Joe Wright’s “Cyrano,” starring Peter Dinklage and Hayley Bennett, based on the 2018 stage musical by Erica Schmidt (derived from the classic French play of unrequited love from Edmond Rostand), has surprisingly qualified for Best Original Score Oscar consideration. That’s because brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner, of the folk group The National, composed an original score separate from their theatrical score. Additionally, the Dessners reworked the songs for the movie as well, with lyrics from National frontman Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser.
Plus, “Cyrano” boasts two new Oscar-contending original songs: “Every Letter,” sung by Bennett, and “Somebody Desperate” (appearing over the end credits), an all-Nationals collaboration sung by Berninger, who wrote with Bryce and Aaron.
In 2021, the Academy rules were changed for the category, lowering the minimum percentage of original music from 60 to 35 percent of the total music in a movie — a threshold easily cleared by “Cyrano.
Plus, “Cyrano” boasts two new Oscar-contending original songs: “Every Letter,” sung by Bennett, and “Somebody Desperate” (appearing over the end credits), an all-Nationals collaboration sung by Berninger, who wrote with Bryce and Aaron.
In 2021, the Academy rules were changed for the category, lowering the minimum percentage of original music from 60 to 35 percent of the total music in a movie — a threshold easily cleared by “Cyrano.
- 11/9/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Bohemian Rhapsody” and “A Quiet Place” split the top sound editing prizes Sunday at the 66th annual Mpse Golden Reel Awards. “Bohemian Rhapsody” took Dialogue/Adr and Musical honors while the innovative “A Quiet Place” scored for Effects/Foley at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
This sets up a competitive Oscar race down to the wire next Sunday between the two frontrunners. But there’s also a good chance that the popular Freddie Mercury biopic will sweep both categories as a result of its Cas sound mixing victory on Saturday.
Read More: Oscars 2019: Best Sound Editing Predictions
Meanwhile, “Roma” took the foreign trophy for its nuanced soundscape, “Free Solo” and Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” tied in the documentary category, and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” snagged animation and music score honors.
TV winners included “Westworld” (“The Riddle of the Sphinx”), “Altered Carbon” (“Out of the Past”), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
This sets up a competitive Oscar race down to the wire next Sunday between the two frontrunners. But there’s also a good chance that the popular Freddie Mercury biopic will sweep both categories as a result of its Cas sound mixing victory on Saturday.
Read More: Oscars 2019: Best Sound Editing Predictions
Meanwhile, “Roma” took the foreign trophy for its nuanced soundscape, “Free Solo” and Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” tied in the documentary category, and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” snagged animation and music score honors.
TV winners included “Westworld” (“The Riddle of the Sphinx”), “Altered Carbon” (“Out of the Past”), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
- 2/18/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Bohemian Rhapsody” followed up love from Cinema Audio Society sound mixers with a pair of honors at the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 66th annual Golden Reel Awards Sunday night. The musical biopic scored wins for dialogue and Adr as well as sound editing in a musical.
The film is nominated for sound editing at the Oscars along with “First Man” and two other films that received Golden Reel Awards: “A Quiet Place” and “Roma.”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” also received a pair of awards.
TV prizes went to FX’s “The Americans” and “Atlanta,” Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” HBO’s “Westworld” and Netflix’s “Altered Carbon.”
There were a pair of ties: In feature documentary, “Free Solo” and “They Shall Not Grow Old” locked horns. For episodic short form music/musical work, “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” and “Vikings” ended up in a dead heat.
Director Antoine Fuqua received the Mpse’s filmmaker award,...
The film is nominated for sound editing at the Oscars along with “First Man” and two other films that received Golden Reel Awards: “A Quiet Place” and “Roma.”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” also received a pair of awards.
TV prizes went to FX’s “The Americans” and “Atlanta,” Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” HBO’s “Westworld” and Netflix’s “Altered Carbon.”
There were a pair of ties: In feature documentary, “Free Solo” and “They Shall Not Grow Old” locked horns. For episodic short form music/musical work, “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” and “Vikings” ended up in a dead heat.
Director Antoine Fuqua received the Mpse’s filmmaker award,...
- 2/18/2019
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
Producer Scott Rudin made one of the greatest decisions of his life when he approached Joel and Ethan Coen about directing a project for him in 2005. He had purchased the film rights to “No Country for Old Men,” a new novel by Cormac McCarthy about a drug deal gone wrong on the United States/Mexico border in the 1980s. But they were hesitant to accept since they were known for writing their own original movies, including an Oscar victory for the screenplay of Fargo” in 1996.
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The finished film brought them back to the Academy Awards 10 years ago and became the Best Picture of 2007 at the ceremony in 2008 (watch the video above). They would also take home trophies for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay that evening. With this triumph the Coen brothers joined James Cameron as the most recent...
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The finished film brought them back to the Academy Awards 10 years ago and became the Best Picture of 2007 at the ceremony in 2008 (watch the video above). They would also take home trophies for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay that evening. With this triumph the Coen brothers joined James Cameron as the most recent...
- 1/26/2018
- by Jack Fields
- Gold Derby
The challenge of sonically recreating the world of London in 1940 for Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour” not only involved historical accuracy but subjective license. After all, the psychological warfare utilized by Gary Oldman’s Winston Churchill to mobilize a reluctant Parliament against Hitler was crafted as a thrilling procedural.
“The first thing was to set the scene in 1940 sonically,” said sound editor Craig Berkey (nominated for the Coen brothers’ “True Grit” and “No Country for Old Men”). “The reality ranged from such obvious things as what a car or a phone sounded like, or the fact that church bells were not allowed to ring back then, only Big Ben. Or what the sounds of paper waving or foot stomping was like in Parliament.”
“The other part was to reflect what’s going on with Gary and his performance throughout the film,” added Berkey. “This part of the soundscape had to do with atmospherics,...
“The first thing was to set the scene in 1940 sonically,” said sound editor Craig Berkey (nominated for the Coen brothers’ “True Grit” and “No Country for Old Men”). “The reality ranged from such obvious things as what a car or a phone sounded like, or the fact that church bells were not allowed to ring back then, only Big Ben. Or what the sounds of paper waving or foot stomping was like in Parliament.”
“The other part was to reflect what’s going on with Gary and his performance throughout the film,” added Berkey. “This part of the soundscape had to do with atmospherics,...
- 1/8/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The sound in “Dunkirk” is crucial for this almost-silent, radically structured action movie. And “War for the Planet of the Apes” is also relatively dialogue light–except when Woody Harrelson’s Kurtz-like Colonel and Andy Serkis as Caesar explode in a dramatic face-off. And each time Ryan Gosling’s K in “Blade Runner,” Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman or Ansel Elgort’s Baby Driver enters a new landscape, the sound design clues us into what’s going on.
Here are our current predictions in alphabetical order. No movie will be deemed a frontrunner until I see it.
Frontrunners:
Will Files (“War for the Planet of the Apes”)
Richard King (“Dunkirk”)
Mark Mangini (“Blade Runner 2049”)
James Mather (“Wonder Woman”)
Julian Slater (“Baby Driver”)
Contenders:
Craig Berkey (“Darkest Hour”)
Richard Hymns (“The Post”)
Eric A. Norris, Steven Ticknor (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”)
Warren Shaw (“Beauty and the Beast”)
Donald Sylvester (“Logan”)
Matthew Wood...
Here are our current predictions in alphabetical order. No movie will be deemed a frontrunner until I see it.
Frontrunners:
Will Files (“War for the Planet of the Apes”)
Richard King (“Dunkirk”)
Mark Mangini (“Blade Runner 2049”)
James Mather (“Wonder Woman”)
Julian Slater (“Baby Driver”)
Contenders:
Craig Berkey (“Darkest Hour”)
Richard Hymns (“The Post”)
Eric A. Norris, Steven Ticknor (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”)
Warren Shaw (“Beauty and the Beast”)
Donald Sylvester (“Logan”)
Matthew Wood...
- 11/19/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Sound branch of the Academy often favors music-driven movies when it comes to the Mixing Oscar nominations, so Edgar Wright’s propulsive “Baby Driver” has a shot here, along with the elaborately layered sound mixes on “War for the Planet of the Apes,” “Wonder Woman,” “Dunkirk” and “Blade Runner 2049.”
Frontrunners:
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mac Ruth (“Blade Runner 2049”)
Chris Burdon, Gilbert Lake, Chris Munro (“Wonder Woman”)
Tim Cavagin, Julian Slater, Mary H. Ellis, James Peterson (“Baby Driver”)
Will Files, Douglas Murray, Andy Nelson, Chris Duesterdiek (“War for the Planet of the Apes”)
Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, Mark Weingarten (“Dunkirk”)
Contenders:
Craig Berkey, John Casali (“Darkest Hour”)
David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Paul Ledford (“Logan”)
Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, John Casali (“Beauty and the Beast”)
Kevin O’Connell, Tony Lamberti, Felipe Borrero (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”)
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Tim White (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”)
Gary Rydstrom (“The Post”)
Long Shots:
Ron Bartlett,...
Frontrunners:
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mac Ruth (“Blade Runner 2049”)
Chris Burdon, Gilbert Lake, Chris Munro (“Wonder Woman”)
Tim Cavagin, Julian Slater, Mary H. Ellis, James Peterson (“Baby Driver”)
Will Files, Douglas Murray, Andy Nelson, Chris Duesterdiek (“War for the Planet of the Apes”)
Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, Mark Weingarten (“Dunkirk”)
Contenders:
Craig Berkey, John Casali (“Darkest Hour”)
David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Paul Ledford (“Logan”)
Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, John Casali (“Beauty and the Beast”)
Kevin O’Connell, Tony Lamberti, Felipe Borrero (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”)
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Tim White (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”)
Gary Rydstrom (“The Post”)
Long Shots:
Ron Bartlett,...
- 11/19/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Keep up with the glitzy awards world with our bi-weekly Awards Roundup column.
– The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced that Academy Award–winning actor Helen Mirren will be honored at the 45th Chaplin Award Gala on Monday, April 30, 2018. A beloved figure of stage, screen, and television, Mirren has bestowed upon the world a series of iconic performances in a career spanning more than fifty years. The annual event will be attended by a host of notable guests and presenters and will include movie and interview clips, culminating in the presentation of the Chaplin Award.
“It is an honor and a pleasure for us to present Helen Mirren with our 45th Chaplin Award,” said Ann Tenenbaum, the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Board Chairman. “From housemaid to Queen and everything in between, Ms. Mirren has delivered masterful performances of complex characters, upending stereotype after stereotype along the way.
– The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced that Academy Award–winning actor Helen Mirren will be honored at the 45th Chaplin Award Gala on Monday, April 30, 2018. A beloved figure of stage, screen, and television, Mirren has bestowed upon the world a series of iconic performances in a career spanning more than fifty years. The annual event will be attended by a host of notable guests and presenters and will include movie and interview clips, culminating in the presentation of the Chaplin Award.
“It is an honor and a pleasure for us to present Helen Mirren with our 45th Chaplin Award,” said Ann Tenenbaum, the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Board Chairman. “From housemaid to Queen and everything in between, Ms. Mirren has delivered masterful performances of complex characters, upending stereotype after stereotype along the way.
- 10/20/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Good Dinosaur rules the earth on February 23!
Disney/Pixar's smash hit The Good Dinosaur is coming home on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere on February 23, with extensive bonus features, including the Academy Award© nominated theatrical short “Sanjay’s Super Team,” Making-of Featurettes, and deleted scenes.
The Good Dinosaur asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely, and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
The cast includes Raymond Ochoa as Arlo, Jeffrey Wright as Arlo’s wise Poppa, Frances McDormand as Arlo’s strong Momma, Marcus Scribner as Arlo’s brother Buck, Jack Bright as Spot,...
Disney/Pixar's smash hit The Good Dinosaur is coming home on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere on February 23, with extensive bonus features, including the Academy Award© nominated theatrical short “Sanjay’s Super Team,” Making-of Featurettes, and deleted scenes.
The Good Dinosaur asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely, and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
The cast includes Raymond Ochoa as Arlo, Jeffrey Wright as Arlo’s wise Poppa, Frances McDormand as Arlo’s strong Momma, Marcus Scribner as Arlo’s brother Buck, Jack Bright as Spot,...
- 1/22/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
'True Grit' 2010: Hailee Steinfeld and Jeff Bridges. 'True Grit' 2010 review: 'Far Superior' to 1969 John Wayne Western I've gotten to the point with the Coen brothers where I just expect something wonderful every time they make a movie. For me, that was the case even with an effort like True Grit. For others, however, it was different. When the Coens announced their plans to adapt Charles Portis' novel, heads turned and were scratched by many. After all, not only were the brothers going to adapt a book, something they had done only once before (twice if you count The Odyssey), but they were going to remake a movie made famous by John Wayne in 1969. To many, especially lovers of Westerns, touching True Grit was sacrilege. But the Coens weren't deterred, and thankfully so. Their adaptation of True Grit is not only far superior to Henry Hathaway's 1969 version, it...
- 12/26/2015
- by Nathan Donarum
- Alt Film Guide
Under strict anti-piracy measures, which included sealed bags and lock-downs on all electronic equipment, Pixar’s story editor Kelsey Mann presented 30 minutes of exclusive footage and sketched images from the highly anticipated The Good Dinosaur at Rome Film Festival.
The giddy animation stalwart iterated to the packed house that several of the scenes had just been completed, with many of his colleagues still yet to see the new material.
Shown in the same narrative arc of the film - Mann introduced scenes and initial storyboard sketches with lead character Arlo (aptly a young apostaurus), along with his parents and two siblings.
Additional scenes showed the tragic circumstance that tears him away from his family, as well as the strange, vast landscape he is forced to travel on his own, where he meets characters including a spiritual stegosaurus, a quirky family of tyrannosaurus rexes and a young boy/ dog named Spot.
“Arlo’s world...
The giddy animation stalwart iterated to the packed house that several of the scenes had just been completed, with many of his colleagues still yet to see the new material.
Shown in the same narrative arc of the film - Mann introduced scenes and initial storyboard sketches with lead character Arlo (aptly a young apostaurus), along with his parents and two siblings.
Additional scenes showed the tragic circumstance that tears him away from his family, as well as the strange, vast landscape he is forced to travel on his own, where he meets characters including a spiritual stegosaurus, a quirky family of tyrannosaurus rexes and a young boy/ dog named Spot.
“Arlo’s world...
- 10/22/2015
- ScreenDaily
The International Press Academy has announced its nominations for the 18th annual Satellite Awards and Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity," David O. Russell's "American Hustle," and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" led the pack.
Winners will be announced on March 9, 2014 at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Here's the complete nominations:
Motion Pictures
Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams American Hustle (Sony)
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sandra Bullock Gravity (Warner Bros.)
Judi Dench Philomena (The Weinstein Company)
Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)
Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale American Hustle (Sony)
Bruce Dern Nebraska (Paramount)
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips (Sony)
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features...
Winners will be announced on March 9, 2014 at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Here's the complete nominations:
Motion Pictures
Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams American Hustle (Sony)
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sandra Bullock Gravity (Warner Bros.)
Judi Dench Philomena (The Weinstein Company)
Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Color (Sundance)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)
Actor in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale American Hustle (Sony)
Bruce Dern Nebraska (Paramount)
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips (Sony)
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features...
- 12/16/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
12 Years a Slave continues to be the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to nominations. After leading the Spirit Award nominations it now leads the International Press Academy's (Ipa) 2013 Satellite Award nominations with a total of ten noms, followed by American Hustle and Gravity, each with eight nominations. The top five nominees were rounded out by Rush with seven nominations and Inside Llewyn Davis and Saving Mr. Banks with six nominations each. The Satellites, however, are an interesting bunch. As you can see there are several nominations in each category, leaving pretty much no stone unturned. I guess you could say no nomination for Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station) is a surprise and, in my personal opinion, with such a large field of nominees I'd like to see Joaquin Phoenix (Her) get a nomination, but that certainly isn't going to be a film for everyone even though Arcade Fire was...
- 12/2/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I guess I could look at the win last night from the American Cinema Editors (Ace) for The Descendants for Best Editing in a dramatic feature as a sign we may still have an upset at the Oscars, but I think that would be overstepping my bounds. I will, however, say I think it shows The Descendants is a stronger #2 candidate for Best Picture than Hugo is as The Artist remains the clear front-runner in the Best Picture category as it also won last night for Best Editing in a comedy or musical. In the lackluster animation category Rango took the win over Puss in Boots and The Adventures of Tintin where, I guess, we could have seen Tintin win, but I'm having a hard time mustering up any kind of passion one way or another to really care. The Ace winners are listed below along with the other nominees.
- 2/19/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
2012 Oscar Predictions: Sound Mixing Contenders as the Cinema Audio Society Announces their Nominees
Two categories I have yet to predict in my Oscar predictions are Best Sound Editing and Sound Mixing, primarily because I've been waiting for the Cinema Audio Society (Cas) and Motion Picture Sound Editors (Mpse) to weigh in with their nominees. Today, the Cas delivered and I'm expecting the results from the Mpse today or tomorrow as we are now only a few days away from the Oscar nominations. As for the Cas noms, over the last five years there has been a pretty good track record of the nominees matching Oscar's nominees. From 2006-2009 the nominees matched four out of the five Oscar nominees. Last year, however, was a bit different as only two of the five nominees matched. This year, I'm aiming for four of the five nominees to match once again as my only difference is I have Transformers: Dark of the Moon in my top five over Moneyball.
- 1/19/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Los Angeles, Thursday January 19th, 2011 — The Cinema Audio Society announces the nominees for the 48th Annual Cas Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2011 in four categories. Also included are the nominations for the Cas Technical Awards in both the Production and the Post-Production categories. The Awards will be presented at a sealed envelope dinner on February 18th in the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. During this Awards Dinner the highest honor of the Cas — the Cas Career Achievement Award will be presented to Re-recording Mixer Scott Millan, Cas and the Cas Filmmaker Award will be presented to director Rob Marshall. Ktla Entertainment Reporter Sam Rubin will be returning as the Master of Ceremonies The Cinema Audio Society, a philanthropic, non-profit organization, was formed in 1964 for the purpose of sharing information with Sound Professionals in the Motion Picture and Television Industry. On the evening of the Awards...
- 1/19/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
To conclude this mutant week we've been up to, let's name the best moments from Marvel's evolutionary franchise. We still maintain that X-Men's complex mythology and soap opera relationships would be a far more natural fit for the television medium, but the movies will do for now...
Ten Greatest X-movie Moments
Oh Angel, we hardly knew ye
Honorable Mention: There is that momentarily thrilling one moment in X-Men Last Stand (2006) when Angel (Ben Foster) took flight, but the rest of that film took such a dump on grand source material that it's best forgotten. This proposed memory wipe is even more welcome now that X-Men First Class has taken a decent stab at the source material again. The most obvious problem with Last Stand was its greedy carelessness, attempting to reference everything that had ever existed, thus offering up half-ass takes on dozens upon dozens of characters and sidelining...
Ten Greatest X-movie Moments
Oh Angel, we hardly knew ye
Honorable Mention: There is that momentarily thrilling one moment in X-Men Last Stand (2006) when Angel (Ben Foster) took flight, but the rest of that film took such a dump on grand source material that it's best forgotten. This proposed memory wipe is even more welcome now that X-Men First Class has taken a decent stab at the source material again. The most obvious problem with Last Stand was its greedy carelessness, attempting to reference everything that had ever existed, thus offering up half-ass takes on dozens upon dozens of characters and sidelining...
- 6/13/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Tremors? Nightbreed? Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat? 976-evil? Are all on the list this year. And though there were not huge horror wins in sound editing through screenplays, the Technical Awards never cease to bring out the horror veterans. Notably Tim Drnec who contributed to such VHS classics as Alien Seed, Destroyer, and Prison won for his work on “Spydercam 3D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies.” An award also shared with Ben Britten Smith and Matt Davis who both also worked on Constantine.
But among all the winners, the Academy also honored some great loses in 2010. And though they mentioned some of our heroes, Dennis Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and Dino de Laurentiis (King Kong), they did not mention Zelda Rubinstein or Corey Haim. But we will in this last section and the others lost to us last year.
So farewell fight fans and remember,...
But among all the winners, the Academy also honored some great loses in 2010. And though they mentioned some of our heroes, Dennis Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and Dino de Laurentiis (King Kong), they did not mention Zelda Rubinstein or Corey Haim. But we will in this last section and the others lost to us last year.
So farewell fight fans and remember,...
- 3/13/2011
- by Heather Buckley
- DreadCentral.com
Did the Oscars surprise anyone? Sci-Fi fans, we are of course still sore over Christopher Nolan’s snub for Best Director, but Inception still was recognized with four Oscars. Genre highlights from the 83rd Academy Awards also include Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland sweeping away the two coveted design awards in Art Direction and Costume Design and The Wolfman won for Best Makeup. Pixar‘s Toy Story 3 took home Best Animated Film and Best Song.
This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
Check...
This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
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- 3/1/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
… And so another year of the most boring and predictable awards ceremony on planet Earth has passed. There were cheesy speeches, somebody said the ‘f’ word and Colin Firth won an Oscar. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards were presented by James Franco and Anne Hathaway to what looks like very mixed reviews judging from responses this morning.
Below is a full list of winners and losers… since, like Highlander, there can only be one! Nice to see The Wolfman and Inside Job pick up major awards and Natalie Portman bag an Oscar. She was ace in Black Swan.
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Best Director
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel And Ethan Coen – True Grit
Darren Aronofsky...
Below is a full list of winners and losers… since, like Highlander, there can only be one! Nice to see The Wolfman and Inside Job pick up major awards and Natalie Portman bag an Oscar. She was ace in Black Swan.
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Best Director
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel And Ethan Coen – True Grit
Darren Aronofsky...
- 2/28/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
A full list of winners and nominees for the Oscars 2011
Best motion picture of the year
Winner: The King's Speech
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Winner: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Winner: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Achievement in directing
Winner: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Art direction
Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the...
Best motion picture of the year
Winner: The King's Speech
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Winner: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Winner: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Achievement in directing
Winner: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Art direction
Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the...
- 2/28/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
The King’S Speech was king of all he surveyed on Sunday evening at the 83rd Academy Awards. James Franco, Oscar®-nominee for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, and Anne Hathaway hosted the Oscars® broadcast by the ABC Television Network from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
Going in to the evening with 12 nominations, The King’S Speech came away with four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (Michael Seidler). Inception also collected four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. The Facebook drama, The Social Network, won 3 Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (David Sorkin), Best Score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and Best Editing.
Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in .Biutiful. Jeff Bridges in .True Grit. Jesse Eisenberg in .The Social Network. Colin Firth in .The King’s Speech...
Going in to the evening with 12 nominations, The King’S Speech came away with four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (Michael Seidler). Inception also collected four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. The Facebook drama, The Social Network, won 3 Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (David Sorkin), Best Score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and Best Editing.
Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in .Biutiful. Jeff Bridges in .True Grit. Jesse Eisenberg in .The Social Network. Colin Firth in .The King’s Speech...
- 2/28/2011
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
If you missed the broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards, or you can't remember who won what, here is a list of all the winners in their categories. The King's Speech and Inception both tied for the most Oscars won, which was four statues each. However, whereas Inception took home awards for technical categories (Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound and Best Cinematography), The King's Speech won three of the top four categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay).
Best Picture:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin,...
Best Picture:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
In a surge reminiscent of its late-breaking Oscar season momentum, The King’s Speech triumphed at the 2011 Academy Awards, winning three of the final four categories including Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Director (Tom Hooper). The magnificent British drama took home four golden statues on Sunday, tieing Christopher Nolan’s Inception for the most Oscars, and narrowly beating critic favorite and three-time winner The Social Network.
Hosted by a smug, sleepy James Franco and a cheery, happy-to-be-there Anne Hathaway, the 3+ hour ceremony felt like an eternity. The next-generation actors were supposed to liven what is traditionally a stuffy telecast, but their monologue and subsequent appearances lacked the classy zingers of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin’s banter or the pep of Hugh Jackman’s show.
Further attempts to appeal to a populist crowd, such as autotuning some of 2010’s big blockbusters or quipping about Charlie Sheen, fell flat,...
Hosted by a smug, sleepy James Franco and a cheery, happy-to-be-there Anne Hathaway, the 3+ hour ceremony felt like an eternity. The next-generation actors were supposed to liven what is traditionally a stuffy telecast, but their monologue and subsequent appearances lacked the classy zingers of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin’s banter or the pep of Hugh Jackman’s show.
Further attempts to appeal to a populist crowd, such as autotuning some of 2010’s big blockbusters or quipping about Charlie Sheen, fell flat,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Well I certainly don't think 2011 will go down as one of the more memorable years in Oscar history; not only were the winners fairly predictable, but the ceremony itself seemed dull and uninspired. Despite an attempt to add a "youthful edge" to the Oscars this year, it was almost completely lacking in comedy, excitement or entertainment. Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway seemed to be dreadfully unprepared and lacking material, leaving Franco to put up a facade of aloof detachment while Hathaway simply attempted to win everyone over with cuteness. The King's Speech went on to secure most of the major awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay, reinforcing the stuffy British Oscar stereotype. For the second time David Fincher was denied Best Director, but The Social Network did end up getting awards for Film Editing, Original Score and Adapted Screenplay. Natalie Portman still managed to snag Best Actress for Black Swan,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Hollywood's biggest night of the year has come and gone, and it seems many could care less. Last night's 83rd Annual Academy Awards show wasn't as dreadful as many critics have charged, but it wasn't lustrous, either — not the way it has been in decades past — leading many to wonder if the ceremony is: a) losing its relevance; b) compromised by the down economy; c) an indicator of the changing state of both the film and broadcast industry.
The turn of the 21st century has seen the celebrated awards show take a hit. Changes over the past decade seem to have aversely affected the program, including shifting the broadcast from Monday at 9pm to Sunday at 8:30pm in 1999. During the TV writers strike in 2008, just over 32M viewers watched the Oscars, the least viewed ever.
This year the Academy Awards show fell to an 11.7 adults 18-49 rating, down 12% vs.
The turn of the 21st century has seen the celebrated awards show take a hit. Changes over the past decade seem to have aversely affected the program, including shifting the broadcast from Monday at 9pm to Sunday at 8:30pm in 1999. During the TV writers strike in 2008, just over 32M viewers watched the Oscars, the least viewed ever.
This year the Academy Awards show fell to an 11.7 adults 18-49 rating, down 12% vs.
- 2/28/2011
- CinemaSpy
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions) Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" (Paramount) Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colin Firth in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) James Franco in "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale in "The Fighter" (Paramount) John Hawkes in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) Jeremy Renner in "The Town" (Warner Bros.) Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) Geoffrey Rush in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole" (Lionsgate) Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight) Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams...
- 2/28/2011
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" lorded over the festivities at the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The film, nominated for 12 Oscars, won 4 including Best Picture, Director for Tom Hooper, Actor for King Colin Firth, and Original Screenplay for David Seidler.
David Fincher's "The Social Network" took home 3 awards including Best Film Editing, Original Score for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin.
(For my minute-by-minute look at the 2011 Oscars, please click here, trust me, it's fun!)
As expected, Natalie Portman took home Oscar gold for her performance as a delusional ballerina in "Black Swan." "The Fighter" yielded the Best Supporting performances of the year with Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor and Melissa Leo taking home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" took home most of the technical categories including Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Cinematography for Wally Pfister.
David Fincher's "The Social Network" took home 3 awards including Best Film Editing, Original Score for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin.
(For my minute-by-minute look at the 2011 Oscars, please click here, trust me, it's fun!)
As expected, Natalie Portman took home Oscar gold for her performance as a delusional ballerina in "Black Swan." "The Fighter" yielded the Best Supporting performances of the year with Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor and Melissa Leo taking home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" took home most of the technical categories including Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Cinematography for Wally Pfister.
- 2/28/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The night has finally arrived — Oscars. So will Christian Bale finally take home gold? Will The King’s Speech live up to the massive expectations? All are revealed here and now.
The 83rd Academy Awards winners (refresh the page for real-time updates):
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: 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
Best Foreign Language Film
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
Winner: In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)
Best Original Screenplay
Another Year,...
The 83rd Academy Awards winners (refresh the page for real-time updates):
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: 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
Best Foreign Language Film
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
Winner: In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)
Best Original Screenplay
Another Year,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Mike Bruno
- EW - Inside Movies
It’s Oscar time as the 83rd Academy Awards are about to start in Los Angeles and though the whispers on the wind blowing through Hollywood are telling us that these are the most easily predicted Oscars in years I’m still holding out for one or two surprises.
Our man Ian Gilchrist offered his views on the big awards and whatever happens in the event the world and his dog will be liveblogging and twitter is almost certain to groan worryingly under the weight of the #oscar discussion, we’ll be doing our bit and updating this page with the winners as they are announced, but why not join in the fun and head on out to Twittersville and follow along with @heyuguysblog. Seriously, those cool kids? It’s where they are.
So, while the red carpet is cleansed of paparazzi and our attention is drawn inside, keep your...
Our man Ian Gilchrist offered his views on the big awards and whatever happens in the event the world and his dog will be liveblogging and twitter is almost certain to groan worryingly under the weight of the #oscar discussion, we’ll be doing our bit and updating this page with the winners as they are announced, but why not join in the fun and head on out to Twittersville and follow along with @heyuguysblog. Seriously, those cool kids? It’s where they are.
So, while the red carpet is cleansed of paparazzi and our attention is drawn inside, keep your...
- 2/28/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Football has the Super Bowl, baseball has the World Series, soccer has the World Cup and movies have the Academy Awards. Each year, Hollywood's schedule more or less culminates with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handing out Oscars for the year's best films and Sunday, for the 83rd straight time, it happened again. Hosts James Franco [1] and Anne Hathaway [2] helped some of the most famous actors and actresses [3] in the world hand out the hardware for the best of 2010. Leading the pack with twelve total nominations [4] was The King's Speech, followed by True Grit with ten, Inception and The Social Network with eight, The Fighter with seven, 127 Hours with six, Black Swan and Toy Story 3 with five and The Kids Are all Right and Winter's Bone with four. And those just so happen to be the 10 films nominated for Best Picture. Did your favorite film take home an Oscar?...
- 2/27/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
It's hard to predict the winners of this year's Oscars because there is no clear-cut favorite. Last year, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" started strong during awards season and maintained its dominance all the way to its Oscar best picture victory. This year, David Fincher's "The Social Network" triumphed in the beginning but the Oscar buzz surrounding the movie is slowly fading away.
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture
.Black Swan. Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
.The Fighter. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
.Inception. Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
.The Kids Are All Right. Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
.The King's Speech. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
.127 Hours. Christian Colson,...
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture
.Black Swan. Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
.The Fighter. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
.Inception. Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
.The Kids Are All Right. Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
.The King's Speech. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
.127 Hours. Christian Colson,...
- 2/27/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
'King's Speech' rules the night, with 'The Fighter' and 'The Social Network' also winning big.
By Eric Ditzian
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Photo: Weinstein Company
Here's the full list of winners and nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Winner: "The King's Speech"
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Check out backstage photos of the big Oscar winners.
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: 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"
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman in...
By Eric Ditzian
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Photo: Weinstein Company
Here's the full list of winners and nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Winner: "The King's Speech"
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Check out backstage photos of the big Oscar winners.
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: 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"
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman in...
- 2/27/2011
- MTV Music News
'King's Speech' rules the night, with 'The Fighter' and 'The Social Network' also winning big.
By Eric Ditzian
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Photo: Weinstein Company
Here's the full list of winners and nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Winner: "The King's Speech"
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Check out backstage photos of the big Oscar winners.
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: 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"
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman in...
By Eric Ditzian
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Photo: Weinstein Company
Here's the full list of winners and nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Winner: "The King's Speech"
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Check out backstage photos of the big Oscar winners.
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: 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"
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman in...
- 2/27/2011
- MTV Movie News
It’s that time of year once again, the crème de la crème of Hollywood are pressing their gowns and tuxedos as we speak in preperation for the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony! We’ll be reporting on the event live right here, updating this post as the night develops. We’ll also be tweeting live too so be sure to follow @FilmShaft on Twitter to be kept up to date with tonight’s festivites!
Below the live update section is the full nomination list for The Oscars 2011, as they are announced they will be highlighted Red and I’ll be providing my feedback in the live update section. So put the wine in the fridge, get the corn popping and get ready for another night of glitz and glamour!
Live Updates
01:22Pm – After frequent attempts to get my wireless up to speed (quite literally) the stream is no longer...
Below the live update section is the full nomination list for The Oscars 2011, as they are announced they will be highlighted Red and I’ll be providing my feedback in the live update section. So put the wine in the fridge, get the corn popping and get ready for another night of glitz and glamour!
Live Updates
01:22Pm – After frequent attempts to get my wireless up to speed (quite literally) the stream is no longer...
- 2/27/2011
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
This Sunday night, all of America will convene into our metaphoric “Lady Caves” to watch the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, hosted by James Franco and Anne “No Seriously” Hathaway.. Before we even continue, you should be following BWEtv, Me and Dan on Twitter, as we will be Livetweeting the festivities this Sunday night. The Oscars are looking to shape up to be one of the most predictable Oscars ever!! So predictable, in fact, that our minds have braintraveled over to the offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers and seen the winners list! Kind of like the aliens in Independence Day, only the only resources we’re stealing are Hollywood answers. Here are your winners!! This is like getting the Sports Almanac in Back to the Future II before the games, people. Fill those ballots out now. Actor in a Leading Role * Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” * Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” * Jesse Eisenberg in...
- 2/25/2011
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
It's hard to predict the winners of this year's Oscars because there is no clear-cut favorite. Last year, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" started strong during awards season and maintained its dominance all the way to its Oscar best picture victory. This year, David Fincher's "The Social Network" triumphed in the beginning but the Oscar buzz surrounding the movie is slowly fading away.
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture
.Black Swan. Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
.The Fighter. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
.Inception. Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
.The Kids Are All Right. Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
.The King's Speech. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
.127 Hours. Christian Colson,...
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture
.Black Swan. Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
.The Fighter. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
.Inception. Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
.The Kids Are All Right. Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
.The King's Speech. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
.127 Hours. Christian Colson,...
- 2/24/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
"True Grit" shot down "Black Swan," "Inception," "Shutter Island," and "The Social Network" to win Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing at the 47th annual Cas Awards given by the Cinema Audio Society.
Here's the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees. Check out Awards Avenue for your complete winners/nominees of all the award-giving bodies leading up to the Oscars!
47Th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards
Motion Pictures:
Black Swan
Production Mixer Ken Ishii, Cas
Re-recording Mixers Dominick Tavella, Cas Craig Henighan
Inception
Production Mixer Ed Novick
Re-recording Mixers Lora Hirschberg Gary A. Rizzo
Shutter Island
Production Mixer Petur Hliddal
Re-recording Mixers Tom Fleishman, Cas
The Social Network
Production Mixer Mark Weingarten, Cas
Re-recording Mixers Ren Klyce David Parker Michael Semanick, Cas
*** True Grit
Production Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas
Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas Craig Berkey, Cas Greg Orloff, Cas
Television Movies and Mini-Series:
The Pacific Part 2
Production Mixer...
Here's the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees. Check out Awards Avenue for your complete winners/nominees of all the award-giving bodies leading up to the Oscars!
47Th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards
Motion Pictures:
Black Swan
Production Mixer Ken Ishii, Cas
Re-recording Mixers Dominick Tavella, Cas Craig Henighan
Inception
Production Mixer Ed Novick
Re-recording Mixers Lora Hirschberg Gary A. Rizzo
Shutter Island
Production Mixer Petur Hliddal
Re-recording Mixers Tom Fleishman, Cas
The Social Network
Production Mixer Mark Weingarten, Cas
Re-recording Mixers Ren Klyce David Parker Michael Semanick, Cas
*** True Grit
Production Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas
Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas Craig Berkey, Cas Greg Orloff, Cas
Television Movies and Mini-Series:
The Pacific Part 2
Production Mixer...
- 2/21/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The American Cinema Editors handed out their “Eddie Awards” and with no surprise The Social Network was named the best edited feature-length drama. Alice in Wonderland won in the comedy/musical category, Toy Story 3 in the animated category and finally Exit Through the Gift Shop won in the documentary category. Modern Family, The Walking Dead, Treme, and Temple Grandin were awarded as the best edited programs on television last year.
The Cinema Audio Society gave their top film award to True Grit while Boardwalk Empire came out the big winner in television.
Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):
The Social Network
Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical):
Alice in Wonderland
Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.
Best Edited Animated Feature Film:
Toy Story 3
Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.
Best Edited Documentary:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Tom Fulford & Chris King...
The Cinema Audio Society gave their top film award to True Grit while Boardwalk Empire came out the big winner in television.
Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):
The Social Network
Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical):
Alice in Wonderland
Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.
Best Edited Animated Feature Film:
Toy Story 3
Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.
Best Edited Documentary:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Tom Fulford & Chris King...
- 2/21/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
HollywoodNews.com: The Millennium Biltmore Hotel was the site for the 47th Annual Cas Awards Dinner this evening as the organization bestowed the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture to True Grit and the Sound Mixing Team of Production Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas and Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas, Craig Berkey, Cas and Greg Orloff, Cas. This is the third Cas win for Kurland who previously won for No Country for Old Men and Walk the Line. This is the second Cas win for Lievsay, Berkey and Orloff who won previously for No Country for Old Men.
During the ceremony, Jeffrey S. Wexler, Cas, was honored with the Cas Career Achievement Award presented by Tomlinson Holman, Cas, the developer of the Thx system and Oscar® winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler, Asc. During the presentation Holman remarked than nearly 40 years ago he served as Wexler’s boom operator,...
During the ceremony, Jeffrey S. Wexler, Cas, was honored with the Cas Career Achievement Award presented by Tomlinson Holman, Cas, the developer of the Thx system and Oscar® winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler, Asc. During the presentation Holman remarked than nearly 40 years ago he served as Wexler’s boom operator,...
- 2/20/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Joel & Ethan Coen's "True Grit" led the winners of the 47th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards, announced last night in Los Angeles. The film's Sound Mixing Team of roduction Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas and Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas, Craig Berkey, Cas and Greg Orloff, Cas won the awards' top prize. It was the third win for Kurland (after "No Country For Old Men" and "Walk The Line"), ...
- 2/20/2011
- Indiewire
“True Grit” won the Cinema Audio Society’s award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture, it was announced Saturday night at the 47th Annual Cas Awards Dinner. Honors went to the sound mixing team Production Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas and Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas, Craig Berkey, Cas and Greg Orloff, Cas. It was the third Cas win for Kurland who previously won for “No Country for Old Men and Walk the Line,” and the second for Lievsay, Berkey and Orloff who won previously for “No Country...
- 2/20/2011
- The Wrap
Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's True Grit Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures: True Grit Production Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas Craig Berkey, Cas Greg Orloff, Cas Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movies and Mini-Series: Temple Grandin Production Mixer Ethan Andrus Re-recording Mixer Rick Ash Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series: Boardwalk Empire (A Return to Normalcy-Episode 12) Production Mixer Franklin D. Stettner, Cas Re-recording Mixers Tom Fleischman, Cas Oustanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Non-Fiction, Variety or Music – Series or Specials: Deadliest Catch: Redemption Day Re-recording Mixer Bob Bronow, Cas Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for DVD Original Programming: 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Production Mixer Michael Williamson, Cas Re-recording Mixers Eric Lalicata, Cas 7th Annual Cas Technical Achievement Awards: Production: Schoeps Super Cmit 2U Post Production Izotope...
- 2/20/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Cinema Audio Society consisting of Sound Mixers and Associates from the film and television industries handed out its 47th Annual Cas Award Winners Saturday. The Society was founded to create a proper channel of communication between the related sound crafts and between those instrumental to the production and distribution of film and television soundtracks: Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures: True Grit Production Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas Craig Berkey, Cas Greg Orloff, Cas Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movies and Mini-Series: Temple Grandin Production Mixer Ethan Andrus Re-recording Mixer Rick Ash Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series: Boardwalk Empire (A Return to Normalcy-Episode 12) Production Mixer Franklin D. Stettner, Cas Re-recording Mixers Tom Fleischman, Cas Oustanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials: Deadliest Catch: Redemption Day Re-recording Mixer Bob Bronow,...
- 2/20/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Full winners list is below for the Baftas 2011 arwards. The big winner of the night was 'The King's Speech' which took home both Best Film and Best British Film, as well as Best Actor for Colin Firth his second consecutive win following his performance in a 'A Single Man' last year and both Best Supporting awards.
Best Director went to David Fincher for 'The Social Network,' which also landed Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin's script and Best Editing, making it the runner-up with 'Inception' winning three prizes, for Best Sound, Best Production Design and Special Visual Effects.
Best Film:
Black Swan
Inception
The King’S Speech - Winner
The Social Network
True Grit
Outstanding British Film:
127 Hours
Another Year
Four Lions
The King’S Speech - Winner
Made In Dagenham
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
The Arbor...
Best Director went to David Fincher for 'The Social Network,' which also landed Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin's script and Best Editing, making it the runner-up with 'Inception' winning three prizes, for Best Sound, Best Production Design and Special Visual Effects.
Best Film:
Black Swan
Inception
The King’S Speech - Winner
The Social Network
True Grit
Outstanding British Film:
127 Hours
Another Year
Four Lions
The King’S Speech - Winner
Made In Dagenham
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
The Arbor...
- 2/14/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
As expected, Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" dominated the Orange British Film Awards winning seven BAFTAs including Best Film, Leading Actor for Colin Firth, Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush and Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter.
Natalie Portman took home the Leading Actress trophy for "Black Swan." Early awards season favorite, "The Social Network" won three BAFTAs including Best Director for David Finchers, Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, and Best Editing for Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter.
"Inception" also took home three trophies including Best Production Design, Sound, and Visual Effects.
Christopher Lee received the ighest accolade which the Academy can bestow, the Fellowship, while the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was given to Jk Rowling and David Heyman for the "Harry Potter" films.
Here's the complete list of the winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2011 Orange British Film Awards. Check out Awards Avenue for winners...
Natalie Portman took home the Leading Actress trophy for "Black Swan." Early awards season favorite, "The Social Network" won three BAFTAs including Best Director for David Finchers, Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, and Best Editing for Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter.
"Inception" also took home three trophies including Best Production Design, Sound, and Visual Effects.
Christopher Lee received the ighest accolade which the Academy can bestow, the Fellowship, while the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was given to Jk Rowling and David Heyman for the "Harry Potter" films.
Here's the complete list of the winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2011 Orange British Film Awards. Check out Awards Avenue for winners...
- 2/14/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The King’s Speech, The Social Network, and the other winners of the 2011 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) have been announced. The King’s Speech and The Social Network were the big winners at BAFTA 2011. The full listing of the 2011 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) winners is below.
Best Film
Black Swan
Inception
The King’S Speech (Winner)
The Social Network
True Grit
Outstanding British Film
127 Hours
Another Year
Four Lions
The King’S Speech (Winner)
Made In Dagenham
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
The Arbor Clio Barnard (Director), Tracy O’Riordan (Producer)
Exit Through The Gift Shop Banksy (Director), Jaimie D’Cruz (Producer)
Four Lions Chris Morris (Director/Writer) (Winner)
Monsters Gareth Edwards (Director/Writer)
Skeletons Nick Whitfield (Director/Writer)
Director
127 Hours Danny Boyle
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
Inception Christopher Nolan
The King’S Speech Tom Hooper
The Social Network David Fincher (Winner)
Original Screenplay
Black Swan Mark Heyman,...
Best Film
Black Swan
Inception
The King’S Speech (Winner)
The Social Network
True Grit
Outstanding British Film
127 Hours
Another Year
Four Lions
The King’S Speech (Winner)
Made In Dagenham
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
The Arbor Clio Barnard (Director), Tracy O’Riordan (Producer)
Exit Through The Gift Shop Banksy (Director), Jaimie D’Cruz (Producer)
Four Lions Chris Morris (Director/Writer) (Winner)
Monsters Gareth Edwards (Director/Writer)
Skeletons Nick Whitfield (Director/Writer)
Director
127 Hours Danny Boyle
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
Inception Christopher Nolan
The King’S Speech Tom Hooper
The Social Network David Fincher (Winner)
Original Screenplay
Black Swan Mark Heyman,...
- 2/14/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The BAFTA's were awarded tonight and below are the winners. The King's Speech won a total of seven awards. As I called earlier this will likely carry on through the Oscar's. A big congrats goes out to Gareth Unwin and Bedlam Productions!
See the winners below and share your thoughts. Who do you think will win big at the Oscar's this year?
Best Film
Winner: The King's Speech - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
Inception - Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
The Social Network - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin
True Grit - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Outstanding British Film
Winner: The King's Speech - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Four Lions - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson,...
See the winners below and share your thoughts. Who do you think will win big at the Oscar's this year?
Best Film
Winner: The King's Speech - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
Inception - Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
The Social Network - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin
True Grit - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Outstanding British Film
Winner: The King's Speech - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Four Lions - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson,...
- 2/14/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (or BAFTA, the British version of the Oscars) has crowned "The King's Speech" as the year's best picture. "Speech" also took home Outstanding British Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Colin Firth and the Best Supporting acting awards for Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter and Best Original Music, for a total of seven awards, which is easily the most won by any one film.
The British Academy also honored Natalie Portman for Best Actress for "Black Swan" and David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin for their directing and writing efforts on "The Social Network." "Inception" star Tom Hardy won the BAFTA Rising Star award, Christopher Lee was honored with an Academy fellowship and the Harry Potter series received an Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema recognition.
The full list of winners:
Best Film
Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott FranklinINCEPTION - Emma Thomas,...
The British Academy also honored Natalie Portman for Best Actress for "Black Swan" and David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin for their directing and writing efforts on "The Social Network." "Inception" star Tom Hardy won the BAFTA Rising Star award, Christopher Lee was honored with an Academy fellowship and the Harry Potter series received an Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema recognition.
The full list of winners:
Best Film
Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott FranklinINCEPTION - Emma Thomas,...
- 2/13/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The King's Speech sweeps the board – but David Fincher takes best director …
Best Film
Winner: The King's Speech - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
Inception - Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
The Social Network - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin
True Grit - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Outstanding British Film
Winner: The King's Speech - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Four Lions - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson
Another Year - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
Made in Dagenham - Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Winner: Four Lions - Director/Writer - Chris Morris
The Arbor - Director, Producer - Clio Barnard, Tracy O'Riordan...
Best Film
Winner: The King's Speech - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
Inception - Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
The Social Network - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin
True Grit - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Outstanding British Film
Winner: The King's Speech - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Four Lions - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson
Another Year - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
Made in Dagenham - Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Winner: Four Lions - Director/Writer - Chris Morris
The Arbor - Director, Producer - Clio Barnard, Tracy O'Riordan...
- 2/13/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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