Short list of Oscar docs

We'd hoped to see "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story" show up on the short list, figured for sure that "Religulous" would, and hoped "Stranded" and "Young@Heart" could somehow skirt that rule about not being eligible because they aired on TV.

Nope to all.

The committee that whittles down Oscar documentary submissions to a list of 15 has done just that, and in the process left off some worthy candidates. What, no "American Teen"? No "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"?

Not to take away from the contenders who've made the cut (from a record 94 submissions), including several that we think will be in the final five come Oscar night like "Man on Wire," "Trouble the Water," "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" and Iraq war-based "Standard Operating Procedure." (Last year's winner, "Taxi to the Dark Side," also centered on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and U.S. torture of prisoners).

Will there be a make-good for Werner Herzog with his "Encounters at the End of the World" to correct the snub of "Grizzly Man"?

Go here for more on this year's hopefuls, and keep checking back to see which ones make it to the finals.