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Directors Roundtable (Part 3)
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Film directors Quentin Tarantino (‘Inglourious Basterds’). Peter Jackson (‘The Lovely Bones’), James Cameron (‘Avatar’), Kathryn Bigelow (‘The Hurt Locker’), Jason Reitman (‘Up in the Air’), and Lee Daniels (‘Precious’) talk about what they would do if they weren’t directing movies. www.backstage.com
Directors Roundtable: ‘The scene i had to cut’ (Part 3 of 8)
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow, Lee Daniels, Jason Reitman and James Cameron sit down and talk about their latest motion pictures with John Horn
Directors Roundtable (Part 2)
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Film directors Quentin Tarantino (‘Inglourious Basterds’). Peter Jackson (‘The Lovely Bones’), James Cameron (‘Avatar’), Kathryn Bigelow (‘The Hurt Locker’), Jason Reitman (‘Up in the Air’), and Lee Daniels (‘Precious’) talk about the toughest scenes they’ve had to film for a movie. www.backstage.com
Directors Roundtable: The challenges of marketing a film (Part 5 of 8)
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow, Lee Daniels, Jason Reitman and James Cameron sit down and talk about their latest motion pictures with John Horn
Oscars 2010 Best Director Nominees: James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Check our more Oscars 2010 Episodes in Indy Mogul’s Oscar Playlist: bit.ly A closer look at the Oscars 2010 Best Director Nominations James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino, Lee Daniels and Jason Reitman! Host Grace Randolph gives you all the info on these Best Director Nominees for the 2010 Academy Awards, honoring the films Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious and Up In The Air! Enjoy the Oscars 2010!
Oscar Awards 2010: Best Possible Of Oscar Nominations
Monday, May 17th, 2010THE OSCAR Awards 2010 or 82nd Academy Awards 2010 nominations will be announced within less than a day time at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Here the list of best possibilities of Oscar Nominations 2010. This year Oscar Awards will take place on March 7.
For Best Picture: Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, The Hurt Locker, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire, Up in the Air, (500) Days of Summer, Crazy Heart, District 9, An Education, The Messenger, A Serious Man, Star Trek and Up can be included for Oscar Award Nominations 2010.
For the Best Director best possibilities are James Cameron (Avatar), Quentin Tarantino (Inglorious Basterds), Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), Lee Daniels (Precious) and Jason Reitman (Up in the Air).
For Best Actor: George Clooney (Up in the Air), Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) and Colin Firth (A Single Man) .
For Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe (Precious), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria) and Abbie Cornish (Bright Star) would be nominated.
Let wait till tomorrow to know about the actual nominees for the biggest award of Hollywood as well as world pictures Oscar Award 2010.
Oscar Nominations 2010, Academy Awards 2010 – List, News, Latest Updates
Saturday, May 15th, 2010The latest news and updates of Oscar Awards 2010, Oscar Nominations 2010, Academy Awards:
· Anne Hathaway, 2008 Oscar-nominated actress and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak unveiled the nominees in Los Angeles today
· Science-fiction adventure movie Avatar and war movie The Hurt Locker have earned nine Oscar Award nominations each, including best movie, to lead the field in the competition for the world’s highest film honors.
· James Cameron up against ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow for Best Picture and Best Director.
· AR Rahman fails to make it to the Oscar Awards. People are wondering why did AR Rahman not make it to the Oscar Awards. Two days back he won two Grammy Awards.
· Oscar Academy Award 2010 expected nominees of actors are – Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”, George Clooney in “Up in the Air”, Colin Firth in “A Single Man”, Morgan Freeman in “Invictus” and Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
· Oscar Academy Award 2010 nominees of actress are – Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”, Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”, Carey Mulligan in “An Education”, Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”.
· British coming-of-age drama, starring Mulligan and Rosamund Pike earned three nominations.
· Coraline, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Princess And The Frog, The Secret Of Kells, Up nominated in Oscar 2010 in the category of Best Animated Feature Film
· Academy Awards 2010 nominees in Foreign Language Film category are Ajami, El Secreto de Sus Ojos, The Milk of Sorrow, Un Prophete, The White Ribbon
· Oscar Nominations 2010 for Best Directors are James Cameron – Avatar, Kathyn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker, Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds, Lee Daniels – Precious, Jason Reitman – Up In The Air
· The 82nd Oscar Academy Award of 2010 is going to take place in Hollywood’s Kodak theater in Los Angels on 2010 March 7th.
Avatar And The Hurt Locker Favorites In 82Nd Oscars Odds
Monday, May 10th, 2010It looks as if the 2010 Academy Awards for the best Picture is either going to be “Avatar” or “The Hurt Locker” as they are the heavy betting favorites heading into Sunday Night’s Oscars odds. “Avatar” opened as an even money 1/1 bet while “The Hurt Locker” was an even bigger 20/27 favorite. The best “sleeper” plays would be either “Inglourious Basterds” at 9/1 or “Up in the Air” at 25/1.
Also on the board are “Precious” at 30/1, “The Blind Side” at 50/1, “A Serious Man,” “An Education,” and “Up” at 75/1. “District 9″ is the longshot at 100/1. Jeff Bridges was the prohibitive favorite to win Best Actor in Oscar odds at 1/10 for his role in “Crazy Heart.” George Clooney is the best underdog for Best Actor at 11/1 for “Up in the Air.” Also on the board for Best Actor at 14/1 are Jeremy Renner for “The Hurt Locker” and Morgan Freeman 12/1 for “Invictus.” Colin Firth rounds out the field at 13/1 for his role in “A Single Man.”
Best Actress may be a bit more competitive as Sandra Bullock is the favorite at 4/11 for her role in “The Blind Side.” The second choice is Meryl Streep at 9/4 for her role in “Julie and Julia.” Carey Mulligan makes for a decent value play at 10/1 for her role in “An Education.” Another decent underdog play would be Gabourey Sidibe for her role in “Precious” at 17/2. The longshot in Oscars odds is Helen Mirren at 40/1 for her role in “The Last Station.”
Best Director looks like a two man race between James Cameron at 3/1 for “Avatar” and the overwhelming favorite, Kathryn Bigelow, for “The Hurt Locker” at 1/5. Quentin Tarantino is at 18/1 for “Inglourious Basterds” while Jason Reitman is at 50/1 for “Up in the Air.” The longshot in Oscar odds is Lee Daniels for “Precious” at 60/1.
The 82Th Oscar Winners Are
Sunday, May 9th, 2010Best Picture
Avatar 42%
The Blind Side 24%
District 9 3%
The Hurt Locker[ EXPERT PICK ] 12%
Inglourious Basterds 7%
Precious 6%
Disney/Pixar’s Up 4%
Best Director
James Cameron – Avatar 50%
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker[ EXPERT PICK ] 22%
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds 15%
Lee Daniels – Precious 9%
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air 4%
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart[ EXPERT PICK ] 38%
George Clooney – Up in the Air 21%
Colin Firth – A Single Man 5%
Morgan Freeman – Invictus 25%
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker 10%
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side[ EXPERT PICK ] 73%
Helen Mirren – The Last Station 2%
Carey Mulligan – An Education 2%
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious 12%
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia 12%
Best Supporting
Matt Damon – Invictus 31%
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger 5%
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station 3%
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones 12%
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds[ EXPERT PICK ] 49%
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz – Nine 17%
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air 5%
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart 9%
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air 7%
Mo’Nique – Precious[ EXPERT PICK ] 62%
Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker[ EXPERT PICK ] 17%
Inglourious Basterds 53%
The Messenger 2%
A Serious Man 2%
Disney/Pixar’s Up 27%
Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9 22%
An Education 2%
In the Loop 1%
Precious 47%
Up in the Air[ EXPERT PICK ] 28%
Best Animated Feature
Coraline 5%
Fantastic Mr. Fox 5%
The Princess and the Frog 14%
The Secret of Kells 1%
Disney/Pixar’s Up[ EXPERT PICK ] 76%
Best Foreign Language Film
Ajami 5%
El Secreto De Sus Ojos 7%
The Milk of Sorrow 7%
A Prophet (Un Prophete) 8%
The White Ribbon[ EXPERT PICK ] 72%
Best Film Editing
Avatar 60%
District 9[ EXPERT PICK ] 16%
The Hurt Locker 7%
Inglourious Basterds 10%
Precious 7%
Best Live Action Short
The Door 5%
Instead of Abracadabra 29%
Kavi 4%
Miracle Fish 56%
The New Tenants[ EXPERT PICK ] 5%
Best Sound Mixing
Avatar[ EXPERT PICK ] 67%
The Hurt Locker 5%
Inglourious Basterds 6%
Star Trek (dvd collections) 12%
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 10%
Best Visual Effects
Avatar[ EXPERT PICK ] 85%
District 9 5%
Star Trek 10%
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2010 Oscar Nominees Announced – 2010 Oscar Nominees
Friday, April 23rd, 2010This morning Anne Hathaway and Academy President Tom Sherak were on hand to announce the nominees for the 2010 Academy Awards. Avatar and The Hurt Locker each had the most nominations, nine apiece, including Best Picture. Also included in the Best Picture top 10 were surprises like District 9 and The Blind Side, as well as A Serious Man, Inglourious Basterds, An Education, Precious, Up and Up in the Air.
Inglourious Basterds was just behind in the nominations tally with eight, while Precious and Up in the Air snagged six each and Up, surprisingly enough for an animated film, scored four.
Surprises included the snubbing of Invictus in Best Picture, despite the fact that Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon both scored acting nominations, and the inclusion of Maggie Gyllenhaal in Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Crazy Heart. I was thrilled to see In the Loop score a Best Original Screenplay nomination, though a little sad to see it apparently at the expense of (500) Days of Summer. The Best Original Score category got a little wacky too, with longshots like the scores for Fantastic Mr. Fox and Sherlock Holmes sneaking in– both excellent choices, of course.
For more commentary and the 10 best things (and 5 worst) about these nominations, click here. You can also check out the full list of 2010 Oscar Nominees Announced below.
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’nique, Precious
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Quentino Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, Up
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche, In The Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ajami, Israel
El Secretro de sus Ojo, Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow, Chile
Un Prophete, France
The White Ribbon, Germany
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Princess and the Frog
The Secrets of Kells
Up
And now for the below-the-line ones not included on the TV broadcast.
ART DIRECTION
“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
“The Imaginarium of Doctor 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
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
COSTUME DESIGN
“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Burma VJ” Anders stergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
“The Cove” Nominees to be determined
“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
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” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
FILM EDITING
“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz
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
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
ORIGINAL SONG
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
ANIMATED SHORT
“French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
“Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
“A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park
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
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
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
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