The Oscars! Each February, Oscar fever takes over Los Angeles.   The Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, February 24, 2008.

The only "nominated" movie I have seen was Michael Clayton; George Clooney performed well, but the movie was very depressing.  Personally, I prefer "feel good" movies, I "think" often enough and don't want to go to the movies to be "enlightened" which usually means depressed. My opinion of a good movie is one where I feel better leaving than when I arrived. I don't like sad movies at all, and I am known to cry in movies. 

History:
When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, movies had just begun to talk.

2008 Oscar Nominees 

Best Motion Picture of the Year:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men 
There Will Be Blood

Best Actors:  
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

Best Actress: 
Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth The Golden Age”
Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
Laura Linney in “The Savages”
Ellen Page in “Juno”

Oscar Party Idea: 
Download the Oscar Ballet and invite some friends over to watch the awards. This is a great opportunity to easily entertain at your place - maybe a chance to "pay back" a friend's dinner invitation. Could be a fun and easy party.