Juno goes 1-for-4 at Oscars

As I had predicted, Diablo Cody (original screenplay) picked up the lone award Juno won at the Oscars.

I did fairly well with the rest of my predictions. Here are the ones I missed:
Best Picture (No Country won, I picked There Will Be Blood)
Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton won, I picked Cate Blanchett)

Oscar noms

Juno picks up four Oscar nominations:
Juno for Best Picture
Ellen Page for Best Actress
Diablo Cody for Best Screenplay (original)
Jason Reitman for Best Director

Ellen's biggest competition would be Marion Cotillard and Julie Christie, both of whom have already won Golden Globes for their performances. Working on Ellen's side is that people have actually seen Juno.

Diablo Cody has the best chance of walking away with an ugly tin statue spray-painted with gold. Juno will probably be beaten by either No Country (the popular vote) or There Will Be Blood (less popular, but perhaps more deserving than No Country?). As for Jason Reitman, I was surprised he was even nominated.

Winners will be announced on February 24th.

Juno picks up Satellite Awards, named to AFI's Top 10

Juno won three Satellite Awards, the movie itself for "Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical", Ellen for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical" and Diablo Cody for "Screenplay, Original", or basically the same categories it was nominated in for the Golden Globes. The film was also named to the American Film Institute's list of top ten films of the year.

Juno, Ellen picks up Golden Globe noms

Juno itself is nominated for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Ellen for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Diablo Cody for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture. For a full list of awards and nominees, click here.

...no one gets snubbed at awards quite like Laura Linney.

Juno picks up six Critics' Choice nominations

...second only to Into the Wild, which had seven.

Juno itself was nominated for Best Picture, Best Comedy and Best Ensemble. Ellen was nominated for Best Actress, and Michael Cera was nominated for Best Young Actor. He also has a second nomination in the same category for Superbad. Diablo Cody also picked up a nomination for Best Writer.

Chicago Maroon interview

Catch the podcast, or just read the transcript.

(Thanks, funny-named Ethan Stanislawski)