John Beifuss
According to a press release from Mednikow Jewelers in Memphis, Leigh Anne Tuohy, the real-life mom of "The Blind Side," complemented her Oscar-night gown of black lace-with-champagne underlay by wearing "a pair of 18-karat rose gold and oval rock crystal French wire earrings by Pomellato ... with a coordinating Rebecca necklace of 41 square-set faceted rock crystals designed by Alessandro Testi."
Gabourey Sidibe stars as 'Claireece "Precious" Jones' in Precious: Based on The Novel 'Push' by Sapphire. Beifuss missed his perfect score by choosing "Up In The Air" for Best Adapted Screenplay instead of "Precious."
I forgot to even wear my lucky Three Stooges watch. Even so, I accurately predicted all but one winner in the 10 major Academy Awards categories in this year's 14th annual "Beat Beifuss at the Oscars" contest -- which means that to beat Beifuss, you had to be perfect.
The Oscar that stumped me was Best Adapted Screenplay. I guessed "Up in the Air" would win, but the award went to Geoffrey Fletcher for "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."
Most of you were "Up in the Air," too: Fifty-two percent of the 1,083 readers who entered this year's contest chose that film to win, while 37 percent picked "Precious."
In the only other instance in which the majority of contest voters failed to read the Academy's mind, about 49 percent of the would-be Beifuss beaters picked "Avatar" over "The Hurt Locker" for Best Picture. As a result, only 13 people beat Beifuss.
That's bad news for three of the beaters, because the Beat Beifuss contest rules state that 10 of those who beat me will be awarded 20 free tickets to Malco theaters. If more than 10 beat me, the winners are chosen at random from among the eligible contestants.
This year's Beat Beifuss winners are:
Cindy Dunn of Germantown.
Bill Gilman of Memphis.
Dee Nollner of Germantown.
Diane Reimold of Memphis.
Donna Sadler of Bartlett.
Todd Sawvelle of Memphis.
Warren Smith of Cordova.
Damien Steele of Somerville.
William Wallace of Memphis.
Juanita White of Memphis.
Winners, here's how you collect: Beginning Monday, call 529-2508, and leave a daytime and nighttime phone number so we can make arrangements for you to receive your prizes. Winners must make an appointment to pick up the tickets within 30 days.
Incidentally, my overall record in the history of the contest is 102-38, including last year's perfect 10 (the first time I didn't miss a winner).
Although 13 people beat Beifuss this year, another 121 tied Beifuss. In the most intriguing statistic, four readers guessed zero winners. (It would have been fun to watch the Oscars with that group.)
-- John Beifuss: 529-2394
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