Oscars 2011: Promos

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In the run up to the Oscars 2011 here are some of the promo's starring Anne Hathaway and James Franco, funny stuff!

Emily x

Bafta Award Winners 2011

Bafta Award Winners 2011

Best Film - The King's Speech

Outstanding British Film - The King's Speech

Best Director - David Fincher (The Social Network)

Best Actor - Colin Firth (The King's Speech)

Best Actress - Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

Best Original Screenplay - The King's Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay - The Social Network

Best Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)

Best Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)

Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award - Tom Hardy

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer - Chris Morris (Four Lions)

Best Animated Film - Toy Story 3

Best Editing - The Social Network 

Best Production Design – Inception

Best Cinematography - True Grit

Best Sound – Inception

Best Short Film - Until The River Runs Red

Best Short Animation- The Eagleman Stag

Best Make-Up and Hair - Alice In Wonderland

Best Costume Design - Alice In Wonderland

Best Original Music - The King's Speech

Best Special Visual Effects – Inception

Best Film Not In The English Language - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema - Harry Potter

 
Academy Fellowship - Sir Christopher Lee

Despite a slightly odd opening dance sequence, the Baftas were a very enjoyable couple of hours on BBC 1 last night. Jonathan Ross was funny as always, very well received and even his sarcasm went down well (despite the bad hair / facial hair!).

All of the acceptance speeches were very heartfelt and heart warming particularly Helena Bonham Carter who was as endearing and funny as always, I didn’t think it was at all too long! Colin Firth was modest as ever and Christopher Lee brought more than few tears to my eyes. It was a really lovely moment when he accepted his Academy Fellowship as well as the honour the Harry Potter series has received (I agree with Stephen Fry, franchise is an awful word!)

I was disappointed with how many winners were unable to attend the ceremony. In particular David Fincher whom I was incredibly pleased won Best Director and would have loved to see how he reacted. Geoffrey Rush was a much deserved winner of Best Supporting Actor also not there and Tom Hardy, particularly as all of the other nominees for the Rising Star Award were in attendance. Natalie Portman is forgiven however considering she is heavily pregnant!

Emma Watson looked stunning as always and definitely gets my vote for best dressed.

My favourite moment has to be without doubt when The Kings Speech won Best Film. The woop from the cast and crew proves just how much it means to them and many of their thanks went to the UK Film Council, proving how much it will be missed.

Emily x

Oscar Nominations 2011

The Oscar Nominations are here! 

Lots of the nominations are as to be expected but some people are unexpectedly missing (such as Danny Boyle and Christopher Nolan for Directing) and some I can't help but be biased about (Go David Fincher, go!) but they are all exciting none the less. 

The awards this year will be hosted by possibly the best looking couple of people in Hollywood; James Franco and Anne Hathaway. They both have brilliant comic roles under their belts so the opening monologues will hopefully be an entertaining and amusing one!  

The ceremony will take place on Sunday 27th February 2011. It will be shown in the UK live from 1:30am on Sky Movies, HD and +1. They will also be showing a Red Carpet Live show at 11:30pm before the ceremony.   

So let us know what you make of the nominations! Here is the list in full;

Actor in a Leading Role

·         Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”

·         Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”

·         Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”

·         Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

·         James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

·         Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

·         John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”

·         Jeremy Renner in “The Town”

·         Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”

·         Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

·         Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”

·         Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”

·         Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”

·         Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

·         Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

·         Amy Adams in “The Fighter”

·         Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”

·         Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”

·         Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”

·         Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Directing

·         “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky

·         “The Fighter” David O. Russell

·         “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper

·         “The Social Network” David Fincher

·         “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Picture

·         “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers

·         “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers

·         “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers

·         “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers

·         “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

·         “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers

·         “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers

·         “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer

·         “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

·         “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Foreign Language Film

·         “Biutiful” Mexico

·         “Dogtooth” Greece

·         “In a Better World” Denmark

·         “Incendies” Canada

·         “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Animated Feature Film

·         “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

·         “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet

·         “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

·         “Alice in Wonderland” 
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

·         “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” 
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan

·         “Inception” 
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat

·         “The King's Speech” 
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr

·         “True Grit” 
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

·         “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique

·         “Inception” Wally Pfister

·         “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen

·         “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth

·         “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

·         “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood

·         “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi

·         “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan

·         “The Tempest” Sandy Powell

·         “True Grit” Mary Zophres

Documentary (Feature)

·         “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz

·         “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic

·         “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

·         “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger

·         “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

·         “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined

·         “Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined

·         “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

·         “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

·         “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

·         “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum

·         “The Fighter” Pamela Martin

·         “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar

·         “127 Hours” Jon Harris

·         “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Make-Up

·         “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot

·         “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

·         “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (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

Music (Original Song)

·         “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey

·         “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater

·         “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

·         “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)

·         “Day & Night” Teddy Newton

·         “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

·         “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe

·         “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

·         “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

·         “The Confession” Tanel Toom

·         “The Crush” Michael Creagh

·         “God of Love” Luke Matheny

·         “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt

·         “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

·         “Inception” Richard King

·         “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers

·         “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague

·         “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey

·         “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

·         “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

·         “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley

·         “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin

·         “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten

·         “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

·         “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips

·         “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi

·         “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell

·         “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

·         “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

·         “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy

·         “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

·         “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich

·         “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

·         “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

·         “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh

·         “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; 
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson

·         “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan

·         “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg

·         “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

Emily x