Practicalmadness

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you, but picking for the 2004 Oscars Game is now closed. Scores and winners will be updated throughout the evening; to see the winners and the current leaderboard, log in to the Oscars Game. I'll also stick a leaderboard up here on the homepage for the rest of the evening.

Here, for posterity, are my picks for tonight's awards:

• Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Director: Peter Jackson (_Lord of the Rings_)
• Actor: Sean Penn (_Mystic River_)
• Actress: Charlize Theron (_Monster_)
• Supp. Actor: Tim Robbins (_Mystic River_)
• Supp. Actress: Renee Zellweger (_Cold Mountain_)
• Original Screenplay: Lost in Translation
• Adapted Screenplay: Mystic River
• Foreign Film: The Barbarian Invasions
• Animated Feature: Finding Nemo
• Documentary Feature: The Fog of War
• Cinematography: Seabiscuit
• Film Editing: The Lord of the Rings
• Art Direction: The Lord of the Rings
• Costume Design: The Lord of the Rings
• Sound: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Sound Editing: Finding Nemo
• Makeup: The Lord of the Rings
• Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings
• Original Score: The Lord of the Rings
• Original Song: "Into The West" from The Lord of the Rings
• Animated Short: Destino
• Documentary Short: Asylum
• Live Action Short: Two Soldiers