The biggest movie event of the year, The Academy Awards is March 7. Pick the winners in The Gazette and Hoopla’s annual Oscar Contest. Based on your ability to correctly pick the Academy Award winners you could win $30 to Wehrenberg Theatres Galaxy 16 Cine, complements of The Gazette. Please fill out the ballot completely. Deadline is 5pm Thursday, February 25th. Good luck! In the event of a deadlock, winners will be chosen at random. Employees of Gazette Communications are not eligible to win. And the Nominees are... Best Picture:* Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious : Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire A Serious Man Up Up in the Air Best Actor:* Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart George Clooney – Up in the Air Colin Firth – A Single Man Morgan Freeman - Invictus Jeremy Renner – Heart Locker Best Actress:* Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side Helen Mirren – The Last Station Carey Mulligan – An Education Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia Best Supporting Actor:* Matt Damon – Invictus Woody Harrelson – The Messenger Christopher Plummer – The Last Station Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds Best Supporting Actress:* Penelope Cruz – Nine Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire Director:* Avatar – James Cameron The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels Up in the Air – Jason Reitman TIE BREAKER QUESTIONS First Tie Breaker: Which film will win the most Oscars and how many?* Second Tie Breaker: What time will the Oscar telecast end?* First Name:* Last Name:* Age:* Daytime Phone:* Email:* Address:* City:* State:* Zip Code:* Questions marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.