To all fellow film buffs out there, and everyone else who's remotely interested, 25th March 2002, 9:00am on TCS 5(for audiences residing in Singapore). Take careful consideration of the date, time and channel. Ponder, memorize and embrace! It's that time of the year again. The joy, the feat, the injustice, the bewilderment all concocted in a potent potion of reel-life drama and glamour. Yeap, it's time for the Oscars. Start placing bets at your discretion.

Some of the categories and its nominees for the 74th Annual Academy Awards:

Best Adapted Screenplay:
A Beautiful Mind
Ghost World
In The Bedroom
Gosford Park
Moulin Rouge

Best Original Screenplay:
Memento
Amelie
Gosford Park
Monster's Ball
The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Foreign Film:
Amelie
No Man's Land
Elling
Lagaan
Son Of The Bride

Actor in The Best Supporting Role:
Jim Broadbent- Iris
Ethan Hawke- Training Day
Ben Kingsley- Sexy Beast
Ian McKellen- The Lord Of The Rings
John Voight- Ali

Actress in The Best Supporting Role:
Jennifer Connelly- A Beautiful Mind
Helen Mirren- Gosford Park
Maggie Smith- Godford Park
Marisa Tomei- In The Bedroom
Kate Winslet- Iris

Best Actor:
Sean Penn- I Am Sam
Denzel Washington- Training Day
Russel Crowe- A Beautiful Mind
Will Smith- Ali
Tom Wilkinson- In The Bedroom

Best Actress:
Nicole Kidman- Moulin Rouge
Sissy Spacek- In The Bedroom
Halle Berry- Monster's Ball
Judi Dench- Iris
Renee Zellweger- Bridget Jone's Diary

Best Director:
Ron Howard- A Beautiful Mind
Ridley Scott- Black Hawk Down
Peter Jackson- The Lord Of The Rings
Robert Altman- Gosford Park
David Lynch- Mulholland Drive

Best Picture:
A Beautiful Mind
The Lord Of The Rings
In The Bedroom
Gosford Park
Moulin Rouge

For a complete listing of all the categories and its nominees, go here.