Death and taxes are supposed to be the only sure things in life.

But at this year?s Academy Awards, the winners in the acting categories are pretty much a lock as well. Potentially one of the least-suspenseful Oscar contests in recent memory, the 79th annual presentation of that Little Naked Golden Dude may end up being more fun for Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson and Company than for us watching in our pajamas and cubic zirconia tiaras (like me!). But there are two things that could save the evening.