Earlier this week, I offered my take on this year's Political Oscars - mashing up the best and worst from the worlds of politics and entertainment - and asked for your suggestions.
You responded with an Oscar-worthy collection of winners (and losers). Here are our favorites:
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Worst: Bailout Billionaire
(RepugsOut08)
Sound Effects:
Best: Wall-E's singing.
Worst: Wall Street's begging.
(Temsi)
Editing:
Best: Elliot Graham, Milk
Worst: George W. Bush, The Constitution
(boatsrwood)
Performance by an Actor Playing a White Character Pretending to Be Black:
Best: Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Worst: Michael Steele, Republican National Committee
(stevemarvin)
Performance as a Psycho Clown Who Wants To Watch The World Burn:
Best: Heath Ledger as The Joker.
Worst: Rush Limbaugh as Himself.
(3rdcitizen)
Makeup:
Best: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, in which Brad Pitt has a backwards way of aging.
Worst: The Curious Case of Ashley Todd, in which a crazed McCain fan has a backwards way of writing.
(Beets)
Song:
Best: M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes," Slumdog Millionaire
Worst: G.O.P.'s "Barack the Magic Negro," Scumdog Millionaires
(kurtlockwood)
Portrayal of an Interviewer:
Best: Michael Sheen as David Frost, interviewing Richard Nixon (Frost/Nixon).
Worst: Greta Van Susteran as Herself, interviewing Sarah Palin (Fox News).
(MIMom)
Achievement in Sound:
Best: The Dark Knight
Worst: Rod Blagojevich recorded trying to sell a Senate seat
(kmv)
Farce:
Best: War, Inc.
Worst: (tie) Iraq War, Afghanistan War, War on Terror, War on Drugs
(OttoMann)
Visual Effects:
Best: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Worst: The Curious Case of Blagojevich's Hair
(Temsi)
Rude Character:
Best: Dane Cook, "Tank" in My Best Friend's Girl
Worst: Dick Cheney "VP" in The Torturista
(ez14livin)
Costume Design:
Best: The Duchess
Worst: Sarah Palin's $150,000 wardrobe
(kmv)
Overblown Performance by a Diva with a Dubious Sense of Right and Wrong:
Best: Meryl Streep in Doubt
Worst: Sarah Palin in Doubt She Has Any Business on the Ticket
(uofcphd)
Adaptation:
Best: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Worst Adaptation: George W. Bush, U.S. Constitution
(DryIce)
Supporting Actor:
Best: Heath Ledger
Worst: Joe the Plumber
(Bleubeard)
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