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     Last Updated:February 20,2009 6:21:30 pmPossible Spoiler Alert: Academy Awards in a tizzy as winners list is leaked
    Possible Spoiler Alert! This leaked Academy Awards winners list, featuring the Academy Winner - Kate Winslet for best actress, Mickey Rourke for best actor and Slumdog Millionaire for best film - could be the real thing. I might be a fraud. Whatever it may be, it springs a surprise by naming Amy Adams as best supporting actress for Doubt. Prior to this leaked document, many had Penelope Cruz favourite in that category. It also claims the best original song award will go to Peter Gabriel for Wall-E, although AR Rahman has two nominations for Slumdog Millionaire.

    The Academy has publicly dismissed the document as "a complete fraud", saying auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers were still counting the ballots when it was published online.
    According to the list, Danny Boyle will win best director for Slumdog Millionaire, which also wins best cinematography. Heath Ledger is named as best supporting actor for The Dark Knight, and the best adapted screenplay award will go to The Reader. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button wins awards for best costume design and make-up.

    The Golden Globes was also at the centre of a supposed leak after a star was placed next to best actress nominee Anne Hathaway's name on the official website two days before the ceremony. However, it turned out to be meaningless as the award went to Kate Winslet.

    Here is the Leaked List:

    Actor in a leading role: Mickey Rourke
    Actor in a supporting role: Heath Ledger
    Actress in a leading role: Kate Winslet
    Actress in a supporting role: Amy Adams
    Animated Feature Film: Wall-E
    Art Direction: The Dark Knight
    Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
    Costume Design: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Directing: Slumdog Millionaire
    Documentary feature: Man on Wire
    Documentary short: The Conscience of Nhem En
    Film editing: Milk
    Foreign language film: Departures
    Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Music (Score): Defiance
    Music (Song): Down to Earth (Wall-E)
    Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
    Short film (animated): Presto
    Short film (live action): Auf Der Strecke (On The Line)
    Sound editing: Wall-E
    Sound mixing: The Dark Knight
    Visual effects: Iron Man
    Writing (Adapted screenplay): The Reader
    Writing (Original screenplay): In Bruges

    Here's the "Official" Document




    6 Reader Reviews

    who cares if it’s real or not, particularly in this predictable a year, anyway? The real betting should be on who the telecast producers have wrangled to be those “top secret” presenters. Oh wait, it seems the big names, those that obviously should be revealed in order to attract their audiences, have also come out.

    1. Carole Breene's Review :: February 20, 2009
    Carole Breene's Rating: 4 Stars
    Heath Ledger is named as the winner of Best Supporting Actor for his performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight. Wow, no one saw that one coming!

    2. Kent Young's Review :: February 20, 2009
    Kent Young's Rating: 3 Stars
    Pricewaterhouse is still counting the Academy Awards ballots and there are only two people there who will know the complete list of winners in advance of the envelopes being opened during the ceremony. The Academy's president is not advised of the winners in advance and no such list is created. At least, this is was the Academy Awards people are saying.

    3. RIchard Jenkins, New York's Review :: February 20, 2009
    RIchard Jenkins, New York's Rating: 2 Stars
    It definitely is a fraud because voting only closed 2 days ago and only two employees at Pricewaterhouse Coopers know the results, and the Academy doesn't publish a list.

    4. Trent Y's Review :: February 20, 2009
    Trent Y's Rating: 3 Stars
    It definitely is a fraud because voting only closed 2 days ago and only two employees at Pricewaterhouse Coopers know the results, and the Academy doesn't publish a list.

    5. Trent Y's Review :: February 20, 2009
    Trent Y's Rating: 3 Stars
    The Oscars are borderline irrelevant outside the movie critics circles anyway, so society sticks it right back to them.

    6. Jesse T.'s Review :: February 20, 2009
    Jesse T.'s Rating: 1 Stars

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