Here Are Your Oscar Winners!

Last night, Hollywood gathered for the Academy Awards.  It was a mostly uneventful night with few, if any, surprises.  Well, there was pizza, and selfies like the epic one above.

There was also this:



Yeah, I don't understand how that happened either.

I thought Ellen did a good job.   She kept the predictable affair funny.

As for the awards, if you haven't guessed them all, click the RAWR for the full list.  Congrats to all the winners!

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Ellen DeGeneres Crashes Twitter with (Record-Setting?) Oscars Selfie!

by Kari Tervo

Trying to log into your Twitter account and you're getting the "Something Is Technically Wrong" message? That clumsy robot hasn't just screwed it up for you--Ellen DeGeneres has crashed Twitter with an Oscars mass-celebrity-selfie taken from her tablet in the theater aisle during the show! She was trying to achieve the most-retweeted photo in Twitter history. 

According to downrightnow.com, Twitter has been experiencing a "likely service disruption" since shortly after the photo was posted.

You can't see it on Twitter right now, but the celebrity-studded photo features the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, and Ellen herself.

Ellen's Star-Studded Selfie, swiped from her Facebook.

Congratulations on a fun Oscars stunt, Ellen! I just wish I could tweet about it. . . :p

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Golden Globe Nom Oops I Mean Oscar Nominations!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released this years Oscar nominations and they look a LOT like the Golden Globes.  I think with the exception of a nod for Judy Dench (replacing Kate Winslet apparently) they're near identical.

Some notable snubs?  Blackfish.  It's the years most talked about documentary and it is an extremely important one that is actually having a social impact.

For acting?  Brie Larson and Michael B. Jordan for their respective roles in Short Term 12 and Fruitvale Station.  Both delivered such real and heartbreaking performances.  It's a real shame they didn't get any recognition from the academy.

I'm a guy who loves award shows but this list of nominees just feels lazy to me.  It's cookie cutter.  Nothing shocking.  The fact that it mirrors the Golden Globes is probably going to be hell on the ratings.  Why watch if we're just going to see the same thing?

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And The Next Oscars Host Is...

 

Ellen Degeneres!

The next Oscars ceremony airs on March 2, 2014.

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84th Annual Academy Award Nominations!

Well, at last the Oscar nominations have been announced and there are some MAJOR snubs.  Inconceivable ones if you ask me.  No Bridesmaids for best picture, despite getting a writing and supporting actress nod, not too mention Drive (travesty) and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.  It's weird to me they only have nine nominations.  That 10th slot could have easily been Bridesmaids or Drive.  The Adventures of Tin Tin was also shut out of Best Animated Feature which feels almost like a gift to Rango.

Here are the complete nominees and we're sure to discuss them on this weeks SHOW.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Achievement in Directing
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year 
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Original Screenplay 
The Artist, Written by Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call, Written by J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen
A Separation, Written by Asghar Farhadi

Adapted Screenplay 
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan
The Ides of March, Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin.  Story by Stan Chervin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
 Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

Original Score 
The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
Hugo, Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
War Horse, John Williams

Original Song
"Man or Muppet," The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio," Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Achievement in Art Direction 
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Achievement in Cinematography
 The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Achievement in Costume Design 
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.


Best Documentary Feature
 Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Best Documentary Short Subject 
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Achievement in Film Editing 
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Achievement in Makeup 
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady

Best Animated Short Film
 Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Live Action Short Film
 Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Achievement in Sound Editing 
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Achievement in Sound Mixing 
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Achievement in Visual Effects 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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2011 SAG Award Nominees!

Some really interesting choices here.  We might have quite the fun Oscars this year!  Could Bridesmaids squeak out a Best Picture nomination??


FILM

Male Actor, Lead
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Jean DuJardin, The Artist
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Male Actor, Supporting
Kenenth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Armie Hammer, J Edgar
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Female Actor, Lead
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Female Actor, Supporting
Bérénce Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Cast in a Motion Picture
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
Midnight in Paris

TV

Male Actor, TV Movie or Miniseries
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
James Woods, Too Big to Fail

Female Actor, TV Movie or Miniseries
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Maggie Smith, Downtown Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
Betty White, The Lost Valentine
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Male Actor, Drama Series
Patrick J. Adams, Suits
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Female Actor, Drama Series
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Glenn Close, Damages
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Male Actor, Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Steve Carell, The Office
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Female Actor, Comedy Series
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland

Ensemble, Comedy Series
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office

Ensemble, Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife

Lifetime Achievement Award
Mary Tyler Moore

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And The Host Of The Oscars Is...

Billy Crystal!

Kind of a safe, but still good, choice to be honest.  I have to admit all the talk of a Muppet hosted Oscars was really exciting.

Oh well.

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Eddie Murphy Exits Academy Awards?!

Following the rather unsurprising exit of Brett Ratner, the Academy has announced today that Eddie Murphy has left the production as well.

Murphy says. "First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party's decision with regard to a change of producers for this year's Academy Awards ceremony. I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I'm sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job."

I can't even imagine why Murphy would do this but whatever.  It's time for the academy to pick up the phone and call Conan.

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And the Oscar Host Is...

It's not 100% just yet but it's pretty likely that the next host of the Academy Awards will be Eddie Murphy.

It's an interesting choice that I can get behind.

I'm still not sold on this whole putting Brett Ratner in charge of the show thing though.

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Best Picture x 10

Next years Oscar ceremony is going to be a bit different.

For the first time since 1943 there will be ten Best Picture nominees instead of the normal five.

This will hopefully increase the variety of films as well as the chances of more deserving films to be nominated.

However, good luck finding ten movies worthy of Best Picture nominations because this year is not looking to be any different than last year.

It is a cool idea though. I'm excited to see what happens with it.

Now, bring back Ellen and things will be looking even better.

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Tweeting The Oscars!!

Pretty late on this but I am live Tweeting the Oscars. Join me at http://twitter.com/MyNameIsGaron

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Who Might Be The Next Oscar Host??

Oh yeah. That's right. Word has it that the Academy is on the prowl for Justin Timberlake to host as a way to increase the show's rapidly sinking ratings. They also seem to have contacted Tina Fey to see how interested she may be in hosting.

I didn't catch Justin hosting the Espy's but I have heard that he did quite well. I'm not sure he is quite ready for Oscar hosting duties. I'd much rather see Tina Fey run the show.

Maybe it will end up being a co-hosting gig?

I guess we'll find out soon.

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Oscar Winners

I have the full list of Oscar winners for you but before I post that I wanted to raise a concern. They did the memorials as usual this year and made a point to include Heath Ledger. Amongst the writers, producers, actors, dancers, and agents the academy failed to include Brad Renfro among those lost in the past year.

Surely, he deserved to be included among his peers. It's not as if he was not a working actor. He had just finished a film with Billy Bob Thornton and Winona Rider. His omission from the memorial montage is heartbreaking and disrespectful to his memory and to his family. He was a gifted actor who had tragically lost his life and his not being included is a truly dark moment in the history of the show if you ask me.

That said, here are the winners of this years awards. Only one serious surprise of the night.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE, ALEXANDRA BYRNE


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
RATAOUILLE, BRAD BIRD


BEST MAKEUP
LA VIE EN ROSE, DIDIER LAVERGNE AND JAN ARCHIBALD


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
THE GOLDEN COMPASS


BEST ART DIRECTION
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, DANTE FERRETTI AND FRANCESCA LO SCHIAVO


LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS


BEST ANIMATED SHORT
PETER AND THE WOLF

BEST SOUND EDITING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM


BEST SOUND MIXING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM


BEST FILM EDITING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE COUNTERFEITERS, AUSTRIA


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"FALLING SLOWLY" FROM ONCE


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THERE WILL BE BLOOD


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ATONEMENT


DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
FREEHELD

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
DIABLO CODY, JUNO


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
TILDA SWINTON, MICHAEL CLAYTON


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JAVIER BARDEM, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN


BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, THERE WILL BE BLOOD


BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
MARION COTILLARD, LA VIE EN ROSE


BEST DIRECTOR
JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN


BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

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Academy Awards Oscar Poster 2008

Want.

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Oscar Fever!

Happy Wednesday, (All New Lost tonight!)

The 79th Academy Awards are just days away. I myself will be attending a small Oscar gathering with like minded wannabe movie folk and my bestest friends.

Why do I care so much about the Oscars? It’s the Superbowl for us movie geeks. The culminating event of the movie season we all look forward to.

I'm always in a sort of peace when I watch. Almost like my mind is moving foward in time to the time I may end up there myself. (delusions of granduer?)

That said, I am uber excited for this years show. Ellen hosting should be a nice change, maybe they'll be funny this year. Remember Chris Rock? Yikes.

I didn't see as many movies last year as I’d hoped (this will change this year), I’m still as eager as ever to sit down and watch.

Below, are my thoughts on the major categories of this years Oscars. These are my choices on who should win, who probably will win, and who might sneak up and snatch it.

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio - “Blood Diamond”– Who Should Win
Ryan Gosling - “Half Nelson”

Peter O’Toole - “Venus” - The Dark Horse
Will Smith - “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker - “The Last King of Scotland” – Who Will Win

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin - “Little Miss Sunshine” – The Dark Horse
Jackie Earle Haley - “Little Children”

Djimon Hounsou - “Blood Diamond” – Who Should Win
Eddie Murphy - “Dreamgirls” – Who Will Win
Mark Wahlberg - “The Departed”

Best Actress

Penélope Cruz - “Volver”
Judi Dench - “Notes on a Scandal”

Helen Mirren - “The Queen” – Who Will Win
Meryl Streep - “The Devil Wears Prada” – The Dark Horse
Kate Winslet - “Little Children” – Who Should Win

Best Supporting Actress

Adriana Barraza - “Babel”

Cate Blanchett - “Notes on a Scandal”

Abigail Breslin - “Little Miss Sunshine” – The Dark Horse
Jennifer Hudson -“Dreamgirls” – Who Will Win
Rinko Kikuchi - “Babel” – Who Should Win

Best Animated Film

“Cars” – The Dark Horse
“Happy Feet” – Who Will Win/Who Should Win
“Monster House”

Best Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu - “Babel”
Martin Scorsese - “The Departed” – Who Will Win/Who Should Win
Clint Eastwood - “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Stephen Frears - “The Queen”

Paul Greengrass - “United 93” – The Dark Horse

Best Documentary

“Deliver Us from Evil” - The Dark Horse

“An Inconvenient Truth” - Who Will Win

“Iraq in Fragments”

"Jesus Camp” - Who Should Win

“My Country, My Country”

Best Foreign Language Film

“After the Wedding” - Denmark

“Days of Glory (Indigènes)” - Algeria

“The Lives of Others” - Germany

"Pan’s Labyrinth" - Mexico - Who Will Win/Who Should Win

“Water" - Canada - The Dark Horse

Best Original Score

Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel - Who Will Win

Thomas Newman - The Good German

Philip Glass - Notes on a Scandal

Javier Navarrete - Pan’s Labyrinth - Who Should Win

Alexandre Desplat - The Queen - The Dark Horse

Best Original Song

“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth” – Melissa Etheridge - The Dark Horse
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls” - Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler & Anne Preven - Who Will Win/Who Should Win
“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls” - Henry Krieger & Siedah Garrett
“Our Town” from “Cars” - Randy Newman
“Patience” from “Dreamgirls"- Henry Krieger& Willie Reale

Best Screenplay - Adapted

“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” - Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer - The Dark Horse

"Children of Men" - Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

"The Departed" - William Monahan - Who Will Win/Who Should Win

"Little Children" - Todd Field & Tom Perrotta

"Notes on a Scandal" - Patrick Marber

Best Screenplay - Original

"Babel" - Guillermo Arriaga

"Letters from Iwo Jima" - Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis

"Little Miss Sunshine" - Michael Arndt - Who Should Win

“Pan’s Labyrinth” - Guillermo del Toro - The Dark Horse

"The Queen" - Peter Morgan - Who Will Win

Best Picture

"Babel"

"The Departed"

"Letters from Iwo Jima"

"Little Miss Sunshine" - The Dark Horse/Who Should Win

"The Queen" - Who Will Win

On Deck for tomorrow:

Thoughts on the latest episodes of 24, Heroes, Lost, and Veronica Mars.

Bye kids!

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