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Entertainment | 02/22/2009 6:51 pm

The Academy Award 'Winners' Leaked on Internet!

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
"Leaked winners"

The Academy Awards has just gotten way more exciting.

Just moments before the 81st Academy Awards is set to begin at 8 pm, an alleged list of tonight’s "winners" were leaked and circulated on the Internet!  A scanned document containing the alleged Oscar winners can be found by clicking here.  While the list looks authentic — and seemingly appears on official letterhead and signed by the Academy’s president — a spokesperson for the awards insists it’s "complete fraud."

The document is signed "With regards, Sid Ganis, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."

"This is the final list of winners of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. As always, please treat this information with extreme care," it reads.

Some of the winners mentioned are:

Mickey Rourke ("The Wrestler") is named as the winner for best actor in a leading role.
Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight") is named as the winner for best actor in a supporting role.
Amy Adams ("Doubt") is named as the winner for best actress in a supporting role.
"Slumdog Millionaire" is named as the winner for best picture.


Is the "leaked" document a "fraud" as the spokesperson says? We’ll be tuning in with the Oscar guru, Mr. wOw to see the validity of the letter. Turn the TV on now … It’s at 8 PM EST (minutes away …) on ABC!

3 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Judy K.
So far Penelope Cruz and Wall-E have won Oscars and they weren’t on the list.  Wonder how these bogus lists get out when year after year the accountants come out and say they have the lists with them under lock and key.  Someone would have had to highjack an accountant.
By Judy K. on 02/22/2009 8:13 pm
Belinda Joy
Well, whoever created the list was close…but no cigar.
By Belinda Joy on 02/23/2009 8:34 am
katywon LA..
Since Sean Penn is not on the list and Mickey Rourke is, how wrong can they be?  It was just a darn good guess.  Got to give the spoofer credit.
By katywon LA.. on 02/23/2009 1:21 pm