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82nd Academy Award Winners

// March 8th, 2010 // Comments Off // Awards

For those who missed the Academy Awards. You missed history being made several times. Here is the complete  list of the Winners.

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker

Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

Actor in a Supporting Role

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Actress in a Supporting Role

Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

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It was a Precious Spirit Awards Gala

// March 6th, 2010 // Comments Off // Awards

by Marla Lewin

Lenny Kravitz and Mariah Carey celebrate with Lee Daniels at Spirit Awards

Lee Daniels’ Precious swept the 25th anniversary of the Film Independent Spirit Awards taking home the Best Feature, Best Director, Best First Screenplay, Best Female Lead and Best Supporting Female awards. Precious won in every category for which it was nominated taking 5 awards. The other winners were lucky that Precious didn’t have any male actors nominated and Lee Daniels wasn’t a first time filmmaker.

Fox Searchlight was the other big winner with three awards, two for Crazy Heart,  Best First Feature, and Best Male Lead for Jeff Bridges; and one for (500) Days of Summer, for Best Screenplay. (more…)

Academy Slaps Hurt Locker Producer his invitations have been withdrawn

// March 2nd, 2010 // Comments Off // Awards

based on a Getty Images photo

by Marla Lewin

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that Nicolas Chartier, has been denied attendance at the 82nd Academy Awards® as a penalty for violating Academy campaigning standards. If “The Hurt Locker” becomes the latest recipient of the Best Picture award at Sunday’s ceremonies, only three of the picture’s producers will be present for the celebration. The fourth of the film’s credited producers credentials have been revoked. The Academy stopped short of recommending that the Academy governors rescind Chartier’s nomination. They had only recently made a ruling to allow four producers for the film rather than three. If “The Hurt Locker” is selected as Best Picture, Chartier would still be allowed receive his Oscar® statuette but at some point in the future after the ceremonies.

Chartier was found guilty of violating  Academy rules because he sent an email to certain Academy voters and other film industry figures in which he solicited votes for his own picture and disparaged one of the other contending films. Academy rules prohibit “casting a negative or derogatory light on a competing film.” The executive committee of the Academy’s Producers Branch, at a special session late Monday, ruled that the ethical lapse merited the revocation of Chartier’s invitation to the Awards.

Hurt Locker Triumphs at BAFTA Awards

// February 21st, 2010 // Comments Off // Awards

2010 BAFTA Awards Winners photo (c) BAFTA

by Marla Lewin

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards for 2010 (BAFTA) were announced tonight at London’s Royal Opera House. In his first formal act as President of BAFTA, Prince William presented Vanessa Redgrave with a British Academy Fellowship. HRH Prince William succeeds Lord Attenborough in the position. David Parfitt, Chair of BAFTA, said: “The Academy has had a long association with the Royal Family and we are absolutely delighted that HRH Prince William has agreed to become our President”.

The Hurt Locker won six BAFTA Awards this year including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. A Single Man actor Colin Firth won the Leading Actor and Carrey Mulligan in An Education won the leading Actress award. Avatar wins Production Design and Special Visual Effects. The Supporting Actor and Actress awards went to Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds and Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire. Kristen Stewart won the Orange Rising Star Award.

Complete list and Videos of the winners after the jump

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OSCAR NOMINEES TO BE HONORED AT ACADEMY LUNCHEON

// February 12th, 2010 // Comments Off // Awards

Monday is the the annual Academy Awards Luncheon and the Academy reports that nearly 3/4 of the actors nominated will attend along with all of the directors. From the Leading Actor and Actress categories, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner, Sandra Bullock, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe and Meryl Streep are expected to attend. Vera Farmiga, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Anna Kendrick, Woody Harrelson and Christoph Waltz will represent the Supporting Actress and Actor categories. Many of  those planning to attend have just been to the 25th Santa Barabara International Film Festival where they were honored.

Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. ET. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.