Academy Awards - Feb 24 - 8 PM ET

THE WORLD'S GREATEST OSCAR PROPOSITIONS

* The "JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE AND RINKO" prop -- JOHN Myhre (Art Direction - "Dreamgirls"), PAUL Greengrass (Director - "United 93"), GEORGE Watters II (Sound Editing - "Pirates 2") and RINKO KIKUCHI (Supporting Actress - "Babel") all win: 5000-1

* The "DREAMGIRLS NIGHTMARE" prop -- "Dreamgirls" will be completely shut out of all Oscars: 240-1

* The "BABEL ON" prop -- "Babel" will sweep all six Oscar categories in which it is nominated: 9999-1

* The "POPE-JOHN-PAUL" prop -- Dick POPE (Cinematography - "The Illusionist"), JOHN Sinno (Documentary - "Iraq in Fragments") and PAUL Greengrass (Director - "United 93") all win: 1800-1

* The "KAHN MAN" prop -- Nathaniel KAHN (Documentary Short - "Two Hands") and Yee Chung MAN (Costume Design - "The Curse of the Golden Flower") both win: 23-1

* The "DREAM OF FIELDS" prop -- Todd Field (Adapted Screenplay - "Little Children") and Patricia Field (Costume design - "The Devil Wears Prada") both win: 70-1

* The "BOYLED WATER" prop -- Consolata BOYLE (Costume Design - "The Queen") and "Water" (Foreign Film) both win: 80-1

* The "MY KIND OF BERG" prop -- Amy BERG (Documentary - "Deliver Us From Evil"), Mark WAHLBERG (Supporting Actor - "The Departed") and Steven SPIELBERG (Producer, Picture - "Letters from Iwo Jima") all win: 1000-1

* The "GLAD RAP" prop -- Mike GLAD (Documentary Short - "Rehearsing a Dream") and former rapper Will Smith (Actor - "The Pursuit of Happyness") both win: 120-1

* The "HANDS AND FEET" prop -- "Two Hands" (Documentary Short) and "Happy Feet" (Documentary Feature) both win: 10-1

* The "REALE MAN" prop -- Willie REALE (Original Song - "Patience" from "Dreamgirls") and Yee Chung MAN (Costume Design - "The Curse of the Golden Flower") both win: 15-1

* The "SEA-CRUZ" prop -- Tracey SEAWARD (Producer, Picture - "The Queen") and Penelope CRUZ (Actress - "Volver") both win: 280-1

* The "GLASS OF WATER" prop -- Phillip GLASS (Score - "Notes on a Scandal") and "WATER" (Foreign Film) both win: 75-1

* The "GREENGRASSY KNOLL" prop -- Paul GREENGRASS (Director - "United 93") and John KNOLL (Visual Effects - "Pirates of the Caribbean 2") both win: 99-1

* The "SORE THUM" prop -- Jon THUM (Visual Effects - "Superman Returns") loses: 1-3

* The "OSCAR FOR MYHRE" prop -- John MYHRE (Art Direction - "Dreamgirls") wins: 2-1

* The "DICK-TRACEY" prop -- DICK Pope (Cinematography - "The Illusionist") and TRACEY Seaward (Producer, Picture - "The Queen") both win: 55-1

* The "GORE-Y SITUATION" prop -- Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" wins for Best Documentary Feature and he announces for President during the show: 50-1