The Academy Awards are this Sunday duh. And we are, after all, a blog duh. So we will be liveblogging the Academy Awards duh. PARTY TIME! EXCELLENT! SCHWING!

We’re trying to make it as fun as a Sunday night on the internet can be. So there will be a Videogum chat room for everyone to hang out in. (Seriously. 1998, you guys. Go L.A. Confidential!) We’ll also get the old Videogum Twitter going. And, of course, we expect and demand your thoughtful and witty comments in the comment section of the actual blog post, because we feel that having to do this alone is not fair, and that you should also have to do this, because that is what America is all about. Friendship.

In lieu of Friday Fight this week, because we felt it was more important to bring you this incredible announcement of what is obviously going to be the greatest night of your entire life (unless you’re the kid from Can’t Hardly Wait, in which case how’s that all-downhill-from-here thing working out?), Lindsay and I have posted our Oscar predictions after the jump. Whoever loses has to go to the movie of the winner’s choosing and write about it. Relevant!

Gabe’s Predictionz

Best Picture
“Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Actress
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”

Best Actor
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, “Doubt”

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”

Best Director
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”

Best Foreign Language Film
“The Baader-Meinhof Complex” (Germany)

Best Animated Film
“Wall-E”

Best Art Direction
“The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button”

Best Costume Design
“The Duchess,” Michael O’Conner

Best Documentary Feature
“Trouble the Water”

Best Original Song
“Slumdog Millionaire,” “O Saya,” A.R. Rahman & M.I.A.

Best Original Score
“WALL-E,” Thomas Newman

Best Make Up
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Colleen Callaghan, Fionagh Cush

Best Sound Editing
“Wall-E,” Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood

Best Sound Mixing
“The Dark Knight,” Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo

Best Visual Effects
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Eric Barba

Best Live Action Short Film
“Manon on the Asphalt”

Best Animated Short Film
“This Way Up”

Best Documentary Short Film
“Smile Pinki”

Best Cinematography
“Dark Knight”

Film Editing
“Slumdog Millionaire”

Lindsay’s Picks

Best Picture
“Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Actress
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”

Best Actor
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”

Best Director
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Foreign Language Film
“The Class” (France)

Best Animated Film
“Wall-E”

Best Art Direction
“Dark Knight”

Best Costume Design
“Revolutionary Road,” Albert Wolsky

Best Documentary Feature
“Trouble the Water”

Best Original Song
“Wall-E,” “Down To Earth,” Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman

Best Original Score
“The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button,” Alexandre Desplat

Best Make Up
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Colleen Callaghan, Fionagh Cush

Best Sound Editing
“The Dark Knight,” Richard King

Best Sound Mixing
“Slumdog Millionaire,” Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

Best Visual Effects
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Eric Barba

Best Live Action Short Film
“The Pig”

Best Animated Short Film
“Lavatory – Lovestory”

Best Documentary Short Film
“The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306″

Best Cinematography
“Slumdog Millionaire”

Film Editing
“Slumdog Millionaire”

See youse guys Sunday!