Forecast for tonight's announcement of Oscar nominees

Here are my predictions on who will most likely be nominated for an Academy Award this year:


best picture:

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

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


If anyone is going to drop off the list, it would be The Town, to be replaced by 127 Hours. Which is an unlikely scenario.


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


If anybody is to fall off the list, it would be Darren Aronofsky. Think of Moulin Rouge- another divisive movie. Which would allow Joel and Ethan Coen to be nominated for True Grit.


best original screenplay:

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


I can see Inception missing out, with the slot going to Another Year.


best adapted screenplay:

127 Hours
Rabbit Hole
The Social Network
True Grit
Winter's Bone


127 Hours might be passed over for Toy Story 3.


Other possibilities in the screenplay categories are Biutiful, Blue Valentine, Get Low, The Ghost Writer, Made in Dagenham and Never Let Me Go.


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


This category looks tight, but Eisenberg or Franco might have to give way to a spoiler, such as Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine) or Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter).


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
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit


The first four look like locks, although I fear Kidman will be passed over. In any case, the fifth nod might go to Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine) or Halle Berry (Frankie & Alice).

Williams has better chances at being nominated than her co-star Gosling.


best supporting actor:

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


Garfield might find himself upset by John Hawkes (Winter's Bone), or Renner might be replaced by co-star Pete Postlethwaite, who died earlier this month. Don't count Michael Douglas (Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps) yet.


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


Kunis might find herself pushed out by co-star Barbara Hershey, or Dianne Wiest (Rabbit Hole) or Sissy Spacek (Get Low) might sneak in.

Look for Steinfeld in the supporting actress category, and Lesley Manville (Another Year) in either the lead or supporting actress category.

Plus Julianne Moore (The Kids are All Right) might pull off a surprise and show up in the fifth slot for lead actress, although it is more likely that she will land in the supporting field.

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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Forecast for tomorrow's Golden Globes

Who will win in the movies division-

drama:

best picture- The King's Speech
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- Johnny Depp in The Tourist
best actress- Annette Bening in The Kids are All Right


best director- David Fincher for The Social Network
best screenplay- Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
best supporting actor- Christian Bale in The Fighter
best supporting actress- Mila Kunis in Black Swan



I think the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will stick to its guns by choosing Johnny Depp's performance in The Tourist as the best in the musical or comedy category.

While I think they will pick Mila Kunis for best supporting actress, they might also go for Amy Adams in The Fighter.


Who should win in the television division-

drama:

best series- Dexter (Showtime)
best actor- Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
best actress- Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife


musical or comedy:

best series- 30 Rock (NBC)
best actor- Thomas Jane in Hung
best actress- Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie


best supporting actor in a series, miniseries or movie- Chris Noth in The Good Wife
best supporting actor in a series, miniseries or movie- Jane Lynch in Glee

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.

Winners at the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival

The winners of the 36th Metro Manila Film Festival were announced yesterday at the Meralco Theater.

best picture- Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To)

second best picture- Rosario
third best picture- RPG: Metanoia

best director- Wenn Deramas for Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To)
best screenplay- Mel del Rosario for Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To)
best story- Mel del Rosario for Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To)

best actor- Dolphy in Father Jejemon
best actress- Ai-Ai de las Alas in Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To)
best supporting actor- Dolphy in Rosario
best supporting actress- Eugene Domingo in Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To)
best child performer- Xyriel Manabat in Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To)

best cinematography- Carlo Mendoza for Rosario
best editing- John Wong for Rosario
best musical score- Jesse Lasaten for Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To)
best theme song- Gaya Ko from RPG: Metanoia, performed by Protein Shake (featuring Ney and Kean)
best production design- Joel Luna and Miki Hahn for Rosario
best sound- Ditoy Aguila for Super Inday and the Golden Bibe; and Ambient Media for RPG: Metanoia
best makeup- Nestor Dayno for Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote
best visual effects- Rico Gutierrez for Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote

best float- Rosario

most gender-sensitive animation - RPG: Metanoia
most gender-sensitive film - Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To)

best independent film- Presa by Adolf Alix Jr.
Gatpuno Antonio Villegas Cultural Award- Rosario

best dressed male- Dennis Trillo
best dressed female- Jennylyn Mercado
faces of the night- Sen. Bong Revilla and Sam Pinto

2010 Screen Actors Guild Award nominees for television

Modern Family led the field with four nominations in the Golden Globe Awards. The show is nominated for best comedy series cast, and for individual performances by Ty Burrell, Sofia Vergara and Ed O'Neill.

Here are the nominees:

drama series-

best cast

Boardwalk Empire
The Closer
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men


best actor

Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall in Dexter
Jon Hamm in Mad Men
Hugh Laurie in House


best actress

Glenn Close in Damages
Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer


comedy series-

best cast

Glee
Hot in Cleveland
Modern Family
The Office
30 Rock


best actor

Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock
Ty Burrell in Modern Family
Steve Carell in The Office
Chris Colfer in Glee
Ed O'Neill in Modern Family

best actress

Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey in 30 Rock
Jane Lynch in Glee
Sofia Vergara in Modern Family
Betty White in Hot in Cleveland


movie or miniseries-

best actor

John Goodman in You Don't Know Jack
Al Pacino in You Don't Know Jack
Dennis Quaid in The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez in Carlos
Patrick Stewart in Macbeth

best actress

Claire Danes in Temple Grandin
Catherine O'Hara in Temple Grandin
Julia Ormond in Temple Grandin
Winona Ryder in When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
Susan Sarandon in You Don't Know Jack


Those with three nominations are:

Mad Men
Glee
Temple Grandin
You Don't Know Jack


Missing from the list is the cast of Lost for its final season.

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 television

Glee leads nominees for the Golden Globe awards with five nods, including best musical or comedy, which it won last year. Cast members Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch are nominated.

Aside from the best musical or comedy category, Modern Family has nominations as well for Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara. In contrast, three of their co-stars were nominated in the this year's Emmys.

The nominees are:

drama-

best series

Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)


best actor

Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall in Dexter
Jon Hamm in Mad Men
Hugh Laurie in House


best actress

Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men
Piper Perabo in Covert Affairs
Katey Sagal in Sons of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer


musical or comedy-

best series

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Big C (Showtime)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
30 Rock (NBC)


best actor

Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock
Steve Carell in The Office
Thomas Jane in Hung
Matthew Morrison in Glee
Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory


best actress

Toni Collette in The United States of Tara
Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey in 30 Rock
Laura Linney in The Big C
Lea Michele in Glee


best miniseries or movie-

Carlos (Sundance Channel)
The Pacific (HBO)
Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)


best actor

Idris Elba in Luther
Ian McShane in Pillars of the Earth
Al Pacino in You Don't Know Jack
Dennis Quaid in The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez in Carlos


best actress

Hayley Atwell in Pillars of the Earth
Claire Danes in Temple Grandin
Judi Dench in Return to Cranford
Romola Garai in Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt in The Client List



best supporting actor in a series, miniseries or movie-

Scott Caan in Hawaii Five-O
Chris Colfer in Glee
Chris Noth in The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet in Modern Family
David Strathairn in Temple Grandin

best supporting actress in a series, miniseries or movie-

Hope Davis in The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch in Glee
Kelly MacDonald in Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles in Dexter
Sofia Vergara in Modern Family


All the series and actors from television who won last year are nominated again this year.

Robert De Niro will be given the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.

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.