> Every year I not only try to pick the Oscar winners, I try to pick the nominees. I made my picks in the top 6 categories, and did very well this year.

Good job! I sort of tried picking the nominees this year, but didn't do it in a way that could be measured. I'm certain I didn't do as well as you, though. By the way, allow me to express my outrage that Pleasantville wasn't nominated, as it should have been, for Best Picture and Best Director (minimum).

> Hopefully I'll do better with the actual winners than I did last year...I think I barely got over half (I include all categories, including the documentaries and such).

Aw, last year was easy! You just had to guess Titanic for everything, and you'd clean up. :-) The Foreign, Short, and Documentary categories were tough, though, especially since the obvious winner for Foreign Film (Shall We Dance?) wasn't eligible due to a technicality. This year I'll happily guess at Best Foreign Film just because the answer is pretty obvious just by looking at the nominations.