Ask questions via twitter! Message any question to @answers on twitter. We'll publish the question and send you a reply each time there's a new answer.
My mother neglects her needs and health. How do I convince her to take care of herself?
Share A Conundrum Answer A Conundrum Where To Buy
Next Question

Answered Question

jasoncala... jasoncala...
 
M$1 February 20, 2009 06:16 PM

Oscar Winners leaked?

It is absolutely impossible for this to be real correct? There is no way the Oscar Winners are shared with anyone including the officers of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences correct?
Interesting Question?  Yes (1)   No (0)   
RSS
 
 

Best Answer  Chosen by Asker

adamschoal... adamschoal...
 
 February 20, 2009 06:21 PM
I doubt it very much. Firstly the text looks like its been added in, the logo looks fake (way to cheezy to be the real deal) and finally, why in Gods name would they print everything off on a sheet... I think it's bull.

But if not my predictions were quite good! haha


Helpful Answer?  (0)   (0)    Tip adamschoales for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 

Other Answers (11)

Sort By
meat99 meat99
 
February 20, 2009 06:19 PM
Hmm. Jpg looks fake. Like, not really a scan. Dunno. Agree w/ most of the pics tho!

Helpful Answer?  (0)   (0)    Tip meat99 for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
shakespear... shakespear...
 
February 20, 2009 06:20 PM
It sure makes me want to change my answers to the $100 ballot question that's going on!

And it is certainly fake -- if the gray lines of the background are supposed to be the wrinkles of a smoothed and scanned piece of paper, why then isn't the font over those "wrinkles" distorted in any way? Fake fake fake.

Helpful Answer?  (2)   (0)    Tip shakespearegeek for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
jasoncalac... jasoncalac...
 
February 20, 2009 06:21 PM
Ha! Clearly this is fake.

Report
 
 
eminemdrdr... eminemdrdr...
 
February 20, 2009 06:24 PM
100% Fake. The sound mixers stated for TDK are actually the sound mixers of Wall-E.
Tom Myers
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616878/
Michael Semanick
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783713/
Ben Burtt
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785/

Helpful Answer?  (1)   (0)    Tip eminemdrdre00 for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
adamschoal... adamschoal...
 
February 20, 2009 06:25 PM
haha awesome. was worried for a second. I had a friend who worked there the last year and she more or less confirmed there was NO WAY this could be real.

Report
 
 
girlcheese girlcheese
 
February 20, 2009 06:25 PM
Rourke winning best actor tells me it might be a fake but that's just my sense of cynicism

Helpful Answer?  (0)   (0)    Tip girlcheese for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
anthonymar... anthonymar...
 
February 20, 2009 06:25 PM
How can we not thoroughly believe that someone would've sent the award winners list via snail mail on a triple fold A4 sheet paper... I wonder if sender was afraid of spies getting this on the Gestetner or Xerox or ditto machine.

Helpful Answer?  (0)   (0)    Tip anthonymarco for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
eccohawk eccohawk
 
February 20, 2009 06:25 PM
Definitely fake. You can tell because the 'paper' is supposedly crumpled in sections on the page, but the font which is supposedly printed on the page is not crumpled or angled in any way. Someone grabbed a paper background or scanned a piece of paper, and then overlaid the text on it. From everything the Academy claims every year, -no one- knows the winners until they're announced except the independent 3rd party that counts the votes and delivers them by armoured truck. Proof from the Oscars.org website:

"After final ballots are tabulated, only two partners of PricewaterhouseCoopers know the results until the famous envelopes are opened onstage during the Academy Awards presentation."

The letter isn't even addressed from someone that would know the winners in the first place.

And that's an easy thing to fake too, since all they would have had to do is print the answers out, crumple and fold it themselves, and then scan the paper back in. Slacking.
Source(s):
http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/voting.html


Helpful Answer?  (1)   (0)    Tip eccohawk for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
ykigy ykigy
 
February 20, 2009 06:28 PM
It came from /b/!!!
Source(s):
/b/


Helpful Answer?  (0)   (0)    Tip ykigy for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
easyeboy easyeboy
 
February 20, 2009 06:31 PM
It's 100% fake, or else I'd be changing my answers to the ballot question.

Helpful Answer?  (0)   (0)    Tip easyeboy for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
unionpivo unionpivo
 
February 20, 2009 06:37 PM
Its a fake, If you look at the fonts, they are all straight even where they should be bent like paper.

This was created whit scan of empty paper and than superimposing text on it, He also run some kind of noise function on the text to make it look more used.

Whoever made that fake should at least print it out before scanning back in to make it look more belivable.

Helpful Answer?  (0)   (0)    Tip unionpivo for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
abbotlex abbotlex
 
February 20, 2009 06:39 PM
Fake. Ever listen to the announcer at the end of the Oscar's broadcast. PricewaterhouseCoopers tallys the votes and prepares the envelopes for the broadcast. The Academy themselves don't even know the winners.
Source(s):
http://emol.org/film/archives/academyawards/2009/index.html


Helpful Answer?  (0)   (0)    Tip abbotlex for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
tboz tboz
 
February 20, 2009 06:45 PM
obviously a fake all the catagories aren't listed , there are so many more catagories than are shown own tv, all of the obscure technical awards aren't listed, not to mention the font is not distorted in away near the creases

Helpful Answer?  (0)   (0)    Tip tboz for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 

Answer this Question

How tips and payments work

This question has already been resolved. You may add an answer to it but you will not be eligible to win best answer or any associated tips.

Related Questions

View All Oscars Questions

Ask a Question


140 characters left
Top of Page
Buy Mahalo Dollars with Credit Card or PayPal

Top Members

This Week All Time
  • buddawiggi
    buddawiggi
    2nd Degree Black Belt
    24779 Points
    M$689.92 Earned
  • cfinke
    cfinke
    2nd Degree Black Belt
    22767 Points
    M$29.75 Earned
  • edwardclin...
    edwardclin...
    Green Belt with a Purple Tip
    1806 Points
    M$42.84 Earned
   See All
 

Most Popular Tags

mahalo(1400)
twitter(924)
iphone(449)
music(435)
google(324)
food(290)
internet(283)
beer(267)
online(266)
money(246)
apple(239)
movies(235)
aotd(233)
facebook(228)
answers(203)
video(201)
health(197)
free(190)
windows(190)
dog(188)
   See All
 

Categories

Welcome New Members


 
 
Mahalo Dollars are the currency of Mahalo Answers.

Each Mahalo Dollar costs $1.

Once you earn more than 40 Mahalo Dollars, you can request to be paid via PayPal. Each Mahalo Dollar is currently worth $0.75 when paid out via PayPal. Learn More

 
 

Please log in to use this function.

Answers Home | Ask a Question | Earn Points | How Tips Work | Widget



Share A Conundrum Answer A Conundrum Where To Buy