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Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup category for the 84th Academy Awards®.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
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Beverly Hills, CA – Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards® will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Academy member and Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence.
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David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
No SPIELBERG! Holy crap.
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– The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced today that renowned actor and humanitarian Sean Penn will be presented with the fifth annual Joel Siegel Award at the 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The award will be presented by fellow actor and 13-time Critics’ Choice Award nominee George Clooney. The ceremony will air live on VH1 on Thursday, January 12 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.
Given annually, this special award pays homage to beloved “Good Morning America” film critic and BFCA member Joel Siegel, who lost his long struggle with cancer in June 2007. It seeks to honor those who understand, as Joel did, that the greatest value of celebrity is as an enhanced platform to do good works for others.
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 Best Film-The Descendants
Best Director-Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Actor-George Clooney, The Descendants
Best Actress-Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia
Best Supporting Actor-Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress-Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life
Best Animated Film-Rango
Best Foreign Film-A Separation
Best Documentary-Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Best Original Screenplay-Beginners
Best Adapted Screenplay-Moneyball
Best Fantasy Film-Hugo
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 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The First Avenger
Charlie Noble
Mark Soper
Christopher Townsend
Edson Williams
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tim Burke
Emma Norton
John Richardson
David Vickery
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Gary Brozenich
David Conley
Charlie Gibson
Ben Snow
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dan Lemmon
Joe Letteri
Cyndi Ochs
Kurt Williams
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Scott Benza
Wayne Billheimer
Matthew Butler
Scott Farrar Read more on VES Nominations…
 Gerardo Naranjo’s Miss Bala does not make you realize this is a good movie until the very end, where you come to grasp that the widespread influence of Mexico’s drug trafficking and political corruption victimizes its citizens from all walks of life. Produced by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, the international breakthrough stars from Y Tu Mama Tambien, alongside producer Pablo Cruz, this action docu-drama from Mexico is the country’s official submission for Best Foreign Language film. While the film itself is not as powerful as the message of entrapment it seeks to promote, I found myself constantly engrossed by the unfolding of the plot. The movie begins when a young woman, Laura Guerrero, played with the perfect balance of strength and guarded fear by newcomer Stephanie Sigman, attempts to move herself up from the fringes of poverty by entering in the beauty pageant contest for Miss Baja California alongside her best friend, Suzu. The pair receive skeptical feedback from the head judge, but they are asked to come back the next day. It’s when Suzu attempts to find men who have connections that will rig the contest for the two girls that things go haywire. Following an attack at a club by a large scale drug trafficking gang, La Estrella, Laura’s world spins out of control when she is used as the constant middleman for the drug lords, the pageant organization, and even the local Mexican law enforcement as a greedy means to an end where Laura can never profit. Although slavery may be abolished, the film goes to show you that even in areas so close to our borders, average citizens are treated just that by all around them, and they have no where to run, no where to hide, and no one to trust. Read more on Miss Bala (***)…
Categories: Film Reviews Tags: beauty pageant, Best Foreign Language Film, diego luna, drug trafficking, films about corruption, gael garcia bernal, gerardo naranjo, james russo, mexican cinema, Miss Bala, stephanie sigman, y tu mama tambien
 Probably the most important precursor of them all, the Directors Guild of America announces their nominees tomorrow. With the field of Best Picture anywhere between five and ten, the names called tomorrow morning will be essential to making the final cut in both Motion Picture and Director. Last year, the group chose Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David Fincher (The Social Network), David O. Russell (The Fighter), Christopher Nolan (Inception), and eventual DGA and Oscar Winner for Director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech). Four out of the five men were nominated with Christopher Nolan, yet again, missing out at a nomination. Will this year be more telling?
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Categories: Article, Editor Tags: Article, Directors Guild of America, Editor, Hugo, Martin Scorsese, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, predictions, Steven Spielberg, Tate Taylor, the artist, The Help, war horse, Woody Allen
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