The Academy Award nominees were announced this morning. I have not seen Brokeback Mountain yet, but I'm guessing it's a heavy favorite for Best Picture, only because the other four nominees in the category all have some flaw that journalists can fixate on. Other heavy favorites: Ang Lee, Reese Witherspoon, and Philip Seymour Hoffman (in a two-horse race with Heath Ledger, at least based on what I've read about Ledger's performance). I'd guess Paul Giamatti nabs the supporting actor Oscar, also, though I have yet to see two of the movies in that category.
I haven't seen any of the Foreign Language Film nominees. That's the first time I can remember that happening since I started watching The Oscars. Well, the announcements always provide another way to prioritize my moviegoing and Netflix to-do's for the next month.
It's unlikely to be something they'll risk doing in real time, but I'd love to see Jon Stewart showing replay footage from the evening, the same way he opens the Daily Show each night. With much of it, no commentary will be necessary.