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Posted by
Le on Sunday, February 27, 2011
I will be posting the winners as they are announced! :)
*Oscar Winners (major films with # of wins, so far...): Inception - 4, Social Network -3, The Fighter - 2, Alice In Wonderland - 2, Toy Story 3 - 2 and The King's Speech - 4
Here are the
2011 Oscar Winners...
thus far!- Best Picture: The King's Speech - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
- Best Director: Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
- Best Actor: Colin Firth for The King's Speech
- Best Actress: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
- Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale - The Fighter
- Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo for The Fighter
- Best Original Screenplay: The King's Speech - David Seidler
- Best Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
- Best Foreign Language: In a Better World - Susanne Bier (Denmark)
- Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich
- Best Documentary: Inside Job - Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
- Best Cinematography: Inception - Wally Pfister
- Best Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara
- Best Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood
- Best Editing: The Social Network - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
- Best Score: The Social Network - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- Best Song: Toy Story 3 - Randy Newman ("We Belong Together")
- Best Makeup: The Wolfman - Rick Baker, Dave Elsey
Best Visual Effects: Inception - Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin- Best Sound Editing: Inception - Richard King
- Best Sound Mixing: Inception - Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
- Best Animated Short: The Lost Thing - Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
- Best Live Action Short: God of Love - Luke Matheny
- Best Documentary Short: Strangers No More - Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
See
red carpet photos of
Colin Firth at the
83rd Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals and
Anne Hathaway - 83rd Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals That's a wrap! Congrats to
Colin Firth and
The King's Speech!!!
Congrats to
Inception too! Thanks for reading!!!
Posted by
Le on Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Oscar Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards (
Oscar poster source) was just announced about an hour ago or so by last year's
Academy Award winner Mo'nique (for
Best Supporting Actress from her
award winning film,
Precious) and
The King's Speech starring
Colin Firth leads with an amazing 12 Oscar Nominations!!! Congrats to CF and TKS!!!
Inception (
Talulah Riley co-stars)
scored 8 nominations and Barney's Version (Rosamund Pike co-stars)
earned only one nomination. Oscars 2011 will be broadcast
LIVE February 27th with
James Franco and
Anne Hathaway co-hosting the award ceremony. Check out
James Franco & Anne Hathaway: Oscar Promo Pics!Here are the categories
The King's Speech (
12),
Inception (
8), and
Barney's Version (
1) were all nominated for...
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, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
- The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
- “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
- “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
- “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
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”
- James Franco in “127 Hours”
Actor in a Supporting Role- 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 Supporting Role
- Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
- Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
- Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
- Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
- Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
Art Direction- “Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara - “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan - “Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat - “The King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr - “True Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Cinematography- “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
- “Inception” Wally Pfister
- “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
- “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
- “True Grit” Roger Deakins
Costume Design- “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
- “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
- “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
- “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
- “True Grit” Mary Zophres
Directing- “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
- “The Fighter” David O. Russell
- “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
- “The Social Network” David Fincher
- “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Film Editing- “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
- “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
- “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
- “127 Hours” Jon Harris
- “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Make-Up- “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
- “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
- “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Music (Original Score)- “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
- “Inception” Hans Zimmer
- “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
- “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
- “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Sound Editing- “Inception” Richard King
- “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
- “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
- “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
- “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger
Sound Mixing- “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
- “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
- “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
- “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
- “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Visual Effects- “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
- “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
- “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
- “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Writing (Original Screenplay)- “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
- “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson - “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
- “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
- “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
Read the full list of Oscar Nominations here!Oscar Nominations Reactions (via Awards Daily)...“Currently celebrating with my colleagues three feet above the ground. Not used to this much joy, or this much champagne at this hour. –
COLIN FIRTH –
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – THE
KING’S SPEECH“I am absolutely overwhelmed by the twelve Oscar nominations for ‘The King’s Speech’. I am so grateful to the Academy. I am incredibly proud of my extraordinary cast and crew. This is a day I will remember for the rest of my life.” –
TOM HOOPER –
DIRECTOR –
THE KING’S SPEECH
“As an Australian, I’m as excited to be recognized and honored by the Academy as my character must have been when his London speech therapy business flourished when the future King Of England happened to pop by one day. This story has struck such a rich resonant chord with audiences of all ages, which is very exciting — to have your work honored by your industry peers is even better.” –
GEOFFREY RUSH –
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE –
THE KING’S SPEECH“It is a great honor to have my work noticed again by the Academy and I am very grateful.
Thank you. Writing the music for The King’s Speech has been a delight and I thank our brilliant director, Tom Hooper, for offering us and the audience such an inspiring and beautiful film. I also wish to congratulate all the other talents nominates for our movie” –
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT –
ORIGINAL SCORE –
THE KING’S SPEECH
More about → The King's Speech leads Oscar Nominations with 12 including Best Actor for Colin Firth!
Posted by
Le on Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Yes, it's
true and confirmed that actors'
Anne Hathaway (
Love and Other Drugs,
Becoming Jane,
The Devil Wears Prada,
Princess Diaries) and
James Franco (
127 Hours,
Eat Pray Love,
Spider-man movies,
Tristan & Isolde,
James Dean)
co-hosting the
83rd Academy Awards,
Oscar telecast on
February 27, 2011!
Quite an interesting and handsome pair! Love both
Hathaway and
Franco! They're both
multi-talented actors and will surely be fun and interesting to watch come
Oscars night in
2011!Here's the
official press release from the
official Oscars website:
Franco, Hathaway to Host Oscar® Show
Beverly Hills, CA (November 29, 2010) – James Franco and Anne Hathaway will serve as co-hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards®, Oscar telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer announced today. Both have previously appeared on the telecast but not in hosting capacities.
"James Franco and Anne Hathaway personify the next generation of Hollywood icons— fresh, exciting and multi-talented. We hope to create an Oscar broadcast that will both showcase their incredible talents and entertain the world on February 27," said Cohen and Mischer. "We are completely thrilled that James and Anne will be joining forces with our brilliant creative team to do just that."
Franco, who currently can be seen in "127 Hours," will be making his second appearance on an Oscar telecast. His other film credits include "Eat, Pray, Love," "Date Night," "Milk" and "Pineapple Express." Franco is also known for his portrayals of Harry Osborn in the "Spider-Man" trilogy.
Hathaway will be making her fifth appearance on an Academy Awards telecast. She was recently seen in "Alice in Wonderland" and currently can be seen in "Love and Other Drugs." Hathaway's other film credits include "Bride Wars," "Becoming Jane," "The Devil Wears Prada" and "The Princess Diaries." She was nominated for an Oscar in 2008 for her lead performance in "Rachel Getting Married."
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Here are the 2011 Oscar Winners...
