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February 23, 2009
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Eva La Rue from CSI Maimi tells Hollyscoop, "He [Hugh Jackman] did a fantastic job. I thought that he was a keen to Billy Crystal because that's who I miss doing it. Billy Crystal does not have the singing and dancing chops that Hugh Jackman has, but I really enjoyed him!"
Eva continued, "I love that the Oscars got back to the big spectacular, stand out performances. I saw Beyonce and I loved all the tributes to all the musicals!"
Joey Fatone, who walked down the red carpet with a fresh pair of Creative Recreation Footwear, remembers, "I was there when he [Hugh Jackman] did the first Tony Awards, he was good then and even better now."
When it comes to the big winners at the Oscars, "Slumdog was the standout winner and they deserved it," said Gilles Marini from this seasons Dancing with the Stars.
Kathy Hilton raves, "I really loved Sean Penn and his message was great!"
Even before the Oscar winners were announced, Jane Seymour told Hollyscoop, "I'm rooting for Kate Winslet and Slumdog." And boy was she dead on with her nominee picks for the Oscars!
February 22, 2009
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Mickey Rourke and The Wrestler took home three statues last night; one for Best Feature, one for Best Male Lead, and one for Cinematography. How’s that for a comeback?
Other winners included Melissa Leo, who won Best Female Lead for her work in Frozen River, while James Franco was awarded Best Supporting Male for Milk.
Penelope Cruz was named Best Supporting Female for Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Woody Allen won Best Screenplay for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Best Director went to Tom McCarthy for The Visitor, which came as a surprise to many.
Here’s the full list of winners:
BEST FEATURE
The Wrestler
BEST DIRECTOR
Tom McCarthy (The Visitor)
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
Synecdoche, New York
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, Charlie
Kaufman, Sidney Kimmel
BEST MALE LEAD
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
James Franco (Milk)
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Maryse Alberti (The Wrestler)
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Man on Wire
FOREIGN FILM
The Class (France)
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
Synecdoche, New York
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy
Ensemble Cast: Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams
IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Lynn Shelton, director of My Effortless Brilliance
February 2, 2009
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DGA winners always do well at the Academy Awards, mainly because the voting pool is made up of a lot of the same members.
In fact, only six times in the guild awards' 60-year history has the winner failed to take home the directing Oscar. Slumdog is up for 10 Oscars, second only to Button, which is nominated in 14 different categories.
We don’t know about you, but we’d like to see the underdog win. It’s reminiscent of Juno, and Little Miss Sunshine in the sense that it’s the little indie that could. The other films it’s up against are all great, but Slumdog is just our favorite! Who is your pick to win?
January 22, 2009
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The movie received 13 Oscar nominations this morning including: Best Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Supporting Actress (Taraji Henson), Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Directing (David Fincher), Film Editing, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score and of course Best Picture.
The movie is one short of the current record of fourteen nomination held by two films, All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997).
It's the first nomination for Taraji Henson and David Fincher. Other best-picture nominees are "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "The Reader" and "Slumdog Millionaire."
The 81st Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theater at Hollywood and Highland Center, and televised live on ABC.
January 8, 2009
The nominees for best adapted screenplay look pretty familiar! In the running are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, and Frost/Nixon.
As is this case with the Producers Guild, the Writers Guild picks often foreshadow who will be nominated for the Academy Awards. This is because many Writers Guild members are also Academy members. We definitely think the list will look similar.
All of the movies in the adapted screenplay category are top notch. We’ll have to wait until January 22nd to hear who’s in the running for this year’s Oscar! Shortly after, catch the Writers Guild Awards on February 7th.
December 15, 2008
The Danny Boyle Bollywood film won top honors for Satellite, but tied for first with Wall-E on the Boston critics list. This is the first time the group hasn't been able to decide on one definitive winner.
Here's the complete list of winners...
Boston Critics' picks:
Best Picture:
(tie) Slumdog Millionaire
and WALL-E
Best Director:
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Paranoid Park
Best Actor:
(tie) Sean Penn, Milk , and Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress:
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger , The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress:
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Screenplay:
Milk
Best Cinematography:
Paranoid- Park
Best Documentary:
Man on Wire
Best Foreign-Language Film:
Let the Right One In
Best Animated Film:
WALL-E
Best Film Editing:
Slumdog Millionaire
Best New Filmmaker:
Martin McDonough, In Bruges
Best Ensemble Cast:
Tropic Thunder
December 15, 2008
To qualify, the movie had to be a narrative fiction feature longer than 60 minutes "with significant creative and/or production elements from the United States."
According to Variety, AFI picked The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Frozen River, Gran Torino, Iron Man, Milk, Wall-E, Wendy and Lucy, and The Wrestler as the top ten.
We think this is a good mix of light films, and ones with a more in –depth story line. Do you think they got the list right? And speaking of top ten, AFI also named their favorites for television shows as well. In the top ten are: Breaking Bad, In Treatment, John Adams, Life, Lost, Mad Men, The Office, Recount, The Shield and The Wire.
December 9, 2008
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Over 200 members of The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) vote for the Critics’ Choice Awards and this year they got a new category to weigh in on as ‘Best Action Film’ joined the list of notables.
Also raising eye brows… a whopping 10 films made the cut for Best Picture; including Wall-E which Neil Rosen, NY1 Movie Critic, “was surprised to see crop onto the best picture list and not just the best animated.”
The large scale Wall-E mingles with smaller productions on the coveted Best Pic list, which shows “A great film is a great film no matter how big the catering budget was on the set” according to Ben Lyons.
The Critics’ Choice Awards is the first show to kick off the award season and it has historically predicted who will make the Academy Award short list. Rosie Perez {dressed in Amanda Uprichard with a necklace by her fave jewelry designer Tuleste} says she wants “my girl Marisa Tomei to get the nod” for her role in The Wrestler and Ben Lyons could “barely contain himself” as he announced the 8 noms for his top pick for the year The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Are you curious to see who will win this year? Tune into VH1 on January 8th at 9pm (ET/PT) for the live airing of the Critics’ Choice Awards and keep checking out hollyscoop.com for more award season surprises.
Now drum roll please… here is the full list of nominees…
BEST PICTURE
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
The Wrestler
BEST ACTOR
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS
Kate Beckinsale - Nothing But the Truth
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
James Franco - Milk
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Vera Farmiga - Nothing But the Truth
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant -Milk
December 1, 2008
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1. Four Christmases: $31.6 million
2. Bolt: $26.5 million
3. Twilight: $26.3 million
4. Quantum of Solace: $19.5 million
5. Australia: $14.8 million
6. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $14.5 million
7. Transporter 3: $12.3 million
8. Role Models: $5.2 million
9. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: $1.6 million
10. Milk: $1.3 million
November 5, 2008
Sean Penn and supporting cast Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin and James Franco bring this unforgettable story to the big screen.
In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in America. His victory was not just a victory for gay rights; he forged coalitions across the political spectrum. From senior citizens to union workers, Harvey Milk changed the very nature of what it means to be a fighter for human rights and became, before his untimely death in 1978, a hero for all Americans.
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