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Catching up on a little news and a few links. …

— As was expected, running back Justin Davis of Stockton, Calif., said tonight he will sign with USC. Davis was among those who visited UW for Junior Day and had listed the Huskies and Cal as his other two finalists but said today he is firm on his decision to sign with the Trojans.

— The Sporting News writes that it’s hard not to compare Keith Price with Robert Griffin III.

— Scout.com writes about the big turnout expected at the Barton Football combine Sunday in Issaquah. The Barton in question is former UW QB Taylor Barton.

— The National Football Post asks if Jake Locker is ready to take the next step in Tennessee.

— Interesting stuff from ESPN.com on proposals to stiffen the penalties for programs who commit NCAA violations.

— The Orange County Register details the monster class USC is putting together.

— Here are highlights from Ted Miller’s Pac-12 chat today.

— Finally, speaking of Price, Draft Breakdown has videos of his games against WSU, and further below, Baylor:

First off, a note that we’ll hold a live chat today at noon. It’s May and all that, but there’s still lots of stuff to chat about, so let’s do so at noon.

Now for a few links. …

— GoHuskies.com writes about some of the recent off-field charitable activities of the UW football team.

— SBNation takes a look at UW commit Sean Constantine of Bellevue.

— Justin Davis, a running back from Stockton, Calif., considering USC, Cal and UW, is expected to make his decision public around 6 p.m. today. Davis is considered maybe the top RB prospect on the West Coast this year, and is also generally considered a pretty heavy lean to USC.

— Senio Kelemete officially signed with the Arizona Cardinals on Wednesday.

— Former Husky Ryan Tolar is now playing for the Tri-Cities entry in the Indoor Football League.

— ESPN.com’s Ted Miller lists James Johnson as one of the breakout players in the Pac-12 this spring.

— Looks like Shaq Thompson hit .305 for his baseball season.

— Jon Wilner with some always-interesting reaction to some recent developments around college sports.

— USA Today details that Lane and Monte Kiffin earned $3.9 million last year from USC.

— The Salt Lake Tribune with more on Cooper Bateman’s commitment to Alabama.

— CollegeFootballNews.com offers this preview of Cal.

We’ll start this morning with the news that Cooper Bateman of Salt Lake City, regarded as one of the top QB prospects for the Class of 2013, has committed to Alabama.

Here’s a story noting that Bateman made his announcement simply by sending a statement to members of the Alabama media.

Bateman was among those who visited UW for Junior Day and had said he was seriously considering the Huskies. However, many recruiting analysts had predicted he might ultimately pick Alabama, so this isn’t a huge surprise. The Tide may have more of an easier path to starting (and yes, Bateman’s announcement also means former Husky OC Doug Nussmeier, now at Alabama, helped lure one away from the Huskies).

UW obviously appears pretty well-stocked at QB going forward, with Keith Price and Derrick Brown there now and Jeff Lindquist and Cyler Miles arriving in the fall.

But the Huskies want to sign a quarterback for this class. UW has also been aggressively pursuing Troy Williams of Narbonne High in Harbor City, Calif., and some have portrayed the Huskies as the favorite for him. UW also has an offer out to Johnny Stanton of Santa Margarita, Calif. But that is apparently now as an athlete and not a quarterback.

UW is expected to find out on Thursday if it has won the battle for running back Justin Davis of Stockton, Calif. He has said his finalists are UW, Cal and USC, with the Trojans still regarded as the favorite despite getting a commitment Tuesday from RB Ty Issac of Joliet, Ill.

IN OTHER NEWS. …

— I’m told the planned interview with UW coach Steve Sarkisian on ESPN 710 Seattle did not run Tuesday but is expected to run today. I’ll post a link to the podcast when it does.

— Pacific Takes has more Pac-12 recruiting updates.

— The Salt Lake Tribune updates what’s going on with the Pac-12 Networks.

— Ted Miller offers his take on the USA Today breakdown of college athletic finances.

Catching up on a few things. …

— UW coach Steve Sarkisian will be a guest on the Kevin Calabro Show today on ESPN 710 Seattle, sometime between 4:30 and 6 or so (kind of depends on when the show begins as it will follow the Mariner game). You can listen here.

— USA Today’s annual look at college sports finances was published today. Here’s the main story as well as a sidebar on how finances could create divisions in football. Here’s the data base, which lists UW showing a profit of $2.4 million for the 2010-11 academic year with $70.2 million in revenue and $67.9 million in expenses (and this is obviously all before the new Pac-12 TV deal, which could change the dynamic quite a bit — none of that money begins to roll in until the 2012-13 year, though schools have kind of started to spend it already in salaries promised for coaches and all of that).

— CBSSports.com deftly breaks down some of the more interesting numbers from the USA Today date base.

— USC has gotten a commitment from running back Ty Issac of Joliet, Ill. It’s hard to know how that might impact the recruitment of Justin Davis of Stockton, Calif. — regarded as maybe the top RB prospect in the West this year. Davis is expected to announce on Thursday and has said his finalists are UW, Cal and USC, with the Trojans thought to be the favorite.

— The ESPN Pac-12 blog looks at what was learned in the spring. ESPN also details the best of the spring and says UW’s defense has the “best chance for dramatic improvement.”

— Here’s an update on Dashon Goldson’s contract situation with the 49ers.

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Here are the winners of the 84th Academy Awards. Hugo and The Artist each won five Oscars. The Artist won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Here is the list of winners:

• Best Picture: The Artist
• Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
• Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, Hugo
• Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schavo, Hugo
• Best Costume Design: Mark Bridges, The Artist
• Best Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady
• Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation
• Best Editing: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Best Sound Editing: Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty, Hugo
• Best Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley, Hugo
• Best Documentary: Undefeated
• Best Animated Feature: Rango
• Best Visual Effects: Hugo
• Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource, The Artist
• Best Original Song: Bret McKenzie, Man or Muppet
• Best Live Action Short: The Shore
• Best Documentary Short: Saving Face
• Best Animated Short: The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore

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The winners of the 2012 BAFTA Awards have been announced. The awards were dominated by The Artist, which took home 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director. Here are the winners:

• Best Film: The Artist, Thomas Langmann
• Outstanding British Film: Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
• Best Actor: Jean Dujarden, The Artist
• Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Best Director: The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
• Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Outstanding Debut by British Writer, Director or Producter: Tyrannosaur, Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
• Film not in the English Language: The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodovar, Agustin Almodovar
• Documentary: Senna, Asif Kapadia
• Animated Film: Rango, Gore Verbinski
• Best Original Screenplay: The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
• Original Music: The Artist, Ludovic Bource
• Cinematography:The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman
• Editing: Senna, Gregers Sall, Chris King
• Production Design: Hugo, Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
• Costume Design: The Artist, Mark Bridges
• Make Up and Hair: The Iron Lady, Marese Langan
• Sound: Hugo, HUGO Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
• Special Visual Effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
• Short Animation: A MORNING STROLL Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
• Short Film: Pitch Black Heist, John Maclean, Gerardine O’Flynn
• The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award: Adam Deacon

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The nominees for the 84th Academy Awards were announced this morning. Hugo has the most nominations with 11. The Artist is up for ten awards. Moneyball and War Horse have six nominations each and The Descendants nad The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo have five each. Here is the list of nominations:

Actor in a Leading Role

• Demian Bichir in A Better Life
• George Clooney in The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin in The Artist
• Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Brad Pitt in Moneyball

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn
• Jonah Hill in Moneyball
• Nick Nolte in Warrior
• Christopher Plummer in Beginners
• Max von Sydow in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Actress in a Leading Role

• Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
• Viola Davis in The Help
• Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
• Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Berenice Bejo in The Artist
• Jessica Chastain in The Help
• Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer in The Help

Animated Feature Film

• A Cat in Paris – Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
• Chico & Rita – Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
• Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• Puss in Boots – Chris Miller
• Rango – Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

• The Artist – Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• Hugo – Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• Midnight in Paris – Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Helene Dubreuil
• War Horse – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

• The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth
• Hugo – Robert Richardson
• The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
• War Horse – Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

• Anonymous – Lisy Christl
• The Artist – Mark Bridges
• Hugo – Sandy Powell
• Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
• W.E. – Arianne Phillips

Directing

• The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
• The Descendants – Alexander Payne
• Hugo – Martin Scorsese
• Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature)

• Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
• Pina – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
• Undefeated – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
• God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
• Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
• Saving Face – Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

• The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
• The Descendants – Kevin Tent
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
• Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

• Bullhead – Belgium
• Footnote – Israel
• In Darkness – Poland
• Monsieur Lazhar – Canada
• A Separation – Iran

Makeup

• Albert Nobbs – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
• The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

• The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams
• The Artist – Ludovic Bource
• Hugo – Howard Shore
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias
• War Horse – John Williams

Music (Original Song)

• “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets – music and lyric by Bret McKenzie
• “Real in Rio” from Rio – music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Picture

• The Artist – Thomas Langmann, Producer
• The Descendants – Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Scott Rudin, Producer
• The Help – Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
• Hugo – Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
• Midnight in Paris – Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
• Moneyball – Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
• The Tree of Life – Nominees to be determined
• War Horse – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

• DDimanche/Sunday – Patrick Doyon
• DThe Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
• DLa Luna – Enrico Casarosa
• DA Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
• DWild Life – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

• DPentecost – Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
• DRaju – Max Zahle and Stefan Gieren
• DThe Shore – Terry George and Oorlagh George
• DTime Freak – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
• DTuba Atlantic – Hallvar Witzo

Sound Editing

• Drive -Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -Ren Klyce
• Hugo -Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon -Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
• War Horse -Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
• Hugo – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
• Moneyball – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
• War Horse – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
• Hugo – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
• Real Steel – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• The Descendants, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• Hugo, screenplay by John Logan
• The Ides of March, screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
• Moneyball, screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• The Artist, written by Michel Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids, written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
• Margin Call, written by J.C. Chandor
• Midnight in Paris, written by Woody Allen
• A Separation, written by Asghar Farhadi

Photo: Todd Wawrychuk / A.M.P.A.S.

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