OSCAR PREVIEW VIDEO: Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn -- and Mickey's Dog -- thank Boston

Although the Boston Society of Film Critics released its annual award winners back in December, it held off until February to throw a party -- which left plenty of time to track down Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke. Captured on tape in sunny LA, the two came together to accept an award for Best Actor, after the BSFC awarded it to both of them in a rare tie. Click above to see Rourke and Penn practice their benevolent-star-making-humbly-humorous-acceptance-speech chops in anticipation of this Sunday's Oscar ceremonies. If you're a betting man, we urge you to consult our own BSFC member Peter Keough's 2009 Oscar Predictions. And check back to thephoenix.com on Sunday night, when Chris Faraone and Sarah Faith Alterman will be live-blogging the ceremonies. . .