*Leaked Oscar winner's list a fraud, says Academy* *PTI* | Friday, 20 February , 2009, 18:00
A list revealing the names of the Oscar winners that was doing the rounds of some online websites has been dismissed by the Academy authorities as "complete fraud". However, if the list is to be believed, Indian composer A R Rahman will have to return empty handed despite receiving three nominations for *Slumdog Millionaire* music. But the Academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger was quick to dismiss the list as fraud. "The document is a complete fraud," Leslie Unger said in response to the alleged leak which would have taken the excitement out of the award ceremony scheduled to take place this Sunday. "PricewaterhouseCoopers is still counting the ballots, and there are only two people there who will know the complete list of winners in advance of the envelopes being opened during the ceremony," she told E! Online. "The Academy's president is not advised of the winners in advance, and no such list is created," Unger added. According to the list *Slumdog Millionaire* will sweep the show winning both the Best Picture award and the gong for 'Best Director' which will go to Danny Boyle. http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14859630 -- regards, Vithur
