, I need a fifth nominee, I'll put her in..." The NBR helped her out, but doesn't guarentee a spot for her at all.

Also in the Running:

6. Sienna Miller, The Violinist- She made the SAG cut, and Cusack didn't. The fact that The Violinist is the front-runner helps, but the fact that her co-star is in the same category doesnt.

Stay tuned for more detailed predictions!

Zgamer's Official Statement

The following is a recording of a press event held by Zgamer, the head of the Golden Globe panel, following the recent publishing of I!'s article:

"Hello and thank you all for coming. At this time, I would like to address the recent article on I! criticizing the GG panel's decision to suspend this month's progression. Before I elaborate, I would like to say I am not mad that the article was posted. We are all respectable authors on this site and we each have our own opinions. The right to express those opinions are part of the basic principles of our country. However, I feel it would be better for one of the panel members to come out and publicly address the issue before it gets blown out of proportion.

"First, this decision was just as hard on the panel as it was to the voters. It took much thought and consideration, but in the end the panel found it may prove beneficial in the long run. I know this is upsetting, as we have not missed a month of broadcast since the precursor was handed over to me by Harry almost two years ago. Still, everything happens for a reason.

"The primary reason for our decision was a combination of details. First, we felt that at the time when the deadline had been reached, we simply didn't have enough baits to accurately justify a group of nominees fitting the public's opinion. Because seriously, do we want four people, with one of them a panel member,to decide what baits garner buzz? While others have attempted to send ballots encouraging to revoke our decision, we just feel it would ruin the integrity of the panel members and this long standing precursor to change it now. Second, the fact that people have only really tried to vote after we made the decision was one of annoyance. We feel that we gave a reasonable amount of time to allow people to send ballots and they never came. It just felt wrong.

"Now, I would like to address the recent complaints surfacing as to why people have either not voted or think the contest does not allow proper voting procedure. The biggest being that the precursor has continued to uphold the policy that voters cannot vote for their own baits. While we are not blind to the fact many precursors have changed their standing here, it just isn't in the interest of this panel as of now to change that policy. For almost two years, there had been no problem withhaving people not vote for their own baits, as we usually received a good number of ballots throughout. Besides, what point is there to healthy competition if we let people vote for themselves? Is it fair to tip the scales towards your bait when maybe there may be another one more deserving? Even I know that I don't always write the hit of the month, but I always make sure to support other people who do write the classics and hits of that month. Sure, it may hurt a bait's chances of garnering praise, but not if enough people vote with support for it. So perhaps the problem is not being able to vote for yourself, but getting enough people to vote for your bait. Our decision will not be swayed though and our policy of not voting for your own bait will still stand.

"The other complaint mentioned addresses frustration towards finding baits to fill categories when there are a shortage, especially in Comedy/Musical categories. I personally think this is a more justifiable excuse and both of the panel members are currently in talks of addressing it. Our current plan being discussed is to put a link to the 'Bait Genre' thread that's started every month so people can find the nominees needed to fill their ballots. This is easy to do and we hope this will be resolved for next month's ceremony.

"As for the complaint about time constraint and extending our timetables, this will be harder to fix but not impossible. See, each timetable is constructed with the hopes the the ceremonies will be finished prior to the announcement of the Oscar nominations with the hopes it will generate buzz for nominees. However, this also conflicts with a common argument that the precursors hold no real power over the outcome of the Oscar nominations. Seriously, so what? The purpose of this contest is to emulate the real Oscar race and in almost every Oscar race, precursors usually generate buzz no matter how big or small and even they aren't always correct when concerning predictions. Now this isn't truly the real reason why there may be problems with the timetables. Since Johnny Alba does not always announce when the nominees will be unveiled before the precursors start, it's hard to tell how long we have to get everything put together.So we try to estimate a reasonable amount of time at which the GG can be completed done before the Oscar nominations. The panel understands this concern though and we will address this in our e-mails so we can make the time for voting suitable for everyone. It won't do much good if people don't vote though.

"Again, I take no true pleasure with these recent events, but perhaps it is for the best it happens now rather than later. We will do our best to fix the concerns with time to vote and accessibility of genres, but in the end we really need to people to participate. This has been a major issue for some time and we share your concern. So perhaps we will truly act on Douglass's video message and become more active in the forum and more supportive of each other. I promise to do this and everyone else should to. Only by doing that can the contest continue to flourish."

End of Recording

Golden Globes: Ever Again?

Just a few days ago, Zgamer and Bryce (both contributing Authors to I!) said in a statement, "...We will have a hiatus this month. We hope to be back next month, but we only will if we can get more support from voters."

So why has this lack of participation occured in the contest? Author Ryne puts in his word, "I think the problem which has caused the low turn out is people dont want to search for M/C performances to nominate. It just takes forever." Chris Perkins, head author of The Bait Spot agreed with Ryne's statement also adding that "Its (GG) the only precursors that don't allow you to vote for yourself."

Many of the other precursors (SAG and NBR), have allowed voters to consider their own baits in 2 categories this month; both have also seen an increase in voting tallies.

Another point to add to the debate is the Festival, the first precursor of the month, has 4 panelists who derive the nominations, and on occasion the organizer votes as well. 4 + 1= 5, which is as many as the Golden Globes recieved this month. So why was there a need to end it? Neither Bryce or Zgamer were asked for a follow up statement, but Zgamer added on the thread "I'm standing up to my decision...it's not happening this month."

Personally, I don't understand why with only 5 ballots nominations couldn't be choosen. It's happened before, look at the May Golden Globes, 5 ballots were sent, and the nominations were fair and what the people wanted. So this is what I think needs to change with the Golden Globes...

1. Start allowing people to vote for thier own bait in 2 categories, it will increase voter turnout. I can say that I would try a lot harder if I could vote for myself.
2. If you have a Musical/Comedy bait, make sure and post on the Bait Genre thread where you would like to be considered in the Golden Globes. Also, if the organizers would post the list of eligible Musical/Comedy baits on the Golden Globe thread it would make it easier for people.
3. Start posting the thread earlier and give people a few more days in the schedule.

Look, I'm not trying to sound rude, I'm just trying to get people's opinions out there so this won't happen in the future, if you care to comment, please do so and make sure and vote in our poll as well.

Where's Maia?

Has she gone M.I.A like Pat? Especially right after her win for Darwin Discovered?

July 2008 Big 8

Congratulations to our winners!!

Best Picture

**Hale's Inferno**

Best Director

**David Cronenberg, The Architects of Fear

Best Actor

**Liam Nesson, Hale's Inferno**

Best Actress

**Julie Christie, Neighbors**

Best Supporting Actor

**Ian McKellan, Hale's Inferno**

Best Supporting Actress

**Bette Midler, Baked Alaska**

Best Original Screenplay

**Hale's Inferno**

Best Adapted Screenplay

**Tuskegee**

I's Top 25 Directors of All Time Nominees

*Legend*
O= Oscar Winner
NBR= National Board of Review Winner
GG= Golden Globe Winner
SAG= Screen Actors Guild Winner
F= Festival Winner

Best Director
Pedro Almodavar for Destiny
Pedro Almodavar for The Lover’s Empire (O, GG, F)
Pedro Almodavar for Midnight Mass (GG)
Paul Thomas Anderson for Live From New York
Paul Thomas Anderson for Project Sin
Paul Thomas Anderson for Realm of the Bird (NBR)
Wes Anderson for Scarttenow Junction
Jean-Jacques Annaud for Darwin Discovered
Judd Apatow for Sex Advice
Darren Aronofsky for Flashes
Noah Baumbach for Wackos
Jack Bender for Fallout
Robert Benton for Broken Pieces
Bernardo Bertolucci for Cherry Blossom
Bernardo Bertolucci for Magic Latern (O, NBR, GG, F)
Kenneth Branagh for The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
James L. Brooks for E.L.
James L. Brooks for A New Agenda
Tim Burton for Dali (O, GG)
Jane Campion for The Awakening
George Clooney for Steamboat Disney
Cameron Crowe for Then
Alfonso Cuaron for La Ventana
Jonathan Demme for Bee-Bee’s Funhouse
Jonathan Demme for Bloodshed
Clint Eastwood for The Killer Eagles (NBR, GG, F)
Abel Ferra for The Informer
David Fincher for Criminal Origins (O, NBR)
David Fincher for F.E.A.R.
Milos Forman for Judas Iscariot (O, GG)
Marc Forster for Lord of the Flies
Marc Forster for Masterpiece
Marc Forster for Rivalry at 6 P.M.
Carl Franklin for The Bluest Eye
Stephen Frears for Mario Puzo’s The Family (NBR)
Antoine Fuqua for Six Days in 67
Stephen Gaghan for The Hussein Room
Stephen Gaghan for River City Blue (O)
Terry Gillam for iLife
Paul Greengrass for Foreign Affairs
Paul Greengrass for Fresh Heir Vol. III
Paul Greengrass for Ghost Recon
Paul Haggis for Photograph
Paul Haggis for The Secret Identity of the Heart (F)
Michael Heneke for Behind Closed Doors
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Border Man
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for 11-M (O, NBR, GG)
Spike Jonze for Book (O)
Philip Kaufman for Break Before Bend
Takeshi Kitano for Owner of a Lonely Heart
Ang Lee for John Milton’s Paradise Lost
Ang Lee for The Winter Sun (GG)
Sidney Lumet for Ashes of Elmwood
Sidney Lumet for The World’s Longest Suicide
Rod Lurie for Ralph’s Food and Drug (O)
David Lynch for Quiet Room (F)
David Lynch for Sweet Black and Blue (O)
James Mangold for The 27th Victim (GG)
James Mangold for Gone Since November
Michael Mann for Rush (O)
Fernando Meirelles for The Poisonwood Bible
Sam Mendes for The Guy Who Owned the Store
Anthony Minghella for Deep Secret (O)
Hayao Miyazaki for Pride of Baghdad (GG)
Mike Nichols for The Arabic Café (O, GG)
Mike Nichols for The Dead President
Christopher Nolan for The Cabin (O, NBR, GG)
Phillip Noyce for Cartel (F)
Alexander Payne for Diary of a Sociopath
Alexander Payne for Ironic Nonfiction
Roman Polanski for The Picture of Dorian Gray
Roman Polanski for The Valley of Ashes (O, GG, F)
Robert Redford for Gray Daze (O)
Robert Redford for Recoil
Jason Reitman for Bootleg
Jason Reitman for Buzzed
Julian Schnabel for Middlesex
Martin Scorsese for The Family
Ridley Scott for To Dwell In Evil
Jim Sheridan for Lucky Clover
M. Night Shyamalan for Dominion (GG)
Bryan Singer for The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson
Bryan Singer for Norjak
John Singleton for Glass
Steven Soderberg for Oil
Steven Soderberg for Sandstorm (O, GG)
Steven Speilberg for Hostage
Steven Speilberg for Public Enemy (O, F)
Steven Speilberg for The Wall (GG)
Oliver Stone for Dear Mr. President
Quentin Tarantino for Bandito Express (O, GG)
Quentin Tarantino for Sixty Days (GG)
Tim Van Patten for POZ
Gus Van Sant for For Pay
Lars Von Trier for Revenant Dreams
Peter Weir for Jackrabbit (O, GG)
Paul Weitz for Negatives
Joe Wright for Cinematheque
Edward Zwick for The Moon and The Rain
Terry Zwigoff for The Wishbones (NBR)

I's Top 25 Supporting Actresses of All Time Nominees

*Legend*
O= Oscar Winner
NBR= National Board of Review Winner
GG= Golden Globe Winner
SAG= Screen Actors Guild Winner
F= Festival Winner

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams for Into the Woods
Amy Adams for Wackos (O, GG)
Joan Allen for Blood in the Classroom (O)
Julie Andrews for Foils
Julie Andrews for Pygmalion
Lauren Bacall for Masterpiece (O, NBR W, GG, SAG, F)
Alicja Bachleda-Curus for Behind the Show
Kathy Bates for Big Brown Bag
Kathy Bates for Public Enemy (GG)
Kathy Bates for Rabbit Hole (O, F)
Annette Benning for The Family (O)
Halle Berry for Mail-Order Bliss
Bjork for Ashes of Elmwood (O, NBR, GG, SAG, F)
Lorraine Bracco for The Playground Factory
Sandra Bullock for The Cabin
Carol Burnett for Ralph’s Food and Drug (GG)
Helena Bohnam Carter for The Banality of Evil
Kristen Chenoweth for Good Morning, Ladies (F)
Kristen Chenoweth for Wicked (Mar.) (O)
Cher for Seven Days to the Weekend (SAG)
Maggie Cheung for Imagine (GG)
Julie Christie for The Portrait of Dorian Gray
Jill Clayburgh for Grey Gardens
Toni Collette for Diary of a Sociopath
Toni Collette for Sex In The Oval Office
Miranda Cosgrove for Sweet Black and Blue
Penelope Cruz for La Ventana
Judi Dench for Costa Rica Dreams
Catherine Deneuve for Angela’s Path
Julie Delpy for Magic Lantern
Zooey Deschanel for Miles Away
Zooey Deschanel for Suburban Hymns
Eddie Falco for Everyday (GG, SAG)
Vera Farminga for Livestrong (O, GG, SAG, F)
Sally Field for Flowers for Algernon
Emilia Fox for The Madness of Lady Macbeth
Eva Green for Cinematheque
Maggie Gyllenhall for Behind Closed Doors (O, GG, SAG)
Selma Hayek for The Arabic Café
Felicity Huffman for Lost in America
Angelica Huston for Rosie
Glenda Jackson for Dark Side of the Moon
Catherine Keener for Kubrick Unfinished
Quenn Latifah for Don’t Stop Believing (O)
Angela Lansbury for Mame
Diane Lane for Fruit of the Poison Tree (F)
Piper Laurie for The Almost Moon
Cloris Leechman for Buzzed
Juliette Lewis for Clockwork (O, GG, SAG)
Lindsay Lohan for The World’s Longest Suicide
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio for The Killer Eagles (GG, SAG)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio for The Jersey Widows
Drea de Mateo for Bootleg
Frances McDormand for Their Grace
Idina Menzel for Once More, With Feeling (O)
S. Epatha Merkerson for Dinah Was…
Debra Messing for Fred & Ethel (GG, SAG)
Bette Midler for Good Morning, Ladies
Helen Mirren for Love Now, Laugh Later (O)
Gretchen Mol for The Jersey Widows (O, GG)
Julianne Moore for Dear Andrea (GG)
Rita Moreno for Havana Dreams (O, NBR, SAG)
Samantha Morton for Realm of the Bird
Megan Mullaly for Thoroughly Modern Millie
Suzuka Ohgo for Owner of a Lonely Heart (GG)
Ellen Page for Cloth
Mary-Louise Parker for Photograph
Mary-Louise Parker for The Wishbones (O, NBR)
Michelle Pfeiffer for Hillview (SAG)
Joan Plowright for The Mousetrap
Kathleen Quinlan for Her Journal
Sara Ramirez for No More Smiles
Elizabeth Reaser for Field of Desire
Vanessa Redgrave for Oil
Vanessa Redgrave for The Thirteenth Tale
Miranda Richardson for The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher (O, NBR, GG)
Emma Rossum for Gray Daze
Winona Ryder for The Character of Marcia (NBR, F)
Eva Maria Saint for Kathy’s Desire (NBR)
Amy Sedaris for Live From New York
Elizabeth Shue for The Passion of Pain
Maggie Smith for A Life of Death
Maggie Smith for Negatives
Imelda Stauton for Once a Queen
Meryl Streep for Book (O, SAG)
Tilda Swinton for The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night Time (O, NBR)
Tabu for Break Before Bend (NBR, SAG, F)
Uma Thurman for Bandito Express
Uma Thurman for The Thousand-Year Reich (O)
Marisa Tomei for The Wishbones
Kathleen Turner for Glitz
Maribel Verdu for Border Man (O, GG)
Emily Watson for Marlene
Emma Watson for Native Son
Naomi Watts for A Child of Shame (GG)
Rachel Weisz for Faded Red (O, GG, SAG, F)
Patricia Wettig for The Dead President
Chandra Wilson for POZ
Penelope Wilton for Darwin Discovered
Michelle Yeoh for Extradition

I's Top 25 Actresses of All Time Nominees

*Legend*
O= Oscar Winner
NBR= National Board of Review Winner
GG= Golden Globe Winner
SAG= Screen Actors Guild Winner
F= Festival Winner

Best Actress
Shohreh Aghdashloo for The Price of Prejudice
Joan Allen for Then
Patricia Arquette for How It Ends
Bea Arthur for Mom Is 80 (GG)
Jacinda Barrett for Exposed (GG)
Ivana Baquero for The House on Mango Street (F)
Kate Beckinsale for An Actress Named Vivian Leigh
Maria Bello for The Almost Moon
Maria Bello for Once a Hero
Annette Benning for Defiant Soul
Juliette Binoche for Audrey’s Girls
Cate Blanchett for The Killer Eagles (O, NBR, GG, SAG, F)
Cate Blanchett for To Live With Hope (O. GG, SAG)
Alexis Bledel for Sixty Days (GG, F)
Emily Blunt for Warner Girls (GG)
Emily Blunt for Pygmalion (GG, SAG)
Sandra Bullock for Dear Andrea (O)
Ellen Burstyn for Ashes of Elmwood
Helena Bohnam Carter for The Red Menace (F)
Helena Bohnam Carter for Revenant Dreams (F)
Stockard Channing for Mermania (O, GG)
Glenn Close for The Last Page (O, GG, SAG)
Toni Collette for The Poisonwood Bible (O, NBR, GG, SAG)
Jennifer Connelly for Quiet Room (O, GG, F)
Marion Cotillard for Once a Queen (O, NBR, GG)
Penelope Cruz for Angela’s Path (F)
Ellen DeGeneres for The Realmother (GG)
Ellen DeGeneres for Gone With a Dream
Cameron Diaz for Dubai
Melinda Dillon for Book
Sutton Foster for Thoroughly Modern Millie
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Ralph’s Food and Drug (GG)
Naomie Harris for The Night Shift (O, NBR, GG, SAG)
Florence Henderson for From Here To Eternity (GG, F)
Kate Hudson for Angels Weep in Pakistan (SAG, F)
Felicity Huffman for The Human Hole
Keisha Castle-Hughes for The Breadwinner (SAG)
Keisha Castle-Hughes for Parvana’s Journey
Holly Hunter for The Jersey Widows
Catherine Keener for A Child of Shame (O, GG)
Lisa Kudrow for Through the Monsoon
Lisa Kudrow for The Ice Princess
Diane Lane for Portrait of a Woman
Alexandra Maria Lara for The Blood Countess
Sanaa Lathan for Running Miles (F)
Queen Latifah for I Love Mammy (GG, F)
Sharon Leah for Aida (GG)
Laura Linney for Between Elephants and Mice
Laura Linney for Supernova (O, SAG)
Patti LuPone for Gypsy (O, GG, SAG)
Kelly MacDonald for Dark Blue
Kelly MacDonald for The Madness of Lady Macbeth (O, NBR, SAG, F)
Virginia Madsen for Everyday
Jena Malone for The Juke (GG)
Rachel McAdams for Hampered By Beauty: The Curse of Vivian Leigh
Francis McDormand for Doubt
Jacqueline McKenzie for Her Journal (O, NBR, GG, SAG)
Idina Menzel for Wicked *Mar. 2006*
Idina Menzel for Wicked *Jul. 2006* (O)
Connie Neilson for Fatally Yours (GG)
Ellen Page for Go Ask Alice
Keke Palmer for The Bluest Eye
Mary Louise Parker for The Abstinence Teacher (GG)
Mary Louise Parker for Cigarette Burns (GG)
Bernadette Peters for Mame (GG, SAG)
Michelle Pfeiffer for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe
Natalie Portman for Fresh Heir Vol. I
Natalie Portman for Fresh Heir Vol. II
Natalie Portman for Fresh Heir Vol. III (O)
Parker Posey for I, Bergman
Christina Ricci for Wildflower (O)
AnnaSophia Robb for A Corner of the Universe
Anika Noni Rose for Dinah Was…
Renee Russo for The End of the Alphabet
Lee Salonga for Miss Saigon
Susan Sarandon for Things We Lost In The Time of War
Susan Sarandon for Dear Mr. President (O, GG)
Meryl Streep for No Way To Treat A First Lady (GG)
Charlize Theron for The Great Fitzgerald
Charlize Theron for I Want To Have Your Babies (F)
Emma Thompson for The Lead
Emma Thompson for Lucky Clover
Emma Thompson for Terri
Uma Thurman for The Ballad of Mary King
Jennifer Tilly for A Work of Fiction (O)
Jeanne Tripplehorn for Gone Since November (O, GG)
Kerry Washington for Field of Desire (O, NBR, GG, SAG)
Kerry Washington for Six Days in ‘67
Naomi Watts for Death Inside Her
Naomi Watts for Fetish (O)
Naomi Watts for Marilyn (GG)
Betty White for E.L. (GG)
Michelle Williams for Their Grace (O, NBR, GG)
Michelle Williams for Under Fire
Kate Winslet for Midnight Mass (GG, SAG)
Kate Winslet for The Thirteenth Tale (O, NBR, GG)
Reese Witherspoon for Awakening (GG, SAG)
Renee Zellwegger for Into The Woods
Catherine Zeta Jones for The Great Affair
Catherine Zeta-Jones for The Munsters With Yvonne DeCarlo (GG, SAG)

I's Top 25 Supporting Actors of All Time Nominees

*Legend*
O= Oscar Winner
NBR= National Board of Review Winner
GG= Golden Globe Winner
SAG= Screen Actors Guild Winner
F= Festival Winner

Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Auteuil for Cinematheque (O, GG)
Alec Baldwin for Jackrabbit (SAG)
Javier Bardem for American Tragedy (O)
Paul Bettany for Reminiscence
Jack Black for The Wishbones (SAG)
David Bowie for Ironic Nonfiction (O)
Jeff Bridges for The Killer Eagles (F)
Steve Buscemi for Veil of Sin
Steve Buscemi for Wackos
Vincent Cassel for The Great Ordeal (O)
Richard Chamberlain for For Pay (NBR)
Thomas Hayden Church for Bruised Boys
George Clooney for Norjak
Daniel Craig for The Bridge
Paul Dano for Masterpiece (O, NBR, GG, SAG, F)
Daniel Day-Lewis for Night
Daniel Day Lewis for The Bang-Bang Club (O, SAG)
Mos Def for Cut, Print (GG)
Benico Del Toro for 11-M (Oscar Winner, GG, SAG, F)
Vincent D’Onofiro for Break Before Bend (O, F)
Clint Eastwood for The Futility of Law (O)
Colin Farrell for Foreign Affairs (GG)
Oded Feur for Dubai (O)
Morgan Freeman for Contemporary Comedy
Edward Furlong for The Thin Rope
James Gandolfini for The Winter Sun (GG, SAG)
Ricky Gervais for Convention (GG)
Jeff Goldblum for The People vs. Robert Wheeler
Cuba Gooding Jr. for The Unseen War
Ryan Gosling for Walden (O)
Andy Griffith for Buzzed (NBR, GG, SAG)
Jake Gyllenhaal for A Faith of One (O)
Jackie Earle Haley for Booth
Jackie Earle Haley for The Hollywood Story
Ed Harris for Death Inside Her
Ethan Hawke for Stanford Prisons (O)
Ethan Hawke for Rivalry at 6 P.M. (GG, SAG, F)
Dennis Haysbert for Criminal Origins
Phillip Seymore Hoffman for All Quiet on the Western Front
Djimon Houson for The Playground Factory (O, NBR, SAG)
William Hurt for Bright Lights, Sinly City (O)
Jeremy Irons for John Milton’s Paradise Lost
Samuel L. Jackson for Bandito Express
Samuel L. Jackson for Watts (O)
Greg Kinear for Rabbit Hole
Ben Kingsley for The Arabic Café (O)
Kevin Kline for Silence (GG, SAG)
John Krasinski for Flare Manor
Frank Langella for Their Grace
Artie Lang for Live From New York
Hugh Laurie for Freak Show
Hugh Laurie for The Wishbones (NBR, GG)
Heath Ledger for Rush
Christopher Lloyd for A New Agenda
Derek Luke for Wildflower
William H. Macy for The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
John Malkovich for Forlorn (F)
John Malkovich for The Secret Identity of the Heart
Ewan McGreggor for Dementia Ascending (NBR)
Alfred Molina for Gone Since November
Armin Mueller-Stahl for The Hussein Room (O, NBR, F, GG, SAG)
Cillian Murphy for Little Miss Murder (GG, SAG)
Cillian Murphy for Sandstorm (GG)
Liam Neeson for The Eylsium Dream
Liam Neeson for Lucky Clover
Paul Newman for Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Bill Nighly for E.L. (O)
Edward Norton for Photograph
Gary Oldman for Finding Death
Gary Oldman for The Banality of Evil (O)
Edward James Olmos for The Informer
Edward James Olmos for Spanish Fields (SAG)
Terry O’Quinn for Death Whispered a Lullaby
Peter O’Toole for The Vampire Lestat
Peter O’Toole for Cannon
Al Pacino for A New Agenda (GG, F)
Mandy Patinkin for Bee-Bee’s Funhouse
Ron Perlman for Fallout
Alex Pettyfer for Mario Puzo’s The Family
Jeremy Piven for The Dead President (GG, SAG)
Jeremy Piven for Around the Horn (F)
Christopher Plummer for Oil (O, GG, SAG)
Dennis Quaid for Bloodshed
Daniel Radcliffe for Foggy London Nights (O, SAG)
Lance Reddick for The Man and the Window
Mark Ruffalo for Extradition
Sam Shepard for The Latent Promise
J.K. Simmons for Buzzed
Gary Sinise for Faded Red
David Strathairn for The Cloud
Kiefer Sutherland for Her Journal
Justin Theroux for Quiet Room
Jonathan Tucker for Relentless
John Turturo for The Guy Who Owned the Store
Mark Whalberg for Cobra (O, NBR, GG)
Mark Whalberg for The Moon and The Rain (GG)
Mark Whalberg for The Home
Forest Whitaker for River City Blue (O, GG, SAG)
Bradley Whitworth for Ralph’s Food and Drug
Bruce Willis for Dominion

I's Top 25 Actors of All Time Nominees

*Legend*
O= Oscar Winner
NBR= National Board of Review Winner
GG= Golden Globe Winner
SAG= Screen Actors Guild Winner
F= Festival Winner

Best Actor
Joe Anderson for Here We Are Now (F)
Naveen Andrews for The Arabic Café
Alec Baldwin for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe (O, SAG, F)
Sean Bean for The Great Ordeal (GG)
Tom Berenger for Border Man
Jeff Bridges for The Dead President
Adrien Brody for Crime and Punishment (O)
Steve Buscemi for Ike (NBR, F)
Nicholas Cage for The Madness of H.P. Lovecraft
Michael Caine for Pygmalion (GG)
Jim Carrey for Buster
Don Cheadle for The Bluest Eye (O)
Thomas Hayden Church for Carter
Christian Clemenson for Flowers for Algernon (O, SAG)
George Clooney for River City Blue
Chris Cooper for Bloodshed
Paddy Considine for Reminiscence (SAG)
Brian Cox for Deep Secret
Daniel Craig for Day of the Jackal (NBR)
Macaulay Culkin for For Pay (O, NBR)
Willem Dafoe for The Guy Who Owned the Store
Jeff Daniels for Wackos (GG)
Jeremy Davies for Judas Iscariot (O, NBR, GG, SAG)
Benico Del Toro for La Ventana
Robert DeNiro for Cherry Blossoms (O, GG, F)
Johnny Depp for Dark Side of the Moon (GG)
Clint Eastwood for The Killer Eagles (F)
Aaron Eckhart for Bootleg
Chris Evans for Confessions of an Economic Hitman (GG)
Ben Foster for Booth (O, GG)
Ben Foster for To Dwell in Evil
Brendan Fraiser for Once a Hero
Michael Gambon for Mario Puzo’s The Family
Paul Giamatti for Diary of a Sociopath (GG)
Paul Giamatti for Relentless (NBR, SAG, GG)
John Goodman for Behind Closed Doors (GG, SAG)
Ryan Gosling for As I Lay Dying (O)
Ryan Gosling for Jackrabbit (GG)
Ryan Gosling for The Juke
Topher Grace for Gray Daze (O, GG, SAG, F)
Kelsey Grammer for The Man Behind the Knight
Jake Gyllenhaal for Break Before Bend (F)
Jake Gyllenhaal for Louisa (O, SAG)
Tom Hanks for The Winter Sun
Woddy Harrelson for Fosse (O, GG)
Ed Harris for The Road
Phillip Seymore Hoffman for Captain Fantastic
Phillip Seymore Hoffman for Photograph (O)
Anthony Hopkins for Darwin Discovered (O, SAG)
Terrence Howard for MLK
Michael Imperioli for The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson (O, GG, SAG)
Jeremy Irons for Grand Wizard
Hugh Jackman for The Boy From Oz (O, NBR, SAG)
Nathan Lane for Abbot and Costello Meet Their Biography (SAG)
Jude Law for Tabula Rasa
Heath Ledger for Beaumont
Joseph Gordon Levitt for Broken Pieces
Julian MacMahon for The World’s Longest Suicide (O, GG)
James Marsden for Brooks and Kane
Jonathan Rhys Meyers for Imagine (GG)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers for The Vampire Lestat
Mad Mikkelson for The Secret Identity of the Heart (F)
Viggo Mortensen for The Dark Tower
Cillian Murphy for The Elysium Dream
Bill Murray for High (GG)
Nick Nolte for Norjak
Edward Norton for Flashes (GG)
Edward Norton for Forlorn (O, SAG, F)
Peter O’Toole for Dr. Death (O)
Clive Owen for The Great Affair
Clive Owen for Midnight
Al Pacino for Inside You Out
Michael Pena for Cartel (O, SAG)
Sean Penn for The Judgment (NBR)
Barry Pepper for The Valley of Ashes (GG, SAG, F)
Vincent Perez for The Sun King
Ryan Phillipe for The Wall
Brad Pitt for Finding Death (GG)
Brad Pitt for The People vs. Robert Wheeler (O)
Christopher Plummer for Ralph’s Food and Drug
Kevin Pollack for Live From New York
Dennis Quaid for End of the Alphabet
Jeremy Renner for Dominion
Alan Rickman for Green River
Tim Robbins for Ironic Nonfiction (GG)
Tim Robbins for Contemporary Comedy
Geoffrey Rush for Faded Red (O, GG, SAG, F)
Stellan Skarsgard for Magic Lantern (SAG, F)
Will Smith for The Courtroom
David Straithairn for Steamboat Disney (GG)
Kiefer Sutherland for The Bang-Bang Club
Max Von Sydow for Masterpiece
Billy Bob Thorton for Recoil
John Turturo for Dali
Christopher Walken for Harvey Black.
Robin Williams for Midnight Mass (O)
Owen Wilson for Scarttenow Junction (GG)
Ray Winstone for Rivalry at 6 P.M. (GG)
Jeffrey Wright for POZ (NBR, GG, F)
John Lloyd Young for Jersey Boys (O)

I's Top 100 Baits of All Time Nominees

*Legend*
O= Oscar BOTM Winner
NBR= National Board of Review Winner
GG= Golden Globe BP Winner
SAG= Screen Actors Guild Ensemble Winner
F= Festival Grand Prize Winner

11-M, written by T.D. (SAG)
The 27th Victim, written by Patrick D.
The Abstinence Teacher, written by Chris M.
Angela’s Path, written by Harry and Stefano
Animal Farm, written by Alex and Daniel Crooke
The Arabic Café, written by Maia
As I Lay Dying, written by Brett
Ashes of Elmwood, written by Brian Erickson (NBR, F)
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, written by Chris M. (GG)
Available Now, written by Zgamer (GG)
The Awakening, written by Gabby (GG)
Balton Productions, written by Brian Erickson (GG)
The Banality of Evil, written by Alex S.
Bandito Express, written by Daniel Crooke (GG, F)
The Bang-Bang Club, written by D.W. Dillon
Batman: Scars of Tomorrow, written by Tony
Beaumont, written by Pat
Bee-Bee’s Funhouse, written by Brian Erickson (SAG)
Beeville, TX, written by Jamie Madden (GG)
Behind Closed Doors, written by Chris M.
Bloodshed, written by Daniel Crooke
The Bluest Eye, written by Chris Perkins and D.W. Dillon (NBR)
Book, written by Connor Campbell (O, GG)
Bootleg, written by Maia (O, SAG)
Border Man, written by Pat
The Breadwinner, written by Connor Campbell
Break Before Bend, written by D.W. Dillon (F)
Bright Lights, Sinly City, written by Josh P.
Broken Pieces, written by Chris Perkins
Brooks and Kane, written by Zgamer (GG)
Bruised Boys, written by Douglass Reese
Buzzed, written by Chris Perkins and Zgamer (O, GG, SAG)
The Cabin, written by Chris M. (GG)
Cartel, written by Adam (F)
Carter, written by Jordan
Cherry Blossom, written by D.W. Dillon
Cielo Drive, written by Brett and Dpac (SAG)
Cigarette Burns, written by Ben Miller
Cinematheque, written by Alex S. (O)
A Child of Shame, written by Maia
The Cloud, written by Sergio
Clockwork, written by Douglass Reese
COBRA, written by James Somerton
Confessions of an Economic Hitman, written by Alex S.
Contemporary Comedy, written by Brian Erickson
The Courtroom, written by Bryce
Criminal Origins, written by Zgamer
The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Nighttime, written by Evan (GG)
Cut, Print, written by Ben Miller (GG)
Darwin Discovered, written by Maia (O, GG)
Day of the Jackal, written by Adam
The Dead President, written by Pat (O, SAG)
Dear Andrea, written by Matt
Dear Mr. President, written by James Somerton
Deep Secret, written by Matt
Destiny, written by Harry
Diary of a Sociopath, written by Sergio
Dinah Was…, written by Brian (Minneapolis)
Dominion, written by Tony (GG)
Dr. Death, written by Tony
Dragontown, written by James Somerton
Doubt, written by Brian (Minneapolis)
Dubai, written by Maia (NBR)
E.L., written by Daniel Crooke
The Elysium Dream, written by Tony (F)
The End of the Alphabet, written by Chris M.
Exposed, written by Tony (GG)
Faded Red, written by Brian Erickson (F)
A Faith of One, written by Zgamer
Fallout, written by Zgamer
Mario Puzo’s The Family, written by Alex S. (NBR, SAG)
Fatally Yours, written by D.W. Dillon
Field of Desire, written by Bryce
Flashes, written by Tony
Flowers for Algernon, written by Connor Campbell
Foggy London Nights, written by Josh P.
Foreign Affairs, written by Josh P.
Forlorn, written by D.W. Dillon
For Pay, written by Alfredo (NBR, GG)
Fosse, written by Alex (O, SAG)
Freakshow, written by Tony (SAG)
Fresh Heir Vol. I, written by Brian Erickson
Fresh Heir Vol. III, written by Brian Erickson
Fruit of the Poison Tree, written by Ryan
Ghost Recon, written by Zgamer
The Giver, written by Bryce
Glass, written by Marcus Dennis (GG)
Gone Since November, written by Chris Perkins
Grand Wizard, written by Dpac
Gray Daze, written by Josh P. (F)
The Great Affair, written by Chris Perkins
The Great Fitzgerald, written by Tom Houseman (O)
The Great Ordeal, written by Chris P.
The Guy Who Owned the Store, written by Bryce
Gypsy (07), written by Alex
Harvey Black., written by Al
Hearts of Age, written by Corey
Her Journal, written by D.W. Dillon
Here We Are Now, written by AJ Bell
Hillview, written by Tony (O)
The Hussein Room, written by Brian Erickson (GG)
Ike, written by Tony
iLife, written by Brian Erickson
Imagine, written by Harry (GG)
The Informer, written by D.W. Dillon
Inside You Out, written by James Somerton
Into the Woods, written by Michael (GG)
Ironic Nonfiction, written by Daniel Crooke (O, GG)
Jackrabbit, written by Zgamer (O, GG)
Jersey Boys, written by Pat
The Jersey Widows, written by Maia
Judas Iscariot, written by George (O)
The Jungle, written by Zgamer
The Justices, written by Alex
The Killer Eagles, written by Pat (O, NBR, GG, SAG, F)
Kosmopolis, written by Sergio
La Ventana, written by Brett (O)
The Last Page, written by Maia
Little Miss Murder, written by Matt (SAG)
Live From New York, written by Pat
Livestrong, written by Ryne
Lord of the Flies, written by Zgamer (NBR)
Lost in America, written by James Somerton
Louisa, written by Brian Erickson
Love Now, Laugh Later, written by Brian Erickson
The Lover’s Empire, written by Adam
Lucky Clover, written by Sergio (O)
The Madness of H.P. Lovecraft, written by D.W. Dillon
Magic Lantern, written by Harry (O, F)
The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson, written by Josh P. (O, GG, F)
Masterpiece, written by Pat
Middlesex, written by Bryce
Midnight Mass, written by James Somerton (GG)
MLK (06), written by Matt Kanter
Mom is 80, written by Alex (GG)
The Moon and the Rain, written by Pat
Negatives, written by Ben Miller
A New Agenda, written by Daniel Crooke (O, GG, SAG)
The Night Shift, written by Alex S.
NINE: The Musical, written by Brian (Minneapolis)
Norjak, written by D.W. Dillon
Oil, written by James Somerton (GG, SAG)
Once a Hero, written by Matthew LaRusso
Owner of a Lonely Heart, written by Jeffrey
John Milton’s Paradise Lost, written by Josh P.
The People vs. Robert Wheeler, written by Ryne
Photograph, written by Pat (O, GG)
The Picture of Dorian Gray, written by Harry
The Playground Factory, written by Bryce
The Poisonwood Bible, written by Brian Erickson
POZ, written by James Somerton
Pride of Baghdad, written by Alfredo (GG)
Project Sin, written by Bryce
Public Enemy, written by James Somerton
Pygmalion, written by Michael
Quiet Room, written by Sergio
Rabbit Hole, written by Alex
The Rainbow Album, written by Jason
Ralph’s Food and Drug, written by Alex (GG)
Realm of the Bird, written by Douglass Reese (NBR, GG)
Recoil, written by D.W. Dillon
Record Man, written by Sergio
Rehab!: A Contemporary Musical, written by Ryan and Zgamer
Relentless, written by Tony (NBR)
Reminiscence, written by Tony
Rivalry at 6 P.M., written by Patrick D. (O, F)
River City Blue, written by Ross (GG)
The Road, written by Brian Erickson
Rosie, written by Matt
Rush, written by Ross
Sandstorm, written by Al (O)
Scarttenow Junction, written by Pat (GG)
Sex Advice, written by Bryce
Sex in the Oval Office, written by Brett
Silence, written by James Somerton (GG)
Six Days in 67, written by Alfredo
Sixty Days, written by D.W. Dillon
Steamboat Disney, written by Daniel Crooke
The Sun King, written by Harry and Stefano
Sweet Black and Blue, written by D.W. Dillon
Tabula Rasa, written by Tony
Tavistock Place, written by Pat
Then, written by Ian (SAG)
Thoroughly Modern Millie, written by Michael (GG)
To Dwell in Evil, written by Tony
Trois Nouvelles, written by Daniel Crooke
Under Fire, written by Ryne
The Valley of Ashes, written by Zgamer (GG, F)
The Vampire Lestat, written by James Somerton
Wackos, written by Zgamer (GG)
Walden, written by Matt
The Wall, written by James Somerton (O)
Warner Girls, written by Anwar
Wicked (06), written by James Somerton
Wicked (07), written by Al (SAG)
Wildflower, written by Douglass Reese
The Winter Sun, written by Tony
The Wishbones, written by Chris M. (O, NBR, GG, SAG)
The World’s Longest Suicide, written by D.W. Dillon (O)
A Work of Fiction, written by Douglass Reese