AND THE WINNERS ARE....

By Dan Miller
February 25, 2008

That's right... there are two winners in the 2008 Dan Miller's Notebook Oscar picking competition.

Hey, it's not easy admitting a double defeat after dominating the "pick the winners" contest for two straight years.
But this year, entertainment reporter Jimmy Carter joined the competition and -- not surprisingly -- he came out on top.

What's humbling (for me) is that my cohort Demetria tied with Jimmy for top spot, each correctly picking 5 of 7 winners.
In previous years I won bragging rights over Demetria, and -- believe me -- she grew weary of hearing me exercise those rights for 12 months.
But this year, to my dismay, I managed to pick only 2 out of 7 winners.
Now I'll have to listen to her remind me of this until my "comeback" next February!

The only 2 categories Jimmy got wrong were Best Supporting Actress (he picked Ruby Dee) and Best Actress (he thought it would be Julie Christie).

Demetria misfired on 2 categories as well, Musical Score (she picked The Kite Runner) and Best Supporting Actress (she selected Amy Ryan).

Oddly, Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton) - which they both missed -- was one of only 2 I got right.
My other correct pick was Best Picture (No Country For Old Men).

For the 2009 Oscars, I've come up with two possible plans for doing better.
1.) I'll try harder.
2.) I'll just copy and paste whatever Jimmy picks.

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