And then, there's Tilda...

In a year where Cate Blanchett and Amy Ryan (and lately, Ruby Dee) have dominated most of the Best Supporting Actress talk, Tilda Swinton remained as a solid contender through the entire awards season. Swinton is actually among the few actors that we accurately predicted back in June and now; as a first-time nominee; what else can we do but to enjoy her sophisticated turn in Michael Clayton...

Enjoy this clip (may contain spoilers)

The Next Scorsese...

Joey here...now I don't mean "the next Scorsese" as in talent (though ironically one of the directors in the late 90's who was coined as one of the next Scorsese's was in fact Kevin Smith...fun bit of trivia) but in the avenue of a director that is really overdue for an Oscar nomination or win. This year we had a few examples in Tim Burton, Ridley Scott, and Sidney Lumet. Other names that might spring to mind are David Cronenberg, Cameron Crowe, Peter Weir, etc...

What directors do you think are grossly overdue for recognition?

Veterans Can Win Oscars: Even She Knows That...

Veteran actress Ruby Dee's Oscar nomination for American Gangster was among this year's biggest (and most controversial) surprises. The now SAG winner has been getting considerable criticism for her very brief yet, memorable performance in the Ridley Scott hit.

If she wins the Oscar over favorites Cate Blanchett and Amy Ryan, you can attribute her win to this particular scene (and of course, the veteran factor).

What do you think? Is Ruby Dee a deserving Best Supporting Actress nominee?

Episode XXV: Top 5 Results

Just in case all the SAG Coverage makes it hard to find, here's the Academy Idol Results!

Outstanding Performance by a Cast

Tom Cruise presenting: (he scares me)

And the nominees are:

3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Into the Wild
Hairspray
No Country for Old Men

And the actor goes to.....No Country for Old Men

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Forest Whitaker presenting:

And the nominees are:

Cate Blanchett-Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie-Away from Her
Marion Cotillard-La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie-A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page-Juno

And the actor goes to.....Julie Christie

Best Male Actor in a LEading role

Kate Hudson & Matthew McConaughey Presenting:

And the nominees are:
George Clooney-Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis-There Will Be Blood
Ryan Gosling-Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch-Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen-Eastern Promises

And the actor goes to......Daniel Day-Lewis

These were my predictions

Posted earlier today just in case you missed with the Academy Idol post.

Best Ensemble: Into the Wild
Alternate: No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis-There Will Be Blood
Alternate: George Clooney-Michael Clayton
Best Actress: Julie Christie-Away from Her
Alternate: Ellen Page-Juno
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem-No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Hal Holbrook-Into the Wild
Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee-American Gangster
Alternate: Amy Ryan-Gone Baby Gone

Tommy Lee Jones Presenting:

No Country for Old Men clip!

Standing Ovation

She's so classy and beautiful!

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Viggo Mortensen presenting:

Cate Blanchett-I'm Not There
Ruby Dee-American Gangster
Catherine Keener-Into the Wild
Amy Ryan-Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton-Michael Clayton

And the actor goes to..........Ruby Dee!!!!!

More Blair Underwood

SAG Awards and technology!

That brought a tear

Heath Ledger at the end...

...a moment of silence needed in deed.

Josh Brolin Presenting: In Memoriam

In Memoriam!

Wow, sad times!

Mickey Rooney Presenting:

(standing ovation)

Can anyone look at him without thinking of that episode of Family Guy? LOL

"Mickey are you still working?"
-"No, I'm not working. I'm enjoying myself."

"I'm opening an envelope and when you're 87, THAT'S WORK!"

(Jane Rooney looks amazing! Wow!)

And the nominees for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries are:

Ellen Burstyn
Debra Messing-The Starter Wife
Anna Paquin-Bury My Heart in Wounded Knee (wow, she's blonde now)
Queen Latifah-Life Support !!!!!!!
Vanessa Redgrave-The Fever
Gena Rowlands

And the actor goes to.....Queen Latifah!!!!!!!!!! (HELL YEAH!)

Ben Foster Presenting:

3:10 to Yuma clip!

This movie kicks major pieces of ASS!

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Mini Series

Holly Hunter & James Spader Presenting:

the nominees are:

Michael Keaton (I love this man, You gotta love Batman)
Kevin Kline-As You Like It
Oliver Platt-The Bronx is Burning
Sam Shepard-Roughing It
John Turturro-The Bronx is Burning

and the actor goes to.....Kevin Kline

Question:

Why is J.K. Simmons growing the longest beard in the world?!

Charles Durning Honored!

Please welcome Denis Leary presenting Lifetime Achievement Award:

A hero in WWII
a boxer
a ballroom dancer,
all BEFORE he became an actor!

President of SAG

Alan spreads all his thanks!

More Blair Underwood

more history...

Commerical Break

When is the Writers Guild going back to work?! The producers and everyone involved need to give them what they want already! WE NEED TV!

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Comedy Series

Michael C. Hall & Jeanne Tripplehorn

The nominees are:

The Cast of: 30 Rock
The Cast of: Desperate Housewives
The Cast of: Entourage
The Cast of: The Office !!!!! (please win!)
The Cast of: Ugly Betty

And the actor goes to......The Office!!!!!!!!!!!! (YES!)

Ruby Dee Presenting:

American Gangster clip!

(Everyone is clapping for this veteran actress)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Kate Beckinsale & James Marsden presenting (woo Kate looks hot!)

The nominees are:

Alec Baldwin-30 Rock
Steve Carell-The Office !!!!! (please win!)
Ricky Gervais-Extras
Jeremy Piven-Entourage
Tony Shaloub=Monk

and the actor goes to......Alec Baldwin (who isn't there!)

Outstanding Performance by a Femae Actor in a Comedy Series

The nominees are:

Christina Applegate-Samantha Who?

America Ferrera-Ugly Betty

Tina Fey-30 Rock

Mary Louise Parker-Weeds

Vanessa Williams-Ugly Betty

the actor goes to....Tina Fey!

Commerical Break

Good speech Bardem!

"thanks to the Coen brothers for choosing the good takes and not the ones I, I.......sucked."

(aren't we all Javier!)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Marion Cotillard presenting:

the nominees are:

Casey Affleck-The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem-No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook-Into the Wild
Tommy Lee Jones-No Country for Old Men
Tom Wilkinson-Michael Clayton

The Actor goes to...Javier Bardem!!!!

Emile Hirsch & Hal Holbrook Presenting:

The Clip of Into the Wild!

(someone tell me why this isn't nominated for Best Picture again?)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series

Vanessa L. Williams & William Petersen presenting:

The nominees are:

Boston Legal
The Closer
Grey's Anatomy
Mad Men
The Sopranos

And the actor goes to....The Sopranos!

Welcome back!

Blair Underwood showing highlights of SAG!

June 30th, 1933 SAG was born!

Commerical Break

It feels so good to have an awards show!

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Debra Messing & Zac Efron presenting:

The nominees are...
Glenn Close-Damages
Edie Falco-The Sopranos
Sally Field-Brothers & Sisters
Holly Hunter-Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick-The Closer

The Actor goes to....Edie Falco-The Sopranos

Nikki Blonsky & John Travolta

presenting Hairspray clip!

Blonsky: does everyone like it?

(What a ugly dress!)

Standing Ovation

for James Gandolfini!

Short & sweet speech

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Steve Carell & Tina Fey Presenting:

The nominees are...
James Gandolfini-The Sopranos
Michael C. Hall-Dexter
Mad Men Guy-Mad Men
Hugh LAurie-House
James Spader-Boston Legal

The winner is...James Gandolfini

My name is Kyle MacLachlan

I'm an actor!

I'm Johnny Depp

I'm an actor!

Not really Depp LOL

My name is Rebecca Romijn

I'm an actor!

Runways in your underpants

My name is Sandra Oh....

I'm an actor!

Ugly bow by the way!

My name is Ellen Burstyn

and I'm an actor!

Gorgeous!

My name is Doug Savant

I'm an actor!

LOL!

My name is Sally Field...

and I'm an actor!

LIVE SAG Coverage

Begins now...

Oh by the way...

Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Won the Directors Guild of America!

SAG Predictions & Academy Idol Episode XXV: Top 5 Results

Best Ensemble: Into the Wild

Alternate: No Country for Old Men

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis-There Will Be Blood

Alternate: George Clooney-Michael Clayton

Best Actress: Julie Christie-Away from Her

Alternate: Ellen Page-Juno

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem-No Country for Old Men

Alternate: Hal Holbrook-Into the Wild

Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee-American Gangster

Alternate: Amy Ryan-Gone Baby Gone

The video works now!

SAG Awards: No Country for Surprises?

The SAG Award for Best Ensemble is usually a great Oscar predictor but what to do this year when out of the 5 nominees, only No Country for Old Men is hoping for Oscar glory.

The actors really went for the familiar faces this year and so, we have the Russell Crowe hits 3:10 to Yuma and American Gangster nominated along with Sean Penn's Into the Wild and of course, Hairspray (which makes Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Brittany Snow and Amanda Bynes first-time nominees).

Will No Country for Old Men continue its killer streak or Will Into the Wild get the recognition it will now never get at the Academy Awards?

Share your SAG Predictions!

Happy Happy Joy Joy.....and such

Hi all, Joey here...ladies and gents, it's time to air out which of the Oscar noms made your day and which omissions brought a tear to your eye.

My yays go to Juno in general, Hal Holbrook, Falling Slowly from Once, and Jason Reitman.

My nays go to the beating Into the Wild took (especially in regard to Eddie Vedder's music and Emile Hirsch), Ryan Gosling's snub, and a shutdown for Knocked Up


how bout you?

2nd Online Community Awards!

Our Full List of Winners:

2nd Online Community Awards
Official Results
(Chosen by our readers)

Best Picture
There Will Be Blood

Best Director
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

Best Ensemble
No Country for Old Men

Best Cameo/Limited Performance
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild

Best Child/Young Performance
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

Breakthrough Performance
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild

Best Screenplay
No Country for Old Men

Best Editing
There Will Be Blood

Best Cinematography
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly

Best Costume Design
Sweeney Todd

Best Art Direction
Sweeney Todd

Best Makeup
Hairspray

Best Sound
Transformers

Best Visual Effects
Transformers

Best Score (Original or Pre-Recorded)
Sweeney Todd

Best Song (Original or Pre-Recorded)
"That's How You Know," Enchanted

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly

Best Documentary
No End in Sight

Popcorn Film of the Year
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Comedy
Juno

Best Comedic Performance
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Scene
"The Bathhouse Fight" from Eastern Promises

Best Quote
"What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?" from No Country for Old Men

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AwardsDaily

Best Awards Coverage by a Blog
And The Winner Is

Click here for our full list of nominees and thank you for voting!

Original Predictions

Does anyone have their original predictions of this year's Oscars? If you do, look at them and see how stupid you may feel or how incredible of a lucky guesser you are. Here is mine. I'm a sad, sad man! LOL. The asterik indicates my predicted winner. Share yours with us!

BEST PICTURE

AMERICAN GANGSTER*
RESERVATION ROAD
SWEENEY TODD
CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
CHAPTER 27

BEST ACTOR

JOAQUIN PHOENIX-RESERVATION ROAD*
JOHNNY DEPP-SWEENEY TODD
VIGGO MORTENSEN-EASTERN PROMISES
DENZEL WASHINGTON-AMERICAN GANGSTER
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS-THERE WILL BE BLOOD

BEST ACTRESS

CATHERINE KEENER-AN AMERICAN CRIME*
NAOMI WATTS-EASTERN PROMISES
ANNE HATHAWAY-BECOMING JANE
JENNIFER CONNELLY-RESERVATION ROAD
NICOLE KIDMAN-HIS DARK MATERIALS: THE GOLDEN COMPASS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

TOM WILKINSON-MICHAEL CLAYTON*
MARK RUFFALO-RESERVATION ROAD
VINCENT CASSEL-EASTERN PROMISES
SACHA BARON COHEN-SWEENEY TODD
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN-CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

JULIE WALTERS-BECOMING JANE*
NATALIE PORTMAN-THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
HELENA BONHAM CARTER-SWEENEY TODD
JULIANNE MOORE-I’M NOT THERE
ELLEN PAGE-AN AMERICAN CRIME

BEST DIRECTOR

RIDLEY SCOTT-AMERICAN GANGSTER*
MIKE NICHOLS-CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
TERRY GEORGE-RESERVATION ROAD
TIM BURTON-SWEENEY TODD
MARC FOSTER-THE KITE RUNNER

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

THERE WILL BE BLOOD*
EASTERN PROMISES
MICHAEL CLAYTON
SILK
CHAPTER 27

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

RESERVATION ROAD*
AMERICAN GANGSTER
SWEENEY TODD
CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
THE KITE RUNNER

Academy Idols Polls Closing

Poll closes this afternoon/evening....Get your votes in, there are over 10,000 votes coming in and the race couldn't be closer. Make sure you're favorite stays!

Davis Film Nominees

Over at the blog, the nominees are up...Winners will be announced soon along with the Top 10 films of the year. Click here

Change of Pace...

Joey here...I know everyone is still in shock over the death of Heath Ledger, but instead of just talking about his death, or his childhood, or quoting friends and family, I just want to quickly mention some of the highlights that his career had, and how these films will both be completely different to watch and essential to watch in order to keep his memory alive:

10 Things I Hate About You- What last week was just a fun romp to throw on late at night is now something you watch to see how good Ledger was, even when he was just starting out.

Brokeback Mountain- No one doubted his talent after seeing this gem, and even if you weren't a fan of the film, his scenes at the end of the film as a lonely old man had to tug at your heart. Now, they'll make you cry harder and longer, for different reasons....

Candy- An underrated film that given the circumstances of his passing will be hard to watch for many. This rivals Requiem for a Dream as a drug tale and is well worth a view to anyone who can stand the experience for his performance alone.

I'm Not There- This year we got to see him take on a version of Bob Dylan, and it was perhaps his most challenging role ever. What he gave us was a multi layered performance in a multi layered film that stood out in a film that was for some hard to comprehend.

The Dark Knight- Heath's last gift to us will be his take on Batman's most feared rival. Early glimpses at him in his crazy clown mode made those of us that looked foward to this film practically wet ourselves. I still want to see the movie in a big bad way, but now I also want to see it so I can see one last great performance from him.

To close this out, I figured it was appropriate to go with a movie quote, and an uplifting one if possible. Here goes nothing:

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend...

There Will Be Milshakes?

I was just sent this and my first thought was, share it. Do you think there will be milshakes next month?

Academy Idol

Heath Ledger Found Dead!!

Breaking news
MSNBC News Services
updated 19 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28.

According to the New York Times, Ledger was found naked and unconscious with pills strewn all around him in an apartment owned by actress Mary-Kate Olsen. Police sources told the Times that the death appeared to be a suicide.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the apartment. The housekeeper, who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there, found him unconscious at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET, according to the New York Times. After receiving no response from the actor after shaking him, they called authorities.

“We are investigating the possibility of an overdose,” Browne said. “There were pills within the vicinity of the bed.”

The Australian-born actor was nominated for an Oscar for “Brokeback Mountain,” where he met actress Michelle Williams, in 2005. Ledger and Williams had lived in Brooklyn with their 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, until they split up last year.

Ledger was to appear as the Joker this year in “The Dark Knight,” a sequel to 2005’s “Batman Begins.” He’s had starring roles in “A Knight’s Tale” and “The Patriot,” and played the suicidal son of Billy Bob Thornton in “Monster’s Ball.”

Continue the story here.

Reactions to the Nominations!

Best Picture

Atonement makes it, but Into the Wild doesn't. So I had my foot in my mouth putting it in the front as the likely winner. I can admit when I'm wrong. Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood make it as expected. Juno makes the attack of all attacks today...

Igloo Prediction: 4/5 - missing Atonement for Into the Wild

Davis Blog - 4/5 - missing Juno for Into the Wild (Juno was alternate)

Best Director

...with Jason Reitman pulling a 1998 Full Monty move, mirroring the Best Picture nomination with a director bid. Paul Thomas Anderson, Joel & Ethan Coen, and Julian Schnabel show up as expected. Tony Gilroy even though predicted by many, people were expecting him to get the shaft for the lone director spot which went to Schnabel.

Igloo Prediction - 4/5 - missing Reitman for Penn

Davis Blog - 4/5 - missing Reitman for Penn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

George Clooney & Daniel Day-Lewis make their expected showing. Johnny Depp was vulnerable for sometime and made the cut. Could he upset Lewis? It's great to see Viggo Mortensen with his first nomination because he truly is fabulous in Eastern Promises. But the talk of the hour...Where the hell did Tommy Lee Jones come from with his nomination for In the Valley of Elah. His buzz was completely dead for the past two months and he made a sneak attack big time. It's great to see him nominated again and for the right film.

Igloo Prediction - 4/5 - missing Jones for Gosling

Davis Blog - 4/5 - missing Jones for Hirsch

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

What seem sealed for weeks has completely revamped into an interesting race. Ellen Page, Julie Christie, and Marion Cotillard make their showings. Angelina Jolie is left off in place of not only Cate Blanchett's horrific film but for the gorgeous and talented Laura Linney for The Savages. Does she have the steam to upset favorites Christie & Cotillard? Can Page jump in front? Any four of those are feasible winners at this point.

Igloo Prediction - 4/5 - missing Linney for Jolie

Davis Blog - 3/5 - missing Linney & Blanchett for Marinca & Jolie (Blanchett was alternate)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

As boring as it is, these five men had been locked in for weeks. Affleck, Hoffman, Bardem, Holbrook, and Wilkinson all make it. Bardem has the precursors and momentum but Holbrook could snag it on veteran and career status alone. It'll be a close one. We'll see how SAG goes...

Igloo Prediction - 4/5 - missing Hoffman for Jones (No Country)

Davis Blog - 5/5 !!! (Woo hoo!)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

So little Saoirse Ronan did make the cut. Wow, I thought she was out. Keener is left off for Into the Wild which is a huge disappointment. She finally can get nominated for a great performance and AMPAS forgets her. Dee makes it for the mediorce American Gangster. I'm just glad the film didn't.

Igloo Predictions - 4/5 - missing Dee for Keener

Davis Blog - 4/5 - missing Ronan for Keener

Screenplays

Original went as predicted with no surprises there. The Academy wasn't cool enough to nominate Knocked Up or clever enough to nominate Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.

Adapted on the other hand, had Away from Her making a late surge into the race and Atonement making it in the end despite the WGA snub. I believe Juno & No Country for Old Men may have this in the bag.

Igloo Predictions - Original - 5/5 !!!!

Adapted - 4/5 - missing Away from Her for Into the Wild

Davis Blog - Original - 5/5 !!!!

Adapted - 3/5 - missing Away from Her & Atonement for Into the Wild & Zodaic

Technical Nominations

Art Direction

Igloo Prediction - 3/5 missing American Gangster & The Golden Compass

Davis Blog - 4/5 - missing American Gangster

Costume Design
Igloo Prediction - 2/5 - missing Elizabeth: The Golden Age, La Vie en Rose, Across the Universe
Davis Blog - 4/5 - missing Across the Universe

Cinematography
Igloo Predictions - 5/5 !!!!
Davis Blog - 5/5 !!!!

Film Editing
Igloo Predictions - 4/5 - missing The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (alternate)
Davis Blog - 4/5 - missing The Diving Bell & the Butterfly

Makeup
Igloo Prediction - 1/3 missing Pirates & Norbit (both alternates)
Davis Blog - 1/3 missing Pirates & Norbit

Original Score
Igloo Prediction - 3/5 - missing 3:10 to Yuma & Michael Clayton
Davis Blog - 3/5 - missing Michael Clayton & Ratatouille (alternate)

Original Song
Igloo Prediction - 2/5 - missing two Enchanted songs and August Rush
Davis Blog - 1/5 - only naming Once "Falling Slowly"

Sound Mixing
Igloo Prediction - 3/5 - missing 3:10 to Yuma & Ratatouille
Davis Blog - 2/5 - only getting Bourne & Transformers

Sound Editing
Igloo Prediction - 2/5 - only calling Ratatouille & Transformers
Davis Blog - 2/5 - only calling Ratatouille & Transformers

Visual Effects
Igloo Prediction - 3/3 !!!!
Davis Blog - 3/3 !!!!

All in all, a pretty great day. What was the most surprising to you?

The Oscar Nominations!

No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood lead... Who will Win?

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DW/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction
"American Gangster" (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.): Roger Deakins
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design
"Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
"Atonement" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production: Richard E. Robbins
"Sicko" (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production: Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
"Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
"War/Dance" (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best documentary short subject
"Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
"La Corona (The Crown)" A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
"Salim Baba" A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production: Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
"Sari's Mother" (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley

Achievement in film editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling
"Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year
"Beaufort" Israel
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia

Achievement in makeup
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
"Norbit" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
"The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics): Alberto Iglesias
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush" (Warner Bros.): Nominees to be determined
"So Close" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Best animated short film
"I Met the Walrus" A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin
"Madame Tutli-Putli" (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
"Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)" (Channel One Russia) A *beep* Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov
"Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Best live action short film
"At Night" A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
"Il Supplente (The Substitute)" (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production: Andrea Jublin
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
"Tanghi Argentini" (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
"The Tonto Woman" A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Achievement in sound editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Matthew Wood
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate): Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay

"Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
"Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay

"Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

Tuesday Morning Shockers...

Nominations in all categories are already here, I really didn't see coming Linney and Jones' nominations but I'm glad we all got some surprises to talk about this morning.

Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood make our official Best Picture lineup but only the last two made the Film Editing category.

Jason Reitman finally got recognition (where it counts the most) for Juno and I guess you can say the same about Surf's Up. (?)

Where you surprised by Jolie's snub? What surprised you the most this morning?

FYC for You and Me?

Hi all...tis Joey, as usual...time for some last minute panicking before you see if your favorite flicks make the cut or not

So I propose that now we all make our personal FYC ads.....what do you have your fingers especially crossed for?

I'm crossin fingers and toes for....

- Into the Wild in general, though a special mention for Emile Hirsch, the movie itself, Hal Holbrook, and the songs from the flick. God I love Eddie Vedder's soundtrack

- Juno for best pic and Ellen Page for best actress

- Songs from Once

how bout you guys?

Good luck to your films tomorrow morning as well!

Scores Ineligible?

It has come to my attention, There Will Be Blood, Into the Wild, and Enchanted are ineligible for Original Score.

This is sucky news especially for Blood & Wild which both had amazing music; both adding to their films moods respectively.

Final predictions are over at my blog and over at The Igloo. Make sure you're up tomorrow at 8:30ET for the nominations. It's going to be nerve racking the whole time, I'm sure.

The Calm Before...

...Tomorrow, when everyone in the world but us (film lovers) is sleeping, nominations for the 80th Academy Awards will be finally announced. Will Atonement come back to the main race? Will Cate Blanchett receive two more nods? Will Zodiac find some love, anywhere?

Tomorrow is just the (second) biggest day of the year for us so make sure to come back throughout the day to read all our reactions and of course, make sure to share your own (because those are the ones we really care about)...

Your last minute thoughts...

Was I the only one who thought.....

the Giants - Packers game today resembled a great sports movie?

Very cinematic indeed


and on the cinema note.....Cloverfield has surprisingly good cinematography....really impressive



just thought i'd throw that out there

Academy Idol Episode XXIII: Top 6 Results

Oscar Is Coming, Who'll Be Snubbed?

Just when we are thinking the road to the Oscar is getting very predictable, the Academy always throw in one or two big shockers... In a year with so many worthy contenders, who do you think will be snubbed?

If I Had An Oscar Ballot.....

Joey here...this is what my ballot would look like...keep in mind, this is not what I believe to be what WILL be nominated, but what I would personally nominate. Perhaps gives a bit of insight into what I thought about the year in film.....

Here it is:

Best Picture-
Into the Wild
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Once
There Will Be Blood

Best Director-
Paul Thomas Anderson- There Will Be Blood
Ethan and Joel Coen- No Country for Old Men
David Fincher- Zodiac
Sean Penn- Into the Wild
Jason Reitman- Juno

Best Actor-
Christian Bale- Rescue Dawn
John Cusack - Grace is Gone
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Emile Hirsch- Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen- Eastern Promises

Best Actress-
Amy Adams- Enchanted
Julie Christie- Away From Her
Marion Cottilard- La Vie En Rose
Ellen Page- Juno
Kerri Russell- Waitress

Best Supporting Actor-
Casey Affleck- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem- No Country for Old Men
Michael Cera- Juno
Robert Downey Jr.- Zodiac
Hal Holbrook- Into the Wild

Best Supporting Actress-
Cate Blanchett- I'm Not There
Jennifer Garner- Juno
Catherine Keener- Into the Wild
Leslie Mann- Knocked Up
Amy Ryan- Gone Baby Gone

Best Orginal Screenplay-
Judd Apatow- Knocked Up
John Carney- Once
Diablo Cody- Juno
Tony Gilroy- Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver- Lars and the Real Girl

Best Adapted Screenplay-
Paul Thomas Anderson- There Will Be Blood
Ethan and Joel Coen- No Country for Old Men
Sean Penn- Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin- Charlie Wilson's War
James Vanderbilt- Zodiac

Best Animated Feature-
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Best Documentary-
Body of War
Lake of Fire
No End in Sight
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side

Best Foreign Film-
(Some of these films are not eligible, but due to my limited foreign film knowledge I had to wing it)
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
The Orphanage
Persepolis
The Unknown Woman
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Best Original Score-
Michael Brook with Kaki King and Eddie Vedder- Into the Wild
Clint Eastwood- Grace is Gone
Johnny Greenwood- There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli- Atonement
Alan Menken- Enchanted

Best Original Song-
Judd Apatow and Co (Walk Hard)- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (Falling Slowly)- Once
John Mayer (Say)- The Bucket List
Eddie Vedder (Garaunteed)- Into the Wild
Eddie Vedder (Society)- Into the Wild

Best Cinematography-
Roger Deakins- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Roger Deakins- No Country for Old Men
Robert Elswit- There Will Be Blood
Eric Gautier- Into the Wild
Janusz Kaminski- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Film Editing-
Jay Cassidy- Into the Wild
The Coen Brothers aka Roderick Jaynes- No Country for Old Men
John Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Chris Lebenzon- Sweeney Todd
Christopher Rouse- The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Art Direction-
Dante Ferretti; Francesca Lo Schiavo - Sweeney Todd
Jack Fisk; Jim Erickson - There Will Be Blood
Dennis Gassner; Anna Pinnock - The Golden Compass
Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer - Atonement
Andrew Menzies; Jay Hart - 3:10 to Yuma

Best Costume Design-
Colleen Atwood - Sweeney Todd
Mark Bridges - There Will Be Blood
Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jacqueline Durran - Atonement
Rita Ryack - Hairspray

Best Makeup-
300
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
La Vie En Rose

Best Sound Mixing-
Beowulf
The Bourne Ultimatum
Into the Wild
Sweeney Todd
Transformers

Best Sound Editing-
300
Beowulf
Ratatouille
Sunshine
Transformers

Best Visual Effects-
300
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

-Into the Wild leads my nominations with a dozen mentions, followed by There Will Be Blood with 8 and both No Country and Juno with 6...

Final Predictions About

Editor, Johnny Alba is putting up his new predictions throughout the weekend on the MainSite. I also put up my final predictions on my blog. Check those out and place your final predictions as well. We're all do for some surprises on Tuesday morning.

Episode XXII: Top 6 Musical Score & Song Week

What better way to prep for the Oscar noms than...

by seeing Cloverfield this weekend!!

I kid of course, though I am totally going to be seeing this flick as early as possible....looks 47 kinds of cool.


Today's musing....which film is most likely to not get the nominations we/they are expecting? Will No Country for Old Men somehow be snubbed in a major way? Will the Academy not like Juno or Into the Wild as much as others?

Personally, I think they may not be too into There Will Be Blood, but I still think it'll get nominated in a lot of categories simply out of respect for what PTA did.

What do you guys think?

Costume Guild of America Nominees

Contemporary film

Blades of Glory
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
Ocean’s Thirteen

Period film

Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en rose
Sweeney Todd
3:10 to Yuma

Fantasy category:

Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
300

Which five will make it?

One Week to Go Predictions!

New Predictions on my Blog: Click here

We're All Working 9 to 5!

Nine films, five spots. What can happen next week when nominations are announced? I'll tell you this:

No Country for Old Men is the only locked film in the Best Picture race no matter what critics are saying. On nomination morning, that is the only one if not called, would surprise the entire Oscar world. Atonement has floundered big time in the past weeks; being absent from WGA, DGA, PGA, and SAG did serious damage. Even the Editor's passed on the film. Is it this year's Letters from Iwo Jima & Munich? I sincerely hope so.

Michael Clayton has made a serious threat to make it in the Picture race. Clooney, Wilkinson, & Swinton are all likely to be nominated if not locked, and Gilroy has the DGA on his side. It has the momentum, it has the star power, but Gilroy's nomination would be the most vulnerable for a snub.

There Will Be Blood has a chance to shine in as this year's Gangs of New York. With star Daniel Day-Lewis locked in, the film has been making some serious waves. Paul Thomas Anderson has the DGA, the film has PGA, and a whole lot of tech guilds have taken notice. It seems to be a very likely nomination.

Into the Wild, which I believe to be this year's Best Picture winner at this point, has made some shook and jives this awards season. No Globe or PGA love but gets WGA, SAG, and DGA. I'd be surprised if it didn't make the cut personally, but Oscars do tend to forget the great ones often.

Juno, The Diving Bell & the Butterfly, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and American Gangster are all fighting for some love too.

1. Juno is contemporary, fun, and popular with audiences.
2. The Diving Bell & the Butterfly has Julian Schnabel at a near lock for a Best Director nomination. The foreign language barrier isn't too much when the film has been praised as much as it has.
3. Sweeney Todd definitely has the popularity of Johnny Depp on its side along with Director, Tim Burton. As lukewarm as the film is from being great nor bad, it needs #1 votes which may be scarce on the Academy's part.
4. American Gangster is another lukewarm effort. Definitely not Ridley Scott's best film with so-so performances isn't the materials needed for Best Picture. BAFTA nod helps a lot but does it mean anything? Probably not.

Besides these 9 films, are there any surprises to come through? Of course.

3:10 to Yuma could show up, maybe Haispray (God I hope not.) What if the Academy becomes supercool and nominates The Bourne Ultimatum. (Yeah right, they're not cool like that yet.)

So who is going to make the cut in the Best Picture race? Why don't you tell us, comment the post.

Oscar Poster

Here it is, hopefully we get a telecast.

BAFTA Nominations!

Joey here....stayed up to catch the BAFTA nominations live online and be able to post them as soon as possible...a vague attempt at a scoop for the site I suppose...well, enough of me, y'all want to know about the nominees....here they are:

FILM
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Brian Grazer/Ridley Scott
ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Scott Rudin/Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – JoAnne Sellar/Paul Thomas Anderson/Daniel Lupi

BEST BRITISH FILM
ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster/Joe Wright/Christopher Hampton
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Frank Marshall/Patrick Crowley/Paul L Sandberg/Paul Greengrass/Tony Gilroy/Scott Z Burns/George Nolfi
CONTROL – Orian Williams/ Todd Eckert/Anton Corbijn/Matt Greenhalgh
EASTERN PROMISES – Paul Webster/Robert Lantos/David Cronenberg/Steve Knight
THIS IS ENGLAND – Mark Herbert/Shane Mead

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
CHRIS ATKINS (Director/Writer) – Taking Liberties
MIA BAYS (Producer) – Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
SARAH GAVRON (Director) – Brick Lane
MATT GREENHALGH (Writer) – Control
ANDREW PIDDINGTON (Director/Writer) – The Killing of John Lennon

DIRECTOR
ATONEMENT – Joe Wright
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Paul Greengrass
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Paul Thomas Anderson

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Steven Zaillian
JUNO – Diablo Cody
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
MICHAEL CLAYTON – Tony Gilroy
THIS IS ENGLAND – Shane Meadows

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ATONEMENT – Christopher Hampton
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – Ronald Harwood
THE KITE RUNNER – David Benioff
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Paul Thomas Anderson

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – Kathleen Kennedy/Jon Kilik/Julian Schnabel
THE KITE RUNNER – William Horberg/Walter Parkes/Rebecca Yeldham/Marc Foster
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann/Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
LUST, CAUTION – Bill Kong/James Schamus/Ang Lee
LA VIE EN ROSE – Alain Goldman/Olivier Dahan

ANIMATED FILM
RATATOUILLE – Brad Bird
SHREK THE THIRD – Chris Miller
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE – Matt Groening/James L Brooks

LEADING ACTOR
GEORGE CLOONEY – Michael Clayton
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – There Will Be Blood
JAMES McAVOY – Atonement
VIGGO MORTENSEN – Eastern Promises
ULRICH MÜHE – The Lives of Others

LEADING ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
JULIE CHRISTIE – Away From Her
MARION COTILLARD – La Vie en Rose
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – Atonement
ELLEN PAGE – Juno

SUPPORTING ACTOR
JAVIER BARDEM – No Country for Old Men
PAUL DANO – There Will Be Blood
TOMMY LEE JONES – No Country for Old Men
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Charlie Wilson’s War
TOM WILKINSON – Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT – I’m Not There
KELLY MACDONALD – No Country for Old Men
SAMANTHA MORTON – Control
SAOIRSE RONAN – Atonement
TILDA SWINTON – Michael Clayton

MUSIC
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Marc Streitenfeld
ATONEMENT – Dario Marianelli
THE KITE RUNNER – Alberto Iglesias
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Jonny Greenwood
LA VIE EN ROSE – Christopher Gunning

CINEMATOGRAPHY
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Harris Savides
ATONEMENT – Seamus McGarvey
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Oliver Wood
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Roger Deakins
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Robert Elswit

EDITING
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Pietro Scalia
ATONEMENT – Paul Tothill
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Christopher Rouse
MICHAEL CLAYTON – John Gilroy
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Roderick Jaynes

PRODUCTION DESIGN
ATONEMENT – Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Guy Hendrix Dyas/Richard Roberts
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Stuart Craig/Stephenie McMillan
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Jack Fisk/Jim Erickson
LA VIE EN ROSE – Olivier Raoux

COSTUME DESIGN
ATONEMENT – Jacqueline Durran
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Alexandra Byrne
LUST, CAUTION – Pan Lai
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – Colleen Atwood
LA VIE EN ROSE – Marit Allen

SOUND
ATONEMENT – Danny Hambrook/Paul Hamblin/Catherine Hodgson
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Kirk Francis/Scott Millan/Dave Parker/Karen Baker Landers/Per Hallberg
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Peter Kurland/Skip Lievsay/Craig Berkey/Greg Orloff
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Christopher Scarabosio/Matthew Wood/John Pritchett/Michael Semanick/Tom Johnson
LA VIE EN ROSE – Laurent Zeilig/Pascal Villard/Jean-Paul Hurier/Marc Doisne

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Peter Chiang/Charlie Noble/Mattias Lindahl/Joss Williams
THE GOLDEN COMPASS – Michael Fink/Bill Westenhofer/Ben Morris/Trevor Woods
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Tim Burke/John Richardson/Emma Norton/Chris Shaw
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END – John Knoll/Charles Gibson/Hal Hickel/John Frazier
SPIDER-MAN 3 – Scott Stokdyk/Peter Nofz/Kee-Suk Ken Hahn/Spencer Cook

MAKE UP & HAIR
ATONEMENT – Ivana Primorac
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Jenny Shircore
HAIRSPRAY – Nominees TBC
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – Ivana Primorac
LA VIE EN ROSE – Jan Archibald/Didier Lavergne

SHORT ANIMATION
THE PEARCE SISTERS – Jo Allen/Luis Cook
HEAD OVER HEELS – Osbert Parker/Fiona Pitkin/Ian Gouldstone
THE CRUMBLEGIANT – Pearse Moore/John McCloskey

SHORT FILM
DOG ALTOGETHER – Diarmid Scrimshaw/Paddy Considine
HESITATION – Julien Berlan/Michelle Eastwood/Virginia Gilbert
THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER PLAYS WALLIS ISLAND – Charlie Henderson/James Griffiths/Tim Key/Tom Basden
SOFT – Jane Hooks/Simon Ellis
THE STRONGER – Dan McCulloch/Lia Williams/Frank McGuinness

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
SHIA LABEOUF
SIENNA MILLER
ELLEN PAGE
SAM RILEY
TANG WEI

BAFTA Predictions (Majors Only)

Nominees will be announced at 2:45AM ET. I will be sleeping by then but rest assured, they'll be up tomorrow morning. Here are my predictions:

Best Picture
Atonement
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
The Bourne Ultimatum

Alternate: The Kite Runner

Best Director
Joe Wright-Atonement
Julian Schnabel-The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen-No Country for Old Men
Sean Penn-Into the Wild
Tony Gilroy-Michael Clayton

Alternate: Paul Greengrass-The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Adapted Screenplay
Atonement
Into the Wild
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Letters from Iwo Jima

Alternate: Control

Best Original Screenplay
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Juno
Once
Eastern Promises
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Alternate: Michael Clayton

Best Actor
Christian Bale-3:10 to Yuma
Daniel Day-Lewis-There Will Be Blood
George Clooney-Michael Clayton
James McAvoy-Atonement
Sam Riley-Control

Alternate: Emile Hirsch-Into the Wild

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett-Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie-Away from Her
Marion Cotillard-La Vie en Rose
Tang Wei-Lust, Caution
Angelina Jolie-A Mighty Heart

Alternate: Keira Knightley-Atonement

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck-The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem-No Country for Old Men
Armin Mueller-Stahl-Eastern Promises
Tom Wilkinson-Michael Clayton
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada -The Kite Runner

Alternate: Hal Holbrook-Into the Wild

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett-I'm Not There
Vanessa Redgrave-Atonement
Samantha Morton-Control
Saoirse Ronan-Atonement
Tilda Swinton-Michael Clayton

Alternate: Catherine Keener-Into the Wild

The Belle of the (Oscar) Ball...

Hi all...Joey here, and today I put forth the following item for discussion....which film does everyone think will be the most nominated by the Academy when the nominees are announced? Will No Country for Old Men dominate the nominations? Or will Atonement prove to really be tailor made for the Academy? Or will something like Sweeney Todd make a killing (pun intended)?

Personally, I think Into the Wild will end up with the most nominations (not just because it's my favorite film of the year) due to it's potential for a strong showing in almost any category....it could reach double digits, nominations wise.


Go ahead guys...tear this one apart!

Who will be the proverbial belle of the ball?

Foreign Language Finalists

Austria, The Counterfeiters
Brazil, The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Canada, Days of Darkness
Israel, Beaufort
Italy, The Unknown
Kazakhstan, Mongol
Poland, Katyn
Russia, 12
Serbia, The Trap

4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, The Orphanage, Persepolis don't make the cut? Wow, I guess it wasn't their forte. 5 of these films will be nominees.

Last Day of Contest

Today is the last day of the contest I am running. You can click here to enter and to see the rules of the entry. No entries after midnight will be accepted. The prizes is a Double DVD of Terminator and Robocop, and 2 FREE movie tickets. Good luck everyone!

Nominees will be announced by the end of the week on The Davis Blog!

Online Community Awards Nominees!

More than 200 members of The Oscar® Igloo community voted for their favorite films and performances of the last year! Thank you for your participation and make sure to stay tuned for the winners announcement on January 25st!

2nd Online Community Awards

Official Nominations

Best Picture

Into the Wild

Juno

No Country for Old Men

Sweeney Todd

There Will Be Blood

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd

Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

David Fincher, Zodiac

Sidney Lumet, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Best Actor

George Clooney, Michael Clayton

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd

Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild

Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Best Actress

Amy Adams, Enchanted

Julie Christie, Away from Her

Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Laura Linney, The Savages

Ellen Page, Juno

Best Supporting Actor

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War

Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

Leslie Mann, Knocked Up

Kelly Macdonald, No Country for Old Men

Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

Best Ensemble

3:10 to Yuma

Atonement

Into the Wild

No Country for Old Men

Zodiac

Best Cameo/Limited Performance

Sacha Baron Cohen, Sweeney Todd

Ben Foster, 3:10 to Yuma

Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild

Samantha Morton, Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement

Best Child/Young Performance

Logan Lerman, 3:10 to Yuma

Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, The Kite Runner

Dakota Blue Richards, The Golden Compass

Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

Ed Sanders, Sweeney Todd

Breakthrough Performance

Gerard Butler, 300

Glen Hansard, Once

Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild

Shia LaBeouf, Disturbia

Ellen Page, Juno

Best Screenplay

Into the Wild

Juno

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Zodiac

Best Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum

Into the Wild

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Sweeney Todd

Best Cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Into the Wild

The Diving Bell & The Butterfly

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Best Costume Design

3:10 to Yuma

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Atonement

Hairspray

Sweeney Todd

Best Art Direction

Atonement

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

I Am Legend

Sweeney Todd

There Will Be Blood

Best Makeup

300

The Diving Bell & The Butterfly

Hairspray

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Sound

3:10 to Yuma

American Gangster

The Bourne Ultimatum

Sweeney Todd

Transformers

Best Visual Effects

300

The Golden Compass

I Am Legend

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Transformers

Best Score (Original or Pre-Recorded)

Atonement

Enchanted

Eastern Promises

Sweeney Todd

There Will Be Blood

Best Song (Original or Pre-Recorded)

"Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)," Hairspray

"Do You Feel Me," American Gangster

"Falling Slowly," Once

"Guaranteed," Into the Wild

"That's How You Know," Enchanted

Best Animated Film

Bee Movie

Beowulf

Persepolis

The Simpsons Movie

Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

The Diving Bell & The Butterfly

The Kite Runner

Lust, Caution

Persepolis

Best Documentary

The King of Kong

No End in Sight

Sicko

Popcorn Film of the Year

300

American Gangster

The Bourne Ultimatum

I Am Legend

Transformers

Best Comedy

Enchanted

Juno

Knocked Up

Ratatouille

The Savages

Best Comedic Performance

Amy Adams, Enchanted

Michael Cera, Superbad

Ellen Page, Juno

Seth Rogen, Knocked Up

Keri Russell, Waitress

Best Scene

"Leonidas' Final Stand" from 300

"Dunkirk Beach" from Atonement

"The Bathhouse Fight" from Eastern Promises

"You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray

"Standoff at Hotel Room" from No Country for Old Men

Best Quote

"This is Sparta!" from 300

"I don't really know what kind of girl I am" from Juno

"I am Shiva, the God of Death" from Michael Clayton

"What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?" from No Country for Old Men

"I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!" from There Will Be Blood

And, we are proud to introduce the next nominations to our all peers who shared their passion for film and the Oscars with the world during 2007:

Best Awards Coverage by a Website

AwardsDaily

The Envelope (LA Times)

The Film Experience

Oscar Addict

Oscar Frenzy

Best Awards Coverage by a Blog

And The Winner Is

Oscar Obsession

Red Carpet District (Variety)

Thompson on Hollywood (Variety)

Strange Culture

Don't forget to share your thoughts and predictions (personal picks)!

And the PGA Nominees Are...

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax)
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax/Paramount Vantage)
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)

At this point, the only film locked for a Best Picture nomination is No Country for Old Men. Any of these films could be left off the shortlist in the end.

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
"Bee Movie" (Dreamworks Animation)
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation)
"The Simpsons Movie" (20th Century FOX)

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN DOCUMENTARY THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
"Body Of War" (Phil Donahue Productions/Mobilus Media)
"Hear And Now" (HBO)
"Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song" (The Weinstein Company)
"Sicko" (The Weinstein Company)
"White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki" (HBO)

THE DAVID L. WOLPER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN LONG-FORM TELEVISION
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" (HBO)
"The Bronx Is Burning" (ESPN)
"High School Musical 2" (The Disney Channel)
"Jane Eyre" (PBS/BBC)
"The Starter Wife" (USA Network)

Producers Guild of America Predictions

Predictions

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Into the Wild
3. The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
4. Atonement
5. Michael Clayton

Alternates

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Juno
3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
4. American Gangster
5. Ratatouille

Post-Golden Globe Predictions

Over at The Davis Blog>>>>>

Academy Idol Episode XXI: Top 7 Results

More....

Best Song - "Guaranteed" - Into the Wild
Best Score - Atonement
Best Screenplay - No Country for Old Men
Best Foreign Language - The Diving Bell & the Butterfly

Best Picture - Drama

Atonement!!!!

This really gives it a big boost after all the snubs in the past few days.

Best Actor - Drama

Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Day-Lewis vs. Depp

with Day-Lewis with a very big lead.

Best Actress - Drama

Julie Christie - Away from Her

Christie vs. Cotillard for the win....Who will be victorious??

Best TV Drama

Mad Men

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Wow, this hurts Juno big time!

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street!!!!!!

And he's back in the race!

Best Director

Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell & the Butterfly????

Wow, The Coen Bros. take a blow

Best Actress - TV Comedy

Tiny Fey - 30 Rock

Best TV Comedy

Extras

Where the hell was The Office's nomination? Eh, oh well

Best Actor - TV Comedy

David Duchovny - Californication

Can i just say?

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is my new show and it RULES!

Best Actress - Mini Series or TV Movie

Queen Latifah - Life Support!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really enjoyed her in this. I'm happy for her.

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

A definite frontrunner but watchout for Holbrook at the Globes!

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose

Oooo, I missed this one. Marion is now Christie's biggest threat. Unless she loses...can't wait!

Best Animated Film

Ratatouille

Locked and loaded!

I do like the clips

If we were watching the Globes, than we wouldn't get clips of the performances. I do enjoy that at least.

Best Actor - TV Drama

Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Best Supporting Actress - TV

Samantha Morton - Longford

Best Actress - TV Drama

Glenn Close - Damages

Best TV Supporting Actor

Jeremy Piven, Entourage

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

Blanchett is back in the race. Does this mean she will win Oscar? Possibly. This hurts Ryan incredibly

This is so depressing

I want a Golden Globes Show...

So it starts....

it begins now

This Evening!

We'll have LIVE coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 9ET/6PT with reactions. After the show, Academy Idol Top 7 Results Show will be up. See who goes home next...Who do you think it will be?

Golden Globe Final Predictions

Who do you think will win? Put your predictions in the comment post! The press conference is at 6PM tomorrow.

Best Picture - Drama: No Country for Old Men
Alternate: There Will Be Blood
Spoiler: Atonement

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy: Juno
Alternate: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Spoiler: Hairspray

Best Actor - Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis-There Will Be Blood
Alternate: George Clooney-Michael Clayton
Spoiler: Viggo Mortensen-Eastern Promises

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy: Johnny Depp-Sweeney Todd
Alternate: Ryan Gosling-Lars and the Real Girl
Spoiler: John C. Reilly-Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Best Actress - Drama: Julie Christie-Away from Her
Alternate: Angelina Jolie-A Mighty Heart
Spoiler: Keira Knightley-Atonement

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy: Ellen Page-Juno
Alternate: Marion Cotillard-La Vie en Rose
Spoiler: Amy Adams-Enchanted

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem-No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Casey Affleck-The Assassination of Jesse James
Spoiler: Tom Wilkinson-Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan-Gone Baby Gone
Alternate: Tilda Swinton-Michael Clayton
Spoiler: Cate Blanchett-I'm Not There

Best Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen-No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Julian Schnabel-The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Spoiler: Tim Burton-Sweeney Todd

Best Screenplay: Diablo Cody-Juno
Alternate: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen-No Country for Old Men
Spoiler: Ronald Harwood-The Diving Bell & the Butterfly

Best Original Song: Into the Wild - "Guaranteed"
Alternate: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story "Walk Hard"
Spoiler: Grace is Gone - "Grace is Gone"

Best Original Score: Dario Marianelli-Atonement
Alternate: Alberto Iglesias-The Kite Runner
Spoiler: Clint Eastwood-Grace is Gone

Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell & the Buttefly
Alternate: Persepolis
Spoiler: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days

Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Alternate: The Simpsons Movie

Art Directors Guild Announce Nominees!

Which 5 will make it to the Oscars lineup?

2007-2008 ADG Nominees

PERIOD FILM
American Gangster
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

FANTASY FILM
300
The Golden Compass
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ratatouille

CONTEMPORARY FILM
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men

Editors Cut Out Atonement...

The American Cinema Editors nominations were revealed this morning. We don't need to tell you how big of a deal is the direct correlation between a Best Editing and Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC)

The Bourne Ultimatum – Universal - Christopher Rouse, A.C.E.

Into the Wild – Paramount Vantage - Jay Cassidy, A.C.E.

Michael Clayton – Warner Bros. Pictures - John Gilroy, A.C.E.

No Country for Old Men – Paramount Vantage/Miramax - Roderick Jaynes

There Will Be Blood - Paramount Vantage/Miramax - Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)

Hairspray – New Line Cinema - Michael Tronick, A.C.E.

Juno – Fox Searchlight Pictures - Dana E. Glauberman

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End – Disney - Craig Wood & Stephen Rivkin, A.C.E.

Ratatouille – Disney - Darren Holmes, A.C.E.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – DreamWorks/Paramount - Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.

Thoughts?

Nominations for the WGA

Joey here....nice surprises with the nominations this year....does this mean anything for the Oscars? Read the nominees and ponder here...



2008 NOMINATIONS


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

JUNO, Written by Diablo Cody, Fox Searchlight

MICHAEL CLAYTON, Written by Tony Gilroy, Warner Bros. Pictures

THE SAVAGES, Written by Tamara Jenkins, Fox Searchlight

KNOCKED UP, Written by Judd Apatow, Universal Pictures

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, Written by Nancy Oliver, MGM

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, Screenplay by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Based on the Novel by Cormac McCarthy, Miramax

THERE WILL BE BLOOD, Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, Based on the Novel Oil by Upton Sinclair, Paramount Vantage

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, Based on the Book by Jean-Dominique Bauby, Miramax

INTO THE WILD, Screenplay by Sean Penn, Based on the Book by Jon Krakauer, Paramount Vantage

ZODIAC, Screenplay by James Vanderbilt, Based on the Book by Robert Graysmith, Paramount Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

THE CAMDEN 28, Written by Anthony Giacchino, First Run Features

NANKING, Screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley, Story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman, THINKFilm

NO END IN SIGHT, Written by Charles Ferguson, Magnolia Pictures

THE RAPE OF EUROPA, Written by Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen, Menemsha Films

SICKO, Written by Michael Moore, Lionsgate/The Weinstein Company

TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, Written by Alex Gibney, THINKFilm

Marion Cotillard ≠ Emily Deschanel

While she is not a household name like Angelina Jolie; Marion Cotillard (who gave in my opinion the best performance of 2007) certainly deserves better than to be mistaken for the girl from "Bones."

In case you didn't know, during VH1's Red Carpet coverage of the Critics' Choice Awards last night; an interviewer introduced the european actress, star of "La Vie en Rose," as Emily Deschanel and to make things worst; once le realized of his mistake he sealed the deal by calling Edith Piaf, the over-the-top singer portrayed by Cotillard in the film, as Pilaf...

While I don't expect much from the channel that airs that I Love NY thing; I can't believe this would happen at an awards show covering the best of film in 2007: a category where Cotillard certainly belongs...

Episode XX: FYC Ads

DGA Nominations!

Penn and Gilroy upset Burton and Wright; while the Coens, PTA and Schnabel show up as expected.

Directors Guild of America Nominees

Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

New Predictions

New Predictions going on in The Igloo by Johnny and New Predictions by myself at my Blog.

Click here for The Igloo and here for mine.

Directors Guild of America Predictions

The Directors Guild of America will announce their nominees tomorrow and this will definitely clear the Best Picture race up a little bit. At this point, The Coen Bros. are the only lock and any of the predictions 2 through 5 can be left off for any of the alternates. So, your guess is as good as mine. Leave your predictions on the post. And thanks to Joey M. for covering the coverage of the BFCA's, analysis and comments will come tomorrow. This is what happens when you have a Monday night class that doesn't understand the importance of awards season.

1. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen-No Country for Old Men
2. Sean Penn-Into the Wild
3. Paul Thomas Anderson-There Will Be Blood
4. Joe Wright-Atonement
5. Julian Schnabel-The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Alternates

1. Ridley Scott-American Gangster
2. Tim Burton-Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
3. Jason Reitman-Juno
4. Tony Gilroy-Michael Clayton
5. Sidney Lumet-Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Best Picture

No Country for Old Men


it's the critics, so it's not a shock.....but the lovefest for it just continues on


So....have your thoughts on the oscar race changed at all?

Best Director

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men


another seemingly unstoppable force

Penn might be the only guy aside from PTA with a chance to stop them, but it's not looking very likely


Thoughts?

Best Actress

Julie Christie - Away From Her


A steamroller....can anyone beat her?

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood


Is Bill the Butcher unstoppable?

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men


It's either him or Affleck here...though Holbrook is the ultimate spoiler, but not winning here hurt him


Is there No Country for any other supporting performance?

Best Documentary

Sicko


Finally some documentary love for a film that I absolutely loved, even though not everyone did.



Debate as you wish

Best Family Film

Enchanted

a Disney film winning here...well, knock me over with a feather!

Excuse the sarcasm, and feel free to comment

Best Animated Feature

Ratatouille


Looking more and more like the likely winner at the Oscars

Best Foreign Language Film

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly


business as usual here


any comments on this one?

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone

Cate (or should I say Bob) may have been the original frontrunner, but perhaps now the tide has turned to Amy Ryan.


Thoughts?

Best Song

"Falling Slowly", Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Once

It's probably down to this song and one from Into the Wild for the Oscar, and it's gonna be a close race...all the songs are wonderful....has anyone else heard the songs and has an opinion?

Best Composer

Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood


this offbeat and decidedly different score may not be the academy's taste, but who knows?

Best Comedy

Juno

Perhaps a foretelling of what the Globes will have to say in the Comedy category?

Best Young Actress

Nikki Blonsky- Hairspray


hmm...if she takes the Globe also is she more of a threat than we thought? Probably not, but what do you guys think?

Best Young Actor

Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner


actually thought Mr. Cera would have won her with his dual nominations, but a nice change of pace here for a film not really getting any love


happy for The Kite Runner?

Best Writer

Diablo Cody for Juno


not a surprise at all...just makes her slot all the more a given for the big show



Comments?

First Award- Best Acting Ensemble

Hairspray


Bit of a surprise, though not a total shocker

perhaps this means No Country for Old Men is less likely to take home Best Picture here....i'm personally feeling like it might be Into the Wild's night


what do you guys think of this?

13th Annual Critics Choice Award

Joey here...gonna be subbing for Clay for a bit keeping track of the awards show as it comes tonight....as the awards are announced i'll post it...for now...i'll post the nominees

enjoy!



Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood


Best Actor
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises


Best Actress
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page - Juno


Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton


Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton


Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead


Best Director
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement


Best Writer
Diablo Cody - Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War


Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie


Best Young Actor
Michael Cera - Juno
Michael Cera - Superbad
Freddie Highmore - August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders - Sweeney Todd


Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards - The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb - Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement


Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad



Best Family Film
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix


Best Picture Made for Television
The Company
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War


Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage


Best Song
"Come So Far", Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley - Hairspray
"Do You Feel Me", Anthony Hamilton - American Gangster
"Falling Slowly", Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Once
"Guaranteed", Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
"That's How You Know", Amy Adams - Enchanted


Best Composer
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood - Grace Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alan Menken - Enchanted


Best Documentary
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End In Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko