Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have launched movie fans into excitement with the latest trailer for their new movie, “Barbie.” Gerwig directs the project and she also co-wrote the script with her partner Baumbach. Previously, both scored Oscar nominations in the same year for their work on “Little Women” (Adapted Screenplay for Gerwig) and “Marriage Story” (Original Screenplay for Baumbach). With “Barbie,” the pair of filmmakers could become the first couple to win an Oscar for the same feature film since 2018.
Gerwig and Baumbach would be up for Best Original Screenplay together, while Gerwig could also be up for Best Director, and both could be up for Best Picture (as producers). If they were to win together, they’d become the 19th couple to take home a pair of Oscars for the same movie.
They’d join these 18 joint champs:
Muriel Box and Sydney Box for Best Original Screenplay (1947) — “The Seventh Veil...
Gerwig and Baumbach would be up for Best Original Screenplay together, while Gerwig could also be up for Best Director, and both could be up for Best Picture (as producers). If they were to win together, they’d become the 19th couple to take home a pair of Oscars for the same movie.
They’d join these 18 joint champs:
Muriel Box and Sydney Box for Best Original Screenplay (1947) — “The Seventh Veil...
- 4/27/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on direct-to-camera for Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am: "It really conveys how much Toni is controlling the narrative." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the first instalment of my conversation with photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director of Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart and Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, which took place on the day we heard that Sylvia Miles died, Timothy goes into the direct-to-camera of Shirley Clarke, Andy Warhol's Screen Tests, Warren Beatty's "slightly off camera" Reds, and Errol Morris. Raoul Peck's brilliant I Am Not Your Negro on James Baldwin, Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer At 100, Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir, being seated where Toni Morrison sat for The Black List, and what's in a gaze came up.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on Toni Morrison: "I felt it was my portraiture coming to life." Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am...
In the first instalment of my conversation with photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director of Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart and Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, which took place on the day we heard that Sylvia Miles died, Timothy goes into the direct-to-camera of Shirley Clarke, Andy Warhol's Screen Tests, Warren Beatty's "slightly off camera" Reds, and Errol Morris. Raoul Peck's brilliant I Am Not Your Negro on James Baldwin, Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer At 100, Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir, being seated where Toni Morrison sat for The Black List, and what's in a gaze came up.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on Toni Morrison: "I felt it was my portraiture coming to life." Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am...
- 6/17/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
For Sunday’s Oscars 2019 ceremony, producers had a difficult decision of which film industry people would make the cut and who would be left out of the “In Memoriam.” For the segment, Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic performed music by Oscar winner John Williams.
Over 100 Academy members or film industry veterans died in the past 12 months. Visit our own Gold Derby memoriam galleries for the year of 2018 and the newly-started gallery for 2019.
SEEDirector Stanley Donen, dead at 94, was light on his feet and a movie musical heavyweight
Stanley Donen would have certainly been included, but he died on the weekend after the segment had been finalized (look for him on the 2020 show). Here is list of some of the people included in the Memoriam tribute for the ceremony (Academy members are indicated with ** by their names):
Susan Anspach (actor)
Bernardo Bertolucci (director)
Yvonne Blake (costume designer)**
Paul Bloch...
Over 100 Academy members or film industry veterans died in the past 12 months. Visit our own Gold Derby memoriam galleries for the year of 2018 and the newly-started gallery for 2019.
SEEDirector Stanley Donen, dead at 94, was light on his feet and a movie musical heavyweight
Stanley Donen would have certainly been included, but he died on the weekend after the segment had been finalized (look for him on the 2020 show). Here is list of some of the people included in the Memoriam tribute for the ceremony (Academy members are indicated with ** by their names):
Susan Anspach (actor)
Bernardo Bertolucci (director)
Yvonne Blake (costume designer)**
Paul Bloch...
- 2/25/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
While Academy Awards producers have strived for a much shorter ceremony this year, the annual “In Memoriam” segment will definitely remain. In fact this moment on Sunday’s 2019 event should be extra classy since Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic will be performing as part of the tribute.
Over 100 Academy members or film industry veterans died in the past 12 months. But which ones will be featured in the short segment? There are generally outcries each year from family members upset about people being left out. Visit our own Gold Derby memoriam galleries for the year of 2018 and the newly-started gallery for 2019.
Virtually certain to be part of the montage are Oscar-winning directors Bernardo Bertolucci and Milos Forman, Oscar-nominated actors Carol Channing, Albert Finney and Burt Reynolds, director and actress Penny Marshall, executive producer and entertainment icon Stan Lee and many more.
SEEDana Carvey, Mike Myers, Queen Latifah, Barbra Streisand...
Over 100 Academy members or film industry veterans died in the past 12 months. But which ones will be featured in the short segment? There are generally outcries each year from family members upset about people being left out. Visit our own Gold Derby memoriam galleries for the year of 2018 and the newly-started gallery for 2019.
Virtually certain to be part of the montage are Oscar-winning directors Bernardo Bertolucci and Milos Forman, Oscar-nominated actors Carol Channing, Albert Finney and Burt Reynolds, director and actress Penny Marshall, executive producer and entertainment icon Stan Lee and many more.
SEEDana Carvey, Mike Myers, Queen Latifah, Barbra Streisand...
- 2/22/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Since garnering an Oscar nomination in 1981 for his first documentary feature, “Brooklyn Bridge,” Ken Burns has chronicled events and influential figures in American history. His films seek to examine situations from all perspectives, and in doing so he has made American history a riveting narrative fit for all audiences.
After the success of 1990’s “The Civil War,” Burns became a PBS mainstay, making docu series “Jazz” (2001), “The War” (2007) and “The Dust Bowl” (2012). His latest project, “The Vietnam War” was released in 2017, and is an Emmy contender this year. The 10-part, 18-hour film, co-directed with Lynn Novick, is Burns’ second longest endeavor. (His 1994 series “Baseball” was 18½ hours.)
Burns received his first mention in Variety on May 10, 1976, when he was nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers’ student-film competition award, for his 27-minute film “Working in Rural New England,” which Burns made as an undergraduate at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
What...
After the success of 1990’s “The Civil War,” Burns became a PBS mainstay, making docu series “Jazz” (2001), “The War” (2007) and “The Dust Bowl” (2012). His latest project, “The Vietnam War” was released in 2017, and is an Emmy contender this year. The 10-part, 18-hour film, co-directed with Lynn Novick, is Burns’ second longest endeavor. (His 1994 series “Baseball” was 18½ hours.)
Burns received his first mention in Variety on May 10, 1976, when he was nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers’ student-film competition award, for his 27-minute film “Working in Rural New England,” which Burns made as an undergraduate at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
What...
- 6/8/2018
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The Pulitzer at 100 director and Oscar-winner for Strangers No More, Kirk Simon, has died. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Pulitzer At 100 director and Oscar-winner for Strangers No More, Kirk Simon, died at the age of 63 on April 14 in New York.
For his most recent documentary, Kirk assembled a grand cast plus authors, journalists, composers and photographers who have won Pulitzers, to create a vivid portrait of the importance of Joseph Pulitzer's brilliant idea to establish the School of Journalism at Columbia University and award prizes.
Kirk Simon documented Jane Goodall's work in Chimps: So Like Us Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Kirk Simon documented Jane Goodall's work in Chimps: So Like Us, Ingmar...
The Pulitzer At 100 director and Oscar-winner for Strangers No More, Kirk Simon, died at the age of 63 on April 14 in New York.
For his most recent documentary, Kirk assembled a grand cast plus authors, journalists, composers and photographers who have won Pulitzers, to create a vivid portrait of the importance of Joseph Pulitzer's brilliant idea to establish the School of Journalism at Columbia University and award prizes.
Kirk Simon documented Jane Goodall's work in Chimps: So Like Us Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Kirk Simon documented Jane Goodall's work in Chimps: So Like Us, Ingmar...
- 4/26/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Kirk Simon, the veteran Oscar- and Emmy-winning documentarian who was behind projects centering on Jane Goodall, Placido Domingo and the Pulitzer Prize, has died. He was 63.
Simon died Saturday in New York City of cardiac arrest, his brother, Ron Simon, curator of television & radio for The Paley Center for Media in New York, announced.
Simon won his Oscar (shared with frequent collaborator Karen Goodman) in the best documentary, short subjects category for Strangers No More (2010), about the children of immigrant workers struggling to make a new life in Tel Aviv.
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Simon died Saturday in New York City of cardiac arrest, his brother, Ron Simon, curator of television & radio for The Paley Center for Media in New York, announced.
Simon won his Oscar (shared with frequent collaborator Karen Goodman) in the best documentary, short subjects category for Strangers No More (2010), about the children of immigrant workers struggling to make a new life in Tel Aviv.
...
- 4/15/2018
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kirk Simon, the veteran Oscar- and Emmy-winning documentarian who was behind projects centering on Dr. Jane Goodall, Placido Domingo and the Pulitzer Prize, has died. He was 63.
Simon died Saturday in New York City of cardiac arrest, his brother, Ron Simon, curator of television & radio for The Paley Center for Media in New York, announced.
Simon won his Oscar (shared with frequent collaborator Karen Goodman) in the best documentary, short subjects category for <em>Strangers No More</em> (2010), about the children of immigrant workers struggling to make a new life in Tel Aviv.
The 30-year documentary veteran received three other ...</br></br></br></br></br></br>...
Simon died Saturday in New York City of cardiac arrest, his brother, Ron Simon, curator of television & radio for The Paley Center for Media in New York, announced.
Simon won his Oscar (shared with frequent collaborator Karen Goodman) in the best documentary, short subjects category for <em>Strangers No More</em> (2010), about the children of immigrant workers struggling to make a new life in Tel Aviv.
The 30-year documentary veteran received three other ...</br></br></br></br></br></br>...
- 4/15/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Jairus McLeary in the Soho House screening room on The Work: "It's very masculine. That's why Amy Foote, our editor, and Alice Henty, the producer, they were the first women to see this footage." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Rebecca Miller's Arthur Miller: Writer; Doug Nichol's California Typewriter; Andrew Rossi on Okwui Okpokwasili's Bronx Gothic; Elvira Lind's Bobbi Jene; Michael Almereyda's Escapes on Hampton Fancher; Brett Morgen's Jane on Jane Goodall; Ceyda Torun's KEDi; Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum's Letters From Baghdad with Tilda Swinton voicing Getrude Bell; Griffin Dunne's Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold; Agnès Varda and Jr's Faces Places; Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's School Life; Ferne Pearlstein's The Last Laugh; Lara Stolman's Swim Team; Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer At 100, and Josh Koury and Myles Kane's Voyeur on Gay Talese...
Rebecca Miller's Arthur Miller: Writer; Doug Nichol's California Typewriter; Andrew Rossi on Okwui Okpokwasili's Bronx Gothic; Elvira Lind's Bobbi Jene; Michael Almereyda's Escapes on Hampton Fancher; Brett Morgen's Jane on Jane Goodall; Ceyda Torun's KEDi; Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum's Letters From Baghdad with Tilda Swinton voicing Getrude Bell; Griffin Dunne's Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold; Agnès Varda and Jr's Faces Places; Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's School Life; Ferne Pearlstein's The Last Laugh; Lara Stolman's Swim Team; Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer At 100, and Josh Koury and Myles Kane's Voyeur on Gay Talese...
- 11/17/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Kirk Simon: "You walk down the hall of Princeton and the first office is Toni Morrison, then it's Tracy K Smith, then it's Jeffrey Eugenides."
In the third and final installment of my conversation with Kirk Simon on The Pulitzer At 100, we discuss filming Natalie Portman in Paris for her reading of Jorie Graham's The Dream of the Unified Field, Liev Schreiber (who played Martin Baron in Tom McCarthy's Spotlight) picking Death Of A Salesman and The Grapes Of Wrath, Ken Burns and The Statue of Liberty, Toni Morrison (Beloved), Jeffrey Eugenides (Middlesex), photographers John Filo (Kent State) and Nick Ut (Napalm Girl), finding Kim Phuc, Maureen Corrigan on Philip Roth, and the man who started it all - Joseph Pulitzer.
Anne-Katrin Titze: Did you direct the actors who were doing the readings at all?
Liev Schreiber chose Death Of A Salesman and The Grapes Of Wrath...
In the third and final installment of my conversation with Kirk Simon on The Pulitzer At 100, we discuss filming Natalie Portman in Paris for her reading of Jorie Graham's The Dream of the Unified Field, Liev Schreiber (who played Martin Baron in Tom McCarthy's Spotlight) picking Death Of A Salesman and The Grapes Of Wrath, Ken Burns and The Statue of Liberty, Toni Morrison (Beloved), Jeffrey Eugenides (Middlesex), photographers John Filo (Kent State) and Nick Ut (Napalm Girl), finding Kim Phuc, Maureen Corrigan on Philip Roth, and the man who started it all - Joseph Pulitzer.
Anne-Katrin Titze: Did you direct the actors who were doing the readings at all?
Liev Schreiber chose Death Of A Salesman and The Grapes Of Wrath...
- 7/24/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
First Run Features has announced the theatrical premiere of The Pulitzer at 100, the latest documentary by Oscar and Emmy-winning director Kirk Simon. The film opens at the prestigious Lincoln Plaza Cinema today, July 21, with other cities to follow.
- 7/21/2017
- by Movies News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
A centennial tribute to the most famous award a journalist can win (and a pretty great one for those in other creative fields), Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer at 100 will have to enjoy accolades by association. Far too broad to be deep in any respect, the lightweight documentary benefits from access to plenty of top-shelf interviewees but plays like a back-patting muddle. Small-screen audiences may find it amiable enough not to reach for the remote, but theatrical prospects are slim.
The doc's tiny attention span is especially galling given the eponymous prize's celebration of depth, doggedness and inspiration. It's as...
The doc's tiny attention span is especially galling given the eponymous prize's celebration of depth, doggedness and inspiration. It's as...
- 7/20/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in The Pulitzer At 100
In the second installment of my conversation with The Pulitzer At 100 director Kirk Simon we discussed where Michael Cunningham (The Hours) and Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay which is also read by Martin Scorsese) keep their Pulitzers, multiple winners Thomas Friedman and Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times on working hard every day, a Tony Kushner Angels In America accent, Paula Vogel's (How I Learned to Drive) winning headline, Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced), and paying homage to Walter Hill's The Warriors when filming Tracy K Smith's reading of Life On Mars.
In The Pulitzer At 100, Michael Cunningham, with a sheepish grin, states that where his Pulitzer is kept is connected to the fate of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? and The Great Gatsby.
Pulitzer winner Paula Vogel taught Ayad Akhtar,...
In the second installment of my conversation with The Pulitzer At 100 director Kirk Simon we discussed where Michael Cunningham (The Hours) and Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay which is also read by Martin Scorsese) keep their Pulitzers, multiple winners Thomas Friedman and Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times on working hard every day, a Tony Kushner Angels In America accent, Paula Vogel's (How I Learned to Drive) winning headline, Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced), and paying homage to Walter Hill's The Warriors when filming Tracy K Smith's reading of Life On Mars.
In The Pulitzer At 100, Michael Cunningham, with a sheepish grin, states that where his Pulitzer is kept is connected to the fate of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? and The Great Gatsby.
Pulitzer winner Paula Vogel taught Ayad Akhtar,...
- 7/19/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Pulitzer At 100 director Kirk Simon on the man Liev Schreiber portrayed in Tom McCarthy's Oscar-winning Spotlight: "You do not mess with Marty Baron!" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Kirk Simon has assembled a grand cast (Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, John Lithgow, Martin Scorsese, Yara Shahidi, and Liev Schreiber) plus authors, journalists, composers and photographers (including Paula Vogel, Toni Morrison, David Remnick, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Kushner, John Adams, Carl Bernstein, Nicholas Kristof, Jeffrey Eugenides, Thomas Friedman, Michael Cunningham, John Adams, Michael Chabon, Martin Baron, Junot Díaz, Ayad Akhtar, Robin Givhan, Sheri Fink, John Filo, Nick Ut, and Robert A. Caro) who have won Pulitzers, to create a vivid portrait of the importance of Joseph Pulitzer's brilliant idea to establish the School of Journalism at Columbia University and award prizes.
In The Pulitzer At 100, Helen Mirren has a Long Day's Journey Into Night with Eugene O'Neill Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze...
Kirk Simon has assembled a grand cast (Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, John Lithgow, Martin Scorsese, Yara Shahidi, and Liev Schreiber) plus authors, journalists, composers and photographers (including Paula Vogel, Toni Morrison, David Remnick, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Kushner, John Adams, Carl Bernstein, Nicholas Kristof, Jeffrey Eugenides, Thomas Friedman, Michael Cunningham, John Adams, Michael Chabon, Martin Baron, Junot Díaz, Ayad Akhtar, Robin Givhan, Sheri Fink, John Filo, Nick Ut, and Robert A. Caro) who have won Pulitzers, to create a vivid portrait of the importance of Joseph Pulitzer's brilliant idea to establish the School of Journalism at Columbia University and award prizes.
In The Pulitzer At 100, Helen Mirren has a Long Day's Journey Into Night with Eugene O'Neill Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze...
- 7/18/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Hot Docs has announced the ten documentary features that will screen in this year’s Special Presentations program. Special Presentations features a high-profile collection of world and international premieres, award winners from the recent international festival circuit and works by master filmmakers or featuring some star subjects.
Special Presentations will screen as part of the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, running April 27 – May 7. The complete Special Presentations program and the full selection of films to screen at Hot Docs 2017 will be announced on March 21, including the 2017 opening night film.
The new titles include: “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” “Chasing Coral,” “Dolores,” “Elian,” “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower,” “In Loco Parentis,” “Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press,” “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” “Strong Island” and “The Workers Cup.
Lineup Announcements
– Hot Docs has announced the ten documentary features that will screen in this year’s Special Presentations program. Special Presentations features a high-profile collection of world and international premieres, award winners from the recent international festival circuit and works by master filmmakers or featuring some star subjects.
Special Presentations will screen as part of the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, running April 27 – May 7. The complete Special Presentations program and the full selection of films to screen at Hot Docs 2017 will be announced on March 21, including the 2017 opening night film.
The new titles include: “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” “Chasing Coral,” “Dolores,” “Elian,” “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower,” “In Loco Parentis,” “Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press,” “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” “Strong Island” and “The Workers Cup.
- 3/2/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Anne Hathaway: Oscar Host's Red Dress outshone Oscars' Red Carpet. Anne Hathaway Oscar host: Red dress one of countless outfits Blast from the Past: Pictured above is Oscar host Anne Hathaway sporting a blindingly bright white smile while on the 2011 Academy Awards' Red Carpet just outside the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. But wait. In the photo, Hathaway is wearing a blindingly bright red gown. Wasn't her dress of a metallic blue hue? Actually, no. It was beige (with patterns). Wait. Come to think of it, she actually wore a tux, not a dress. Or maybe it was all of the above. And more. How could that be? Well, the color, texture, format, and type of Anne Hathaway's outfits varied according to which 15 minutes of the Oscar telecast you watched on Sunday night, Feb. 27. Hathaway, a Best Actress nominee for Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married in early...
- 1/4/2016
- by altfilmguide
- Alt Film Guide
David O. Russell makes fashion statement on the Oscars' Red Carpet David O. Russell: Fashion statement and Oscar nomination David O. Russell, a Best Director Oscar nominee for the surprisingly successful boxing drama The Fighter, makes both a fashion and a facial statement upon his arrival with guests at the 2011 Academy Awards held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. This was his first Best Director nomination. About five years ago, David O. Russell made headlines thanks to leaked videos showing him having a volcanic, expletive-filled confrontation with Lily Tomlin on the set of I Heart Huckabees – an ambitious all-star comedy that turned out to be much less successful than the bizarre behind-the-scenes video clips. (Check out Paul Rudd in a parody of the 'I Heart Huckabees' blow-up.) Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees alumnus Mark Wahlberg has said that he had to fight with Paramount...
- 5/4/2015
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
This year’s Oscar race could make history with two possible best picture nominees directed by women — Ava DuVernay’s Selma and Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken. If both women are nominated for best director, that would also be a historical moment. But though these accomplishments in the narrative field are possible, more women directors are breaking into the documentary categories. Four of the 15 shortlisted documentaries feature women at the helm: Jennifer Grausman (co-directed with Sam Cullman and Mark Becker) with Art and Craft, Tia Lessin (co-directed with Carl Deal) with Citizen Koch, Laura Poitras with Citizenfour and Rory Kennedy with Last Days in Vietnam. Additionally, three of the eight shortlisted documentary shorts feature female directors: Ellen Goosenberg Kent with Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, Aneta Kopacz with Joanna and Lucy Walker with The Lion’s Mouth Opens. More often than not, women directors tend to...
Managing Editor
This year’s Oscar race could make history with two possible best picture nominees directed by women — Ava DuVernay’s Selma and Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken. If both women are nominated for best director, that would also be a historical moment. But though these accomplishments in the narrative field are possible, more women directors are breaking into the documentary categories. Four of the 15 shortlisted documentaries feature women at the helm: Jennifer Grausman (co-directed with Sam Cullman and Mark Becker) with Art and Craft, Tia Lessin (co-directed with Carl Deal) with Citizen Koch, Laura Poitras with Citizenfour and Rory Kennedy with Last Days in Vietnam. Additionally, three of the eight shortlisted documentary shorts feature female directors: Ellen Goosenberg Kent with Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, Aneta Kopacz with Joanna and Lucy Walker with The Lion’s Mouth Opens. More often than not, women directors tend to...
- 12/16/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Two Israel-set documentaries, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon's Oscar-winning short subject Strangers No More and Shlomi Eldar's feature Precious Life (right), will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 30th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" series on Wednesday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. The information below is from the Academy's press release: … Strangers No More introduces the students from 48 countries attending the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv, many of whom are refugees from war, as they learn to deal with the diversity of their new environment. The film received an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. Precious Life tells the story of a Palestinian infant with a life-threatening immune disorder awaiting a bone marrow transplant in an Israeli hospital during the 2008–09 blockade of Gaza. As filmmaker Shlomi Eldar...
- 10/12/2011
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Oscar®-winning documentary short subject “Strangers No More” and the documentary feature “Precious Life” will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free.
Directed and produced by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, “Strangers No More” introduces the students from 48 countries attending the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv, many of whom are refugees from war, as they learn to deal with the diversity of their new environment. The film received an Academy Award® for Documentary Short Subject.
“Precious Life” tells the story of a Palestinian infant with a life-threatening immune disorder awaiting a bone marrow transplant in an Israeli hospital during the 2008.09 blockade of Gaza. As filmmaker Shlomi Eldar uses his influence to seek financial help for the family,...
Directed and produced by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, “Strangers No More” introduces the students from 48 countries attending the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv, many of whom are refugees from war, as they learn to deal with the diversity of their new environment. The film received an Academy Award® for Documentary Short Subject.
“Precious Life” tells the story of a Palestinian infant with a life-threatening immune disorder awaiting a bone marrow transplant in an Israeli hospital during the 2008.09 blockade of Gaza. As filmmaker Shlomi Eldar uses his influence to seek financial help for the family,...
- 10/12/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Beverly Hills, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will kick off its 30th annual .Contemporary Documentaries. screening series with last year.s Oscar®-winning feature, .Inside Job,. and .Casino Jack and the United States of Money. on Wednesday, September 21, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
Admission to all screenings in the series is free.
Directed by Charles Ferguson, who produced the film with Audrey Marrs, .Inside Job. traces the financial practices that laid the groundwork for the global economic crisis in an examination that places blame in the hands of many who are still in power. Predatory lending, credit default swaps and financial deregulation are subjected to close scrutiny and criticism in a primer on the situation that affected the lives of millions.
.Casino Jack and the United States of Money,. a portrait of disgraced Washington super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, confirms the adage...
Admission to all screenings in the series is free.
Directed by Charles Ferguson, who produced the film with Audrey Marrs, .Inside Job. traces the financial practices that laid the groundwork for the global economic crisis in an examination that places blame in the hands of many who are still in power. Predatory lending, credit default swaps and financial deregulation are subjected to close scrutiny and criticism in a primer on the situation that affected the lives of millions.
.Casino Jack and the United States of Money,. a portrait of disgraced Washington super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, confirms the adage...
- 9/7/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Academy award-winning documentary hands round its statuettes at Tel Aviv school, despite many pupils facing deportation
There's not much that is usual about the Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv – so the pupils took it in their stride when the end of term was celebrated with two Oscar statuettes being handed around.
This year's Academy award for best documentary was won by Strangers No More, which tells the story of students from the school, 70% of whom are immigrants, many from the world's most dangerous countries.
On Monday, the film's directors, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, brought their Oscars to share with the schoolchildren and to allow them to bask in a little reflected glory.
With 832 pupils from 48 countries, including Muslims, Christians and Jews, the children might not share that much in common, but one thing was for sure – they all wanted to get their hands on the Oscar.
"This is...
There's not much that is usual about the Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv – so the pupils took it in their stride when the end of term was celebrated with two Oscar statuettes being handed around.
This year's Academy award for best documentary was won by Strangers No More, which tells the story of students from the school, 70% of whom are immigrants, many from the world's most dangerous countries.
On Monday, the film's directors, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, brought their Oscars to share with the schoolchildren and to allow them to bask in a little reflected glory.
With 832 pupils from 48 countries, including Muslims, Christians and Jews, the children might not share that much in common, but one thing was for sure – they all wanted to get their hands on the Oscar.
"This is...
- 6/20/2011
- by Conal Urquhart
- The Guardian - Film News
The 12-year-old-star of Sunday's Oscar-winning short documentary Strangers No More is facing deportation from Israel.
Esther Aikpehae is among the 120 students at the school featured in Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon's film who have been asked to leave the country because they don't have Jewish roots.
The youngster's father, who is South African, is in Israel illegally, and they're the victims of a government campaign to purge areas of immigrants.
Aikpehae arrived in Israel with her father in 2007 after her mother was killed by gangs in her homeland. Her father told the Israeli authorities it was too dangerous for them to return home.
And now the young actress does not want to leave the country she knows as home, telling Reuters, "I feel African-Israeli, not just Israeli. I speak the language, I've gotten used to it here."
But Israel's Interior Minister Eli Yishai insists the Jewish state has to protect native Israelis and legal immigrants.
He says, "It's my personal mission to preserve the Jewish majority in Israel."...
Esther Aikpehae is among the 120 students at the school featured in Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon's film who have been asked to leave the country because they don't have Jewish roots.
The youngster's father, who is South African, is in Israel illegally, and they're the victims of a government campaign to purge areas of immigrants.
Aikpehae arrived in Israel with her father in 2007 after her mother was killed by gangs in her homeland. Her father told the Israeli authorities it was too dangerous for them to return home.
And now the young actress does not want to leave the country she knows as home, telling Reuters, "I feel African-Israeli, not just Israeli. I speak the language, I've gotten used to it here."
But Israel's Interior Minister Eli Yishai insists the Jewish state has to protect native Israelis and legal immigrants.
He says, "It's my personal mission to preserve the Jewish majority in Israel."...
- 3/6/2011
- WENN
Almost forgot all about this…
The Shadow And Act Oscar contest. The rules were simple: make your choices for who you think will win the award in each of the categories listed below, and, after the ceremony ended on Sunday night, a winner was to be selected randomly from the list of Correct entries. And that lucky person was to be awarded a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com!
You had until Sunday, February 27th, at 8Pm Est/5Pm Pst to make your selections, and 42 of you did just that – see all the response below.
Now, unfortunately, No One got them all correct; some came close to doing so, but, coming close wasn’t the criteria. I do realize that it was a difficult task, given the number of categories I included in the contest. I probably should have just settled for the maybe 4 or the major categories: Best Film, Director,...
The Shadow And Act Oscar contest. The rules were simple: make your choices for who you think will win the award in each of the categories listed below, and, after the ceremony ended on Sunday night, a winner was to be selected randomly from the list of Correct entries. And that lucky person was to be awarded a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com!
You had until Sunday, February 27th, at 8Pm Est/5Pm Pst to make your selections, and 42 of you did just that – see all the response below.
Now, unfortunately, No One got them all correct; some came close to doing so, but, coming close wasn’t the criteria. I do realize that it was a difficult task, given the number of categories I included in the contest. I probably should have just settled for the maybe 4 or the major categories: Best Film, Director,...
- 3/5/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Did the Oscars surprise anyone? Sci-Fi fans, we are of course still sore over Christopher Nolan’s snub for Best Director, but Inception still was recognized with four Oscars. Genre highlights from the 83rd Academy Awards also include Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland sweeping away the two coveted design awards in Art Direction and Costume Design and The Wolfman won for Best Makeup. Pixar‘s Toy Story 3 took home Best Animated Film and Best Song.
This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
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This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
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- 3/1/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards have put the best of the 2010 movies to bed. Here’s a list of the winners. Below, you’ll find my commentary, as well as a link to the 9th Annual Tsr Movie Awards.
Best Picture
The King’s Speech
Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Director
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Best Song
“We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
Best Editing
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best Visual Effects
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Best Documentary
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Best Live-action Short
God of Love, Luke Matheny
Best Documentary Short
Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
Best Makeup
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Best Sound Editing
Inception, Richard King
Best Sound Mixing
Inception,...
Best Picture
The King’s Speech
Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Director
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Best Song
“We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
Best Editing
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best Visual Effects
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Best Documentary
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Best Live-action Short
God of Love, Luke Matheny
Best Documentary Short
Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
Best Makeup
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Best Sound Editing
Inception, Richard King
Best Sound Mixing
Inception,...
- 3/1/2011
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Tim Metzger, Oscar nominee for Best Documentary (Short Subject), and Jennifer Redfearn, Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Short Subject, arrive at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Metzger and Redfearn were nominated for Sun Come Up. The winner in the Best Documentary Short Subject category was Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon's Strangers No More. Photo: Ivan Vejar / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Last night, Jon and I stayed up till the wee small hours of Monday morning to bring the 83rd Academy Awards to you live as it happened. You can see the fruits of Jon’s labour right here as he provided a commentary while I was on Twitter conversing with anyone else who happened to be watching the extremely drawn our commercial ridden ABC broadcast!
I thought it might be worth bringing you a summary of who won what which you can see below.
So the main winners were:
The Kings Speech won four awards including Best Picture The Social Network won three Inception won four awards which were all technical Black Swan only brought home one award for Best Actress (Natalie Portman) Toy Story 3 won two awards True Grit came away empty handed
Best Picture
“The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Actor in...
I thought it might be worth bringing you a summary of who won what which you can see below.
So the main winners were:
The Kings Speech won four awards including Best Picture The Social Network won three Inception won four awards which were all technical Black Swan only brought home one award for Best Actress (Natalie Portman) Toy Story 3 won two awards True Grit came away empty handed
Best Picture
“The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Actor in...
- 2/28/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The biggest awards of the season were just held and the winners were announced, without further waiting here are your Oscar winners for the films of 2010.
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth for The King’s Speech
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Toy Story 3- Randy Newman (“We Belong Together”)
Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Social Network – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Inception – Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Inside Job – Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner:...
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth for The King’s Speech
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Toy Story 3- Randy Newman (“We Belong Together”)
Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Social Network – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Inception – Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Inside Job – Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner:...
- 2/28/2011
- by Marcella Papandrea
- Killer Films
Frock by frock, gong by gong, gaffe by gaffe coverage of the 2011 Oscars, in which The King's Speech reigned victorious
News: The King's Speech crowned
Full list of winners
11.23pm: Welcome to the 83rd Academy Awards. The main action kicks off at 5pm Pst, 1am GMT, but before then we have the small matter of the red carpet histrionics to attend to. Please stick with us as we celebrate the winners and usher the losers on a one-way trip to Palookaville. It's an Oscar tradition that losing nominees are forced to lick the red carpet clean following the show so we'll stick around to see that too.
We'll be bringing you all the action from the Kodak theatre, Los Angeles as the Academy doles out its annual accolades. Will The King's Speech extend its dominion or will The Social Network have more friends? Is Black Swan the dark horse or...
News: The King's Speech crowned
Full list of winners
11.23pm: Welcome to the 83rd Academy Awards. The main action kicks off at 5pm Pst, 1am GMT, but before then we have the small matter of the red carpet histrionics to attend to. Please stick with us as we celebrate the winners and usher the losers on a one-way trip to Palookaville. It's an Oscar tradition that losing nominees are forced to lick the red carpet clean following the show so we'll stick around to see that too.
We'll be bringing you all the action from the Kodak theatre, Los Angeles as the Academy doles out its annual accolades. Will The King's Speech extend its dominion or will The Social Network have more friends? Is Black Swan the dark horse or...
- 2/28/2011
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
If you missed the broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards, or you can't remember who won what, here is a list of all the winners in their categories. The King's Speech and Inception both tied for the most Oscars won, which was four statues each. However, whereas Inception took home awards for technical categories (Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound and Best Cinematography), The King's Speech won three of the top four categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay).
Best Picture:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin,...
Best Picture:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
In a surge reminiscent of its late-breaking Oscar season momentum, The King’s Speech triumphed at the 2011 Academy Awards, winning three of the final four categories including Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Director (Tom Hooper). The magnificent British drama took home four golden statues on Sunday, tieing Christopher Nolan’s Inception for the most Oscars, and narrowly beating critic favorite and three-time winner The Social Network.
Hosted by a smug, sleepy James Franco and a cheery, happy-to-be-there Anne Hathaway, the 3+ hour ceremony felt like an eternity. The next-generation actors were supposed to liven what is traditionally a stuffy telecast, but their monologue and subsequent appearances lacked the classy zingers of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin’s banter or the pep of Hugh Jackman’s show.
Further attempts to appeal to a populist crowd, such as autotuning some of 2010’s big blockbusters or quipping about Charlie Sheen, fell flat,...
Hosted by a smug, sleepy James Franco and a cheery, happy-to-be-there Anne Hathaway, the 3+ hour ceremony felt like an eternity. The next-generation actors were supposed to liven what is traditionally a stuffy telecast, but their monologue and subsequent appearances lacked the classy zingers of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin’s banter or the pep of Hugh Jackman’s show.
Further attempts to appeal to a populist crowd, such as autotuning some of 2010’s big blockbusters or quipping about Charlie Sheen, fell flat,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Well I certainly don't think 2011 will go down as one of the more memorable years in Oscar history; not only were the winners fairly predictable, but the ceremony itself seemed dull and uninspired. Despite an attempt to add a "youthful edge" to the Oscars this year, it was almost completely lacking in comedy, excitement or entertainment. Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway seemed to be dreadfully unprepared and lacking material, leaving Franco to put up a facade of aloof detachment while Hathaway simply attempted to win everyone over with cuteness. The King's Speech went on to secure most of the major awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay, reinforcing the stuffy British Oscar stereotype. For the second time David Fincher was denied Best Director, but The Social Network did end up getting awards for Film Editing, Original Score and Adapted Screenplay. Natalie Portman still managed to snag Best Actress for Black Swan,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Well the Hollywood suck fest is over and in another unremarkable year of film there is a lot to say about about snubs, flubs and much more in my post Oscar analysis/recap of the 83rd Academy Awards. This year’s Oscars were hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, an attempt to capture interest from younger audiences while making sure they got people who had been to the Academies before and know what it is all about. While the whole show itself was sort of a snore fest, the interest from filmgoers this year was would a film about social media win? would a movie about dreams take the cake? and could a ballerina win an Academy award too?
The Hosts – I for one enjoyed the hosts this year much more than Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin last year and Hugh Jackman the years before. Bob Hope and Billy Crystal...
The Hosts – I for one enjoyed the hosts this year much more than Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin last year and Hugh Jackman the years before. Bob Hope and Billy Crystal...
- 2/28/2011
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
The 2011 Oscars were so predictable that even the upset was obvious. While the acting awards went to the same people they’ve been going to this whole season (Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Natalie Portman and Colin Firth must need a wall of shelves for their trophies by now), The King’s Speech beat longtime favorites The Social Network for Best Picture, which would have been a surprise if forecasters hadn’t seen the Weinstein Company’s promo efforts from a mile away, and if Tom Hooper‘s Best Director win over David Fincher didn’t telegraph the inevitable. But hey, there’s always the little awards, right? Watch VH1 News correspondent Janell Snowden talk to celebs on the red carpet and then see the full list of winners after the jump.
Best Picture – The King’s Speech
Actor in a Leading Role – Colin Firth in The King’s Speech...
Best Picture – The King’s Speech
Actor in a Leading Role – Colin Firth in The King’s Speech...
- 2/28/2011
- by Anthony Miccio
- TheFabLife - Movies
Tom Hooper, left, and Colin Firth were both Oscar winners on Sunday
By Howard Burns
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper’s period piece about Britain’s King George VI and the unflinching speech therapist who helps him overcome a debilitating stammer, was loud and clear the big winner at the 83rd Academy Awards, taking home four statuettes on Sunday night, including honors for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Direction and Screenplay (Original).
With 12 nominations overall, “The King’s Speech” entered the evening as the favorite to take best picture after overcoming the early awards-season momentum enjoyed by David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”
Colin Firth received the top acting nod, his first, after having been nominated last year for “A Single Man.” Firth led a field that included Jeff Bridges, last year’s best-actor winner for “Crazy Heart” and a nominee for a second consecutive year as well for “True Grit.
By Howard Burns
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper’s period piece about Britain’s King George VI and the unflinching speech therapist who helps him overcome a debilitating stammer, was loud and clear the big winner at the 83rd Academy Awards, taking home four statuettes on Sunday night, including honors for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Direction and Screenplay (Original).
With 12 nominations overall, “The King’s Speech” entered the evening as the favorite to take best picture after overcoming the early awards-season momentum enjoyed by David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”
Colin Firth received the top acting nod, his first, after having been nominated last year for “A Single Man.” Firth led a field that included Jeff Bridges, last year’s best-actor winner for “Crazy Heart” and a nominee for a second consecutive year as well for “True Grit.
- 2/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Tom Hooper, left, and Colin Firth were both Oscar winners on Sunday
By Howard Burns
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper’s period piece about Britain’s King George VI and the unflinching speech therapist who helps him overcome a debilitating stammer, was loud and clear the big winner at the 83rd Academy Awards, taking home four statuettes on Sunday night, including honors for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Direction and Screenplay (Original).
With 12 nominations overall, “The King’s Speech” entered the evening as the favorite to take best picture after overcoming the early awards-season momentum enjoyed by David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”
Colin Firth received the top acting nod, his first, after having been nominated last year for “A Single Man.” Firth led a field that included Jeff Bridges, last year’s best-actor winner for “Crazy Heart” and a nominee for a second consecutive year as well for “True Grit.
By Howard Burns
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper’s period piece about Britain’s King George VI and the unflinching speech therapist who helps him overcome a debilitating stammer, was loud and clear the big winner at the 83rd Academy Awards, taking home four statuettes on Sunday night, including honors for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Direction and Screenplay (Original).
With 12 nominations overall, “The King’s Speech” entered the evening as the favorite to take best picture after overcoming the early awards-season momentum enjoyed by David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”
Colin Firth received the top acting nod, his first, after having been nominated last year for “A Single Man.” Firth led a field that included Jeff Bridges, last year’s best-actor winner for “Crazy Heart” and a nominee for a second consecutive year as well for “True Grit.
- 2/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The King’s Speech ruled the 83rd Academy Awards. It won the Best Picture and the Best Original Screenplay, while Tom Hooper won the Best Director. Colin Firth bagged the Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role for the same film.
In a Better World from Denmark won the Best Foreign Language Film. Ar Rahman who was nominated in two categories: Original Score and Original Song didn’t win any award.
The Complete list of Academy Awards:
Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Cinematography
“Inception” Wally Pfister
Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood...
In a Better World from Denmark won the Best Foreign Language Film. Ar Rahman who was nominated in two categories: Original Score and Original Song didn’t win any award.
The Complete list of Academy Awards:
Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Cinematography
“Inception” Wally Pfister
Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood...
- 2/28/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Hey Gang! Here's the complete list of winners from this years 83rd annual Academy Award ceremony. I have to say it started out great, and I was really happy with the way it started. I think James Franco and Anne Hathaway did a good job hosting the show. I especially loved that opening sequence leading into the Oscar ceremony. I was really hoping The Kings Speech wouldn't win Best Director or Best Picture, of course deep down I knew it would. I was rooting for The Social Network. As much as I loved The Kings Speech, it's not one of those movies that I'll watch over and over again over the years. In fact I'm not sure I'll ever watch it again. But The Social Network is a film I will watch over and over again. I think it was an all around better film. Mazer made a great point...
- 2/28/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, The 83rd Academy Awards with all glitz and glamors came to an end last night with some announced as winners and some went home empty handed to prepare for another battle next year.Here are the winners: Best motion picture of the year•
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- 2/28/2011
- Films N Movies
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions) Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" (Paramount) Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colin Firth in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) James Franco in "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale in "The Fighter" (Paramount) John Hawkes in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) Jeremy Renner in "The Town" (Warner Bros.) Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) Geoffrey Rush in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole" (Lionsgate) Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight) Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams...
- 2/28/2011
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
The Fighter, The King’s Speech, and the other winners for the 2011 Oscars have been announced. The 83rd Academy Awards is a film award show “accolade by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world and is televised live in more than 200 countries annually. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media.” The full listing of the 2011 Oscar winners is below.
Best Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Best Foreign Language Film
“In a Better World” – Denmark
Best writing (original screenplay)
“The King’s Speech”
Best Original Screenplay
David Seidler, for The King’s Speech
Best Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin, Winner for The Social Network...
Best Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Best Foreign Language Film
“In a Better World” – Denmark
Best writing (original screenplay)
“The King’s Speech”
Best Original Screenplay
David Seidler, for The King’s Speech
Best Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin, Winner for The Social Network...
- 2/28/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Find out who took home all of the statues!
The 83rd Academy Awards will mark the absolute best in cinema, awarding a film season many are calling the best in years. From Natalie Portman to Jeff Bridges, Hollywood’s elite is out supporting their own. Check out the list below and see who took the coveted statues!
Best Picture –The King’s Speech Best Actor –Colin Firth, The King’s Speech Best Actress — Natalie Portman, Black Swan Best Director — Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech Best Original Song — “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 by Randy Newman Best Editing — The Social Network, Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter Best Visual Effects — Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb Best Documentary — Inside Job, Charles Ferguson & Audrey Marrs Best Live-Action Short — God of Love, Luke Matheny Best Documentary Short — Strangers No More, Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon Best Costume Design — Alice in Wonderland,...
The 83rd Academy Awards will mark the absolute best in cinema, awarding a film season many are calling the best in years. From Natalie Portman to Jeff Bridges, Hollywood’s elite is out supporting their own. Check out the list below and see who took the coveted statues!
Best Picture –The King’s Speech Best Actor –Colin Firth, The King’s Speech Best Actress — Natalie Portman, Black Swan Best Director — Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech Best Original Song — “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 by Randy Newman Best Editing — The Social Network, Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter Best Visual Effects — Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb Best Documentary — Inside Job, Charles Ferguson & Audrey Marrs Best Live-Action Short — God of Love, Luke Matheny Best Documentary Short — Strangers No More, Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon Best Costume Design — Alice in Wonderland,...
- 2/28/2011
- by William Earl
- HollywoodLife
The King’s Speech reigned at the 83rd Academy Awards, the film won four Oscars from its 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Colin Firth, Best Director for Tom Hooper, and Original Screnplay.
The Social Network, won 3 awards on the night for editing, score and Aaron Sorkin picking up the best adapted screenplay.
Natalie Portman was named best actress for her performance in Black Swan. The Fighter put up a strong fight landing two Ko's with Christian Bale and Melissa Leo both winning supporting acting awards.
Inception won four awards, for cinematography, visual effects, sound mixing and sound editing, while there were two honours for Alice in Wonderland for art direction and costume design. The best make-up prize went to Rick baker and Dave Elsey for The Wolfman.
Toy Story 3 picked up Best Animated Feature and Best Song. Danish film In a Better World collected the best foreign language film prize.
The Social Network, won 3 awards on the night for editing, score and Aaron Sorkin picking up the best adapted screenplay.
Natalie Portman was named best actress for her performance in Black Swan. The Fighter put up a strong fight landing two Ko's with Christian Bale and Melissa Leo both winning supporting acting awards.
Inception won four awards, for cinematography, visual effects, sound mixing and sound editing, while there were two honours for Alice in Wonderland for art direction and costume design. The best make-up prize went to Rick baker and Dave Elsey for The Wolfman.
Toy Story 3 picked up Best Animated Feature and Best Song. Danish film In a Better World collected the best foreign language film prize.
- 2/28/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" lorded over the festivities at the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The film, nominated for 12 Oscars, won 4 including Best Picture, Director for Tom Hooper, Actor for King Colin Firth, and Original Screenplay for David Seidler.
David Fincher's "The Social Network" took home 3 awards including Best Film Editing, Original Score for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin.
(For my minute-by-minute look at the 2011 Oscars, please click here, trust me, it's fun!)
As expected, Natalie Portman took home Oscar gold for her performance as a delusional ballerina in "Black Swan." "The Fighter" yielded the Best Supporting performances of the year with Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor and Melissa Leo taking home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" took home most of the technical categories including Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Cinematography for Wally Pfister.
David Fincher's "The Social Network" took home 3 awards including Best Film Editing, Original Score for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin.
(For my minute-by-minute look at the 2011 Oscars, please click here, trust me, it's fun!)
As expected, Natalie Portman took home Oscar gold for her performance as a delusional ballerina in "Black Swan." "The Fighter" yielded the Best Supporting performances of the year with Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor and Melissa Leo taking home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" took home most of the technical categories including Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Cinematography for Wally Pfister.
- 2/28/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The night has finally arrived — Oscars. So will Christian Bale finally take home gold? Will The King’s Speech live up to the massive expectations? All are revealed here and now.
The 83rd Academy Awards winners (refresh the page for real-time updates):
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best Foreign Language Film
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
Winner: In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)
Best Original Screenplay
Another Year,...
The 83rd Academy Awards winners (refresh the page for real-time updates):
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best Foreign Language Film
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
Winner: In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)
Best Original Screenplay
Another Year,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Mike Bruno
- EW - Inside Movies
It’s Oscar time as the 83rd Academy Awards are about to start in Los Angeles and though the whispers on the wind blowing through Hollywood are telling us that these are the most easily predicted Oscars in years I’m still holding out for one or two surprises.
Our man Ian Gilchrist offered his views on the big awards and whatever happens in the event the world and his dog will be liveblogging and twitter is almost certain to groan worryingly under the weight of the #oscar discussion, we’ll be doing our bit and updating this page with the winners as they are announced, but why not join in the fun and head on out to Twittersville and follow along with @heyuguysblog. Seriously, those cool kids? It’s where they are.
So, while the red carpet is cleansed of paparazzi and our attention is drawn inside, keep your...
Our man Ian Gilchrist offered his views on the big awards and whatever happens in the event the world and his dog will be liveblogging and twitter is almost certain to groan worryingly under the weight of the #oscar discussion, we’ll be doing our bit and updating this page with the winners as they are announced, but why not join in the fun and head on out to Twittersville and follow along with @heyuguysblog. Seriously, those cool kids? It’s where they are.
So, while the red carpet is cleansed of paparazzi and our attention is drawn inside, keep your...
- 2/28/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Football has the Super Bowl, baseball has the World Series, soccer has the World Cup and movies have the Academy Awards. Each year, Hollywood's schedule more or less culminates with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handing out Oscars for the year's best films and Sunday, for the 83rd straight time, it happened again. Hosts James Franco [1] and Anne Hathaway [2] helped some of the most famous actors and actresses [3] in the world hand out the hardware for the best of 2010. Leading the pack with twelve total nominations [4] was The King's Speech, followed by True Grit with ten, Inception and The Social Network with eight, The Fighter with seven, 127 Hours with six, Black Swan and Toy Story 3 with five and The Kids Are all Right and Winter's Bone with four. And those just so happen to be the 10 films nominated for Best Picture. Did your favorite film take home an Oscar?...
- 2/27/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
The Oscars: an annual tribute to the excesses that have made Hollywood what it is, a glorified and overdone celebration of all things fantastic in film. Tonight the 83rd annual Academy Awards comes from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, and will be hosted by the tandem of James Franco and Anne Hathaway. During its (roughly) three-hour-long telecast, 24 different winners will be announced as the year's best in all facets of film production.
A few front-runners have emerged come Oscar time this year. The King's Speech leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by True Grit with 10. Inception and The Social Network also garnered eight nods apiece. The King's Speech is widely perceived to have the momentum leading into tonight's ceremony, believed by most to be a heavy favorite to win Best Picture, among other Oscars. Will another early favorite, such as The Social Network or Inception, regain its impetus and upset The King's Speech?...
A few front-runners have emerged come Oscar time this year. The King's Speech leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by True Grit with 10. Inception and The Social Network also garnered eight nods apiece. The King's Speech is widely perceived to have the momentum leading into tonight's ceremony, believed by most to be a heavy favorite to win Best Picture, among other Oscars. Will another early favorite, such as The Social Network or Inception, regain its impetus and upset The King's Speech?...
- 2/27/2011
- Shadowlocked
It's hard to predict the winners of this year's Oscars because there is no clear-cut favorite. Last year, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" started strong during awards season and maintained its dominance all the way to its Oscar best picture victory. This year, David Fincher's "The Social Network" triumphed in the beginning but the Oscar buzz surrounding the movie is slowly fading away.
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
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,...
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
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,...
- 2/27/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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