QOTD: What Are Your Oscar Picks?

Today is the day movie buffs wait for longingly. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be televised tonight on ABC and for those who love films or the actors and actresses that make the movies it is fair to say this is the big night.

For some watching the Oscars, it is an event, which includes a party, dressing up, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. For others watching, it’s more about the fact that there is nothing worth watching on TV, and for the sake of water cooler banter, it’s important to know who takes home Oscar.

Whether you will be drinking cosmos and toasting Oscar wins with friends or lazing on the couch in your sweats, our Question Of The Day is for you. But, before we get to the question, a little bit more information.

The show kicks off at 7:30 p.m. CST on ABC. If you own an iPhone, iPad or iTouch, there is an Oscar APP and it is free. You can make your picks and share your thoughts on who will win.

Some Academy Awards history:

• The first ceremony took place on May 16, 1929 and 270 people attended. Tickets for guests were $5.
• The winners in the first ceremony already knew they had won, but the next year it was changed and the results remained secret.
• In 1953 the Oscars were televised for the first time.
• Since 1969 the Oscars have been televised internationally reaching reaching people in more than 200 countries.

Source: Oscar.com

The King’s Speech

The Social Network*

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

127 Hours

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter’s Bone

Javier Bardem

Jeff Bridges

Jesse Eisenberg

Colin Firth*

James Franco

Annette Benning

Nicole Kidman

Jennifer Lawrence

Natalie Portman*

Michelle Williams

Christian Bale*

John Hawkes

Jeremy Renner

Mark Ruffalo

Geoffrey Rush

Amy Adams

Helena Bonham Carter

Melissa Leo

Hailee Steinfeld*

Jacki Weaver

Now for our Question Of The Day: What are your Oscar Picks? Post your answers in comments. Get them all right. We'll send you some Patch swag.