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Mainstream movie critics from coast to coast have a new thing to complain and muse about this year. Everyone is having trouble predicting the Oscars—that gala of beauty and filmmaking brawn that will have the world talking for weeks in late winter about J. Lo’s Versace gown, which I predict this year will be daring combination of faux buffalo hide and a Bennifer t-shirt. The problem is, in 2004 (insert gasps, fainting, etc.), there are no front-runners. No Lord of the Rings. No American Beauty or biopics starring Russell Crowe. Some...
Unless The Phantom of the Opera turns out to be a winner (doubtful), I would predict that Alexander will go home with the top prize this year. The reasons are simple—the film is apparently quite watchable (not necessarily a requirement for a Best Picture winner if you’ve seen A Beautiful Mind or Braveheart), Colin Farrell is, like, so hot right now, Oliver Stone hasn’t been on the map in a while, and it apparently has (drumroll) a brief gay sex scene! The latter chunk is important, particularly in the year that...
HUDS responded to the situation by posting signs above the salad bar and rationing the number of tomatoes they put out for salads each meal. It is tricky predicting how many tomatoes to provide since HUDS can’t predict the end to the shortage...
...according to Schneider, relied on four sources to predict results this year: exit polls, pre-election public opinion polls, polls in specific precincts and finally, the vote count itself...
Hillygus, who teaches “Campaigns and Elections,” said that her pro-Kerry colleagues’ ability to correctly predict a Bush victory offered them some solace. “There was a little bit of consolation in that,” she said. “Political scientists got it right this time...