DISCLAIMER: Ezra Ace Caraeff's Neytiri action figure is NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRIZE PACKAGE and is included in this photo for modeling purposes only.

… in which one lucky Blogtown reader will win an ASTOUNDING PRIZE PACKAGE that is TOTALLY NOT MADE UP OF RANDOM JUNK I HAD ON MY DESK. The prize package includes…

• Season Five of The Incredible Hulk on DVD! (Still in shrink-wrap; includes migraine-inducing lenticular Lou Ferrigno cover)
• A well-loved VHS copy of Kazaam, starring Shaquille O’Neal as “a rappin’ genie with an attitude [who’s] ready for slam-dunk fun!”
• Two boxes of Pop-Its! (50 Pop-Its in each box, total of 100 Pop-Its)
• 10 free admission passes to the Laurelhurst Theater

DISCLAIMER: Ezra Ace Caraeffs Neytiri action figure is NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRIZE PACKAGE and is included in this photo for modeling purposes only.
  • DISCLAIMER: Ezra Ace Caraeff’s Neytiri action figure is NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRIZE PACKAGE and is included in this photo for modeling purposes only.

Want to win? Hit the jump for the rules!

All you’ve gotta do: In the comments below, correctly predict the winners in the following five categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and (everyone’s favorite!) Best Sound Mixing.

All valid entries must be posted no later than 4 pm PST on Sunday, March 7. Whoever wins will get an email from me on the 8th (or the 9th, or the 10th) telling them how to pick up their prizes. In the case of a tie, I’ll pick a winner at random.

The nominees for each of those categories are below. Have at!

Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Director
Avatar – James Cameron
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire – Lee Daniels
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Best Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.

34 replies on “ANNOUNCING THE FIRST ANNUAL BLOGTOWN OSCARS CONTEST…”

  3. @kiala: Lenticular means, “having to do with Lent, a stupid Jewish holiday celebrating goats.” Or maby it means, “a portmanteau of Lents and spectacular”

    I don’t know. Erik is making up words.

  7. Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
    Best Director: The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
    Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
    Best Actress: Sandra Bullock
    Best Sound Mixing: Star Trek

  8. I do not necessarily condone these winners, but I think they’ll win just the same.

    Best Picture
    The Blind Side

    Best Director
    The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow

    Best Actor
    Colin Firth in A Single Man

    Best Actress
    Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

    Best Sound Mixing
    The Hurt Locker

  10. Best Picture: Avatar
    Best Director: The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
    Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
    Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
    Best Sound Mixing: Inglourious Basterds

  11. Best Picture: Hurt Locker
    Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
    Best Actress: Meryl Streep
    Best Sound Mixing: Avatar

  13. I don’t think I’m eligible for prizes but I want the glory of victory all the same.

    Hurt Locker
    Cameron
    Bridges
    Streep
    Avatar

  14. Best Picture: Hurt Locker
    Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
    Best Actress: Meryl Streep
    Best Sound Mixing: Avatar

  15. This is brilliant: You’re effectively hinging the win on whether or not someone can correctly guess who wins Sound Mixing. This is like giving contestants on Wheel of Fortune RSTLN E and their final puzzle is “CTHULHU”

    I’m fairly certain Star Trek is taking Sound Mixing.

  23. Best Picture: Avatar
    Best Director: Avatar – James Cameron
    Best Actor: Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
    Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
    Best Sound Mixing: Avatar

  24. Best Picture: Avatar
    Best Director: Bigelow
    Best Actor: Bridges
    Best Actress: Bullock
    Best Sound Mixing: Avatar

  25. Picture – Hurt Locker
    Director – Cameron
    Actor – Bridges
    Actress – Gabourey Sidibe
    Sound Mixing – Hurt Locker

  27. @alison: That NYT’s article is on the nominees for Sound Editing, not for Sound Mixing. What’s the difference between those two categories? I’ve got no idea. I read the whole thing and was like, “They never talked about Transformers?”

  28. Avatar
    Tarantino
    Bridges
    Streep
    Star Trek

    Even though it’s the Oscars, and even though my prognostication in no way reflects my own opinion, it still pains me to choose Avatar.

    But it’ll take vice-gripped genitals for me to choose Sandra Bullock/The Blind Side for anything. Never, ever, ever, EVER.

  30. Best Picture
    The Hurt Locker

    Best Director
    The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow

    Best Actor
    Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart

    Best Actress
    Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side

    Best Sound Mixing
    Avatar

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