We’ve passed 400 entries in the Oscar Contest! Of course, I’ve already had to clean several duplicate and suspect entries out of there. “One entry per person” means just what it says. You can’t enter again a few days later. Get it?
Update: Entries are now closed! We ended up with 459 in total. Good luck everybody!
There’s less than 24 hours til the 2009 Oscar telecast begins, which means you’d better enter my Contest if you haven’t already! It seems a lot of folks have left it til the last minute, and the number of entries has been climbing rapidly this week. We’re up to 360!
As usual, I’m asking if any of you with Tivos would be willing to volunteer to report on the number of dead people in the annual tribute montage. With this many entries, I think the tie breaker is going to be really important! (Unless there’s an upset. COME ON, UPSET!)
We’ve just hit 200 entries in the Oscar Contest! You’ve got less than a week to put in your picks if you haven’t already. We’ve got clear frontrunners in almost every category, so I am really hoping for some upsets. (Where did Penelope Cruz come from? She’s gotten a big late surge in picks…)
The Seventh Annual Web-Goddess Oscar Contest is now open for entry! This year’s winner will take home a one-of-a-kind pair of Batman and Joker sock monkeys. (I almost didn’t do them because it seemed too obvious, but I also couldn’t resist the opportunity to make my second Heath Ledger tribute monkey.) I have to say, the Joker monkey is without a doubt the most DISTURBING sock creation of all time. He features hand-hooked green hair, a green waistcoat, a purple duster, and a SUPER-CREEPY painted face. Batman features a utility belt, a bat crest on his chest, his bat mask/helmet, and a long black cape. You could act out your favorite scenes from the movie… or slash fiction! Up to you.
Please note: You’re welcome to save these photos to your server as long as you give me credit and link back to the contest. If I catch you hot-linking them or claiming credit, I reserve the right to replace them with something nasty (or poke you in the eye with a pencil).
Anyway, I know this picture is enormous, but it’s also my favorite and I can’t resist. I’ve got this set as my desktop wallpaper right now.
Here’s the full view so you can see how long their arms/legs/tails are.
Joker close-up. Note: I used acrylic paint on his face, so you can’t ever get him wet or it’ll come off.
Batman close-up. I’m really proud of how his mask turned out.
Batman interrogates the Joker.
It’s that time again…
The nominees will be announced in about fourteen hours. The contest will start this weekend, once I put the finishing touches on the prizes. (Yes, I said “prizes” as in plural. You can no doubt guess where I’m going with this.)
The web-goddess Oscar Contest 2008 is now CLOSED for new entries! The awards show is about to begin. I’ll be updating scores as often as I can over the next few hours. You’ll be able to see how you’re doing on the results page. And remember to count the dead people for me! Thanks…
Update: And it’s all over! Congratulations to Gerald Granozio, who takes out the top prize this year. There was actually a five-way tie for first between Gerald, Brinton Callaghan, Jeremy Muir, Kevan Tucker, and Terry Rutherford, all of whom got 11 out of 12 correct. It came down to the dead-people tie-breaker then, which this year ended up being 43. Gerald guessed 42, just beating out Kevan who guessed 45. I think this was our closest contest ever! Thanks to everybody who entered.
Even later: Wow! It turns out that Gerald is a bit of a ringer. 🙂
It’s time to start the Sixth Annual web-goddess Oscar Contest, folks! Here’s how it works: Just go the entry form and make your picks for the dozen award categories (and tie-breaker!). Whoever gets the most right wins a fabulous, one-of-a-kind sock monkey creation. After much deliberation, there really was only one choice this year: a Striking Writer Monkey. He’s union and proud, dammit! (And he’ll probably get the Oscar ceremony cancelled anyway.) He’s also kind of a hipster, for some reason. He features hand-knitted Converse All-Stars (which also function as baby booties, if you have a baby) and chunky black glasses (made out of Fimo). He’ll also come with his very own picket sign, as soon as I get some more ink for my printer. (If you want an idea of how big he is, check out this Flickr photo.)
Oscar Night: Two upsets so far! That’s spread the field a fair bit…
More than four hours later: Congratulations to Kent Bailey! Kent got an amazing 11 out of 12 correct, only missing the clean sweep on Best Foreign Film. (What an upset, huh?) He was also only one person off the Dead Person total, so any way you slice it, this was Kent’s year. Thanks to everybody else who played along (and who counted obits for me). See you next year!
I’m happy to announce that – at long last – my Fifth Annual Oscar Contest has begun! I have to tell you, it was hard to top last year’s prize. So what do you get if you reign supreme this year? Oh yes, your very own trio of fabulous Dream Monkeys! They shimmy; they sing; they have really long eyelashes. Their hair is as big as I could get it (given the limitations of chenille-covered pipe cleaners). People, these are the hardest working monkeys in show business!Special thanks go to Amy for ruffle-sewing assistance and makeup suggestions.
Here are a few more pictures:
(Could I pander to my gay readers any more? I could not.)
That’s it folks; entries have officially closed! We ended up with 597 entries in total! Good luck…
Can those of you with TiVo leave a comment with the number of dead people? Thanks.
Later: Clooney? Well, that was a little unexpected.
Later still: Dude! “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp”?! Now that broke the deadlock.
Much later: It looks like we have a winner! In sole first place with ALL TWELVE CORRECT is Craig, who put his entry in a mere ten minutes before the show started. (Which sounds dodgy, I know, but as far as I can tell he’s legit.) So congratulations, Craig! You’ll be getting an e-mail from me shortly. Thanks to everyone who played along this year. You may now commence grumbling about Crash winning Best Picture…
