of leaked 81st oscars winner list: real or fake?

Could the Academy Award Winners Have Already Been Revealed?: Winners of the 81st Academy Awards leaked? See the leaked list of the winners below.


Part of the leaked list. Click here for the full list.

The answer is yes, if you believe some of chatter this week on movie industry blogs, which notes that a mysterious Web site materialized with the apparent intention of leaking the Academy Award winners.

That doesn't necessarily mean a spoiler, but the blog has just as mysteriously been taken down, prompting some to speculate that it was too close to the truth.

So what may or may not be the big winner on Sunday? Spoiler alert: The "leaky" site predicted "Slumdog Millionaire" for Best Picture — which isn't a huge stretch, since the movie about an Indian game show contestant's quest for his true love is the presumed front runner for that top award.

An Oscar spokesman denied the accuracy of the list, saying,

The document is a complete fraud.

The letter was signed by Sid Ganis, the president of the Academy.

Click here to see the list of 'leaked' winners.

[via Bump Shack]