Club Jade

Howard Berger and Tami Lane just won the Best Makeup Oscar for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It was the lone category Revenge of the Sith was nominated in.

In yet another article about the Oscars, The New York Sun theorizes that both Revenge of the Sith and Sin City were locked out of the visual effects category because of union issues.

More theories on Revenge of the Sith‘s Oscar snub from Steve Pond of the Los Angeles Times.

There are a couple of other ILM folks up for Oscars, and John Williams has two nominations. I think he has enough to build a house. A house of Oscars.

Only one nom for Revenge of the Sith – Makeup. I can hear the drama brewing now.

Console yourself with Keira Knightley’s nod for Best Actress in Pride and Prejudice.

ETA: John Scalzi has a great post on the nominations.

As previously reported, ROTS has a shot at three Oscars. An interesting post on a USA Today blog discusses the odds and offers fans a opportunity to chime in.

And there’s a chance that the “Below the Line” event was co-ordinated by a friend of ours. :::cough:::Jessa:::cough:::

Revenge of the Sith is a finalist for three Academy Awards: Makeup, Sound Editing and (of course) Visual Effects.

Darth Vader is one of Time magazine’s people who mattered for 2005, the only fictional character on the list.

In other honors, Revenge of the Sith has been shortlisted as a pre-nominee for the Visual Effects Oscar.

Lucasfilm’s For Your Consideration ads for Revenge of the Sith.

Natalie Portman? Seriously?