2013 ACADEMY AWARDS

2013 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

SUNDAY FEB 24

ABC

RED CARPET AT 7:00

AWARDS AT  8:30

HOST: SETH MACFARLANE



PICTURE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE
"Amour"
"Argo"
"Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Misérables"
"Life Of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Amour" (Austria)
"Kon-tiki" (Norway)
"No" (Chile)
"A Royal Affair" (Denmark)
"War Witch" (Canada)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"ParaNorman"
"The Pirates! Band Of Misfits"
"Wreck-It Ralph"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"5 Broken Cameras"
"The Gatekeepers"
"How To Survive A Plague"
"The Invisible War"
"Searching For Sugar Man"

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"Inocente"
"Kings Point"
"Mondays At Racine"
"Open Heart"
"Redemption"

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"Adam And Dog"
"Fresh Guacamole"
"Head Over Heels"
"Maggie Simpson In 'The Longest Daycare'"
"Paperman"

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"Asad"
"Buzkashi Boys"
"Curfew"
"Death Of A Shadow" ("Dood Van Een Schaduw")
"Henry"

CREATIVE AWARDS

DIRECTING
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
Ang Lee, "Life Of Pi"
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chris Terrio, "Argo"
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
David Magee, "Life Of Pi"
Tony Kushner, "Lincoln"
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"
John Gatins, "Flight"
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, "Moonrise Kingdom"
Mark Boal, "Zero Dark Thirty"

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Seamus McGarvey, "Anna Karenina"
Robert Richardson, "Django Unchained"
Claudio Miranda, "Life Of Pi"
Janusz Kaminski, "Lincoln"
Roger Deakins, "Skyfall"

FILM EDITING
William Goldenberg, "Argo"
Tim Squyres, "Life Of Pi"
Michael Kahn, "Lincoln"
Jay Cassidy And Crispin Struthers, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Dylan Tichenor And William Goldenberg, "Zero Dark Thirty"

ACTING AWARDS

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Denzel Washington, "Flight"

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, "The Master
Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"

MUSIC AWARDS

MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Dario Marianelli, "Anna Karenina"
Alexandre Desplat, "Argo"
Mychael Danna, "Life Of Pi"
John Williams, "Lincoln"
Thomas Newman, "Skyfall"

MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG

"Before My Time" From "Chasing Ice"

(Music and Lyrics: J. Ralph)

"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" From "Ted"
(Music: Walter Murphy; Lyrics: Seth Macfarlane)

"Pi's Lullaby" From "Life Of Pi"
(Music: Mychael Danna; Lyrics: Bombay Jayashri)

"Skyfall" From "Skyfall"
(Music and Lyrics: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)

"Suddenly" From "Les Misérables"
(Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil)

TECHNICAL AWARDS

COSTUME DESIGN
Jacqueline Durran, "Anna Karenina"
Paco Delgado, "Les Misérables"
Joanna Johnston, "Lincoln"
Eiko Ishioka, "Mirror Mirror"
Colleen Atwood, "Snow White And The Huntsman"

MAKEUP
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel, "Hitchcock"
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, "Les Misérables"

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
 - "Anna Karenina"
Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
 - "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
 - "Les Misérables"
David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
 - "Life Of Pi"
Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)
 - "Lincoln"

SOUND EDITING
Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van Der Ryn, "Argo"
Wylie Stateman, "Django Unchained"
Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton, "Life Of Pi"
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers, "Skyfall"
Paul N.J. Ottosson, "Zero Dark Thirty"

SOUND MIXING
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia, "Argo"
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, "Les Misérables"
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin, "Life Of Pi"
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins, "Lincoln"
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson, "Skyfall"

VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White, 
- "Life Of Pi"
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott, 
- "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick, 
- "Marvel's The Avengers"
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill, 
- "Prometheus"
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson, 
- "Snow White And The Huntsman"


Here are a few selected stories from QPORIT about people and films that are up for awards!

JESSICA CHASTAIN (up for Best Actress)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2011/05/jessica-chastain.html

FLIGHT (Denzel Washington up for Best Actor)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/only-when-you-win-flight-at-nyff-50.html

AMOUR (up for several awards)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/only-when-you-win-flight-at-nyff-50.html

LIFE OF PI (up for Best Picture and other awards)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/amour.html

A ROYAL AFFAIR (up for Best Foreign Film)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-royal-affair.html

ANNA KARENINA (up for several awards)
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2012/11/gleeson-and-vikander-from-anna-karenina.html

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MOVIE AWARDS CALENDAR 2013

THE 2013 MOVIE AWARDS

CALENDAR

  

JAN 9, 2013

  WEDNESDAY 9:00 - CBS

PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS

http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/
http://www.cbs.com/shows/peoples_choice_awards/
http://www.cbs.com/shows/peoples_choice_awards/nominees

PEOPLE'S CHOICE - WINNERS & NOMINEES IN QPORIT
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2013/01/peoples-choice-awards-jan-9-2013.html

JAN 10, 2013

 THURSDAY AM

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

HOSTS: Seth MacFarlane & Emma Stone

JAN 10, 2013 

 THURSDAY 8:00 – CW NETWORK

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

LINKS:
http://www.criticschoice.com/
http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/critics-choice

CRITICS' CHOICE - WINNERS & NOMINEES IN QPORIT
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2013/01/critics-choice-awards-2013.html

JAN 13, 2013 

SUNDAY 8:00 - NBC

GOLDEN GLOBES

LINKS:
http://www.goldenglobes.org/
http://www.nbc.com/golden-globes/

HOSTS:Tina Fey & Amy Poehler

GOLDEN GLOBES - WINNERS & NOMINEES IN QPORIT
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2013/01/golden-globe-awards-2013.html

JANUARY 27, 2013

SUNDAY – TNT and TBS

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG)

LINK:
http://www.sagawards.org/

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

SATURDAY

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA (DGA)

65th annual DGA Awards!

HOST: Kelsey Grammar

LINK:
http://www.dga.org/awards/annual.aspx

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

SUNDAY
 WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA – WGA

LINK:
http://www.wga.org/awards/awards.aspx

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

SATURDAY 10:00 - IFC

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

Honorary Co-Chairs: Salma Hayek and Jeremy Renner

LINK:
http://www.spiritawards.com/

FEB 26, 2013

OSCAR SUNDAY! – 7:00 ABC

ACADEMY AWARDS – OSCARS

HOST: Seth Macfarland
SPECIAL: James Bond restrospective


LINKS:
Oscar.go.com
http://www.oscars.org/
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars/

VIDEO: THE OSCAR NOMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT:

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OSCAR 2011

Some OSCAR notes:

The show was consistently interesting, never boring, but never really exciting either. A few lines from Bob Hope remind us how lame other comedians have been since. But then, that was one of Bob Hope's best moments they showed.

The opening film sketch was fun. The opening Hot Body Humping sketch on Jimmy Kimmel's After-the-Oscars show delivered, to bookend the night.

James Franco added little to the night, but Anne Hathaway was good, though not especially funny. More than usual, the hosts introduced the presenters and not much else. They are not comedians.

The show got past the more boring awards quickly, and bunched the songs and Best Picture segments, which avoided some of the more draggy elements of many shows. Still, the show ran a little over the 11:30 supposed ending time. The kids from PS 122 were good. It's always a thrill for kids to get special opportunities like that. Sometime in the next 50 years we'll read about some celebrity who was inspired by their visit to the Oscars tonight to sing in the chorus.

Big winner, of course was THE KING'S SPEECH: Here's how it fared...

The King’s Speech
==>Best Picture
==>Best Director - Tom Hooper
==>Best Actor - Colin Firth
xBest Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush
xBest Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter
xBest Cinematography - Danny Cohen
==>Best Original Screenplay - David Seidler
xBest Art Direction
xBest Costume Design
xBest Original Score
xBest Film Editing
xBest Sound Mixing

Black Swan won Best Actress for Natalie Portman. Jimmy Kimmel remarked that Black Swan was the only black nominated this year.

Both Black Swan and The King's Speech were at HIFF (The Hamptons International Film Festival) in 2010, along with James Franco and 127 Hours.

Two of the best lines were

"How to Train Your Dragon".."that's disgusting!"

and

Tom Hooper's "LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER!" - She discovered The King's Speech for him.

I thought both Natalie Portman's talk and Aaron Sorkin's talk were amazing: for how much they said, and how many people they remembered, and how fast they spoke, and what they said, too, in the pressure of the moment.

Natalie Portman, by the way, is not only an actress, she directed a short film that I liked a lot:

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2008/10/hiff-eve-gsa-shorts.html

I enjoyed Kirk Douglas' spirit as a presenter. Scarlett and Justin made a good team; they were the best presenting couple.

Did Christian Bale forget his wife's name when he was thanking???

Inception was the big winner in the technical categories, with Sound Editing and Mixing, Cinematography & Visual Effects. Alice in Wonderland won for Art Design and Costumes. And The Social Network won for Editing. You'd expect a Best Directed picture to win in some technical categories, but Speech was shut out.

I do not really understand why Barney's Version was even nominated for Costumes, by the way.

The Inside Job was the winning documentary. It describes the way that financial institutions, as well as some academic consultants, were complicit in the financial meltdown. The director was astonished that three years after no one has been sent to jail for fraud.

In a Better World was the Foreign Film winner. It is not easy to see the foreign film winners. They seem to pass unnoticed in the theaters, and even in film festivals. The shorts are kind of invisible also, but more and more they will be able to be searched out online I think.

There was one clip from Winter's Bone which reminded me how terrific that cinematography really was. To appreciate it, watch the DVD, then watch the How-it-was-made feature on the DVD. You'll see the difference between how the place really looks, and how it looks in the film.

Finally, sadly, was the remembrance of those that have passed during this year. Sadly, I had met and known a number of the people mentioned. Some of those I knew were very nice, and nice to me. May they and their families rest in peace. I will remember them fondly and sadly.


Here is a list of nominees and winners:

2011
OSCAR NOMINATIONS

THE KING'S SPEECHBEST PICTURE

Natalie PortmanBEST ACTRESS
BLACK SWAN

NOMINATION LEADERS AND FRONT RUNNERS

The King’s Speech
==>Best Picture
==>Best Director - Tom Hooper
==>Best Actor - Colin Firth
xBest Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush
xBest Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter
xBest Cinematography - Danny Cohen
==>Best Original Screenplay - David Seidler
xBest Art Direction
xBest Costume Design
xBest Original Score
xBest Film Editing
xBest Sound Mixing

True Grit
xBest Film
xBest Director - Joel and Ethan Coen
xBest Actor - Jeff Bridges
xBest Supporting Actress - Hailee Steinfeld
xBest Adapted Screenplay - Joel and Ethan Coen
xBest Cinematography - Roger Deakins
xBest Art Direction
xBest Costume Design
xBest Sound Editing
xBest Sound Mixing


The Social Network
xBest Film
xBest Director - David Fincher
xBest Actor - Jesse Eisenberg
==>Best Adapted Screenplay - Aaron Sorkin
xBest Cinematography - Jeff Cronenweth
==>Best Original Score
==>Best Film Editing
xBest Sound Mixing

THE NOMINATIONS

Best Picture
The Social Network
==>The King’s Speech
Black Swan
True Grit
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
Winter’s Bone

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter
==>Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network

Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, True Grit

Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
==>Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

Best Actress
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
==>Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor
==>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 Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
==>Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon
Illusionist
==>Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Film
Mexico - Biutiful
Greece - Dogtooth
==>Denmark - In a Better World
Canada - Incendies
Algeria - Outside the law

Best Original Screenplay
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
==>The King's Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours
==> Aaron Sorkin The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Best Cinematography
Matthew Libatique - Black Swan
==> Wally Pfister - Inception
Danny Cohen - The King's Speech
Jeff Cronenweth - The Social Network
Roger Deakins - True Grit

Best Art Direction
==> Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit

Best Costume Design
==>Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

Best Original Song
Coming Home - Country Strong
I See the Light - Tangled
If I Rise - 127 Hours
==>We Belong Together - Toy Story 3

Best 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

Best Documentary
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
==>Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best Film Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
==>The Social Network

Best Makeup
Barney's Version
The Way Back
==>The Wolfman

Best Sound Editing
==>Inception
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

Best Sound Mixing
==>Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
==>Inception
Iron Man 2

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
==>Strangers No More
Sun Comes Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Best Visual Short Film (Animated)
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Lets Pollute
==>The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

Best Short Film (Live Action)
The Confession
The Crush
==>God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

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QUITE POSSIBLY OSCAR'S FINEST MOMENT

In the 1830's during the forced relocation march known as "The Trail Of Tears", many, many Native Americans died of starvation, exposure, exhaustion, disease and brutality.

In 1890, many Apaches (men, women and children) were massacred at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, by American troops.

Native Americans were swindled, robbed, double crossed, brutalized, forced to assimilate, relocated, dispossessed of their native lands, and murdered during the "American Indian Wars." The Trail Of Tears and Wounded Knee are only two of many atrocities, distinguished by having names. The ultimate result of the campaigns against Native Americans was of course, the appropriation (ie theft) of their native land, and the suppression of any resistance or threat to the New Americans.

The Native Americans, who had a complex civilization in place as they were being crowded out by New Americans, fought back, and committed their own atrocities. Movies and television of the mid 1900's, when it told stories of the settling of the West, generally told the story only from the one point of view, that of the settlers, the New Americans, and portrayed the Indians as savages and murderers who committed unspeakable atrocities.

In February 1973, there was a memorial to the Indians who died at Wounded Knee, and a protest against the treatment of Native Americans, by the American Indian Movement at Wounded Knee.

In support of the general aims of the memorial protest at Wounded Knee, and in protest against the treatment of Indians in the movies, Marlon Brando, who had become interested in Indian Rights, declined his Best Actor award for The Godfather, and asked an American Indian activist, Sacheen Littlefeather, who had Apache heritage, to decline the award for him at the ceremony.

The result of this shocking event at the Oscar ceremony was, in fact, that much more attention was paid to the situation of Native Americans, the terrible treatment they had gotten from the US Government, and the way they had been portrayed in movies.

Nevertheless, there has been a thread of derision directed at the event, and at the actress and activist, Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined the award for Brando.

Most recently, a few days ago, David Shuster -- who is usually quite reasonable -- in a segment about Oscar controversies, referred to Sacheen Littlefeather contemptuously as an actress who played an Indian to decline Brando's award.

I interviewed Sacheen Littlefeather about 30+ years ago, a few years after the Oscar event, when she acted in The Trial of Billy Jack. She was a hard working, intelligent Native American, and an articulate spokeswoman for their issues, who was also a talented actress. She was beautiful in appearance, and lovely in personality.

The situation that Native Americans were in then, as she described them, and as described also by Gus Greymountain, another Native American I interviewed (from the same film), was appalling. The financial circumstances and the general health of Native American peoples at the time needed action.

Attention to the plight and situation of American Indians was sorely needed at the time Brando declined the Oscar and Sacheen rose to the podium at the Oscar Ceremony.

It was a dramatic moment and a courageous thing to do. Viewing a clip (below) of the event shows how difficult it was, and that she behaved with grace and eloquence.

The incident should not be belittled. It should be applauded.

It was quite possibly Oscar's finest moment, because it was in a significant way a turning point for advancing the rights of all Americans. It used the Oscar platform to speak out to make the world aware of an important humanitarian and cultural issue, related to movies yet bigger than just the movies -- just as the Oscar ceremony itself is somehow bigger than just a show about movie prizes, it is a show about the world's shared culture.


Here is a link to the clip of that moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU

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THE 80TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS 2008 (WITH LIVE UPDATES DURING THE SHOW!!!)

TILDA SWINTON as Karen Crowder and GEORGE CLOONEY as Michael Clayton
in Warner Bros. Pictures, Samuels Media and Castle Rock Entertainment’s drama
MICHAEL CLAYTONDistributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.

Tilda Swinton (Supporting Actress), and George Clooney (Actor)along with Tony Gilroy (Director) and the film itself, were all nominated for Oscars!

Here, direct from the official Oscar (R) site, is the complete list of nominees.

The Broadcast is LIVE Sunday, February 24, 2008, beginning at 8:00 PM (NY Time), preceeded by the red carpet at 8:00, and the traditional Barbara Walters Special (interviews this year with Miley Cyrus, Ellen Page, Harrison Ford and Vanessa Williams) at 7:00.

First, just a few NOTES:

0 - LIVE UPDATES HERE DURING THE SHOW! WINNERS AND COMMENTS!

1 - TRY OUR NEW BLOG: YOUR BEST GUESS. YOU CAN ENTER YOUR GUESS FOR OSCAR WINNERS, YOU CAN COMMENT AND DISCUSS YOUR CHOICE, AND YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE OF THE REALLY BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR!

http://yourbestguess.blogspot.com/

2 more pre-show comments...

- Some things I really liked: ALL the music from AUGUST RUSH; the script (by Aaron Sorkin), direction (by Mike Nichols), and the performance (nominated!) of Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War". (Hoffman also was great in Lumet's "Before The Devil Knows Your Dead," and he just won the Independent Spirit Award for The Savages.)

-War/Dance (nominated!) was a very interesting film!

- Surprising that Sweeney Todd was not nominated for Best Film or Best Director. Depp has a good shot at winning: singing actresses have won several times, so perhaps a singing actor.

- I saw on a pre-Oscar show a mention of the Sacheen Littlefeather - Marlon Brando episode. (Sacheen Littlefeather appeared on the Oscar telecast, representing Brando, to decline his Award because of how Hollywood has treated Native Americans.) I interviewed Sacheen Littlefeather some years ago. She is a beautiful, intelligent, sincere woman. It was courageous of her to go on the air. The event, while shocking to many, was a turning point in the attention given to Native Americans in films and Hollywood and America. She and other Native Americans, speaking out for redress of what was a terrible injustice (many injustices in fact) done to them by the United States, and the continuing problems that have evolved, have helped make considerable improvements. I found her an extremely impressive person, and she should be honored for her part in this effort!

- THINK/Film has two pictures in the Documentary category. It's an important company; a company to watch for important films!

LIVE SHOW: COMMENTS & WINNERS...

Jon Stewart's intro standup monolog was refreshingly simple & very funny!

The video clip montages have been fun!

Tilda Swinton was great. Funny and sincere!

No Country is on a roll with two big wins so far.

The program is moving very fast. Smooth. Not enough commercials to write these posts! Not too much tension though.

The song presentations have been underwhelming. Still... Amy Adams looks like she could be one of the coming big stars. Chenowith has a nice voice, and it was an althletic, amost dangerous song and dance. The orchestra accompaniment for ONCE probably cost more than the whole original movie.

Yes. There is a tendency for the Oscars to select singing actresses!

Kudos to the Academy & Jon Stewart for binging back Irglova after she was music-ed off. It was a beautiful talk she gave.

In memoriam is always so sad.

We lost what may be the most signigicant film creator ever. I believe Ingmar Bergman should have won the Nobel Prize in literature.

Very dignified, intelligent, funny, smooth-running show tonight. Only 18 minutes or so behind schedule. But no spectacular moments either.

Looking forward to next year!

WINNERS...

FILM
=>"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

DIRECTOR(S)
=>"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

COSTUME DESIGN =>"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne

ANIMATED FEATURE=>"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird

MAKEUP=>"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

EFFECTS=>"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

ART DIRECTION=>"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

SUPPORTING ACTOR=>Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

LIVE ACTION SHORT=>"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard

ANIMATED SHORT=>"Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

SUPPORTING ACTRESS=>Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY=>"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

SOUND=>Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)

SOUND MIXING=>"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis

ACTRESS=>Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)

EDITING=>"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse

FOREIGN=>"The Counterfeiters" Austria

SONG=>"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova

CINEMATOGRAPHER=>"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit

SCORE=>=>"Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

DOCUMENTARY SHORT =>"Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE=>=>"Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY=>"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Written by Diablo Cody

ACTOR=>Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)


THE NOMINEES ARE...

Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production) A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
=>"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
=>"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production: Richard E. Robbins
"Sicko" (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production: Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
=>"Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
"War/Dance" (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best foreign language film of the year
"Beaufort" Israel
=>"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia

Adapted screenplay
"Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
"Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
=>"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
=>"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
=>Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
=>Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
=>Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
=>Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
=>"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction
"American Gangster" (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
=>"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.): Roger Deakins
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins
=>"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design
"Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
"Atonement" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
=>"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Best documentary short subject
=>"Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
"La Corona (The Crown)" A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
"Salim Baba" A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production: Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
"Sari's Mother" (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley

Achievement in film editing
=>"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling
"Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Dylan Tichenor

Achievement in makeup
=>"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
"Norbit" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
=>"Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
"The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics): Alberto Iglesias
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
=>"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush" (Warner Bros.): Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
"So Close" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best animated short film
"I Met the Walrus" A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin
"Madame Tutli-Putli" (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
"Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)" (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov
=>"Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Best live action short film
"At Night" A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
"Il Supplente (The Substitute)" (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production: Andrea Jublin
=>"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
"Tanghi Argentini" (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
"The Tonto Woman" A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Achievement in sound editing
=>"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing
=>"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate): Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects
=>"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

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