Once upon a time, "The Fighter" might have starred ... Eminem? Development on the film began in 2003, while Eminem was fresh off his lead role in "8 Mile," which won an Oscar that year for Best Original Song with "Lose Yourself." He had also achieved success the year before with "The Eminem Show," which won the Grammy for Best Rap Album and was the world's bestselling album of 2002. As he racked up the #1 album, song, and movie virtually simultaneously, Hollywood wanted to continue riding that success and working with Eminem. And it seems he was looking to channel his own inner Rocky, too.
In an appearance on the Hollywood Gold podcast in February 2023 (via The Hollywood Reporter), producer Todd Lieberman discussed the film's seven-year road to the big screen. During that time, it would change hands from director Darren Aronofsky to David O. Russell and stars Matt Damon and Brad Pitt...
In an appearance on the Hollywood Gold podcast in February 2023 (via The Hollywood Reporter), producer Todd Lieberman discussed the film's seven-year road to the big screen. During that time, it would change hands from director Darren Aronofsky to David O. Russell and stars Matt Damon and Brad Pitt...
- 6/5/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
'The Fighter' movie: Mark Wahlberg as boxer Micky Ward. 'The Fighter' movie review: 'Smart' filmmaking from a business standpoint David O. Russell's The Fighter is a smart film; smart in the way it's constructed and executed as a means to appeal to a wide audience. People tend to like sports movies. They also tend to like movies where the good guys win and where the hardships the characters go through can all get tidily worked out by the time the credits start rolling. The Fighter is smart from a business standpoint. That also means Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson's screenplay is predictable and much too “safe” as well. Russell and the screenwriters don't tread any new territory; in fact, they don't even try. On the positive side, The Fighter offers several solid performances that make up for some of what's lacking elsewhere. 'The Fighter'...
- 1/4/2016
- by Nathan Donarum
- Alt Film Guide
Walt Disney Pictures has just dished out plenty of clams to pay for the rights to the bestselling book The Finest Hours (reports put the deal in the six to seven-figure ranges, which translates to a lot of lobster rolls). The fact-based book, written by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias, was published in 2009 and recounts the tale of a Coast Guard rescue attempted off the coast of Cape Cod in 1952. The rescue involved two oil tankers so damaged by waves during a blizzard that they were actually ripped in half. The Coast Guard launched no less than four different rescue attempts, including a sort of last ditch effort that included the use of wooden lifeboats. The story sounds like a combination of The Perfect Storm and that terrible Coast Guard film that inexplicably starred Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner (I am speaking of The Guardian, a nightmare on the high seas surely to be topped only...
- 8/12/2011
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Did the Oscars surprise anyone? Sci-Fi fans, we are of course still sore over Christopher Nolan’s snub for Best Director, but Inception still was recognized with four Oscars. Genre highlights from the 83rd Academy Awards also include Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland sweeping away the two coveted design awards in Art Direction and Costume Design and The Wolfman won for Best Makeup. Pixar‘s Toy Story 3 took home Best Animated Film and Best Song.
This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
Check...
This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
Check...
- 3/1/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
… And so another year of the most boring and predictable awards ceremony on planet Earth has passed. There were cheesy speeches, somebody said the ‘f’ word and Colin Firth won an Oscar. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards were presented by James Franco and Anne Hathaway to what looks like very mixed reviews judging from responses this morning.
Below is a full list of winners and losers… since, like Highlander, there can only be one! Nice to see The Wolfman and Inside Job pick up major awards and Natalie Portman bag an Oscar. She was ace in Black Swan.
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Best Director
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel And Ethan Coen – True Grit
Darren Aronofsky...
Below is a full list of winners and losers… since, like Highlander, there can only be one! Nice to see The Wolfman and Inside Job pick up major awards and Natalie Portman bag an Oscar. She was ace in Black Swan.
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Best Director
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel And Ethan Coen – True Grit
Darren Aronofsky...
- 2/28/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
A full list of winners and nominees for the Oscars 2011
Best motion picture of the year
Winner: The King's Speech
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Winner: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Winner: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Achievement in directing
Winner: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Art direction
Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the...
Best motion picture of the year
Winner: The King's Speech
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Winner: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Winner: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Achievement in directing
Winner: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Art direction
Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the...
- 2/28/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
The King’S Speech was king of all he surveyed on Sunday evening at the 83rd Academy Awards. James Franco, Oscar®-nominee for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, and Anne Hathaway hosted the Oscars® broadcast by the ABC Television Network from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
Going in to the evening with 12 nominations, The King’S Speech came away with four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (Michael Seidler). Inception also collected four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. The Facebook drama, The Social Network, won 3 Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (David Sorkin), Best Score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and Best Editing.
Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in .Biutiful. Jeff Bridges in .True Grit. Jesse Eisenberg in .The Social Network. Colin Firth in .The King’s Speech...
Going in to the evening with 12 nominations, The King’S Speech came away with four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (Michael Seidler). Inception also collected four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. The Facebook drama, The Social Network, won 3 Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (David Sorkin), Best Score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and Best Editing.
Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in .Biutiful. Jeff Bridges in .True Grit. Jesse Eisenberg in .The Social Network. Colin Firth in .The King’s Speech...
- 2/28/2011
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
If you missed the broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards, or you can't remember who won what, here is a list of all the winners in their categories. The King's Speech and Inception both tied for the most Oscars won, which was four statues each. However, whereas Inception took home awards for technical categories (Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound and Best Cinematography), The King's Speech won three of the top four categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay).
Best Picture:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin,...
Best Picture:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
In a surge reminiscent of its late-breaking Oscar season momentum, The King’s Speech triumphed at the 2011 Academy Awards, winning three of the final four categories including Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Director (Tom Hooper). The magnificent British drama took home four golden statues on Sunday, tieing Christopher Nolan’s Inception for the most Oscars, and narrowly beating critic favorite and three-time winner The Social Network.
Hosted by a smug, sleepy James Franco and a cheery, happy-to-be-there Anne Hathaway, the 3+ hour ceremony felt like an eternity. The next-generation actors were supposed to liven what is traditionally a stuffy telecast, but their monologue and subsequent appearances lacked the classy zingers of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin’s banter or the pep of Hugh Jackman’s show.
Further attempts to appeal to a populist crowd, such as autotuning some of 2010’s big blockbusters or quipping about Charlie Sheen, fell flat,...
Hosted by a smug, sleepy James Franco and a cheery, happy-to-be-there Anne Hathaway, the 3+ hour ceremony felt like an eternity. The next-generation actors were supposed to liven what is traditionally a stuffy telecast, but their monologue and subsequent appearances lacked the classy zingers of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin’s banter or the pep of Hugh Jackman’s show.
Further attempts to appeal to a populist crowd, such as autotuning some of 2010’s big blockbusters or quipping about Charlie Sheen, fell flat,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Well I certainly don't think 2011 will go down as one of the more memorable years in Oscar history; not only were the winners fairly predictable, but the ceremony itself seemed dull and uninspired. Despite an attempt to add a "youthful edge" to the Oscars this year, it was almost completely lacking in comedy, excitement or entertainment. Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway seemed to be dreadfully unprepared and lacking material, leaving Franco to put up a facade of aloof detachment while Hathaway simply attempted to win everyone over with cuteness. The King's Speech went on to secure most of the major awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay, reinforcing the stuffy British Oscar stereotype. For the second time David Fincher was denied Best Director, but The Social Network did end up getting awards for Film Editing, Original Score and Adapted Screenplay. Natalie Portman still managed to snag Best Actress for Black Swan,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Hollywood's biggest night of the year has come and gone, and it seems many could care less. Last night's 83rd Annual Academy Awards show wasn't as dreadful as many critics have charged, but it wasn't lustrous, either — not the way it has been in decades past — leading many to wonder if the ceremony is: a) losing its relevance; b) compromised by the down economy; c) an indicator of the changing state of both the film and broadcast industry.
The turn of the 21st century has seen the celebrated awards show take a hit. Changes over the past decade seem to have aversely affected the program, including shifting the broadcast from Monday at 9pm to Sunday at 8:30pm in 1999. During the TV writers strike in 2008, just over 32M viewers watched the Oscars, the least viewed ever.
This year the Academy Awards show fell to an 11.7 adults 18-49 rating, down 12% vs.
The turn of the 21st century has seen the celebrated awards show take a hit. Changes over the past decade seem to have aversely affected the program, including shifting the broadcast from Monday at 9pm to Sunday at 8:30pm in 1999. During the TV writers strike in 2008, just over 32M viewers watched the Oscars, the least viewed ever.
This year the Academy Awards show fell to an 11.7 adults 18-49 rating, down 12% vs.
- 2/28/2011
- CinemaSpy
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions) Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" (Paramount) Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colin Firth in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) James Franco in "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale in "The Fighter" (Paramount) John Hawkes in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) Jeremy Renner in "The Town" (Warner Bros.) Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) Geoffrey Rush in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole" (Lionsgate) Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight) Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams...
- 2/28/2011
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
Thanks for visiting the SpoilerTV Oscar Post for 2011, and joining in the Chat, Red Carpet & Ceremony. The chat is still available below for people wanting to discuss the results.
Live Results of Winners
Winners in Bold
Best Motion Picture of the Year
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
Winner: The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem for Biutiful
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Winner: Colin Firth for The King's Speech
James Franco for 127 Hours
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Winner: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Christian Bale...
Live Results of Winners
Winners in Bold
Best Motion Picture of the Year
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
Winner: The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem for Biutiful
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Winner: Colin Firth for The King's Speech
James Franco for 127 Hours
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Winner: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Christian Bale...
- 2/28/2011
- by Adam Harris
- SpoilerTV
The 83rd annual Academy Awards turned into a race to the big prize between "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech." Going into the Best Picture award, each film had three wins - "Social Network" for adapted screenplay, score and editing, "King's Speech" for original screenplay, director Tom Hooper and actor for Colin Firth.
"The King's Speech" ended up with the big prize, tying it for the most wins of the night with "Inception," which took home four technical awards.
The complete winners list:
Best motion picture of the year
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"The King's Speech"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Performance by an actor...
"The King's Speech" ended up with the big prize, tying it for the most wins of the night with "Inception," which took home four technical awards.
The complete winners list:
Best motion picture of the year
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"The King's Speech"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Performance by an actor...
- 2/28/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" lorded over the festivities at the 83rd annual Academy Awards. The film, nominated for 12 Oscars, won 4 including Best Picture, Director for Tom Hooper, Actor for King Colin Firth, and Original Screenplay for David Seidler.
David Fincher's "The Social Network" took home 3 awards including Best Film Editing, Original Score for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin.
(For my minute-by-minute look at the 2011 Oscars, please click here, trust me, it's fun!)
As expected, Natalie Portman took home Oscar gold for her performance as a delusional ballerina in "Black Swan." "The Fighter" yielded the Best Supporting performances of the year with Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor and Melissa Leo taking home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" took home most of the technical categories including Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Cinematography for Wally Pfister.
David Fincher's "The Social Network" took home 3 awards including Best Film Editing, Original Score for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin.
(For my minute-by-minute look at the 2011 Oscars, please click here, trust me, it's fun!)
As expected, Natalie Portman took home Oscar gold for her performance as a delusional ballerina in "Black Swan." "The Fighter" yielded the Best Supporting performances of the year with Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor and Melissa Leo taking home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" took home most of the technical categories including Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Cinematography for Wally Pfister.
- 2/28/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The night has finally arrived — Oscars. So will Christian Bale finally take home gold? Will The King’s Speech live up to the massive expectations? All are revealed here and now.
The 83rd Academy Awards winners (refresh the page for real-time updates):
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best Foreign Language Film
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
Winner: In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)
Best Original Screenplay
Another Year,...
The 83rd Academy Awards winners (refresh the page for real-time updates):
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best Foreign Language Film
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
Winner: In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)
Best Original Screenplay
Another Year,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Mike Bruno
- EW - Inside Movies
It’s Oscar time as the 83rd Academy Awards are about to start in Los Angeles and though the whispers on the wind blowing through Hollywood are telling us that these are the most easily predicted Oscars in years I’m still holding out for one or two surprises.
Our man Ian Gilchrist offered his views on the big awards and whatever happens in the event the world and his dog will be liveblogging and twitter is almost certain to groan worryingly under the weight of the #oscar discussion, we’ll be doing our bit and updating this page with the winners as they are announced, but why not join in the fun and head on out to Twittersville and follow along with @heyuguysblog. Seriously, those cool kids? It’s where they are.
So, while the red carpet is cleansed of paparazzi and our attention is drawn inside, keep your...
Our man Ian Gilchrist offered his views on the big awards and whatever happens in the event the world and his dog will be liveblogging and twitter is almost certain to groan worryingly under the weight of the #oscar discussion, we’ll be doing our bit and updating this page with the winners as they are announced, but why not join in the fun and head on out to Twittersville and follow along with @heyuguysblog. Seriously, those cool kids? It’s where they are.
So, while the red carpet is cleansed of paparazzi and our attention is drawn inside, keep your...
- 2/28/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The 83rd Academy Awards are now over and "The King's Speech" beat out nine other movies for Best Picture. The film went on to also win the Best Actor Oscar for Colin Firth, the Best Director Oscar for Tom Hooper, and the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for David Seidler. Natalie Portman won her first Oscar for playing a neurotic ballerina in "Black Swan." Meanwhile, "The Fighter" actors Christian Bale and Melissa Leo took home the Best Supporting Actor and Actress Oscars. "Toy Story 3" won the Best Animated Film Oscar, and "Inception" cleaned up the awards for Best Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and Visual Effects. Check out the full list of nominees and winners (marked in red) below. Best Picture: * The King's Speech * Black Swan * The Fighter * Inception * The Kids Are All Right * 127 Hours * The Social Network * Toy Story 3 * True Grit * Winter's Bone Directing: * The King's Speech (Tom Hooper) * Black Swan...
- 2/28/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
Football has the Super Bowl, baseball has the World Series, soccer has the World Cup and movies have the Academy Awards. Each year, Hollywood's schedule more or less culminates with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handing out Oscars for the year's best films and Sunday, for the 83rd straight time, it happened again. Hosts James Franco [1] and Anne Hathaway [2] helped some of the most famous actors and actresses [3] in the world hand out the hardware for the best of 2010. Leading the pack with twelve total nominations [4] was The King's Speech, followed by True Grit with ten, Inception and The Social Network with eight, The Fighter with seven, 127 Hours with six, Black Swan and Toy Story 3 with five and The Kids Are all Right and Winter's Bone with four. And those just so happen to be the 10 films nominated for Best Picture. Did your favorite film take home an Oscar?...
- 2/27/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
It's hard to predict the winners of this year's Oscars because there is no clear-cut favorite. Last year, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" started strong during awards season and maintained its dominance all the way to its Oscar best picture victory. This year, David Fincher's "The Social Network" triumphed in the beginning but the Oscar buzz surrounding the movie is slowly fading away.
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture
.Black Swan. Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
.The Fighter. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
.Inception. Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
.The Kids Are All Right. Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
.The King's Speech. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
.127 Hours. Christian Colson,...
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture
.Black Swan. Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
.The Fighter. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
.Inception. Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
.The Kids Are All Right. Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
.The King's Speech. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
.127 Hours. Christian Colson,...
- 2/27/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Oscars – a love/hate scenario; the nominations are always predictable, and with every passing year I’m increasingly angered by the Academy’s ignorance to the diversity of film. The 10-picture standard, reinstated last year for the first time since 1943, is supposedly a mechanism for spotlighting good films, including those of the blockbuster variety. Last year this seemed like a grand revelation, that the Academy was exploding their perception of film, that the blockbuster was being perceived positively and not as a lesser film. In fact, nothing changed, the alteration has only introduced the illusion of appreciation; the mindset still is that no matter the quality of the film, the most classic variety, with very few exceptions (Titanic, Gladiator, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King), will always win the Oscar. The blockbuster is the whore of the film industry and classic-esque film is the heartbeat and the beauty.
- 2/27/2011
- by Karen Divorty
- FusedFilm
'King's Speech' rules the night, with 'The Fighter' and 'The Social Network' also winning big.
By Eric Ditzian
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Photo: Weinstein Company
Here's the full list of winners and nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Winner: "The King's Speech"
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Check out backstage photos of the big Oscar winners.
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman in...
By Eric Ditzian
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Photo: Weinstein Company
Here's the full list of winners and nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Winner: "The King's Speech"
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Check out backstage photos of the big Oscar winners.
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman in...
- 2/27/2011
- MTV Music News
'King's Speech' rules the night, with 'The Fighter' and 'The Social Network' also winning big.
By Eric Ditzian
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Photo: Weinstein Company
Here's the full list of winners and nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Winner: "The King's Speech"
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Check out backstage photos of the big Oscar winners.
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman in...
By Eric Ditzian
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Photo: Weinstein Company
Here's the full list of winners and nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Best Picture
Winner: "The King's Speech"
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"
Check out backstage photos of the big Oscar winners.
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman in...
- 2/27/2011
- MTV Movie News
It’s that time of year once again, the crème de la crème of Hollywood are pressing their gowns and tuxedos as we speak in preperation for the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony! We’ll be reporting on the event live right here, updating this post as the night develops. We’ll also be tweeting live too so be sure to follow @FilmShaft on Twitter to be kept up to date with tonight’s festivites!
Below the live update section is the full nomination list for The Oscars 2011, as they are announced they will be highlighted Red and I’ll be providing my feedback in the live update section. So put the wine in the fridge, get the corn popping and get ready for another night of glitz and glamour!
Live Updates
01:22Pm – After frequent attempts to get my wireless up to speed (quite literally) the stream is no longer...
Below the live update section is the full nomination list for The Oscars 2011, as they are announced they will be highlighted Red and I’ll be providing my feedback in the live update section. So put the wine in the fridge, get the corn popping and get ready for another night of glitz and glamour!
Live Updates
01:22Pm – After frequent attempts to get my wireless up to speed (quite literally) the stream is no longer...
- 2/27/2011
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
This Sunday night, all of America will convene into our metaphoric “Lady Caves” to watch the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, hosted by James Franco and Anne “No Seriously” Hathaway.. Before we even continue, you should be following BWEtv, Me and Dan on Twitter, as we will be Livetweeting the festivities this Sunday night. The Oscars are looking to shape up to be one of the most predictable Oscars ever!! So predictable, in fact, that our minds have braintraveled over to the offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers and seen the winners list! Kind of like the aliens in Independence Day, only the only resources we’re stealing are Hollywood answers. Here are your winners!! This is like getting the Sports Almanac in Back to the Future II before the games, people. Fill those ballots out now. Actor in a Leading Role * Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” * Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” * Jesse Eisenberg in...
- 2/25/2011
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
You can know a lot about movies and still know very little about the Academy Awards. The Oscars are a specialized skill, sort of like scouting in baseball: you can be the best baseball mind on the planet, but if you can't predict who has the talent and drive to become a great player (or the desire to spend 250 days of the year on the road -- a trait that, admittedly, does not hold up in this analogy), that's not the job for you. I know a lot about baseball and movies, but I wouldn't be a great scout and there's a reason I don't run one of those Oscar all-the-time websites.
But making Oscar predictions is an essential part this job, like creating a top ten list at the end of the year or making fun of Rob Schneider movies. It's not that I don't enjoy it -- I...
But making Oscar predictions is an essential part this job, like creating a top ten list at the end of the year or making fun of Rob Schneider movies. It's not that I don't enjoy it -- I...
- 2/24/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
It's hard to predict the winners of this year's Oscars because there is no clear-cut favorite. Last year, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" started strong during awards season and maintained its dominance all the way to its Oscar best picture victory. This year, David Fincher's "The Social Network" triumphed in the beginning but the Oscar buzz surrounding the movie is slowly fading away.
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture
.Black Swan. Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
.The Fighter. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
.Inception. Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
.The Kids Are All Right. Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
.The King's Speech. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
.127 Hours. Christian Colson,...
But I still have my favorites and I will attempt to handicap the Oscars. Here are my predictions of who should take home Oscar gold at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture
.Black Swan. Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
.The Fighter. David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
.Inception. Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
.The Kids Are All Right. Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
.The King's Speech. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
.127 Hours. Christian Colson,...
- 2/24/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Like we did last year, this is the first in a series of posts highlighting the main Oscar categories. Danny King kicks it off with Best Writing (Original Screenplay) and look for more leading up to Oscar night.
This year’s Best Original Screenplay category is an impressive slate and, normally, it’s the kind of lineup that would make for a photo finish, if not for the gaining momentum of the juggernaut that is Tom Hooper‘s The King’s Speech. In all likelihood, David Seidler will walk away with the Oscar for his delicate, nuanced depiction of King George VI’s speech impediment. But for the sake of highlighting quality work, let’s take a look at the nominees in their entirety. In alphabetical order, they are:
Another Year (Mike Leigh)
The Fighter (Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington)
Inception (Christopher Nolan)
The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko,...
This year’s Best Original Screenplay category is an impressive slate and, normally, it’s the kind of lineup that would make for a photo finish, if not for the gaining momentum of the juggernaut that is Tom Hooper‘s The King’s Speech. In all likelihood, David Seidler will walk away with the Oscar for his delicate, nuanced depiction of King George VI’s speech impediment. But for the sake of highlighting quality work, let’s take a look at the nominees in their entirety. In alphabetical order, they are:
Another Year (Mike Leigh)
The Fighter (Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington)
Inception (Christopher Nolan)
The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko,...
- 2/16/2011
- by Danny King
- The Film Stage
As soon as we thought we could predict the outcome of the Oscars, here comes another surprise! This one's brought to you by the Writers Guild of America. Picked for Best Original Screenplay was Christopher Nolan's "Inception." The director, famously dissed for not getting a Best Director Oscar nomination, may just win the Best Original Screenplay come Oscar night. Oscar front-runner, "The King's Speech" was not nominated because it didn't quality under union rules which prompted Nolan to say during his WGA acceptance award that he looked forward to a time when he could accept the award "without qualification."
That could be the beginning of a great script Mr. Nolan, go write it :happy
For adapted screenplay, I'm happy to report that Aaron Sorkin's fantastic script won! Based on "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, "The Social Network" was the only film last year that I predicted to win this very category.
That could be the beginning of a great script Mr. Nolan, go write it :happy
For adapted screenplay, I'm happy to report that Aaron Sorkin's fantastic script won! Based on "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, "The Social Network" was the only film last year that I predicted to win this very category.
- 2/7/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Sci-fi mystery Inception and the Facebook drama The Social Network won top screenplay honors Saturday night at the Writers Guild of America awards.
Inception writer Christopher Nolan won a Best Original Screenplay and The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin won in the Adapted Screenplay category, showing they liked Aaron Sorkin’s work over that of 127 Hours screenplay by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, I Love You Phillip Morris screenplay by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, The Town screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard, and True Grit screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
Nolan and Inception beat out Black Swan screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin; story by Andres Heinz, The Fighter screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson; story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, The Kids Are All Right screenplay by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg,...
Inception writer Christopher Nolan won a Best Original Screenplay and The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin won in the Adapted Screenplay category, showing they liked Aaron Sorkin’s work over that of 127 Hours screenplay by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, I Love You Phillip Morris screenplay by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, The Town screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard, and True Grit screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
Nolan and Inception beat out Black Swan screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin; story by Andres Heinz, The Fighter screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson; story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, The Kids Are All Right screenplay by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg,...
- 2/6/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
“Inception” has finally gotten some real love.
It’s been a bit puzzling as to why Christopher Nolan’s expertly structured and endlessly fascinating sci-fi tale hasn’t been getting more attention from industry award-givers. While it’s received kudos for its technical prowess, “Inception” has yet to be truly acknowledged for its significant achievements in directing, writing and acting.
Until now, as Nolan’s script was given the award for Best Original Screenplay by the Writers Guild of America at the WGA Awards. “Inception” emerged the winner against some extremely strong competition, including “The Kids Are All Right” and “The Fighter.”
Meanwhile, Aaron Sorkin’s script for “The Social Network” took home the award for Best Adapted Screenplay (no surprise there) and Charles Ferguson’s “Inside Job” won for Best Documentary Screenplay. Both films were winners at the recent Directors Guild Awards as well.
We love everything about “The Social Network,...
It’s been a bit puzzling as to why Christopher Nolan’s expertly structured and endlessly fascinating sci-fi tale hasn’t been getting more attention from industry award-givers. While it’s received kudos for its technical prowess, “Inception” has yet to be truly acknowledged for its significant achievements in directing, writing and acting.
Until now, as Nolan’s script was given the award for Best Original Screenplay by the Writers Guild of America at the WGA Awards. “Inception” emerged the winner against some extremely strong competition, including “The Kids Are All Right” and “The Fighter.”
Meanwhile, Aaron Sorkin’s script for “The Social Network” took home the award for Best Adapted Screenplay (no surprise there) and Charles Ferguson’s “Inside Job” won for Best Documentary Screenplay. Both films were winners at the recent Directors Guild Awards as well.
We love everything about “The Social Network,...
- 2/6/2011
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
No big surprises here as the Writers Guild of America announced their winners tonight and Aaron Sorkin's script for The Social Network and Christopher Nolan's script for Inception took home top honors. Charles Ferguson's script for Inside Job was also awarded for Best Documentary Screenplay.
It's important to note that screenplays for Oscar nominated films such as The King's Speech, Winter's Bone, Toy Story 3 and Another Year were all ineligible for the WGA awards as the WGA restricts "nominations to films that are written for productions that are signatories to the guild's Minimum Basic Agreement, or the agreements of several affiliated international guilds... their purpose is to honor the best films produced by WGA members, or under WGA guidelines."
So, if you currently predict David Seidler's screenplay for The King's Speech is the likely Oscar winner over Nolan's Inception script then perhaps these awards don't mean as much to you.
It's important to note that screenplays for Oscar nominated films such as The King's Speech, Winter's Bone, Toy Story 3 and Another Year were all ineligible for the WGA awards as the WGA restricts "nominations to films that are written for productions that are signatories to the guild's Minimum Basic Agreement, or the agreements of several affiliated international guilds... their purpose is to honor the best films produced by WGA members, or under WGA guidelines."
So, if you currently predict David Seidler's screenplay for The King's Speech is the likely Oscar winner over Nolan's Inception script then perhaps these awards don't mean as much to you.
- 2/6/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right WGA Nominations: No The King's Speech, Winter's Bone, Toy Story 3 Original Screenplay Black Swan, Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin; Story by Andres Heinz; Fox Searchlight The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Paramount Pictures * Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros. The Kids Are All Right, Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg; Focus Features Please Give, Written by Nicole Holofcener; Sony Pictures Classics Adapted Screenplay 127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy; Based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston; Fox Searchlight I Love You Phillip Morris, Written by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra; Based on the book by Steven McVicker; Roadside Attractions * The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; [...]...
- 2/6/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Oscar nominations have been announced and it’s great to see Inception, Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter, How to Train Your Dragon, Iron Man 2, Tangled, Tron, and Wolfman being honored this year. This year’s nominations hit the familiar marks that the sci-fi genre is most associated with in the categories of special effects, art direction, animation, costuming, and make-up.
Inception is the most visibly well-rounded in achievements in film-making and leads the sci-fi/fantasy pack with eight nominations, though director Christopher Nolan was snubbed in the Best Director nominations. Toy Story 3 follows with an impressive five nominations, and both films garnered nominations in the Best Picture category.
Check out the breakdown of the nominations by film, followed by a listing of all nominations by category. [Sci-fi nominees in bold]
Sci-fi / Fantasy Nominations By Picture
“Alice in Wonderland,” a Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney) (3 nominations)
Art direction...
Inception is the most visibly well-rounded in achievements in film-making and leads the sci-fi/fantasy pack with eight nominations, though director Christopher Nolan was snubbed in the Best Director nominations. Toy Story 3 follows with an impressive five nominations, and both films garnered nominations in the Best Picture category.
Check out the breakdown of the nominations by film, followed by a listing of all nominations by category. [Sci-fi nominees in bold]
Sci-fi / Fantasy Nominations By Picture
“Alice in Wonderland,” a Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney) (3 nominations)
Art direction...
- 1/28/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
The Oscar race is on again. Office pools everywhere are likely heating up with the announcement of the nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards (airing February 27th on ABC). I may not know who will be winners and I am not a gambling man, but playing prophet is always fun, regardless of the award.
As always, there should be two picks for each category when you're faced with a list of Oscar nominees. One as a personal pick and one as a guess as to which the Academy would pick.
Color Codes:
I prefer...
But it will probably be...
But where the hell is...
• • •
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
(Ryan Gosling in "Blue Valentine")
After Bridges already stealing the Oscar Firth deserved last year,...
As always, there should be two picks for each category when you're faced with a list of Oscar nominees. One as a personal pick and one as a guess as to which the Academy would pick.
Color Codes:
I prefer...
But it will probably be...
But where the hell is...
• • •
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
(Ryan Gosling in "Blue Valentine")
After Bridges already stealing the Oscar Firth deserved last year,...
- 1/27/2011
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech lead the Oscar nominations this morning with twelve mentions, making the regal drama the film to beat at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards on February 27.
The Coen brothers’ True Grit followed closely with ten nominations and early frontrunner The Social Network finished with eight. “Ten seems like an awful lot,” the Coen brothers said in a joint statement Tuesday. ”We don’t want to take anyone else’s.”
All three were included in the “Best Picture” category, as expected, along with several other awards shoo-ins like The Kids Are All Right and Toy Story 3 (only the third animated film ever in the category). Winter’s Bone was the only surprise in the field of ten, possibly edging out Ben Affleck’s critically-acclaimed The Town or Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go, which were both snubbed from the ceremony entirely.
Several surprises...
The Coen brothers’ True Grit followed closely with ten nominations and early frontrunner The Social Network finished with eight. “Ten seems like an awful lot,” the Coen brothers said in a joint statement Tuesday. ”We don’t want to take anyone else’s.”
All three were included in the “Best Picture” category, as expected, along with several other awards shoo-ins like The Kids Are All Right and Toy Story 3 (only the third animated film ever in the category). Winter’s Bone was the only surprise in the field of ten, possibly edging out Ben Affleck’s critically-acclaimed The Town or Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go, which were both snubbed from the ceremony entirely.
Several surprises...
- 1/25/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Tom Hooper’s period drama about King George VI and his debilitating speech impediment reigned supreme with 12 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Best Director, Best Cinematography (Danny Cohen) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler).
“True Grit” came in second place with 10 nominations.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences followed up the HFPA’s predictable Golden Globes with a slate of predictable nominations of their own. The few surprises include the omission of Ryan Gosling for his performance in “Blue Valentine,” Andrew Garfield for his performance in “The Social Network,” and Christopher Nolan for his direction of “Inception.”
Scroll down for the complete list of nominees:
Best Picture
“Black Swan”
Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin
“The Fighter”
David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg
“Inception”
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right”
Gary Gilbert,...
“True Grit” came in second place with 10 nominations.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences followed up the HFPA’s predictable Golden Globes with a slate of predictable nominations of their own. The few surprises include the omission of Ryan Gosling for his performance in “Blue Valentine,” Andrew Garfield for his performance in “The Social Network,” and Christopher Nolan for his direction of “Inception.”
Scroll down for the complete list of nominees:
Best Picture
“Black Swan”
Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin
“The Fighter”
David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg
“Inception”
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right”
Gary Gilbert,...
- 1/25/2011
- by Eric M. Armstrong
- The Moving Arts Journal
Oscar, say hello to the gay ladies. The 83rd annual Academy Award nominations were announced this morning with multiple nominations for both The Kids Are All Right and Black Swan. Annette Bening and Natalie Portman are up against each other for best actress for their dueling roles, one as a lesbian mom struggling to hold onto her family, the other as a ballerina with lesbian tendencies struggling to hold onto her sanity. The King's Speech led the way with 12 nominations followed by True Grit with 10. Black Swan garnered five and The Kids Are All Right earned four. Its an exciting year for lovers of ladies and strong female roles. A look at some of the nominees.
Best Picture
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The Kings Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winters Bone
That a small female-fronted, directed and gay film...
Best Picture
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The Kings Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winters Bone
That a small female-fronted, directed and gay film...
- 1/25/2011
- by Dorothy Snarker
- AfterEllen.com
Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards have been announced with horror being in more than a few categories which is always nice to see. From Black Swan to The Wolfman horror at the very least has left its mark in an otherwise mundane 2010 year for our beloved genre. Feast on all the nominees after the break...
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27th and televised live on ABC. Feast on the the full list of nominations below and let us know your thoughts.
Best Picture:
* Black Swan
* The Fighter
* Inception
* The Kids Are All Right
* The King's Speech
* 127 Hours
* The Social Network
* Toy Story 3
* True Grit
* Winter's Bone
Directing:
* Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky)
* The Fighter (David O. Russell)
* The King's Speech (Tom Hooper)
* The Social Network (David Fincher)
* True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
Actor In A Leading Role:
* Javier Bardem...
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27th and televised live on ABC. Feast on the the full list of nominations below and let us know your thoughts.
Best Picture:
* Black Swan
* The Fighter
* Inception
* The Kids Are All Right
* The King's Speech
* 127 Hours
* The Social Network
* Toy Story 3
* True Grit
* Winter's Bone
Directing:
* Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky)
* The Fighter (David O. Russell)
* The King's Speech (Tom Hooper)
* The Social Network (David Fincher)
* True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
Actor In A Leading Role:
* Javier Bardem...
- 1/25/2011
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
Okay. For most, this is not really that important. For us (for some unknown reason) the Academy Awards, and yes, even the nomination announcements, are marked days in our calendar. Since we gained the capacity to retain memories we’ve watched the Oscars and rooted for our favourite flicks… and by rooted we mean bet on the winners in hopes of walking away both Oscar prediction champion and with a few extra bucks in our pocket. This year the road starts here with the full list of nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Before we get to the list we obviously have to add our two cents… The King’s Speech reigns supreme with the most noms (12 in total) and deservedly so But we think it will have a hard time winning anything except Best Actor for Colin Firth. Some surprises you may notice are no Christopher Nolan/Inception for Best Director,...
Before we get to the list we obviously have to add our two cents… The King’s Speech reigns supreme with the most noms (12 in total) and deservedly so But we think it will have a hard time winning anything except Best Actor for Colin Firth. Some surprises you may notice are no Christopher Nolan/Inception for Best Director,...
- 1/25/2011
- by jcarp
- VISO Central
The full list of nominees in each category for the 83rd Academy awards
Best motion picture of the year
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech...
Best motion picture of the year
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech...
- 1/25/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Tell your friends: the Oscar nominations were announced this morning and award season stalwart "The Social Network" earned eight nominations. But despite months of critical acclaim, the film was trumped by "The King's Speech," which led all films with twelve nominations. It was just a Best Actress nomination from scoring in all seven major categories: picture, director, screenplay, and the four acting categories. I guess it really is good to be the king. Oy. Again, with the king jokes? I need some coffee.
"Social Network" was also outpaced by "True Grit," the biggest crowd-pleaser released in recent weeks (it's approaching $140 million in domestic ticket sales). "True Grit" garnered ten nods, two for the Coens for directing and writing, plus one for Jeff Bridges for actor and Hailee Steinfeld for supporting actress. I know, I know. I thought she was the lead of that movie too.
Surprises included Javier Bardem for Best Actor in "Biutiful,...
"Social Network" was also outpaced by "True Grit," the biggest crowd-pleaser released in recent weeks (it's approaching $140 million in domestic ticket sales). "True Grit" garnered ten nods, two for the Coens for directing and writing, plus one for Jeff Bridges for actor and Hailee Steinfeld for supporting actress. I know, I know. I thought she was the lead of that movie too.
Surprises included Javier Bardem for Best Actor in "Biutiful,...
- 1/25/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
HollywoodNews.com: Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 25) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2009 Oscar® winner Mo’Nique.
Sherak and Mo’Nique, who won an Academy Award® for her supporting performance in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 Award categories at a 5:38 a.m. Pt live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Lists of nominations in all categories were then distributed to the media in attendance and online via the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.
Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominations are selected by vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible...
Sherak and Mo’Nique, who won an Academy Award® for her supporting performance in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 Award categories at a 5:38 a.m. Pt live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Lists of nominations in all categories were then distributed to the media in attendance and online via the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.
Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominations are selected by vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible...
- 1/25/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced this morning (Tuesday, January 25) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2009 Oscar® winner Mo’Nique. Beforehand members of the press, and there were a lot of us, were treated to breakfast at 4am by AMPAS before being let up and into the Samuel Goldwyn theater to hear the announcement.
With mostly a Sro news conference, attended by more than 400 international media representatives, the nominations were announced and The King’S Speech stormed the field with 12 nominations. It was followed by True Grit with 10, Inception and The Social Network with 8, The Fighter with 7, 127 Hours with 6 and Black Swan with 5.
Wouldn’t it be something to see “the little engine that could,” The Fighter, win Best Picture and Mark Wahlberg (one of the film’s 3 producers) up at the podium to receive the Oscar? I’m rooting for...
With mostly a Sro news conference, attended by more than 400 international media representatives, the nominations were announced and The King’S Speech stormed the field with 12 nominations. It was followed by True Grit with 10, Inception and The Social Network with 8, The Fighter with 7, 127 Hours with 6 and Black Swan with 5.
Wouldn’t it be something to see “the little engine that could,” The Fighter, win Best Picture and Mark Wahlberg (one of the film’s 3 producers) up at the podium to receive the Oscar? I’m rooting for...
- 1/25/2011
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Scant moments ago the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Revealed by AMPAS president Tom Sherak and Oscar-winning actress Mo'Nique, The King's Speech led the nominees with 12 nods including Best Picture and Best Director. True Grit, the western remake by the Coen brothers, picked up 10 nominations while David Fincher's The Social Network received 8 nominations.
Here is the complete list of all nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards:
Best Picture:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Best Director:
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan David O. Russell - The Fighter Tom Hooper - The King's Speech David Fincher - The Social Network Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - True Grit
Best Actor In A Leading Role:
Javier Bardem - Biutiful Jeff Bridges...
Here is the complete list of all nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards:
Best Picture:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Best Director:
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan David O. Russell - The Fighter Tom Hooper - The King's Speech David Fincher - The Social Network Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - True Grit
Best Actor In A Leading Role:
Javier Bardem - Biutiful Jeff Bridges...
- 1/25/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Here's the race that caps the Gold Derby on 2010: The Academy Award Nominations. The academy revealed the coveted Oscar Nominations this morning, and ABC wasted no time in revealing James Franco and Anne Hathaway promo shots for the event, which will air on the network on February 27th. Here are the details, the pics, and the nominations. Did your favorite make it?
The 83Rd Academy Awards® - James Franco (left) and Anne Hathaway (right) will serve as co-hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards, Oscars telecast. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live as "The 83rd Annual Academy Awards" on the ABC Television Network.
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The 83Rd Academy Awards¨ - James Franco (left) and Anne Hathaway (right) will serve as co-hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards, Oscars telecast. Academy...
The 83Rd Academy Awards® - James Franco (left) and Anne Hathaway (right) will serve as co-hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards, Oscars telecast. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live as "The 83rd Annual Academy Awards" on the ABC Television Network.
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- 1/25/2011
- by Jon Lachonis
- TVovermind.com
Here is the full list of Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards, to be held Feb. 27, 2011 in Los Angeles:
Best Motion Picture Of The Year
"Black Swan"(Fox Searchlight)
"The Fighter"(Paramount)
"Inception"(Warner Bros.)
"The Kids Are All Right"(Focus Features)
"The King’s Speech"(The Weinstein Company)
"127 Hours"(Fox Searchlight)
"The Social Network"(Sony Pictures Releasing)
"Toy Story 3"(Walt Disney)
"True Grit"(Paramount)
"Winter’s Bone"(Roadside Attractions)
Achievement In Directing
"Black Swan"(Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
"The Fighter"(Paramount), David O. Russell
"The King’s Speech"(The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
"The Social Network"(Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
"True Grit"(Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
Javier Bardemin "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions)
Jeff Bridgesin "True Grit" (Paramount)
Jesse Eisenbergin "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Colin Firth in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
James Francoin "127 Hours...
Best Motion Picture Of The Year
"Black Swan"(Fox Searchlight)
"The Fighter"(Paramount)
"Inception"(Warner Bros.)
"The Kids Are All Right"(Focus Features)
"The King’s Speech"(The Weinstein Company)
"127 Hours"(Fox Searchlight)
"The Social Network"(Sony Pictures Releasing)
"Toy Story 3"(Walt Disney)
"True Grit"(Paramount)
"Winter’s Bone"(Roadside Attractions)
Achievement In Directing
"Black Swan"(Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
"The Fighter"(Paramount), David O. Russell
"The King’s Speech"(The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
"The Social Network"(Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
"True Grit"(Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
Javier Bardemin "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions)
Jeff Bridgesin "True Grit" (Paramount)
Jesse Eisenbergin "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Colin Firth in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
James Francoin "127 Hours...
- 1/25/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
It’s been eagerly anticipated for a few months now but finally the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards nominations have been announced and there’s good news for us Brits with historical drama The King’s Speech nominated for a healthy 12 awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper) and three acting nominations for Colin Firth, who is tipped to take Best Actor, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.
It is followed by western remake True Grit with 10 noms including the Coen Brothers for Best Director(s) and mentions for Jeff Bridges and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld. The overall favourite for the Best Picture Oscar; The Social Network secured 8 nods along with sci-fi blockbuster Inception (8) though director Christopher Nolan was surprisingly snubbed (again!).
Also making the Best Picture list (number of nominations in brackets) are survival drama 127 Hours (6), ballerina thriller Black Swan (5), boxing drama The Fighter (7), family comedy The Kids Are All Right...
It is followed by western remake True Grit with 10 noms including the Coen Brothers for Best Director(s) and mentions for Jeff Bridges and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld. The overall favourite for the Best Picture Oscar; The Social Network secured 8 nods along with sci-fi blockbuster Inception (8) though director Christopher Nolan was surprisingly snubbed (again!).
Also making the Best Picture list (number of nominations in brackets) are survival drama 127 Hours (6), ballerina thriller Black Swan (5), boxing drama The Fighter (7), family comedy The Kids Are All Right...
- 1/25/2011
- by Craig Kell
- FilmShaft.com
Your full list of 2011 Oscar nominees, complete with my rambly, obvious predictions. Feel free to leave your own reactions / predictions in the comments: Best Picture Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are Alright The King’s Speech 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter’s Bone - Has to be Social Network unless the Academy goes out of its way to push against the Globes, in which case Black Swan has an outside shot. The King’s Speech is too relatively obscure to win the year after Hurt Locker – they’ll probably tend towards a more generally well-known film, plus Social Network double-rewards David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin. Two birds with one awkward stone that we had no idea would be such a juggernaut when we first heard about the idea of the movie and chuckled. Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” Jeff Bridges...
- 1/25/2011
- by Dan Hopper
- BestWeekEver
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- 1/25/2011
- Films N Movies
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