2010 Pre-Oscars

Kudos! You guys have been coming up with some fantastic submissions for my weekly game in the BuzzSugar Community, the Movie List Challenge. Most recently, we got to see CupcakeGal10's favorite families and Aerofan69's top movie BFFs.

This week's task is in honor of the Grand Poobah of award shows, the Oscars. I want to hear about your favorite Academy Award-winning fare, whether it's movies, performances, or other rewarded elements, like screenplay — if it's gotten a statue and you love it, put it on your list.

Just join my group and if you have a great post, I may feature it on BuzzSugar!

Oscar nominated directors Avatar's James Cameron and The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow used to be married and they're up against each other this Sunday night. Check out who our editors think will be victorious in this big battle of the exes!

The Oscars are just a few days away, and we have everything you need for the big night! First, check out our brand-new printable ballot — download by clicking here. It's the perfect addition to your Oscar night, whether you're having a big bash or just want to compete with your friends. Plus, Yum has all the details on the Governors Ball menu and party planning tips for your own Oscars bash.

You, too, can be a winner: if you've yet to fill out my Oscar ballot, then you're missing out! You could win a huge DVD prize package, so be sure pick your choice in each and every category to be eligible to win. Need help choosing? Get hints with my category breakdowns.

The grand prize includes limited-edition items from four Oscar nominated films: Up in the Air, Star Trek, The Lovely Bones, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, courtesy of our friends at Paramount Pictures! That's not all — the winner will also receive the ultimate Oscar movie collection: a 30-plus DVD package from Paramount of past Academy Award-winning films including such favorites as American Beauty, Gladiator, Forrest Gump, Ghost, The Godfather, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sunset Boulevard, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Saving Private Ryan, There Will Be Blood, Titanic, Love Story, Roman Holiday, Fatal Attraction, Witness, Romeo and Juliet, and much, much more!

All you have to do to enter is click here and start making your Oscar winner picks. You must be a registered member of the PopSugar Network to join in, and if you're not a member yet, that's OK: just go here to sign up. Check out the official rules here, and you have until noon PST on March 7 to enter — so start predicting your winners now!

The Oscars are around the corner and we're gearing up by taking a look at what to expect from the exciting night! Anna Kendrick, Zoe Saldana, and Gabourey Sidibe are this year's young contenders battling it out for our title of "It" girl. We're looking forward to seeing them all on the red carpet — watch and find out who we think is fast on her way to the A-list!

I've been going through all of the highlights and funny one-liners from this week's Oscar Nominees Luncheon, but there are a few more quotables I've yet to share. Here's a roundup of everything else that went down in the press room, from Vera Farmiga's frequent flier advice to Woody Harrelson's Oscar night prediction.

• Carey Mulligan's words of advice: Don't drink at award ceremonies. I did that at the Independent Film Awards in London, and I was hammered when I stood up there and I didn't think I was gonna win. I got up there and it was lucky I kept it very short and got off the stage, but since then I've been very well-behaved.
• Jeff Bridges on earning so many nominations over the years: You'd think as long as I'd be doing this, I'd be more prepared for this. But every time I walk down that red carpet, and those lights, it seems to get more and more crazy. I'm not prepared for any of it, really. Play it as it lays!
• Maggie Gyllenhaal's advice from her brother, Jake: The one thing he did say to me before the nominations is "There isn't actually anything at the end of the rainbow. It's a lot of fun, and enjoy it in that spirit. And if you make it mean too much more than that, you'll probably go astray."
• Christoph Waltz on playing a villain: It's in Quentin's writing. He wrote this character. It's all on the page. It's all in the poetry. And that's really where the poetry is coming from. Quentin is not writing film scripts, he's writing dramatic poetry.

For more from Vera, Woody, and Colin Firth, just read more