Oscar hype already begun

We still have almost a year to go till the next Academy Awards hand-outs but already people are laying the odds on the likely nominations. And there is much Irish interest in those movies being hyped.

If the predictions are correct Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York - about the turn-of-the-20th-century New York gang warfare between the Irish and Italians - is set to clean up for it's being tipped in almost all the categories. The film gets support as Best Picture, Scorsese as Best Director, Leonard DiCaprio gets a nod for Best Actor and Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Supporting Actor.