Vicky Cristina Barcelona
February 22, 2009
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Clutching her Oscar Penelope gave this very emotional acceptance speech:
This is not going to be 45 seconds, I can say that right now. Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one. Thank you so much to the Academy.
I want to share this with my fellow nominees and with the amazing ensemble of actors that I had the privilege to work with in this movie. Thank you, Woody, for trusting me with this beautiful character. Thank for you having written over all these years some of the greatest characters for women. And I cannot talk about great female characters without thanking my friend Pedro Almodóvar for having made me part of so many of his adventures. Thank you, Bigas Luna, Fernando.
Trueba, for giving me my first movies. Thank you, Harvey Weinstein. I wanted to dedicate this to my parents and to my brother and sister, to my friend Robert Carlo, who is not with us anymore, and to everyone who has helped me from the beginning and you know who you are and I thank you from my heart.
I grew up in a place called Alcobendas, where this was not a very realistic dream. And I, always on the night of the Academy Awards, I stay up to watch the show and I always felt that this was, this ceremony was a moment of unity for the world because art, in any form, is and has been and will always be our universal language and we should do everything we can, everything we can, to protect its survival.
So I thank you so much and I have to say something in Spanish, because everyone? [Speaks in Spanish.]
Check out the winners list HERE
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 9, 2009
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We’re talking Brad and Angelina, Daniel Craig, Mickey Rourke, Penelope Cruz, and Robert Downey Jr., just to name a few. The BAFTAs honor people in the film industry just as same as all the others, but you might be surprised at who won the big categories.
Here’s the short list, and you can click here for a list of all the nominees and the winners in their category. How different do you think the Oscars will be as far as who wins?
Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Leading Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Leading Actress: Kate Winslet , The Reader
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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 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
September 1, 2008
Babylon A.D. and The Dark Knight held onto the second and third position with $9.7 and $8.7 million, respectively.
Here are the top ten movies from the Aug 29-31 weekend:
1. Tropic Thunder--$11.5 million
2. Babylon A.D.--$9.7 million
3. The Dark Knight--$8.7 million
4. The House Bunny--$8.3 million
5. Traitor--$7.9 million
6. Death Race--$6.2 million
7. Disaster Movie--$6.1 million
8. Mamma Mia!--$4.4 million
9. Pineapple Express--$3.3 million 10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona--$3 million
August 18, 2008
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If you watched Tropic Thunder this weekend you know that the real star of the film was Tom Cruise. We don't wanna give too much away, but Tom was HILARIOUS!
Here is the August 15-17 box office recap:
1. Tropic Thunder--$26 million
2. The Dark Knight--$16.7 million
3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars--$15.5 million
4. Mirrors--$11.1 million
5. Pineapple Express--$10 million
6. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor--$8.6 million
7. Mamma Mia!--$6.4 million
8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2--$5.9 million
9. Step Brothers--$5 million
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona--$3.7 million
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Vicky and Cristina, played by Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson, are two young Americans who spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist, played by Javier Bardem, and his beautiful but insane ex-wife, played by Penelope Cruz.
Hollyscoop got the scoop on the steamy love scenes, Woody's amazing vision, and the infamous lesbian on-screen kiss between Scarlett and Penelope.
Check out the Los Angeles movie premiere and trailer for 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' below...
Check out the pictures inside the premiere after party at Whiskey Blue at W Los Angeles.
MORE PICTURES AFTER THE JUMP!
August 15, 2008
Tropic Thunder
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. are Hollywood actors on the set of a war movie where everything goes wrong.
Fly Me to the Moon 3-D
A 3-D animated adventure about three young house flies who stow away aboard the historic Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Mirrors
Kiefer Sutherland is a department store security guard who becomes wrapped up in a mystery involving the store's mirrors.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi return in a new animated chapter in the saga of the Star Wars universe.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem become amorously entangled in the latest film from director Woody Allen.
Check out the Los Angeles movie premiere of 'Tropic Thunder' below...
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