Archive for the ‘Award Shows’ Category

Ah the Oscars, the end all/be all of Award Shows.

This morning the nominees were announced and it looks like ‘Avatar’ is leading the pack with 7 nods including Best Picture & Best Director.  Following Closely is ‘Up in Air’ with 6 nominations.

Full List:

Best Picture

Avatar

The Blind Side

District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious

A Serious Man

Up

Up in the Air

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

George Clooney, Up in the Air

Colin Firth, A Single Man

Morgan Freeman, Invictus

Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Helen Mirren, The Last Station

Carey Mulligan, An Education

Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Damon, Invictus

Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Christopher Plummer, The Last Station

Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress

Penélope Cruz, Nine

Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart

Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air

Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

James Cameron, Avatar

Lee Daniels, Precious

Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Original Screenplay

Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker

Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger

Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Pete Docter, Bob Peterson & Tom McCarthy, Up

Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche, In the Loop

Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9

Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious

Nick Hornby, An Education

Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Best Animated Film

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells

Up

Best Foreign Language Film

El Secreto do Sus Ojos (Argentina)

Un Prophete (France)

The White Ribbon (Germany)

Ajami (Israel)

The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)

Best Art Direction

Avatar

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

Sherlock Holmes

The Young Victoria

Best Cinematography

Avatar

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

The White Ribbon

Best Costume Design

Bright Star

Coco Before Chanel

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

The Young Victoria

Best Documentary

Burma VJ

The Cove

Food, Inc.

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Which Way Home

Best Editing

Avatar

District 9

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious

Best Makeup

Il Divo

Star Trek

The Young Victoria

Best Score

Avatar

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Hurt Locker

Sherlock Holmes

Up

Best Song

“Almost There,” The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman

“Down in New Orleans,” The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman

“Loin de Paname,” Paris 36, Reinhardt Wagner & Frank Thomas

“Take It All,” Nine, Maury Yeston

“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart, T-Bone Burnett & Ryan Bingham

Best Sound Editing

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Star Trek

Up

Best Sound Mixing

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Star Trek

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Visual Effects

Avatar

District 9

Star Trek

Best Documentary Short

China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

Music by Prudence

Rabbit à la Berlin

Best Animated Short

French Roast

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty

The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)

Logorama

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best Live-Action Short

The Door

Instead of Abracadabra

Kavi

Miracle Fish

The New Tenants

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be live on March 7th with hosts Steve Martin and Alec Bladwin.

The 2010 Grammys have to come to a close, and the big winners tonight were Beyonce with 3 awards, Taylor Swift with 4 awards including Album of the year, and Lady Gaga with 2 awards.

Other big winners tonight was Kings of Leon, who won Record of Year for ‘Use Someboday’, Green Day took home Best Rock Album for ’21st Century Breakdown’, and Black Eyed Peas won for Best Pop Vocal Album.

The show included some amazing performances including Lady Gaga’s opening number with Elton John, Taylor Swift performing with Stevie Nix, Pink and Green Days featuring the Broadway cast of American Idiot performing ‘21 Guns’.

The performance that will stick out for everyone will be the Michael Jackson tribute with Cleine Dion, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, Smokey Robinson; who all did sang along with Michael Jackson on his ‘Earth Song’.

Prince Michael and Paris Jackson took the stage to accept the lifetime achievement award on behalf of their father Michael Jackson.

Here is a full list of tonights winners

Album Of The Year

WINNER: Fearless, Taylor Swift

Best Female Pop Vocal

WINNER: “Halo,” Beyonce

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

WINNER: “Run This Town,” Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Rihanna

Best Rock Album

WINNER: 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day

Best Pop Vocal Album

WINNER: The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas

Record of the Year

WINNER: “Use Somebody,” Kings Of Leon

Best Comedy Album

WINNER: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!, Stephen Colbert

Best New Artist

WINNER: Zac Brown Band

Best Dance Recording

WINNER: “Poker Face,” Lady Gaga

Best Electronic/Dance Album

WINNER: The Fame, Lady Gaga

Best Country Album

WINNER: Fearless, Taylor Swift

Song Of The Year

WINNER: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It),” Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash &

Best Alternative Music Album

WINNER: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix

Best R&B Album

WINNER: Blacksummer’s Night, Maxwell

Best Contemporary R&B Album

WINNER: I Am…Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé

Best Rap Album

WINNER: Relapse, Eminem

Best Metal Performance

WINNER: “Dissident Aggressor,” Judas Priest

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group

WINNER: Five Peace Band — Live, Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band

Best Gospel Performance

WINNER: ”Wait On The Lord,” Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard

Best Latin Pop Album

WINNER: Sin Frenos, La Quinta Estación

Best Contemporary Blues Album

WINNER: Already Free, The Derek Trucks Band

Best Reggae Album

WINNER: Mind Control — Acoustic, Stephen Marley

Best Americana Album

WINNER: Electric Dirt, Levon Helm

Best Contemporary World Music Album

WINNER: Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 — Africa Sessions,

Best Musical Album For Children

WINNER: Family Time, Ziggy Marley

Best Classical Album

WINNER: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

We are live tweeting for the grammys @mistischindele, but just in case here are the winners so far

Song of the Year: ‘Single Ladies’ – Beyonce

Best Country Album: ‘Fearless’ Taylor Swift

Best New Artist: Zac Brown Band

Best Comedy Album: Steven Colbert ‘ A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All’

Record of the Year: ‘Use Somebody’ – Kings of Leon

Best Rock Album: ’21st Century Breakdown’ – Green Day

Best Rap/Song Collaboration: ‘Run This Town’ – JayZ, Rihanna, Kayne West

Best Female Vocal Performance: ‘Halo’ –  Beyonce

Album of the Year: ‘Fearless’ – Taylor Swift

A BIG Congrats to GLEE for winning Favorite New TV Comedy at last nights People Choice Awards!!!

GLEE returns will all new episodes in April 2010, but till then you can the first 13 episodes on DVD NOW!!!

Also, I got a little bit of scoop last night saying that Quinn will have her baby by the end of this season!!!

Congrats to Anna Kendrick who has just picked up a Golden Globe nomination for her role in ‘Up in the Air’.

Anna was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category.

As you well know Anna also plays the role of ‘Jessica’ in The Twilight Saga movies.

You can watch the Golden Globes on Jan 17, 2010 on NBC.