Critics’ Choice Awards Brings Out the Stars
Critics’ Choice Awards Brings Out the Stars
It’s that all-important night when the infamous Hollywood critics get their chance to make their voices heard. And the Critics’ Choice Awards (held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium last night) was marked with great-looking celebrities and even greater recognition of some amazing work.
Everyone’s favorite Scientolo-wife Katie Holmes was rocking her bangy-hairdo atop an interesting off-shoulder, burlap sack-looking dress. Meanwhile, Amanda Bynes elected to wear a purple thigh-length belted dress with some super high-heels.
Brittany Snow looked fabulous in a strapless teal dress complete with a whispy-blonde coif and some strappy shoes. And George Clooney hammed it up in his classic black tux with necktie and a big smile.
As for the award winners last night, here they are:
Picture: “No Country for Old Men”
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”
Actress: Julie Christie, “Away From Her”
Supporting actor: Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”
Supporting actress: Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”
Acting ensemble: “Hairspray”
Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”
Writer: Diablo Cody, “Juno”
Animated feature: “Ratatouille”
Young actor: Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, “The Kite Runner”
Young actress: Nikki Blonsky, “Hairspray”
Comedy movie: “Juno”
Family film (live action): “Enchanted”
Picture made for television: “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
Foreign language film: “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Song: “Falling Slowly,” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, “Once”
Composer: Jonny Greenwood, “There Will Be Blood”
Documentary feature: “Sicko”
Joel Siegel award: Don Cheadle
To see the entire gallery from the Critics Choice Awards (January 7)- !
2008 BAFTA Award Winners
2008 BAFTA Award Winners
The 2008 BAFTA Awards have come and gone - and a little known French actress was the big surprise winner of a dazzling ceremony on Sunday night (February 10).
Marion Cotillard beat out British hopefuls Julie Christie and Keira Knightley to take the best actress award for her performance as singer Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose.
The complete list of BAFTA winners is as follows:
BEST FILM
Atonement – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
BEST BRITISH FILM
This is England – Mark Herbert/Shane Meadows
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
Matt Greenhalgh (Writer) – Control
DIRECTOR
No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno – Diablo Cody
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Lives of Others – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann/Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
ANIMATED FILM
Ratatoulle – Brad Bird
LEADING ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
LEADING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
To see the entire gallery from the 2008 BAFTA Awards (February 10) - !
2008 Oscar Winners Rejoice
2008 Oscar Winners Rejoice
The Kodak Theatre press room was full of smiling faces last night, as the 2008 Academy Award winners basked in the glory of their accomplishments.
Taking best picture honors was the Coen Brothers’ hit film, No Country For Old Men - which was thought to be a front-runner from the event’s onset.
Meanwhile, French actress Marion Cotillard took home best actress for her work in La Vie En Rose, while Daniel Day Lewis garnered best actor accolades for his riveting role in There Will Be Blood.
The complete list of 2008 Academy Award winners is as follows:
BEST PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
WINNER:No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
BEST DIRECTOR
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
WINNER:Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
WINNER:Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
BEST ACTRESS
WINNER:Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER:Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER:Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James…
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
WINNER:The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Beaufort (Israel)
Katyn (Poland)
Mongol (Kazakhstan)
12 (Russia)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER:Ratatouille
Persepolis
Surf’s Up
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
WINNER:No Country For Old Men
Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WINNER:Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
BEST MUSIC (SCORE)
WINNER:Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
BEST MUSIC (SONG)
WINNER:Falling Slowly - Once (performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)
Happy Working Song - Enchanted (performed by Amy Adams)
Raise It Up - August Rush (performed by Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theatre)
So Close - Enchanted (performed by Jon McLaughlin)
That’s How You Know - Enchanted (performed by Amy Adams)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
WINNER:Taxi to the Dark Side
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
War/Dance
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
WINNER:Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari’s Mother
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER:The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER:There Will Be Blood
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
BEST ART DIRECTION
WINNER:Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
There Will Be Blood
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
WINNER: Peter and the Wolf
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
BEST SHORT FILM
WINNER:Le Mozart des Pickpockets
At Night
Il Supplente
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER:Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Across the Universe
Atonement
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
BEST MAKE-UP
WINNER:La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
BEST SOUND MIXING
WINNER:The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
BEST SOUND EDITING
WINNER:The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
BEST FILM EDITING
WINNER:The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Academy Awards To see the entire gallery from the 2008 Academy Awards (February 24) - !
2008 Academy Awards Winners
Here is a listing of the 2008 Academy Award winners, followed by some commentary. Tell me what you think of the winners and losers in the comments below.
Best Picture
No Country for Old Men
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
Best Director
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman for Juno
Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton
Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
George Clooney in Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson’s War
Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie in Away From Her
Laura Linney in The Savages
Ellen Page in Juno
Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton
Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There
Ruby Dee in American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
Amy Ryan in Gone, Baby, Gone
Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody for Juno
Nancy Oliver for Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton
Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird for Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins for The Savages
Best Adapted Screenplay
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton for Atonement
Sarah Polley for Away From Her
Ronald Harwood for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
Best Animated Feature
Ratatouille
Persepolis
Surf’s Up
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Best Documentary Feature
Taxi to the Dark Side
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
War/Dance
Best Art Direction
Dante Ferretii and Francesa Lo Schiavo for Sweeney Todd
Arthur Max (Art Direction); Beth A. Rubino (Set Decoration) for American Gangster
Sarah Greenwood (Art Direction); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) for Atonement
Dennis Gassner (Art Direction); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) for The Golden Compass
Jack Fisk (Art Direction); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration) for There Will Be Blood
Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit for There Will Be Blood
Roger Deakins for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey for Atonement
Roger Deakins for No Country for Old Men
Janusz Kaminski for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Costume Design
Alexandra Byrne for Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Albert Wolsky for Across The Universe
Jacqueline Durran for Atonement
Marit Allen for La Vie En Rose
Colleen Atwood for Sweeney Todd
Best Film Editing
Christopher Rouse for The Bourne Ultimatum
Juliette Welfling for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Cassidy for Into the Wild
Roderick Jaynes for No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor for There Will Be Blood
Best Foreign Language Film
The Counterfeiters
Beaufort
Katyn
Mongol
12
Best Makeup Oscar Nominees 2008
Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald for La Vie en Rose
Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji for Norbit
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
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Best Original Song
Once for “Falling Slowly” Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Enchanted for “So Close” Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Enchanted for “That’s How You Know” Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Enchanted for “Happy Working Song” Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
August Rush for “Raise It Up” by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
Best Original Score
Dario Marianelli for Atonement
Alberto Iglesias for The Kite Runner
James Newton Howard for Michael Clayton
Michael Giacchino for Ratatouille
Marco Beltrami for 3:10 To Yuma
Best Sound Mixing
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis for The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland for No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane Ratatouille
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe for 3:10 To Yuma
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin for Transformers
Best Sound Editing
Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg for The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay for No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom, Michael Silvers for Ratatouille
Matthew Wood for There Will Be Blood
Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins for Transformers
Best Visual Effects
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood for The Golden Compass
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier for Transformers
2008 Honorary Academy Award
Robert F. Boyle (For career in Art Direction)
Best Animated Short Film
Peter & the Wolf
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même les Pigeons vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Best Live Action Short
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Best Documentary Short
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari’s Mother
Good Quotes from Host host Jon Stewert:
“No Country For Old Men, Sweeney Todd, There Will Be Blood. All I can say is: thank God for teen pregnancy.”
“Even Norbit got a nomination, which is great. Too often, the Academy ignores movies that aren’t good.”
“Diablo Cody wrote Juno, such a great movie. Cody used to be an exotic dancer and now she’s an Oscar-nominated writer. I hope you’re enjoying the pay cut.”
“Film Editing, alright. Someone just took the lead in their office pool based on a guess!”
My Thoughts:
The opening which combined characters from some of the most memorable films of all time was EPIC.
Transformers got screwed for Best Visual Effects. Did any of the academy members who voted for The Golden Compass have 20/20 vision?
Of all the nominees in the best supporting actress category, Tilda Swinton was the least expected contender for Michael Clayton. But somehow Swinton beat out Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There, Saoirse Ronan in Atonement and Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone. How could this have happened? Amy Ryan deserved the win, even Tolda looked shocked when they read her name.
Enchanted had three of the five original song nominations, but the power of Once could not be stopped. I’m so glad that Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova took home a statue. They deserve it. And how fucking cool was it for Jon Stewert/The Academy to bring Marketa back on stage to speak after the music cut her off.
How cool is it to hear Greenwood’s There Will Be Blood theme being played as people walk to the stage?
I was so much looking forward to what Michael Moore was going to say once he got up on the Oscar stage once again. And besides, he deserved to be there, but it didn’t happen. And I’m still angry that The King of Kong wasn’t even nominated.
Diablo Cody wins best screenplay - Hell yeah. And how great was it to see the tough girl breakdown.
In true Oscar fashion, The Coen Brothers were rewarded by the Academy for their combined filmography, where Paul Thomas Anderson clearly deserved the Best Director and Best Picture awards.
The 2008 Academy Awards has come to a close. There Will Be Blood lost to No Country, The Bourne Ultimatium had three wins, Norbit and Transformers lost, and Diablo took home a gold statue.
What did you think?
Do you agree with the winners?