Doorstop, nutcracker, toilet room conversation piece—some Academy Award winners discover practical alternate uses for their gold-plated trophies. For most, though, not only does Oscar bring loads of peer respect and opportunities for even better roles, the shiny little fellow also adds several more zeros to those paycheques.
Below the fold, a few of the biggest post-Oscar paydays.
Unless you’ve spent the past six weeks under a rock, you’re well aware that it’s just about time for the biggest, sexiest and campiest dog-and-pony show on the planet: the Academy Awards (81st annual).
The Oscars are traditionally preceded by a somewhat lesser dog-and-pony show, although one in which you might be more personally invested: your workplace’s annual Oscar pool. If you are determined to finally defeat that crowing nit in Sales who seems to win year after year, stop listening to the empty Oscar chatter in the elevator, and fill in your Xeroxed ballot with DRIVEN’s predictions, to be found after the jump.
There are only a few days left before we find out if the gorgeous Kate Winslet will be going home with Oscar (for The Reader) or if Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) can bodyslam Sean Penn (Milk) and Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) for the Best Actor gold.
In another post I’ll offer up my predictions and preferences. But if you want to discover exactly how you can secure one of those shiny statuettes for yourself? Follow me after the jump.
