Into the Final Stretch!

Hey Fantasy Film Studio League participants, we're almost there!

With the Writer's Guild and BAFTA awards announced this weekend, things are almost wrapped up for the Academy Awards. We only have the Independent Spirit Awards and the Razzies before the Oscars. We are two weeks and counting from tonight, so start reviewing these blog posts to see how you'll complete your Academy Awards ballots. Incidentally, we'll have the Academy Awards ballot website up and running soon to allow you to make your picks.

The Hurt Locker was a big winner this weekend, edging out Avatar in the Director, Picture, and Adapted Screenplay awards for which they were both nominated. The Best Actor and Best Actress fields at the BAFTAs were somewhat surprising in that Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan both took home wins. Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, and Meryl Streep all got to sit one out for a change. Based on these two sets of awards the scoreboard has been updated below:

Name / Nominations / Wins / Points
Danny Sarnowski / 47 / 19 / 151
Defending Champion Scott Engroff / 25 / 9 / 77
Paul Hogseth / 25 / 3 / 59
The Dekkers / 26 / 1 / 55
Ann Sarnowski / 20 / 2 / 46
Jake & Rachel / 16 / 1 / 35
Dan Pavlovich / 14 / 1 / 31
Erin & Steve / 14 / 0 / 28
Jimmy Gordon / 9 / 1 / 21

For those of you who played last year, here is how the scoreboard looked after the Writer's Guild and BAFTA award winners were announced:

Name / Nominations / Wins / Points
Danny Sarnowski / 40 / 9 / 107
Mike Palovcsik / 43 / 6 / 104
Scott Engroff / 32 / 13 / 103
The Dekkers / 23 / 3 / 55
Ann Sarnowski / 19 / 1 / 41
Jake Sarnowski / 10 / 2 / 26

Ann and I will make a point of updating the blog over the next two weeks to document the preparations for the party this year. I hope that all of you will join us for the event and that the Film Studio League has been helpful for you to keep track of who has won awards this year.

Cheers,

Danny.