{"id":103,"date":"2015-02-21T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T00:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2015\/02\/21\/oscar-i-didnt-even-know-er\/"},"modified":"2015-02-21T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T00:59:00","slug":"oscar-i-didnt-even-know-er","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2015\/02\/21\/oscar-i-didnt-even-know-er\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar? I Didn’t Even Know ‘er!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(I never get tired of that joke. Yes, I am that weird uncle you don’t like to visit.)<\/p>\n

DeeAnn and I are almost ready to host our annual Oscar Party tomorrow! In the tradition of my previous<\/a> posts<\/a> about this, here are links to some materials you can use for fun and games at your own shindig, if you’re so inclined…<\/p>\n

Acceptance Speech BINGO<\/b><\/p>\n

The perennial favorite which hopefully makes the endless blathering more bearable. Complete any straight line of five squares to get a prize, then blackout the same card to get a second prize. We let people play two cards at once if they really want:<\/p>\n


snout.org\/cgi-bin\/OAS_BINGO\/makecard.cgi<\/small><\/a><\/div>\n

Print a randomly generated card<\/a> (reload page for new card), and check out the source code and word lists<\/a> if you’re interested.<\/p>\n

#OscarTrivia Slides<\/b><\/p>\n

As the name implies, I’ll be tweeting these out one by one tomorrow afternoon<\/strike> starting at 11:00AM Pacific Time<\/i>. I’ll share the complete set on Monday<\/strike> at 4:00PM Pacific<\/i>, after their Twitter debut.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, here’s a proper subset of the slides we’ll be running during the party, showing all the nominees (info and pics from AMPAS<\/a>, MoviePosterDB<\/a>, and ET Online<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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picasaweb.google.com\/116737692309729475506\/OscarNominees2015<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n

Follow @sparCKL<\/a> and search for #OscarTrivia<\/a> to learn dozens of useless facts which may only be tangentially related to these movies!<\/p>\n

Predict The Losers<\/b><\/p>\n

New name, same game. Whoever predicts the most winners in all categories gets the grand prize! (Not sure of your picks? See what one Vegas oddsmaker thinks<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

This year, I like the New York Times<\/i>‘ Oscar ballot<\/a> the best; it’s clean and well-organized, with minimal branding. Less visual clutter also means less printer ink used:<\/p>\n


malum-iter.com\/Movies\/ob2015nyt.pdf
<\/small><\/a><\/div>\n

That’s all I’ve got for now. If you want to kill some more time, the official Oscars web site has trailers<\/a> of all the nominated films, organized by category. Go for breadth<\/a>! Go go go!<\/p>\n

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