Vanessa Marcil - Beauty of the Month - March 2011

My 83rd Academy Awards Predictions

Best Picture

My Pick: Inception

Will Win: The King's Speech

Best Actor

My Pick: Colin Firth

Will Win: Colin Firth

Best Actress

My Pick: Natalie Portman

Will Win: Natalie Portman

Supporting Actor

My Pick: Christian Bale

Will Win: Geoffrey Rush

Supporting Actress

My Pick: Melissa Leo

Will Win: Melissa Leo

Animated Feature

My Pick: Toy Story 3

Will Win: Toy Story 3

Art Direction

My Pick: Inception

Will Win: Inception

Cinematography

My Pick: Inception

Will Win: Inception

Director

My Pick: David Fincher

Will Win: Tom Hooper

Editors note. Christopher Nolan was screwed by not being nominated.

Documentary

My Pick: Exit through the Gift Shop

Will Win: Gasland

Foreign Language Film

My Pick: Biutiful

Will Win: Biutiful

Original Song

My Pick: Toy Story 3 - We Belong Together

Will Win: Toy Story 3 - We Belong Together

Adapted Screenplay

My Pick: The Social Network

Will Win: The Social Network

Original Screenplay

My Pick: Inception

Will Win: The King's Speech

Academy Award Movies

I would like to congratulate the Pittsburgh Pirates

For their 1979 World Series Championship win.

On this day in Abe's Words History - Feb 18, 1999

I was 12 years younger.


Not my birthday though

My 2011 Grammy Predictions

Record of the Year

My Pick: Lady Antebellum - Need you now

Will Win: Eminem ft. Rihanna - Love the way you lie

Album of the Year: 

My Pick: Eminem - Recovery

Will Win: Lady Gaga - Fame Monster

Song of the Year:

My Pick: Cee Lo Green - Fuck You

Will Win: Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:

My Pick: Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Will Win: Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:

My Pick: John Mayer - Half of My Heart

Will Win: Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are

Best Solo Rock Vocal Perfomance:

My Pick: Neil Young - Angry World

Will Win: Paul McCartney - Helter Skelter  

Best Hard Rock Performance:

My Pick: Alice in Chains - A Looking in View

Will Win: Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang

Best Rock Album:

My Pick: Pearl Jam - Backspacer

Will Win: Neil Young - Le Noise

Best Alternative Music Album:

My Pick: The Black Keys - Brothers

Will Win: The Black Keys - Brothers

Best Rap Solo Performance:

My Pick: Eminem - Not Afraid

Will Win: Eminem - Not Afraid

Best Rap Album:

My Pick: Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 

Will Win: Eminem - Recovery 

Andy Pettitte Retires

So after months of waiting. Andy Pettitte has decided to leave the game of baseball. The longer he took to announce his decision on whether to come back for another year. It was becoming clear retirement was the likeliest choice. Still most of us fans were holding out hope that he would return. Especially after the Yankees missed out on Cliff Lee. The only big name free agent this off season. At 38 years of age you would think he had 3 more playing years left in him. With 240 wins he's still a borderline Hall of Famer. On a good team like the Yankees those extra 3 years maybe give him 40-45 more wins. Combine that with his 5 championships and high winning percentage. He would be a sure Hall of Fame player. But whatever you think of him as a player there is no denying he was a big game clutch performer.  Here's hoping he gets tired of his family and comes back in the middle of the season. 

Happy Birthday Christie Brinkley

At the age of 57 still looks as beautiful as the first time I saw her in the Billy Joel video for Uptown Girl.