California Business Minute™

Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute

The odds makers are giving the nod to the movie - Avatar for several categories
such as Best Picture and for Best Directing.  However, the nominees for the key
categories are as follows:

Best Picture:         Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker,
                             Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man and Up in the Air 

Actor in a
Leading Role:       Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman and
                             Jeremy Renner 
Actor in a
Supporting Role:    Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Plummer, Stanley Tucci and
                               Christoph Waltz

Actress in a
Leading Role:        Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe and
                               Meryl Streep

Actress in a
Supporting Role:    Penelope Cruz, Vera Famiga, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Anna Kendrick and
                               Mo’Nique 

Directing:                Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, Precious

Additionally, there are Oscars for Animated Feature Film; Art Direction; Cinematography;
Costume Design; Documentary Feature; Documentary Short; Film Editing; Foreign Film;
Make Up; Music Original Score; Music Original Song; Short Film Animated: Short Film
(Live Action) Sound Editing; Sound Mixing; Visual Effects; Writing (Adaptive Screenplay);
Writing, (Original Screenplay);
 
For information on the Economic Impact from the Oscars, see 02-20-09 Minute from last
year.  Yes, it is still posted at the Website, go to Main Menu (green colored bar) then
place cursor over 01Qtr09, wait for drop down menu, then click on Minute to view. Then
see the Oscars on Sunday, March 7th on ABC.

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.