They came, they saw, they conquered. The Academy Awards delivered their awards last night and it was, surprising to say the least. ”The Artist” walked away with five Oscars including Best Picture, Director, and Actor for Jean Dujardin. ”Hugo” made a very strong showing as well, winning five technical awards.
I went 20 for 24. Not my best day but not bad either. I’m heartbroken for Viola Davis. I know some of Meryl fans will gloat. Gloat away.
Best Picture – The Artist
Best Director – Michel Hazanavicius for “The Artist”
Best Actor – Jean Dujardin for “The Artist”
Best Actress – Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady”
Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer for “Beginners”
Best Supporting Actress – Octavia Spencer for “The Help”
Best Original Screenplay – Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris”
Best Adapted Screenplay – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash for “The Descendants”
Best Animated Feature – “Rango”
Best Art Direction – “Hugo”
Best Cinematography – “Hugo”
Best Costume Design – “The Artist”
Best Film Editing – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Best Makeup – “The Iron Lady”
Best Sound Mixing – “Hugo”
Best Sound Editing – “Hugo”
Best Visual Effects – “Hugo”
Best Original Score – Ludovic Bource for “The Artist”
Best Original Song – “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets”
Best Documentary Feature – “Undefeated”
Best Foreign Language Film – “A Separation”
Best Animated Short – “The Flying Books..”
Best Live Action Short – “The Shore”
Best Documentary Short – “Saving Face” Read more on Full Oscar Winners!…
It’s that time everyone! The Oscars are here. No more complaining, no more whining, we’ve made our predictions, and now we have to live with them. We will be LIVE blogging the ceremony beginning at 5pm eastern time by watching the red carpet. Make sure you join us!
I have put together our Staff Oscar Chart Predictions. Side-by-side comparisons of what we are all predicting here at The Awards Circuit.
Use this space to include your final predictions and make sure to join our Oscar pool via Picktainment.
Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs”
Oscar Scene: “I could live here.”
Viola Davis for “The Help”
Oscar Scene: “You’re a Godless Woman!”
Rooney Mara for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Oscar Scene: “He’s had a long standing sexual relationship with his co-editor of the magazine. Sometimes he performs cunnilingus on her. Not often enough in my opinion.”
Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady”
Oscar Scene: “It used to be about trying to do something. Now it’s about trying to be someone.”
Michelle Williams for “My Week with Marilyn”
Oscar Scene: “People always see Marilyn Monroe. As soon as they realize I’m not her, they run.”
It’s Friday. Oscars are on Sunday. I’ve rattled my brain for hours, days, weeks. It hurts. I can’t. I am fully ready to be wrong in many categories. I also chickened out in several categories.
I wanted to put Max Von Sydow instead of Christopher Plummer. Not happening. Can I get some type of credit if it happens? No? I thought so. I wanted to place “The Artist” winning Original Screenplay over Woody Allen and “Midnight in Paris.” Terrible. I’m usually good at taking the big stabs. I chose Amy Adams when everyone said it was Rachel Weisz. I acknowledged I was wrong but I still went for it. It happens. But I have called great things like “The Hurt Locker” in May or Alan Arkin over Eddie Murphy and when I was in high school and had no idea what I was talking about I said Marcia Gay Harden for “Pollock.” Maybe it’ll be a safe year, maybe it’ll be a complete mind-trip, but at least it’ll be over. And then we can start this painful process again on Monday morning with the Year-In-Advance predictions.
You can check out each category through the Oscar Prediction pages with commentary for each category and my Who Will Win/Should Win. If you read the Davis Awards 2011, then you know my dream nominations and winners. Collectively, they are after the jump.
Make sure you join our Awards Circuit Oscar Pool! We have cool prizes for the winners and some bragging rights are always a treat. Make sure to join now before the Oscar Ceremony.
The screenplay categories have a strong correlation with past Best Picture winners. In the past few years, “Slumdog Millionaire,” “No Country for Old Men,” and “The Departed” have all won the Adapted Screenplay race that translated to a Best Picture statue. Other winners such as “The Social Network,” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” and “Brokeback Mountain” have lost Best Picture to an Original work. 2004 was the only year that a triumph occurred here that didn’t align with Oscar. Funny enough it was Alexander Payne’s “Sideways” which triumphed over Clint Eastwood’s winner “Million Dollar Baby.” With this year’s Best Picture race likely going to Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” whoever wins in this category will likely be considered a “consolation” prize. Three out of the five films (The Descendants, Hugo, Moneyball), are nominated for Best Picture. ”Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” had a strong showing on nomination morning when many considered the film dead in the water. Lastly, “The Ides of March” pulled in a last minute mention, likely riding the coattails of George Clooney acting work in “The Descendants,” and made a well-deserved showing.
And because it’s so damn good and Oscar should have noticed. Sure it’s a dark choice for a Valentine’s Day movie but there is a sense of “love” at the center. It’s one of the best scenes and uses of music from 2011. Share your favorite moments from the film.
Best Performance by a Cast Ensemble – “The Help”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role – Jean Dujardin for “The Artist”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role – Viola Davis for “The Help”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Christopher Plummer for “Beginners”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Octavia Spencer for “The Help”
Best Performance by a Cast in a Comedy Series – “Modern Family”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series – Alec Baldwin for “30 Rock”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series – Betty White for “Hot in Cleveland”
Best Performance by a Cast in a Drama Series – “Boardwalk Empire”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series – Steve Buscemi for “Boardwalk Empire”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series – Jessica Lange for “American Horror Story”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Mini-Series – Paul Giamatti for “Too Big to Fail”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Mini-Series – Kate Winslet for “Mildred Pierce” Read more on ‘The Help’ Leads with 3 SAG Wins…
Come join us for the Screen Actors Guild Awards LIVE Blogging tonight and make sure to include your predictions. Check out the predictions also. It begins at 7:45pm sharp. See you there!
Tonight, the Screen Actors Guild will present their winners for the very best in film and television. The SAG awards have presented themselves as the most telling precursor of them all. Last year, they matched up with Oscar 100% in their choices. This year will be even more telling as the race seems wide open in several categories. How will the most popular branch fair tomorrow night?
Sasha Stone of Awards Daily wrote this very passionate piece about racism and the Oscars. I never share opinion pieces with readers but I was very taken by the truth that was said in the piece. Here’s an excerpt and please give it a quick read:
The Oscar Nominations were announced today as you all know. About a week or so ago, we announced the 2011 Awards Circuit Community Awards where “The Artist,” “Drive,” and “Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ led the way with nominations. It’s time to cast your vote in each category. Voting will be open for the next few weeks leading up to the Oscar ceremony. Let your voice be heard and spread the word. You can click on the “ACCA” button on the side or click here.
Also, courtesy of Picktainment, our annual Oscar pool is open. You can click here or go to Picktainment.com and search for the group name: The Awards Circuit. Choose your winners in each category. The winner of course will be handsomely rewarded.
Just in case you missed it, the FULL list of Awards Circuit Community Award Nominations is after the jump. Use the comment section for “FYC (For Your Consideration)” purposes.
Wow…writing this up took all day. Just when we think we’ve figured the Academy out, they throw not just one wrench but many in the mix. Academy Award Nominee Jennifer Lawrence announced the nominees today along with AMPAS President Tom Sherak. Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” led the nominations with eleven including Best Picture and Director and Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” garnered ten nominations. Let’s breakdown each category and see what just happened here.
Best Motion Picture
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Moneyball”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”
It’s done. With the Giants game in the background (GO GIANTS!!), I’ve completed my Final Oscar Predictions. Some notable things before I’m crucified.
I’ve stuck with seven Best Picture nominees. A big part of me wanted to exclude David Fincher’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” from the shortlist but if the film would miss a Best Picture nomination, it would be unprecedented. No film has been cited by nearly all the guilds and miss out in the end. It did miss the Golden Globe and SAG nod so it’s very possible to miss. I still believe “War Horse” will make it. Can you imagine an older member of the Academy not checking off his name? I can’t. I’m foreseeing a very low show for Bennett Miller’s “Moneyball,” although I did stick with Jonah Hill but I’m crossing my fingers for him. Even though I respect Scott Feinberg, I still don’t see the “Drive” love coming through to get it nominated. It currently sits at #9 on the predictions but I couldn’t choose the film to be nominated with only one other nomination for Albert Brooks. I think it would need Editing and Cinematography and I don’t see either happening.
After last night’s, I’ll just say average, Golden Globe Awards, and Thursday’s spectacular Critics Choice Movie Awards, we are in full swing of awards season and just nearly one week away from the Oscar nominations. More importantly, the sad thing is that after February 26, 2012, sites like the Awards Circuit, Awards Daily, etc. can become a wasteland. Nothing for us to talk about except next year’s ceremony which can be simply pulling at straws and creating discussion. Obviously on the site we’ll be talking about Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” and Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” to get us through the year.
The Awards Circuit readership has spoken! The community unveiled their nominees for the 2012 Awards Circuit Community Awards with Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” leading with eleven nominations including Best Picture and Director. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences implemented a new rule that a film requires 5% of first place votes in order to be nominated for Best Picture. The Awards Circuit adopted a similar rule that a film must receive 5% of votes in total to be nominated for Best Picture. Consequently, eight films made the final cut and were nominated for Best Picture.
The Golden Globe Awards are on Sunday which will bestow their statues on the very best that Hollywood has to offer. While it is widely believed, the HFPA have no real effect on the Oscar race, the group does throw one hell of a party especially with Ricky Gervais returning as host. The ceremony takes place on Sunday at 8:00pm ET and with the Oscar ballots going in the mail today, whatever happens on Sunday surprisingly, will have no threat on this year’s race, not that it would anyway.
We will be LIVE Blogging the Awards Show starting at 7:30pmET. Join us here!
Awards season officially kicks off this evening on VH1 as the Broadcast Film Critics Association unveils their best in film for 2011 at the Critics Choice Movie Awards. The show begins at 8:00pm ET with hosts Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel cracking the audience and viewers up with their comedic humor and chemistry. It’ll be a great show!
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?
The team for John Hillcoat’s “Lawless” released a bunch of posters, some rugged and brilliant, others are wimpy and uninspired. My favorite is the sexy Jessica Chastain sporting a big, bad handgun. Check them all out after the jump. Read more on Beautiful Character Posters for ‘Lawless’… No related content found.share […]
They came, they saw, they conquered. The Academy Awards delivered their awards last night and it was, surprising to say the least. ”The Artist” walked away with five Oscars including Best Picture, Director, and Actor for Jean Dujardin. ”Hugo” made a very strong showing as well, winning five technical awards.
