February 2011
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And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to...
The King’s Speech
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And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to...
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
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And the Oscar for Best Actress goes to...
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
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And the Oscar for Best Director goes to...
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
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And the Oscar for Best Original Song goes to...
We Belong Together by Randy Newman (Toy Story 3)
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And the Oscar for Best Editing goes to...
The Social Network - Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter
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And the Oscar for Best Visual Effects goes to...
Inception - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
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And the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature goes...
Inside Job
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And the Oscar for Best Live Action Short goes...
God of Love – Luke Matheny
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And the Oscar for Best Documentary Short goes...
Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
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And the Oscar for Best Costume Design goes to...
Alice In Wonderland - Colleen Atwood
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And the Oscar for Best Make-Up goes to..
The Wolfman - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
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And the Oscar for Best Sound Editing goes to...
Inception - Richard King
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And the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing goes to...
Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
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And the Oscar for Best Original Score goes to...
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network
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So, prety much everything is going according to...
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And the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor goes to...
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Time for Christian Bale's award!
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And the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film goes...
In A Better World (Denmark)
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And the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay goes...
David Seidler (The King’s Speech)
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And the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay goes...
Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)
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And the Oscar for Best Animated Feature goes to...
Toy Story 3 directed by Lee Unkrich
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And the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film goes...
The Lost Thing - Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
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And the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress goes...
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
And the Oscar for Best Cinematography goes to...
Wally Pfister - Inception
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And the Oscar for Best Art Direction goes to...
Robert Stromberg (Art Direction) and Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration) – Alice in Wonderland
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BEST DIRECTOR -
And the nominees are…
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
Joel & Ethan Coen (True Grit)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)
Again, I think that this is a battle between The King’s Speech and The Social Network. While Hooper won the DGA Award, Fincher came out tops at the BAFTAs and I think that we may have a Best...
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BEST ACTOR -
And the nominees are -
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
To keep it short - Colin Firth. That’s it. Congratulations!
Should Have Been A Contender - Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
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BEST ACTRESS -
And the nominees are -
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Since the beginning of awards season, this has been dubbed as the battle between Bening and Portman. However with a SAG, BAFTA, Critic’s Choice Award, Golden Globe, Film Independent Spirit...
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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -
And the nominees are -
Biutiful
Dogtooth
Incendies
In A Better World
Outside The Law
The highest profile of these nominees is Biutiful whose star Javier Bardem garnered a Best Actor nomination for this performance. However, having received some mixed reviews and failing to win any major awards, I’ll be surprised if Biutiful wins tonight. I think that the race is between Canada’s...
jonganahl asked: Dear Sir,
Thank you for all the insights into how you think the night is going to play out. Are you going to be posting thoughts on sound editing/mixing? I would love to get your thoughts on this particular category.
Thank you for all the insights into how you think the night is going to play out. Are you going to be posting thoughts on sound editing/mixing? I would love to get your thoughts on this particular category.
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BEST DOCUMENTARY -
And the nominees are -
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
I think that everyone is rooting for a win from Exit Through The Gift Shop tonight, if only to see if/how the enigmatic artist Banksy accepts his award. In reality, I am calling this award to go to Inside Job, the devastating exposé on the Wall Street bankers that caused the recent economic collapse....
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS -
And the nominees are -
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham-Carter (The King’s Speech)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
Melissa Leo, having won the SAG, Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice Award, would seem to be in pole position to take home the statuette tonight. However, there have been whispers of a backlash against Leo, in...
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR -
And the nominees are -
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)
This award is Christian Bale’s to lose. Having won the SAG, Critic’s Choice Award and Golden Globe, I think it’s a safe bet to assume that Bale will walk away with his first Academy Award...
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE -
And the nominees are -
Alexandre Desplat - The King’s Speech
John Powell - How To Train Your Dragon
A.R. Rahman - 127 Hours
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network
Hans Zimmer - Inception
This is actually a difficult race to call. While Reznor & Ross’s score has been the critic’s choice all season and won the Golden Globe, it’s hard to know whether...
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BEST EDITING -
And the nominees are -
Tariq Anwar (The King’s Speech)
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (The Social Network)
Jon Harris - 127 Hours
Pamela Martin (The Fighter)
Andrew Weisblum (Black Swan)
The general consensus is that this award belongs to The Social Network and having won the BAFTA and ACE Award, it’s difficult to see it going any other way. Baxter and Wall were previously...
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List of Oscar presenters -
Tom Hanks
Hugh Jackman
Robert Downey, Jr.
Annette Bening
Jude Law
Nicole Kidman
Reese Witherspoon
Cate Blanchett
Josh Brolin
Russell Brand
Scarlett Johansson
Hilary Swank
Javier Bardem
Helen Mirren
Matthew McConaughey
Amy Adams
Mila Kunis
Justin Timberlake
Kevin Spacey
Marisa Tomei
Jake Gyllenhaal
Oprah Winfrey
Jennifer Hudson
Kathryn Bigelow
Halle Berry
Sandra Bullock
...
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BEST ADAPATED SCREENPLAY -
And the nominees are -
127 Hours written by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, based on the book “Between A Rock and A Hard Place” by Aron Ralston
The Social Network written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the book “Accidental Millionaires” by Ben Mezrich
Toy Story 3 written by Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, characters based on Toy Story and Toy...
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -
And the nominees are…
Danny Cohen - The King’s Speech
Jeff Cronenweth - The Social Network
Roger Deakins - True Grit
Matthew Libatique - Black Swan
Wally Pfister - Inception
I think this race is going to come between veteran cinematographer and nine-time Oscar nominee Roger Deakins and Wally Pfister. Danny Cohen is conceivably a contender if The King’s Speech is in for a...
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY -
And the nominees are :
Another Year written by Mike Leigh
The Kids Are All Right written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
Inception written by Christopher Nolan
The King’s Speech written by David Seidler
The Fighter written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (screenplay); Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (story)
This race looks as though it will...
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Black Swan wins top honours at Film Independent...
Black Swan was the big winner at today’s Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, picking up four major awards. The film, which recently crossed the $200 million mark at the worldwide box office, won Best Director, Best Actress and Best Cinematography and was named Best Film. Other winners included Oscar nominees James Franco and John Hawkes who won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor,...
FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS - WINNERS (IN...
BEST FILM - Black Swan
BEST DIRECTOR - Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
BEST ACTRESS - Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
BEST ACTOR - James Franco (127 Hours)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Dale Dickey (Winter’s Bone)
BEST SCREENPLAY - Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)
BEST FOREIGN FILM - The King’s...
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Black Swan's worldwide gross crosses $200 million...
Black Swan’s current gross stands at $203,798,141.