Keep Sending in Votes and More...

Hey guys just a few things...

Keep sending in your Top 25 ballots with 10 Honorable Mentions, your vote counts!

If you have a bait in the Top 150 we would LOVE if you would send us "Clips" from your baits featured in the Top 150. We will take those clips and play them in ceremony where we will have authors comment on the baits and why they are so good.

FYI: Whoever rigged the voting on the recent polls Best Actor and Best Actress please don't and if it happens again the poll will not take place anymore. We'll be redoing those two categories.

If you are an author on the I! Magazine, I sent out an email that you should have received and replied back to, please contact me because I want to get the first issue up and running.

On that note, if you would like to subscribe or be a member or our team please email me at moviefreak1964@yahoo.com. We would also love to have coverage on different blogs, but that is completely up to the author of the blog, if you are an author of a blog and would like to be featured in the magazine please email me at the address previously stated.

If you would like the I! Magazine team to write a first look of your bait please visit the Igloo forum for more information.

Once again, if you are on the I! Magazine crew you really need to respond to the email!

Also again, keep on sending in your ballots!

I also want to give a warm welcome to Bryce, he is now a contributing author to both the I! blog and The Zone of Zgamer!

I!'s 100 Posts, 100 Baits! (The Nominees)

Hey guys. This is the big announcment, the I! blog will be assembling a Top 100 Baits of All Time (April '06-July '07) and YOU will be involved!

About a month ago, I contacted Zgamer, Brian (Arizona), Pat and Daniel and said "Hey, I want to do a Top 100 list and I want you to be a part of it. We asked them if we made a Top 100 list what baits they thought would have to be on the list and then Z and I made sure we had about 150 baits and polished the list a bit and then we made the Top 150 baits that YOU will be choosing from to construct your own Top 25 plus Honorable Mentions, so let me explain that.

If you so desire you can assemble your personal Top 25 plus 10 Honorable Mentions of the Top 150 baits that we have and then you can send the list to baitanoscar@yahoo.com and after a couple of weeks then the panel and myself will count the ballots and then we'll release the Top 100 bit by bit.

So without further ado here are the 150 baits that we thought were the best...

The 27th Victim
Abbott and Costello Meet Their Biography
Abroad
After Earth: The Brothers of Destruction
All Alone
The Angel in Hells Alley
The Arabic Cafe
Around the Horn
Available Now
The Awakening
The Awards Ceremony
Balton Productions
The Banality of Evil
The Bang-Bang Club
Batman: Scars of Tomorrow
Beaumont
Behind the Show
Between Elephants and Mice
Blank
Bootleg
Border Man
Brain Damage
The Breadwinner
Bruised Boys
Buster
Cannon
Carter
Cielo Drive
Cigarette Burns
A Child of Shame
Cold Welcome
Contemporary Comedy
The Counterfeit King
Clue
Crime and Punishment
The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
Dali
Dear Andrea
Dear Mr. President
Destiny
Devil in the White City
The Devil's Contract
Dinah Was...
Diary of a Sociopath
Dominion
Doubt
Dragontown
E.L.
Faded Red
A Faith of One
Flashes
Flowers for Algernon
Foreign Affairs
Forward
Fosse
Freakshow
Fred & Ethel
Fresh Heir Vol. I
Fresh Heir Vol. II
Fresh Heir Vol. III
Ghost Recon
Glass
Glitz
The Golden Boys
Gone With A Dream
Gray Daze
The Great Fitzgerald
Green River
The Guy Who Owned the Store
The Hand of Maine
Hitch the Suspense
I Am A Patsy
I Am Man
I, Bergman
I Do Solemnly Swear
iLife
Imagine
The Iniquity Beyond
Inside You Out
Internet Connection
Ironic Nonfiction
The It Girl
Jackrabbit
Jersey Boys
The Job Search
The Jungle
The Justices
Katrina
La Ventana
Listening
Little Miss Murder
Live From New York
Lucky Clover
Madsen Family Matters
Madame Prime Minister
Mail-Order Bliss
Marilyn
Mercury
Mermania
Midnight Mass
MLK (June)
The Moon And The Rain
Mud City
Natural Talent
Negatives
A New Agenda
Nikida and Bull
No Way To Treat A First Lady
Once A Hero
Parvana's Journey
Photograph
Please Stop Laughing At Me
Postality
Pygmalion
Ralph's Food and Drug
The Rainbow Album
Recoil
Record Man
Rehab!: A Contemporary Musical
Rivalry At 6 PM
River City Blue
The Road
Rosie
Rush
Sandstorm
Scarttenow Junction
Semper Fidelis
Sex In The Oval Office
Silence
Sixty Days
Standardized Test
Steamboat Disney
Stonewall
The Sun King
Sweet Black and Blue
Tavistock Place
Terri
Then
The Valley of Ashes
The Vampire Lestat
Wackos
Walden
The Wall
Watts
Wicked (July 06)
Wicked (March 07)
The Wilder Side of Life
Wildflower
The World's Longest Suicide
A Work of Fiction

So if you want to make a list (WHICH WE WOULD LOVE!!!) just send your Top 25 and 10 honorable mentions. Make sure and send then to baitanoscar@yahoo.com and they HAVE TO BE FROM THE LIST! Also, I don't care if you put your baits in the honorable mentions section, but DO NOT over do it or your ballot will not be counted. Anyone can send if a list as long as they have submitted a bait the to the contest and they must prove it by saying the name of the bait. Discuss in the forums, the comments, and our forum will have a seperate discussion on it. Have fun and congratulations to the authors whose baits are on the list. Any other information on the contest will be added as an addendum section (at the very bottom of the article)!

Stay Tuned to the I!!!!

Hey, keeping coming back to I! because in the next few hours one of the biggest announcments in Bait an Oscar history will be made very soon. Keep coming back, I promise you, its HUGE!!!

Alternate Oscars: March '07 Winners!

So here are the winners you think should have won the Oscars...

Best Picture
Wicked (Original Winner: La Ventana)

Best Director
Darren Aronoflsky, Flashes (Original Winner: David Lynch, Sweet Black and Blue)

Best Actor
Benicio del Toro, La Ventana (Original Winner: Christian Clemenson, Flowers for Algernon)

Best Actress
Idina Menzel, Wicked (Original Winner: Cate Blanchett, To Live With Hope)

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Wahlberg, The Moon and the Rain (Original Winner: Clint Eastwood, The Futility of Law)

Best Supporting Actress
Kristen Chenoweth, Wicked (Original Winner: Kristen Chenoweth, Wicked)

Best Original Screenplay
Candidacy (Original Winner: DragonTown)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Wicked (Original Winner: Wicked)

Alrighty, next up February '07...

My Thoughts: The August Oscars

Well, now that the nominations are to be announced Sunday, I thought I would share just a few of my thoughts on this months Big 8...

***...***- Indicates who I belive will be the winner
*...*- Indicates who I feel is the Possible Upset

Best Picture
Bee Bee's Funhouse
Deep Secret
*Fallout*
***The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson***
Six Days in '67
Possible Upset: The Picture of Dorian Gray

I really feel that this will be the Best Picture lineup this month. I don't think that Quiet Room or Gray will get in the category though if either of them do, I bet it will take the place of '67. I strongly believe that Josh will be rewarded for Rock Hudson which is a terrific biopic, but don't be surprised if Matt gets his first Best Picture win.

Best Director
*Jack Bender, Fallout*
Johnathan Demme, Bee Bee's Funhouse
***Ang Lee, The Winter Sun***
David Lynch, Quiet Room
Anthony Minghella, Deep Secret
Possible Upset: Antoine Fuqua, Six Days in '67

It's a strong lineup that leaves two Best Picture director out. It's a classic lineup that has always worked in the contest and in the real Oscars too. I would expect for Ang Lee to win because he has the most buzz and I think it's a good choice, however, because Fallout was widely love, Zgamer could take his 2nd consecutive Best Director win.

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Bee Bee's Funhouse
***Brian Cox, Deep Secret***
Michael Imperioli, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson
*Tom Hanks, The Winter Sun*
Chiwetel Ejiofer, Six Days in '67
Possible Upset: Will Smith, The Courtroom

I'm going to guess the Oscars will copy the Golden Globes because Will Smith has absolutely no buzz at all. I'm thinking that Cox will win because the role is well written and its baity. I agree with Pat and I think that voters will tire of The Soprano's domination in the acting categories. Tom Hanks could easily be the surprise winner.

Best Actress
***Jennifer Connelly, Quiet Room***
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
Diane Lane, Rabbit Hole
*Kerry Washington, Six Days in '67*
Siquorney Weaver, Equality
Possible Upset: Catherine Zeta Jones, The Munsters With Yvonne De Carlo

I think this category is going to be the surprise of the month by leaving out Zeta Jones. I really think this will go normal this month and reward Connelly. Don't be surprised if voters want to reward '67 and vote Washington the winner.

Best Supporting Actor
***James Gandolfini, The Winter Sun***
Greg Kinnear, Rabbit Hole
Ewan McGregor, Deep Secret
Julian McMahon, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson
*Daniel Radcliffe, Foggy London Nights*
Possible Upset: Justin Theroux, Quiet Room

Something tells me this is what the lineup is going to be and I think Gandolfini is a shoe-in. It's a great role and all of The Sopranos love doesn't hurt. Don't be surprised if Radcliffe wins though, seeing as a lot of the ballots were probably made before he got a major dropoff in support.

Best Supporting Actress
***Kathy Bates, Rabbit Hole***
Jill Clayburgh, Grey Gardens
Claire Danes, Grey Gardens
*Edie Falco, Everyday*
Robin Wright Penn, Quiet Room
Possible Upset: Jennifer Hudson, Bat Out of Hell

I'm really going out on a limb and saying Claire Danes will make the cut for Grey Gardens. I certainly hope it happens, and personally I would like her to win. I think Bates will win and Edie will fall short of the statue and the Academy will only reward one former member of the Soprano family, that being the head of it.

Best Original Screenplay
*Bee Bee's Funhouse*
Foggy London Nights
Quiet Room
***Six Days in '67***
The Winter Sun
Possible Upset: The Courtroom

I'm betting on a possible surprise nominee with Funhouse and a surprise win possibly also. I think '67 is the logical choice because it will probably end up around #3 of the BP nominees and that is the highest of the Original Screenplays.

Best Adapted Screenplay
***Deep Secret***
Fallout
Grey Gardens
The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson
*The Picture of Dorian Gray*
Possible Upset: Charlie Brown, Zelda, or Rabbit Hole

I would argue that this category is the most competitive that it has ever been in this contest and that every bait that ends up in this category should be honored when usually this is a throw away category because many of the adapted baits turn out to be bad. Anyway, I think that is the logical lineup, but don't be surprised if Grey Gardens is subsituted for one of the 3 other baits. I think Secret will win, with Gray a close second.

Here are my guesses for the Top 10 Baits of the Month...

1. The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson
2. Deep Secret
3. Six Days in '67
4. Fallout
5. Bee Bee's Funhouse
6. The Picture of Dorian Gray
7. Quiet Room
8. The Winter Sun
9. Bat Out of Hell
10. You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

My Thoughts: The August Golden Globes

I thought I would share my thoughts on the nominees and some predictions...

Best Picture Drama
Bee-Bee's Funhouse
The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson
Fallout
Six Days in '67
Deep Secret


Where is Dorian Gray? I am upset that the voters didn't recognize Harry's best work since March! Anyway, I hate to I told you so, but back in the post where I was talking about who I thought would be the future Best Picture winners, I said that "He usually releases more art kind of baits and I think that will hurt him when trying to win Best Picture." and I think unfortunately that applies to this situation.

Anyway, besides Gray, it's a solid category, and I think this is really a two bait race. Those two baits being The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson and Deep Secret. Both are written by two popular, but never before Best Picture winning authors, Josh P. and Matt. Deep Secret is winning as far as Average Bait Reviews and Nominations go, but Rock Hudson won the Golden Igloo at the festival and definately has the most buzz. I'm putting my money on Deep Secret in a win that most won't be expecting.

Best Actor Drama
Jeff Bridges for Bee-Bee's Funhouse
Brian Cox for Deep Secret
Michael Imperioli for The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson
Tom Hanks for The Winter Sun
Chiwetel Ejiofer for Six Days in 67

Usually Best Picture Drama and Actor go hand in hand and I'm expecting to see Brian Cox win. Although don't be surprised if Imperioli takes it.


Best Actress Drama
Julianne Moore for The Witching Hour
Kerry Washington for Six Days in 67
Diane Lane for Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Connelly for Quiet Room
Sigourney Weaver for Equality

I'm betting Connelly becaues of the buzz, but I wouldn't put all your money on it. Lane is poised to take the statue home.


Best Picture Comedy/Musical
Bat Out of Hell
No More Smiles
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Munsters with Yvonne De Carlo
Grey Gardens

Let me say that I am very happy that you guys rewarded Charlie Brown with a nomination, that really makes me happy! Anyway, I don't think I'll win, I'm thinking Bat Out of Hell will win because it is the highest average review which history says wins. Also, the fact that it was penned by the always great Pat doesn't hurt.


Best Actor Comedy/Musical
Jared Leto for Bat Out of Hell
Andrew Simpson for Foggy London Nights
Jerry Stiller for The Munsters with Yvonne De Carlo
Billy Crudup for No More Smiles
Kelsey Grammer for My Life in Jokes

My feeling is that Simpson will take the award. Something just tells me that and I don't really know what it is. I don't think Stiller or Grammer (tear) have a chance and I think Crudup could be an upset, but I don't feel that it will happen. Leto is the closest competition and I don't think he will click with voters. My bet is on Simpson because the bait was highly praised and didn't recieve nominations in any other category.


Best Actress Comedy/Musical
Brittany Murphy for Bat Out of Hell
Christine Ebersole for Grey Gardens
Catherine Zeta Jones for The Munsters with Yvonne De Carlo
Christina Applegate for No More Smiles
Gracie Zabriskie for Cocker Spanchovy

I would LOVE IT if Ebersole takes it home and I'm weary about predicting her because the bait was not highly praised, even though I really enjoyed it. Zabriskie is a long shot along with Zeta Jones and I don't think voters will give Murphy recognition. That leaves Applegate and Ebersole and because I don't think Smiles will be rewarded elsewhere, I think they'll reward it here.


Best Supporting Actor
James Gandolfini for The Winter Sun
Mandy Patinkin for Bee-Bee's Funhouse
Justin Theroux for Quiet Room
Greg Kinnear for Rabbit Hole
Ron Pearlman for Fallout
Ewan McGregor for Deep Secrets

Odd cateogory with the obmission of Daniel Radcliffe (which I am actually kind of happy about), but I think this is between Gandolfini and McGregor who will battle it out for the win. McGregor only has the fact that his bait will likely win Best Picture Drama and the role is semi-baity, while Gandolfini has high casting praise, a solid bait, and Sopranos love. Expect to James to take it.


Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates for Rabbit Hole
Edie Falco for Everyday
Robin Wright Penn for Quiet Room
Jill Clayburgh for Grey Gardens
Renee Zellweger for The Winter Sun
Winona Ryder for Shipwreck'd

I really would love it if Clayburgh won, but I don't think she will because I think a lot of people agree with me that Alex should have stuck with Mary Louise Wilson who starred in the Broadway production. I think this is an open shut category with Bates taking the gold.


Best Director
Johnathan Demme for Bee-Bee's Funhouse
David Lynch for Quiet Room
Anthony Minghella for Deep Secret
Ang Lee for The Winter Sun
Jack Bender for Fallout
Antoine Fuqua for Six Days in 67

One of the harder categories to predict this month seeing as it is a solid lineup. Demme, Fuqua and Bender are long shots for the Globe, but the other 3 could easily take it. Minghella is the upset here and Lee is a possibility. I would put my money on Lynch to win.

Best Screenplay
The Courtroom
Fallout
The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson
The Winter Sun
Deep Secret
Quiet Room

This is once again between Rock Hudson and Deep Secret and I'm thinking that Rock Hudson will prevail over Deep Secret in this category.

The Best of the Best: Casting Choices

I am just sitting here on the computer and pretty much just writing posts that I feel would be good reads because I love reading things like the following post. I just thought I would share some of my favorites casting choices throughout the history of the contest...

(These are all from actual nominees for Best Casting Choice)

Thomas Haden Church as Jimmy Carter- One of the reasons I love this casting is because I never would have come up with it. It is a very believeable choice and I can just see him in the film. A fantastic choice!

Brendan Fraser as Christopher Reeve- Same as Jimmy, I completly believe this casting. They casted a well-know actor, but one that needs a vehicle to showcase his talents and I believe this would be it.

Emma Thompson as Terri Schiavo- Though I don't think it would ever be made, this is a great choice to play Terri and Emma's talents are perfect for the role.

Terrence Howard as Martin Luther King Jr.- Although used twice, I still love the casting. He would win an Oscar if he ever played this role, which I'm sure he will.

Jane Fonda as Nancy Regan- One again it's believeable.

Naomi Watts as Marilyn Monroe- Fantastic. I've heard rumors that Gwen Stefani and other actress' I can't remember are up to play the part in an upcoming film, but I strongly believe that Watts is the best choice.

David Straitharn as Walt Disney- When I first entered the contest I wanted to do a biopic of one of my biggest heroes, but I could never find the right guy to play the king of animation. David was a great choice and I envy that you did it before me.

Stockard Channing as Ethel Merman- I love it because I would have never thought of it. She can sing she can dance and she would dance away with the Oscar if it were made into a film.

Debra Messing as Lucille Ball- I've actually written a biopic starring her as Ball and while she has been in my mind for over 2 years to play one of my favorite comedians, the fact that you used her made me happy.

Cillian Murphy as John Mark Karr- A great choice because he can be creepy and be good at the same time.

Toni Collette as Liza Minelli- Once again fantastic because I never would have thought of it and it is perfect.

Annette Benning as Bette Davis- Has Oscar written all over it.

The Entire Cast of Live From New York- The best cast of all-time hands down. The cast was one of the reasons I still love it today.

Kate Beckinsale as Vivian Leigh- She's is also an actress who just needs to find the role that will make her a star. I believe this would be the role.

Thats the end of '06, next up '07...