BAFTA Nominations 2012

The nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards have been announced.

best film:

The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

outstanding British film:

My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk about Kevin

best film not in the English language:

Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

best director:

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Tomas Alfredson for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Lynne Ramsay for We Need to Talk about Kevin

best original screenplay:

The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Guard
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris

best adapted screenplay:

The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

best leading actor:

George Clooney in The Descendants
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Michael Fassbender in Shame
Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt in Moneyball

best leading actress:

Berenice Bejo in The Artist
Viola Davis in The Help
Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk about Kevin
Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn

best supporting actor:

Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn
Jim Broadbent in The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill in Moneyball
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Ides of March
Christopher Plummer in Beginners

best supporting actress:

Jessica Chastain in The Help
Judi Dench in My Week with Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Carey Mulligan in Drive
Octavia Spencer in The Help


best cinematography:

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

best editing:

The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

best production design:

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

best costume design:

The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

best make up and hair:

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
Hugo
The Iron Lady
My Week with Marilyn

best sound:

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

best special visual effects:

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
War Horse

best original music:

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

best animated film:

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango

best documentary:

George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Poject Nim
Senna

outstanding British debut by a director or producer:

Richard Ayouade for Submarine
Paddy Considine & Diarmid Scrimshaw for Tyrannosaur
Joe Cornish for Attack the Block
Ralph Fiennes for Coriolanus
Will Sharpe, Tom Kingsley, & Sarah Brocklehurst for Black Pond


The Artist leads with 12 nominations, followed by Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with 11. Hugo has nine, but was shut out of the best picture race.

Bejo is nominated as a lead actress, and Albert Nobbs was ineligible.

Golden Globes 2012 Forecast for Film

Here are my predictions on who will the Golden Globes on Monday, in the order in which they could possibly win:


best motion picture- drama:

The Descendants
The Ides of March
Hugo
The Help
Moneyball
War Horse

best lead actor:

George Clooney in The Descendants
Brad Pitt in Moneyball
Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar
Ryan Gosling in The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender in Shame

lead actress:

Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Viola Davis in The Help
Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin
Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


motion picture-comedy or musical:

The Artist
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
Bridesmaids
50/50

lead actor:

Ryan Gosling in Crazy Stupid Love
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 50/50
Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris
Brendan Gleeson in The Guard

lead actress:

Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn
Charlize Theron in Young Adult
Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids
Jodie Foster in Carnage
Kate Winslet in Carnage


director:

Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Alexander Payne for The Descendants
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
George Clooney for The Ides of March

screenplay:
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist Alexander Payne, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon for The Descendants Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian for Moneyball

supporting actor:

Christopher Plummer in Beginners
Jonah Hill in Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn
Viggo Mortensen in A Dangerous Method
Albert Brooks in Drive

supporting actress:

Jessica Chastain in The Help
Shailene Woodley in The Descendants
Octavia Spencer in The Help
Berenice Bejo in The Artist
Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs


original score:

Ludovic Bource for The Artist
Howard Shore for Hugo
John Williams for War Horse
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Abel Korzeniowski for W.E.

original song:

"Hello, Hello" by Elton John and Lady Gaga from Gnomeo and Juliet
"The Living Proof" by Mary J. Blige from The Help
"Lay Your Head Down" by Sinead O'Connor from Albert Nobbs
"Masterpiece" by Madonna from W.E.
"The Keeper" by Chris Cornell from Machine Gun Preacher


best animated feature film:
Rango (directed by Gore Verbinski)
The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg)
Puss in Boots (Chris Miller)
Cars 2 (John Lasseter)
Arthur Christmas (Sarah Smith)

Razzies 2011

The Last Airbender led the winners of the Golden Raspberry Awards, receiving prizes for worst picture, worst director, worst screenplay, and worst eye-gouging misuse of 3-D. Jackson Rathbone was chosen worst supporting actor for turns in The Last Airbender and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

M. Night Shyamalan was tapped worst director and worst supporting actor in 2006 for Lady in the Water.

Sex and the City 2, on the other hand, took the awards for worst actress; worst screen couple or ensemble; and, worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel.

Ashton Kutcher was worst actor (for "Killers" and "Valentine's Day), and Jessica Alba was worst supporting actress (for "The Killer Inside Me," "Little Fockers," "Machete" and "Valentine's Day).

Independent Spirit Awards 2011

Black Swan led the winners of the the Independent Spirit Awards copping the prizes for best picture, best director (Darren Aronofsky), best cinematography (for Matthew Libatique) and best actress (Natalie Portman).

Winter's Bone received the awards for best supporting actor and actress (John Hawkes and Dale Dickey).

Other winners were:

Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg (for The Kids are All Right) - best screenplay

James Franco (for 127 Hours) - best actor

Get Low (Aaron Schneider, director) - best first film

Lena Dunham (for Tiny Furniture) - best first screenplay

The King's Speech (United Kingdom) - best foreign film

Exit Through the Gift Shop - best documentary

Daddy longlegs - John Cassavetes Award for best film made for under $500,000

Please Give - Robert Altman Award for Director, Casting Director and Ensemble Cast

2011 Golden Raspberry Award nominees

The nominees for this year's Razzies have been announced. The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse lead the field with nine nominations apiece. They are followed by Sex and the City 2 with seven; The Bounty Hunter, Vampires Suck and Valentine's Day, four each; Little Fockers, three; and, Clash of the Titans, Jonah Hex and The Spy Next Door, two each.

worst picture:

The Bounty Hunter
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck


worst director:

Sylvester Stallone for The Expendables
M. Night Shyamalan for The Last Airbender
Michael Patrick King for Sex and the City 2
David Slade for Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer for Vampires Suck


worst screenplay:

M. Night Shyamalan for The Last Airbender
Michael Hamburg & Larry Stuckey for Little Fockers
Michael Patrick King for Sex and the City 2
Melissa Rosenberg for Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer for Vampires Suck


worst actor:

Jack Black in Gulliver's Travels
Gerard Butler in The Bounty Hunter
Ashton Kutcher in Killers and Valentine's Day
Taylor Lautner in Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Valentine's Day
Robert Pattinson in Remember Me and Twilight Saga: Eclipse


worst actress:

Jennifer Aniston in The Bounty Hunter and The Switch
Miley Cyrus in The Last Song
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis in Sex and the City 2
Megan Fox in Jonah Hex
Kristen Stewart in Twilight Saga: Eclipse


worst supporting actor:

Billy Ray Cyrus in The Last Song
George Lopez in Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door and Valentine's Day
Dev Patel in The Last Airbender
Jackson Rathbone in The Last Airbender and Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Rob Schneider in Grown Ups


worst supporting actress:

Jessica Alba in The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete and Valentine's Day
Cher in Burlesque
Liza Minnelli in Sex and the City 2
Nicola Peltz in The Last Airbender
Barbra Streisand in Little Fockers


worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel:

Clash of the Titans
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck


worst screen couple/ensemble:

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler in The Bounty Hunter
Josh Brolin's face and Megan Fox's accent in Jonah Hex
the entire cast of The Last Airbender
the entire cast of Sex and the City 2
the entire cast of Twilight Saga: Eclipse


worst eye-gouging misuse of 3-D:

Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Clash of the Titans
The Last Airbender
Nutcracker 3-D
Saw 3-D


The ceremony will be held on February 26.

2011 Producers Guild of America Awards

The King’s Speech was proclaimed best film at the Producers Guild of America Awards on Saturday, beating The Social Network, among eight others.

Toy Story 3 was named best animated feature and Waiting for Superman, best documentary.

On the television division, Mad Men (AMC) was chosen best drama series for the third consecutive year, and Modern Family (ABC), best comedy.

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) was best live entertainment reality show, and The Pacific (HBO) was best TV movie or miniseries.

The awards show was held at the Beverly Hilton and hosted by Judd Apatow.

Nominees for the Asian Film Awards 2011

The nominees for the fifth Asian Film Awards have been announced in Hong Kong.

Confessions and Let the Bullets Fly lead the field with six nominations each.

Thirteen Assassins and Monga each received five nominations, while Aftershock and The Yellow Sea had four each.

Here are the nominees:

best film-

Aftershock (China/HK)
Confessions (Japan)
Let the Bullets Fly [China/HK]
Peepli Live (India)
Poetry (South Korea)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand)


best director-

Feng Xiaogang for Aftershock
Nakashima Tetsuya for Confessions
Jiang Wen for Let the Bullets Fly
Lee Chang-dong for Poetry
Miike Takashi for Thirteen Assassins (Japan/UK)
Na Hong-jin for The Yellow Sea (South Korea)


best screenwriter-

Jiang Wen for Let the Bullets Fly
Pang Ho-cheung and Heiward Mak for Love in a Puff (HK)
Lee Chang-dong for Poetry
Su Chao-pin for Reign of Assassins (China/HK/Taiwan)
Park Hoon-jung in The Unjust (South Korea)


best actor-

Chow Yun-fat in Let the Bullets Fly
Ge You in Sacrifice (China)
Ha Jung-woo in The Yellow Sea
Ethan Ruan in Monga (Taiwan)
Yakusho Koji in Thirteen Assassins


best actress-

Jeon Do-yeon in The Housemaid (South Korea)
Kikuchi Rinko in Norwegian Wood (Japan)
Matsu Takako in Confessions
Xu Fan in Aftershock
Michelle Yeoh in Reign of Assassins (China/HK/Taiwan)


best supporting actor-

Huang Xiaoming in Sacrifice (China)
Sammo Hung in Ip Man 2 (HK)
Okada Masaki in Confessions
Ryu Seung-beom in The Unjust (South Korea)
Yu Hae-jin in Moss (South Korea)


best supporting actress-

Aoi Yu in About Her Brother (Japan)
Kimura Yoshino in Confessions (Japan)
Carina Lau in Let the Bullets Fly
Shanty Paredes in Madame X (Indonesia)
Yoon Yeo-jeong in The Housemaid (South Korea)


best cinematographer-

Lee Mogae for I Saw the Devil (South Korea)
Jake Pollock for Monga
Mark Lee for Norwegian Wood
Hassan Kydyraliyev for The Light Thief (Kyrgyzstan)
Kenny Tse for The Stool Pigeon (HK)


best editor-

Yamashita Kenji for Thirteen Assassins
Koike Yoshiyuki for Confessions
Nam Na-young for I Saw the Devil
Hemanti Sarkar for Peepli Live
Meng Peicong for Under the Hawthorn Tree (China/HK)


best production designer-

Hayashida Yuji for Thirteen Assassins
James Choo for Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (China/HK)
Eros Eflin for Madame X (Indonesia)
Max Huang and Chen Po-jen for Monga
Lee Hwo-kyung for The Yellow Sea (South Korea)


best composer-

Saito Kazuyoshi for Golden Slumber (Japan)
Sandee Chan for Monga
Indian Ocean for Peepli Live
Peter Kam for Reign of Assassins
Jang Young-kyu and Lee Byung-hoon for The Yellow Sea


best costume designer-

Sawataishi Kazuhiro for Thirteen Assassins
Bruce Yu for Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
William Chang for Let the Bullets Fly
Yen Khe Luguern for Norwegian Wood
Choi Se-yeon for The Housemaid


best visual effects-

Lee Hyuk, Park Eui-dong and Ryu Hee-jung for 71 - Into the Fire (South Korea)
Phil Jones for Aftershock
Phil Jones for Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Yamazaki Takashi and Space Battleship Yamato for SPACE BATTLESHIP (Japan)
Park Jung-ryul for The Man from Nowhere (Japan)


best newcomer-

Mark Chao for Monga
Aarif Lee for Echoes of the Rainbow (HK)
Omkar Das Manikpuri for Peepli Live
T.O.P. (aka Choi Seung-hyun) for 71 - Into the Fire
Zhou Dongyu for Under the Hawthorn Tree


The jury is comprised of 13 members, headed by director Yonfan (from Hong Kong).

The awards will be presented on March 21 in Hong Kong.

British Academy Film Awards 2011 nominees

The King's Speech leads the nominees for the British Academy Film Awards with 14 nominations.

On its heels are Black Swan with 12; Inception, 9; 127 Hours, 8; and True Grit, 8.


best film-

Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit


best British film-

Another Year
Four Lions
The King's Speech
Made in Dagenham
127 Hours


best director-

Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
Danny Boyle for 127 Hours
David Fincher for The Social Network
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan for Inception


best leading actor-

Javier Bardem in Biutiful
Jeff Bridges in True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
Colin Firth in The King's Speech
James Franco in 127 Hours


best leading actress-

Annette Bening in The Kids are All Right
Julianne Moore in The Kids are All Right
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit


best supporting actor-

Christian Bale in The Fighter
Andrew Garfield in The Social Network
Pete Postlethwaite in The Town
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids are All Right
Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech


best supporting actress-

Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech
Barbara Hershey in Black Swan
Lesley Manville in Another Year
Miranda Richardson in Made in Dagenham


best original screenplay-

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech


best adapted screenplay-

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit


best film not in the English language-

Biutiful
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I am Love
Of Gods and Men
The Secret in Their Eyes


best animated film-

Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
Toy Story 3



Last year Firth won the best actor award for A Single Man.

Pete Postlethwaite is nominated best supporting actor for The Town.

The public will vote on the Rising Star Award. The nominees are Gemma Arterton, Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy, Aaron Johnson and Emma Stone.

The awards will be presented at London's Royal Opera House on February 13.

Winners at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards

Here are the winners at this morning's Golden Globe Awards:

for film-

drama:

best picture- The Social Network
best actor- Colin Firth in The King's Speech
best actress- Natalie Portman in Black Swan


musical or comedy:

best picture- The Kids are All Right
best actor- Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version
best actress- Annette Bening in The Kids are All Right


best supporting actor- Christian Bale in The Fighter
best supporting actress- Melissa Leo in The Fighter

best screenplay- Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
best original score- The Social Network
best original song- "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from Burlesque

best animated film- Toy Story 3
best foreign-language film- In a Better World


for television-

drama:

best series- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
best actor- Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire
best actress- Katey Sagal in Sons of Anarchy


musical or comedy:

best series- Glee (Fox)
best actor- Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory
best actress- Laura Linney in The Big C


best miniseries or movie- Carlos (Sundance Channel)
best actor in a miniseries or movie- Al Pacino in You Don't Know Jack
best actress in a miniseries or movie- Claire Danes in Temple Grandin


best supporting actor in a series, miniseries or movie- Chris Colfer in Glee
best supporting actress in a series, miniseries or movie- Jane Lynch in Glee



I am particularly happy that Katey Sagal (Peggy Bundy, Ed O'Neill's wife in Married...with Children; Cate, John Ritter's wife in 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter; Helen, Locke's fiancee in Lost; voice of Leela, the cyclop in Futurama) won.



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DGA nominees 2010

The Directors Guild of America has announced its list of the five best directors in the past year. The nominees are:

Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
David Fincher for The Social Network
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan for Inception
David O. Russell for The Fighter


The brothers Joel and Ethan Coen are widely believed to be in a tight race with David O. Russell to land the fifth slot for best director in the Academy Awards.

The Writers Guild of America has announced its nominees for the best screenplay of the year.

best original screenplay-

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
Please Give


best adapted screenplay-

127 Hours
I Love You Phillip Morris
The Social Network
The Town
True Grit


best documentary screenplay-

Enemies of the People
Freedom Riders
Gasland
Inside Job
The Two Escobars
Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him) ?


Many movies were declared ineligible for a nod, either because the movie was animated, or the writer(s) is not a member of the Guild. These movies included Toy Story 3, Another Year, Biutiful, Blue Valentine, The Ghost Writer, The King's Speech, Love & Other Drugs, Made in Dagenham, Never Let Me Go, The Way Back and Winter's Bone.

Eligible films that were passed over include Rabbit Hole, Fair Game, Get Low, Greenberg, Hereafter, Somewhere, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and Shutter Island.

An omission here, though, does not mean they will not go on to receive an Oscar nomination. Last year An Education, Inglourious Basterds and Up were all deemed ineligible by the WGA for its guild honors, but these three got nominated for a screenplay Oscar.

The awards will be presented on February 5.

2010 Producers Guild of America awards

The Producers Guild of America has named its 10 best productions of the year. The nominees are:

Black Swan
Inception
The Fighter
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech

127 Hours
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit


Among those passed over are Another Year, Blue Valentine, The Ghost Writer, Shutter Island, The Way Back and Winter's Bone.

In other categories-

animated motion picture:

Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
Toy Story 3


documentary:

Clinet 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Earth Made of Glass
Inside Job
Smash His Camera
The Tillman Story
Waiting for 'Superman'


Special awards will go to:

James Cameron (Milestone Award)
Scott Rudin ( David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures)
Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television)
Laura Ziskin (Visionary Award)
RealID (Vanguard Award)

The PGA awards will be presented on January 22 in a ceremony to be hosted by Judd Apatow.

2010 Screen Actors Guild Award nominees for movies

The nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced, with The King's Speech and The Fighter each getting four nods.

The nominees:

best cast-

Black Swan
The Fighter
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network


best actor-

Jeff Bridges in True Grit
Robert Duvall in Get Low
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
Colin Firth in The King's Speech
James Franco in 127 Hours


best actress-

Annette Bening in The Kids are All Right
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Hilary Swank in Conviction


best supporting actor-

Christian Bale in The Fighter
John Hawkes in Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner in The Town
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids are All Right
Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech


best supporting actress-

Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech
Mila Kunis in Black Swan
Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit


best stunt ensemble-

Green Zone
Inception
Robin Hood


The biggest surprise is the inclusion of Hilary Swank, when contenders such as Michelle Williams, Halle Berry and Julianne Moore have been passed over. Also shut out were Ryan Gosling, Mark Wahlberg and Michael Douglas.

The life achievement award will be given to Ernest Borgnine.

The awards will be presented on January 30.

2010 Golden Globe nominations for movies

The King's Speech led the field with seven nominations in the annual Golden Globe Awards, followed by The Social Network and The Fighter (!) with six apiece.


Here are the nominees:

drama-

best picture

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network


best actor

Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
Colin Firth in The King's Speech
James Franco in 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling in Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter


best actress

Halle Berry in Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine


musical or comedy

best picture

Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids are All Right
Red
The Tourist


best actor

Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp in The Tourist
Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version
Jake Gyllenhaal in Love and Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey in Casino Jack


best actress

Annette Bening in The Kids are All Right
Anne Hathaway in Love and Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie in The Tourist
Julianne Moore in The Kids are All Right
Emma Stone in Easy A



best director

Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
David Fincher for The Social Network
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan for Inception
David O. Russell for The Fighter


best screenplay

Christopher Nolan for Inception
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for The Kids are All Right
David Seidler for The King's Speech
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for 127 Hours
Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network


best supporting actor

Christian Bale in The Fighter
Michael Douglas in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield in The Social Network
Jeremy Renner in The Town
Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech


best supporting actress

Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech
Mila Kunis in Black Swan
Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom


best animated film

Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3


best original score

Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland
Hans Zimmer for Inception
Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech
A.R. Rahman for 127 Hours
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network


best original song

Bound to You from Burlesque
Coing Home from Country Strong
I See the Light from Tangled
There's a Place for Us from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
You Haven't Seen the Last of Me from Burlesque


best foreign language film

Biutiful
The Concert
The Edge
I am Love
In a Better World


Missing from the list is True Grit, but The Tourist drew three nods, as did Burlesque. Winter's Bone got only one acting nomination. Johnny Depp is a double nominee for best actor in a comedy.

The awards will be presented on January 16.

2010 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

The New York Film Critics Circle has picked The Social Network as best picture, and David Fincher best director.

The Kids are All Right won for best screenplay, best actress (Annette Bening) and best supporting actor (Mark Ruffalo).

Other winners were:

best actor- Colin Firth in The King's Speech
best supporting actress- Melissa Leo in The Fighter

best cinematography- Black Swan
best first feature- Animal Kingdom
best animated film- The Illusionist
best foreign language film- Carlos
best non-fiction film - Inside Job


I bet the National Society of Film Critics will choose Carlos for best picture. Or maybe Mother, or Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives?

AFI Top 10 lists for movies and television

The American Film Institute has released their list of the year's best in movies and television.

for movies-

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
127 Hours

The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone


Special awards were given to The King's Speech and Waiting for 'Superman,' the first time they were given. Both were ineligible for inclusion in the top ten list because a movie has to be a narrative feature and largely an American production.

There were 13 members in the panel that made the selections for movies.


for television-

The Big C
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Glee
Mad Men

Modern Family
The Pacific
Temple Grandin
30 Rock
The Walking Dead


There were 13 members in the panel that made the selections for television.

2010 Los Angeles Film Critics Awards

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has chosen The Social Network as best picture, winning three other prizes.

David Fincher was picked best director; Aaron Sorkin for best screenplay; and, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for best musical score.

Fincher tied with Olivier Assayas, whose Carlos was the runner-up for best picture. Carlos was adjudged best foreign-language film, for which the runner-up was Mother.

Alexandre Desplat ("The Ghost Writer") shared the honors for best musical score.


Other winners were:

best actor- Colin Firth in The King's Speech
best actress- Kim Hye-ja in Mother (from South Korea)

runners-up: Edgar Ramirez in Carlos, and Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone

best supporting actor- Niels Arestrup in A Prophet (from France)

best supporting actress- Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom (Australia)

runners-up: Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech, and Olivia Williams in The Ghost Writer

runner-up for best screenplay: David Seidler for The King's Speech


Other awards:

cinematography- Matthew Libatique for Black Swan; runner-up: Roger Deakins for True Grit

production design- Guy Hendrix Dyas for Inception; runner-up: Eve Stewart for The King's Speech

best animated film- Toy Story 3; runner-up: The Illusionist (by French filmmaker Sylvain Chomet)

best documentary- Last Train Home; runner-up: Exit Through the Gift Shop

career achievement award- Paul Mazursky

new generation- Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture

The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award- Jean-Luc Godard for Film Socialism

Legacy of Cinema Awards-

Serge Bromberg for Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno; and,

The F.W. Murnau Foundation and Fernando Pena for the restoration of Metropolis

The awards will be presented on Jan. 15 in Los Angeles.

2010 National Board of Review winners

The National Board of Review named The Social Network its best picture. The film also received honors for best director (David Fincher), best adapted screenplay (Aaron Sorkin) and best actor (Jesse Eisenberg).

It is surprising that they picked the Ryan Reynolds movie Buried for best original screenplay (Chris Sparling).

The other winners were:

Top 10 Films-

Another Year
The Fighter
Hereafter
Inception
The King’s Speech
Shutter Island
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone


Top 10 Independent Films-

Animal Kingdom
Buried
Fish Tank
The Ghost Writer
Greenberg
Let Me In
Monsters
Please Give
Somewhere
Youth in Revolt

Best Foreign Film- Of Gods and Men

Top Five Foreign Films-

I Am Love
Incendies
Love, Above All
Soul Kitchen
White Material


Best Documentary- Waiting for “Superman”

Top Five Documentaries-

A Film Unfinished
Inside Job
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Restrepo
The Tillman Story

Best Animated Feature- Toy Story 3

Best Directorial Debut- Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger for Restrepo
Best Ensemble Cast- The Town

Breakthrough Performance- Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone

Special Filmmaking Achievement Award- Sofia Coppola for Somewhere


Among those passed over was The King's Speech.

The awards will be presented on Jan. 11 in New York.


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2010 Grammy nominees

The nominees for the annual Grammy Awards have been announced.

Album of the Year:

The Fame Monster (Lady Gaga)
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)
Recovery (Eminem)
The Suburbs (Arcade Fire)
Teenage Dream (Katy Perry)


Record of the Year:

Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z and Alicia Keys)
F*ck You (Cee Lo Green)
Love the Way You Lie (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)
Nothin' on You (B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars)


Song of the Year:

"Beg Steal or Borrow," Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (performed by Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)

"F*ck You," Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence and Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)

"The House That Built Me," Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert);

"Love the Way You Lie," Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman and Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem featuring Rihanna)

"Need You Now," Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady
Antebellum)


best new artist: Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & The Machine, Mumford & Sons, Esperanza Spalding

Eminem received the most nods with 10. Bruno Mars has seven; while Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum and Lady Gaga each scored six.

Recovery and Need You Now are the best-selling albums of the year in the United States.

Mars co-wrote F*ck You, and was featured on Nothin' on You- and both were nominated for record of the year.

Lady Gaga is nominated for album of the year for a second straight year, but no love for Bad Romance in the record and song of the year categories.

Katy Perry's "California Gurls" was one of the biggest hits in the past year, but was passed over in the record and song of the year categories. Somewhat surprisingly, however, she did manage to bag a nomination in the album of the year category over perceived heavy favorites Jay-Z and Sade.

Another surprise was the inclusion of jazz artist Esperanza Spaulding in the new artist category over B.o.B., despite his nomination for record of the year. Kesha was snubbed in this category, and everywhere else, despite having hit songs in the past year.

Sade got only two nods: for the singles Solider of Love and Babyfather in R&B categories.


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