After nearly two decades spent in B-movies, thankless roles and boxing rings, Mickey Rourke is once again being praised for his acting, and he stands on the brink of winning the most prestigious acting award in the land -- the Academy Award for Best Actor. If he wins, it's a total game-changer, and his life and career have the potential to improve dramatically. We've thought about it, and come up with a list of ways that Rourke's life will change once he's holding that little gold statue in his hands.

There are just a few days till the golden statuettes are handed out. You're running out of time to see all the nominees so you can sound like you know what you're talking about at your Oscar party. Don't panic! You have options. You could call in sick and go on a nonstop marathon of movie watching, get your guests liquored up on party night so they just think you know what you're talking about, or tell everyone you're taking a vow of silence until Capitol Hill sorts out this whole economic stimulus thing. All these carry with them a certain amount of risk, though, so I propose a fourth option: just watch Pixar's WALL-E instead. Seriously. Recently I was embarking on my own movie marathon to re-familiarize myself with the choices. I started with WALL-E, which is up for an award in the Animated Feature category, and it occurred to me how it shared many elements of other Oscar nominees. Really, if you've seen this endearing story, you've seen most of the others. Keep reading to find out how adorable robots can help you out come the night of the 81st Academy Awards.

Earlier today I read that the producers of award darling Slumdog Millionaire have decided to be extra classy, milking the success of the critically lauded film to create a reality show loosely based on the Oscar-nominated movie. Described as a tweaked take on the popular series Secret Millionaire, the brilliantly titled show Secret Slumdog Millionaire will send a bunch of wealthy people into the slums of Mumbai in an effort to help poor people (and assuage rich white guilt or something). Sounds like a brilliant plan! Why not piggyback one crap, potentially exploitative idea on to a relatively good one for maximum stupidity? I've decided to do the same thing, taking ten other films up for Oscars this year and coming up with reality show pitches based on their premises. I better get an executive producing credit for these gems.

The Oscars are rapidly approaching on February 22, and we've created a sweet Oscar section on the site full of galleries celebrating the upcoming ceremonies, as well as looking at Oscar moments from previous Academy Awards events. (Hey, did you ever notice that while the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences defines "academy" to mean "a society of artists," most Hollywood movies define it as "a school where wacky hjinks occur"? See: Police Academy, Snowboard Academy, Ninja Academy and Stripper Academy. Wait -- on second thought, don't see Stripper Academy.) Check back on Oscar night, and we'll have a liveblog of the ceremony as well as lists of winners as they're announced. And if you want to see who we think is going to win this year's Academy Awards (and who we want to win), check out our Picks and Predictions gallery. (If you want to see who we think is going to win the Police Academy Awards, we'll just tell you. It's totally gonna be Steve Guttenberg.)

Every year, the Academy Awards categories are announced, and the praise is heaped on the nominees. But what about those actors, writers, directors and films that are left out? Where is their praise? Where are their small, naked statues? Considering how good a year 2008 was for movies, there were plenty that we here at MWoP felt were unfairly passed over for Oscar nominations. (Sure, some of them won Golden Globes or SAG Awards, but do those count, really?) Check out our list of those who were forgotten in our Oscar Snubs Gallery!

The Screen Actors Guild Awards were given out last night, and while the winners weren't all that surprising, there were some genuinely awesome moments during the broadcast that deserve recognition. However, since we're fair and balanced pseudo-journalists, we'll also tell you the worst moments, the ones that made us hate celebrities and awards shows and the world. And since we love criticizing celebrities' wardrobes, we'll do the same thing with their outfits! Hit the links below to see them both.

The SAG Awards: Best and Worst Moments

The SAG Awards: Best and Worst Fashion

Because actors don't get enough attention as it is, let's lavish them with adoration some more by celebrating the winners of the SAG Awards, movie edition.

Since he wasn't getting a nomination for Vantage Point this year, Oscar winner Forest Whitaker joined Academy president Sid Ganis this morning to help announce the nominees for this year's Academy Awards. And while there were a lot of familiar faces on the list, there were also a few nice surprises. Here's hoping they all show up.

The Golden Globes were a roller coaster of emotion, what with the drinking and the camaraderie and the sadness and the excitement... and that was just around the TWOP offices! The awards themselves were also a mixed bag, which is why we created a gallery of the Best and Worst Golden Globes Moments -- see which moments made us laugh, made us cry, and made us throw things at the screen. Or, if you want to read a play-by-play of the entire event, check out our liveblog! And to see which flicks we thought were overlooked, check out our gallery of Snubbed Movies!

Wanna know who won the awards? We'll reveal them as we go along. Keep up below.

Best Motion Picture - Drama -- Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama -- Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama -- Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical -- Colin Farrell (In Bruges)

Best Director - Motion Picture -- Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Cecil B. DeMille Award -- Steven Spielberg

Best Original Score - Motion Picture -- A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture -- Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Foreign Language Film -- Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture -- Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

Best Original Song - Motion Picture -- "The Wrestler" (Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical -- Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)

Best Animated Feature Film -- WALL-E

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture -- Kate Winslet (The Reader)

Click here for the list of TV winners.

What do you think of the winners? Who do you think got robbed? Sound off.