Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Oscar Awards 2010 Nominees

Oscar Awards 2010 Multiple nominations:
9 nominations: Avatar and The Hurt Locker
8 nominations: Inglourious Basterds
6 nominations: Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire and Up in the Air
5 nominations: Up
4 nominations: District 9, Nine and Star Trek
3 nominations: An Education, Crazy Heart, The Princess and the Frog and The Young Victoria
2 nominations: A Serious Man, The Blind Side, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Invictus, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, The Last Station, The Messenger, Sherlock Holmes and The White Ribbon

Oscar Awards Nominees

Best Picture:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Director:
James Cameron – Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Bad Blake
George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer
Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sgt. William James

Best Actress:
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy
Helen Mirren – The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoy
Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Miller
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire as Claireece "Precious" Jones
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child
Best Supporting Actor:
Matt Damon – Invictus as François Pienaar
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Capt. Tony Stone
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa

Best Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz – Nine as Carla Albanese
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
Mo'Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston

Best Original Screenplay:
The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger – Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up – Tom McCarthy, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter

Best Adapted Screenplay:
District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell from Alive in Joburg by Blomkamp
An Education – Nick Hornby from An Education by Lynn Barber
In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche from The Thick of It created by Iannucci
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher from Push by Sapphire
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner from Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

Best Animated Feature:
Coraline – Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog – Ron Clements and John Musker
The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
Up – Pete Docter

Best Foreign Language Film:
Ajami (Israel) in Arabic and Hebrew – Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) in Spanish – Juan José Campanella
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) in Spanish and Quechua – Claudia Llosa
Un Prophète (France) in French, Corsican and Arabic – Jacques Audiard
The White Ribbon (Germany) in German – Michael Haneke

Best Documentary Feature:
Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove – Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home – Rebecca Cammisa

Best Documentary Short:
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province – Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartosz Konopka and Anna Wydra

Best Live Action Short:
The Door – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi – Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Best Animated Short:
French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper – Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park

Best Original Score:
Avatar – James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
Up – Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song:
"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman
"Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman
"Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 – Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
"Take it All" from Nine – Maury Yeston
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from Crazy Heart – Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett

Best Sound Editing:
Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman
Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Best Sound Mixing:
Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Best Art Direction:
Avatar – Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria – Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Best Cinematography:
Avatar –Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon – Christian Berger

Best Makeup:
Il Divo – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Best Costume Design:
Bright Star – Janet Patterson
Coco Before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
Nine – Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell

Best Film Editing:
Avatar – James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin
District 9 – Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker – Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire – Joe Klotz

Best Visual Effects:
Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, and Matt Aitken
Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Oscar Awards 2009 Red Carpet Highlights

Red Carpet is one of the most awaited event in Oscar Awards. Red carpet a fashion showcase of the most glamorous, best dressed and even the worst dressed celebrity stars.

See related topics: 2009 Academy Awards Nominees, Winners and Results. Oscar Awards 2009 Highlights and Video Replay.


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Monday, February 16, 2009

Oscar Awards 2009 Nominees and Winners

81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 (Oscar Awards 2009) Nominees, Winners and Results:

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins - THE VISITOR
Frank Langella - FROST/NIXON
Brad Pitt - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Mickey Rourke - THE WRESTLER
Winner: Sean Penn - MILK

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin - MILK
Robert Downey Jr. - TROPIC THUNDER
Philip Seymour Hoffman - DOUBT
Michael Shannon - REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Winner: Heath Ledger - THE DARK KNIGHT

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway - RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Angelina Jolie - CHANGELING
Melissa Leo - FROZEN RIVER
Meryl Streep - DOUBT
Winner: Kate Winslet - THE READER

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams - DOUBT
Viola Davis - DOUBT
Taraji P. Henson - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Marisa Tomei - THE WRESTLER
Winner: Penélope Cruz - VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
BOLT
KUNG FU PANDA
Winner: WALL-E

Achievement in Art Direction
CHANGELING
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Winner - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

Achievement in Cinematography
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE READER
Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Achievement in Costume Design
AUSTRALIA
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
MILK
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Winner: THE DUCHESS

Achievement in Directing
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Best Documentary Feature
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
THE GARDEN
TROUBLE THE WATER
Winner: MAN ON WIRE

Best Documentary Short Subject
THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN
THE FINAL INCH
THE WITNESS - FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306
Winner: SMILE PINKI

Achievement in Film Editing
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
MILK
Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir
Winner: Departures

Achievement in Makeup
THE DARK KNIGHT
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
Winner: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
DEFIANCE
MILK
WALL-E
Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Down to Earth - WALL-E
Jai Ho - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Winner: O Saya - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Best Motion Picture of the Year
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Best Animated Short Film
LAVATORY LOVESTORY
OKTAPODI
PRESTO
THIS WAY UP
Winner: La Maison en Petits Cubes

Best Live Action Short Film
AUF DER STRECKE - ON THE LINE
MANON ON THE ASPHALT
NEW BOY
THE PIG
Winner: SPIELZEUGLAND - TOYLAND

Achievement in Sound Editing
IRON MAN
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E
WANTED
Winner: THE DARK KNIGHT

Achievement in Sound Mixing
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
WALL-E
WANTED
Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Achievement in Visual Effects
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN
Winner: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

Adapted Screenplay
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
DOUBT
FROST/NIXON
THE READER
Winner: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Original Screenplay
FROZEN RIVER
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
IN BRUGES
WALL-E
Winner: MILK

Film with the Most Oscar Awards is SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. They won 8 Oscar Awards: Adapted Screenplay. Achievement in Sound Mixing, Best Motion Picture of the Year, Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song), Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score), Achievement in Film Editing, Achievement in Directing, Achievement in Cinematography.
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