It’s an awards bonanza here at the Awards Circuit today, with the latest entry coming courtesy of the International Press Academy. The Satellite Awards, which cover 31 film and TV categories, were announced today with Les Miserables leading the pack with 10 nominations. The awards will be presented at a dinner Dec. 16 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City.
Motion Picture
Argo Warner Bros.
Silver Linings Playbook The Weinstein Co.
Beasts Of The Southern Wild Fox Searchlight Pictures
Les Misérables Universal
Skyfall Columbia Pictures
Moonrise Kingdom Focus Features
The Sessions Fox Searchlight Pictures
Lincoln Dreamworks/Touchstone
Life Of Pi Twentieth Century Fox
Zero Dark Thirty Columbia Pictures
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Leave it to the Academy to upstage crtics groups as the 15 film short list for Documentary Feature has been released. In what many have called a banner year for documentaries, the Academy surely had a tough time narrowing down the field to 15. However, there will be no shortage of uproar as perceived front runners like Central Park 5, Queen of Versailles and West of Memphis all missed the cut. Check out the press release after the jump!
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The New York Film Critics have announced their winners for the best in cinema for 2012. The East Coast group that awarded Best Picture to Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist last year chose the brilliant Zero Dark Thirty directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The film won a total of three awards from the coveted group including Cinematography for Greig Fraser and Director for Bigelow. The film has put itself in a prime position for the Oscars.
In a surprising mention, Rachel Weisz won Best Actress for her portrayal in Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea. Buzz for Weisz’s performance and film had been dead for months and with her highly praised work, she has regained some momentum for an Academy Award nomination. After winning for The Constant Gardener (2005), Weisz has not been on critics’ radar. Her film performed minimally at the box office and had a very early release date. Is this mention to be taken seriously for a nomination? Let’s see if she shows up in more places for the season. She wasn’t the only surprise however; Matthew McConaughey beat out Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tommy Lee Jones to be named Best Supporting Actor for his works in Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike and Richard Linklater’s Bernie. Has a spot just freed up for the character actor in this year’s Oscar race? Read more on McConaughey and Weisz Surprise with NYFCC, Zero Dark Thirty and Lincoln take 3 awards…
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The first poster for Paramount’s Star Trek sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness, dropped today, and you can easily make out the familiar and iconic symbol surrounded by a destroyed city (much like a poster we saw earlier this year for The Dark Knight Rises, no?). Atop the rubble stands a lone figure. Is it Benedict Cumberbatch, the “one man weapon” the synopsis warned us of?
Directed once again by J.J. Abrams, Into Darkness stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Simon Pegg, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The film opens everywhere in 3D on May 17, 2013.
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Will be announced shortly! Check back for the winners as they are announced! My predictions are here.
WINNERS
Best Picture – Zero Dark Thirty!!!!!
Best Director – Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty
Best Screenplay – Tony Kushner for Lincoln
Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln
Best Actress – Rachel Weisz for The Deep Blue Sea
Best Foreign Language Film – Amour
Best Animated Feature – Frankenweenie
Best Supporting Actor – Matthew McConaughey for Magic Mike and Bernie
Best Supporting Actress – Sally Field for Lincoln
Best Cinematography – Greig Fraser for Zero Dark Thirty
Best Non-Fiction Film – The Central Park Five
Best First Feature – How to Survive a Plague
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As one has come to expect lately, the Mouse House (Disney) and Pixar have racked up an impressive amount of nominations for the Annie Awards. Along with Paperman being in Best Animated Short, the Disney/Pixar contingent accounted for 3 of the 8 Best Animated Features lots with Brave, Wreck-It Ralph and Frankenweenie. Also in contention for the top spotare GKIDS The Rabbi’s Cat, Hotel Transylvania, ParaNorman, Rise of the Guardians, and The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Winners will be announced during the 40th Annual Annie Awards ceremony February 2 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Check out the list after the jump! Read more on Annie Awards nominations dominated by Disney/Pixar…
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