SAG Nominations!

Male Actor in a Leading Role:
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Female Actor in a Leading Role:
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Ensemble:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire


Remember when Milk and Rachel Getting Married were supposed to be the movies with double supporting nominations? It's odd that Amy keeps showing up as most seem to be meh on the performance, no one is raving her, and most say she is overshadowed by her costars. It's actually odd that Doubt keeps getting so many acting nominations when the film's reception is mixed at best and most seem to say the acting is wildly unever. But whatever. I wouldn't have a problem (AT ALL) if the typically divine Miss Adams was showing up in supporting for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day where I thought she was perfection. Big snub of the morning: Sally Hawkins.

More categories:

Stunt Ensemble - Film:
The Dark Knight - Hellboy 2: The Golden Army - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Iron Man - Wanted

Stunt Ensemble - TV:
Friday Night Lights - Heroes - Prison Break - The Unit - The Closer

Ensemble - Drama TV:
Boston Legal - Dexter - House - Mad Men - The Closer

Ensemble - Comedy TV:
30 Rock - Desperate Housewives - Entourage - The Office - Weeds

Male Actor in a TV Comedy:
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carell - The Office
David Duchovny - Californication
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Tony Shaloub - Monk

Female Actor in a TV Comedy:
Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

Male Actor in a TV Drama:
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
William Shatner - Boston Legal
James Spader - Boston Legal

Female Actor in a TV Drama:
Sally Field - Brothers and Sisters
Mariska Hargitay - Law and Order: SVU
Holly Hunter - Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Male Actor in a TV Miniseries/Movie:
Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
Paul Giamatti - John Adams
Kevin Spacey - Recount
Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Redemption
Tom Wilkinson - John Adams

Female Actor in a TV Miniseries/Movie:
Laura Dern - Recount
Laura Linney - John Adams
Shirley MacLaine - Coco Chanel
Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin in the Sun
Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris

SAG Predix!

Annoucning tomorrow morning!

I'm just guessing here...

Ensemble:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Actor:
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Actress:
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt

Supp. Actor:
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Supp. Actress:
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Rosemarie Dewitt - Rachel Getting Married
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

it had to be HUGH!

Hugh Jackman will host the Oscars.

Nikki Finke dropped hints yesterday that the new producers (including Chicago screenwriter Bill Condon) were going a different direction from the past decade of stand-up comedians. Keep in mind back in the 70's and 80's, people like Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Burt Reynolds and Alan Alda took turns as the host for the Academy Awards. Hugh hosted the Tony's previously and did a great job, even winning an Emmy for his work. I think Mr. Jackman will make a fantastic master of ceremonies, and perhaps will make some jokes about Australia not being good enough for Oscars. Also, expect some singing!



Hey, I resisted the urge to make a joke about wanting to go down under! Go me!

Golden Globe Winner Predix!

Picture - Drama: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Picture - Comedy/Musical: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Director: David Fincher, The Curiouse Case of Benjamin Button
Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Actor - Drama: Sean Penn, Milk
Actress - Drama: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Actor - Comedy/Musical: Ummm...Hoffman? No idea.
Actress - Comedy/Musical: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Supp. Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Supp. Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Animated Feature: Wall-E
Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
Score: Slumdog Millionaire
Song: "The Wrestler" - The Wrestler

TV
Drama: Mad Men
Actress - Drama: Anna Paquin
Actor - Drama: Jon Hamm
Comedy: 30 Rock
Actress - Comedy: Tina Fey
Actor - Comedy: Alec Baldwin
Miniseries/TV Movie: John Adams
Actress - Mini/TV Movie: Laura Linney
Actor - Mini/TV Movie: Paul Giamatti
Supp. Actress - TV: Laura Dern
Supp. Actor - Neil Patrick Harris

Golden Globe Nominations: I know you're angry. I'm angry.

TV Categories:

Drama:
Dexter - House - In Treatment - Mad Men - True Blood

Actress - Drama:
Sally Field - Brothers and Sisters
Mariska Hargitay - Law and Order: SVU
January Jones - Mad Men
Anna Paquin - True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Actor - Drama:
Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors

Comedy:
30 Rock - Californication - Entourage - The Office - Weeds

Actress - Comedy:
Christina Applegate - Samantha Who
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Debra Messing - The Starter Wife
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

Actor - Comedy
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carell - The Office
Kevin Connolly - Entourage
David Duchovny - Californication
Tony Shaloub - Monk

Best Mini-series/TV Movie:
A Raisin in the Sun - Bernard and Doris - Cranford - John Adams - Recount

Actress - Mini-series/TV Movie:
Judi Dench - Cranford
Catherine Keener - An American Crime
Laura Linney - John Adams
Shirley MacLaine - Coco Chanel
Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris

Actor - Mini-series/TV Movie:
Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
Paul Giamatti - John Adams
Kevin Spacey - Recount
Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Redemption
Tom Wilkinson - Recount

Supp. Actress - All TV
Eileen Atkins - Cranford
Laura Dern - Recount
Melissa George - In Treatment
Rachel Griffiths - Brothers and Sisters
Diane Wiest - In Treatment

Supp. Actor - All TV
Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
Denis Leary - Recount
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Blair Underwood - In Treatment
Tom Wilkinson - John Adams


People still watch Entourage? Go Tina, Linney, Keener, Dern! No DAISIES???? Melissa George!!!!


And..here...we...go

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Ok, not bad. It pisses me off that Adams gets in here, but wasn't nominated for Junebug. I still think one of the Rachel Getting Married girls will pull an Oscar nom. And Tomei will receive her third nom.
Score: 3/5 (+1 alternate)

Supporting Actor
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Oh. Dear. God. Along the way I jokingly thought to myself that Cruise might pull this off. And here he is. But it's most questionable at the expense of the Milk men, who were (are?) sure things. Fiennes is completely out of left field. Ledger will win.
Score: 2/5 (+1 alternate)

Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex - Everlasting Moments - Gomorrah - I've Loved You So Long - Waltz With Bashir

Animated Feature
Bolt - Kung Fu Panda - Wall-E

Didn't predict either of these.

Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Changeling - Defiance - Frost/Nixon - Slumdog Millionaire
Score: 3/5

Song
"I Thought I Lost You" - Bolt
"Once in a Lifetime" - Cadillac Records
"Gran Torino" - Gran Torino
"Down to Earth" - Wall-E
"The Wrestler" - The Wrestler
Score: 2/5

Actor - Comedy/Musical
Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrel - In Bruges
James Franco - Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
Ugh, I predicted Gleeson in my first draft then took him out completely. Damn it! I figured Franco would show up in Supp for Milk, but apparently Tom Cruise was better. I love how everyone laughed when Brooke Shields said Pineapple Express.
Score: 2/5

Actress - Comedy/Musical
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey
Got Fran for the wrong movie. I'm pretty sure she was most likely better in Pettigrew. Nice for Hall. I guess they are over SJP.
Score: 3.5/5 (+1 alt)

Film - Comedy/Musical
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Ugh, again with the In Bruges in my early predix. These comedy categories could have been a big disaster but were surprisingly good.
Score: 4/5

Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Doubt - Frost/Nixon - The Reader - Slumdog Millionaire
Score: 3/5 (+1 alt)

Actor - Drama
Leonardo Dicaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Not a bad category.
Score: 4/5

Actress - Drama
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
I maintain that Melissa Leo will get an Oscar nod. Not bad, again.
Score: 3/5 (+1 alt)

Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Reolutionary Road
Ugh, no Van Sant or Nolan. FUCK YOU!
Score: 3/5

Film - Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
NO. MILK. NO. MILK. NO. MILK. NO. MILK. or Dark Knight?
Score: 3/5 (+1 alt)


So let's get this straight...

+Milk, a Best Picture Oscar (somewhat) frontrunner, only gets in for actor. Perhaps the biggest news of the morning. The last Best Picture winner that was not nominated for a Golden Globe for Picture was Crash (won over the gay cowboy movie. So if Milk wins the Oscar for Best Picture, have we come full circle?
+Doubt gets 4 acting nods and a screenplay, but not a Picture nom.
+The Reader, despite mostly mixed reviews, makes it in.
+The Dark Knight was probably too action-y for the HFPA.
+Rebecca Hall is an "it girl."
+The comedy categories didn't suck. They were actually decent!
+Everything else did suck.
+Tom Cruise is better than the supporting actors of Milk, Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road, the Slumdog Millionaire guy?
+I loved how much of a joke Elizabeth Banks realized it was when she read Tom's name.
+Yes, I know the HFPA are starfuckers, but I don't think it was ever at the expense of supposedly deserving talent as it was here.

CONSPIRACY THEORY: Tom Cruise payed for his nomination with the scientologists. He'd agree to go and add MAJOR star power to the ceremony, but they told the HFPA they couldn't nominate the nasty gay movie cuz we know how Tom and the $cientologists feel about all things homosexual. But they knew if Sean Penn didn't get nominated, it would stick out. So they just let him in. Oh, he also wanted Brooke Shields to announce his name, cause he hates her. But at the last minute, Banks and Shields switched papers. It all makes sense now! :-)


SAG noms in a week! Hopefully, those are better.

GOLDEN GLOBE PREDICTIONS!!!! Harvey Benjamin Barcelona!

Announcing Thursday morning by Elizabeth Banks, Terrence Howard and Rainn Wilson.


Not doing TV categories, though I'm curious as to what new stuff they'll nominate given that nothing "new" really took off in the past couple of months. Maybe True Blood?? Who knows. Nevertheless, go PUSHING DAISIES and 30 ROCK. Oh, I hope they do something typically Globe-y (read: crazy) and nominate Kristin Wiig. My life would be complete.

Here goes...



Supp. Actress:
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet - The Reader
1st Alt: Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
2nd Alt: Beyonce Knowles - Cadillac Records
Penny, Viola and Kate seem locked in. DeWitt could be easily replaced by her costar, Debra Winger. Then the BFCA had to go and throw Vera Farmiga at me, which made me slightly antsy. Still, there doesn't seem to be much buzz now for Nothing But the Truth.

Supp. Actor:
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
James Franco - Milk
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading
1st Alt: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
2nd Alt: Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
Heath and the Milk men seem safe. I passed on Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt even though everyone else is predicting him. They nominated him twice last year and I don't see Doubt making their drama list. And remember two weeks ago when everyone was talking about Michael Shannon? What happened to that buzz? Did they send it to the island with the electric car and Coolio? As far as Pitt goes, STAR-FUCKERS!

Screenplay:
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
1st Alt: Woody Allen - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2nd Alt: John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Eh, not much more to say here.

Score:
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Original Song:
"By the Boab Tree" - Australia
"Another Way to Die" - Quantum of Solace
"All Dressed In Love" - Sex and the City: The Movie
"Down to Earth" - Wall-E
"The Wrestler" - The Wrestler

No comments on either of these.

Actor - Comedy/Musical
Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
George Clooney - Burn After Reading
Ricky Gervais - Ghost Town
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
Jeffrey Wright - Cadillac Records
1st Alt: Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2nd Alt: Sam Rockwell - Choke
This category is dead. Maybe Franco will show up here for Pineapple Express. Jim Carrey - Yes Man? Nope.

Actress - Comedy/Musical
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City: The Movie
Meryl Streep - Mammia Mia!: The Movie
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey
1st Alt: Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2nd Alt: Rachel Weisz - The Brothers Bloom
Scarjo would make more sense as an alternate for VCB, but Hall has the new "it girl" to her. Tina Fey could show up here for Baby Mama. Not as dead as comedy actor, but still pretty brokedown.

Film - Comedy/Musical:
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mamma Mia!: The Movie
Tropic Thunder
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
1st Alt: Sex and the City: The Movie
2nd Alt: Cadillac Records
A whole lot of star fucking, and they love their Sex and the City! Maybe something crazy like Marley and Me?


Actor - Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
1st Alt: Will Smith - Seven Pounds
2nd Alt: Richard Jenkins
I guess Pitt could also make it in here, and something tells me Jenkins will be the obligatory "gets an Oscar nod despite no Globe nod."

Actress - Drama
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
1st Alt: Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
2nd Alt: Kate Beckinsale - Nothing but the Truth
Kristin Scott Thomas, maybe. Nope? K. Melissa Leo could go the same route as Richard Jenkins, but she has lots of buzz and acclaim with her. I could see Michelle Williams, too.

Director
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
1st Alt: Woody Allen - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2nd Alt: Jonathan Demme - Rachel Getting Married
Maybe Sam Mendes. I'm just throwing Woody in there based on how much they loved Match Point. Demme seems to be everyone's lone director. I have no idea who else? Mike Leigh? Clint Eastwood, please no!

Film - Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
1st Alt: Frost/Nixon
2nd Alt: The Wrestler
Should I include 2 more alternates just cause they listed 7 movies in this category last year? Doubt and Rachel Getting Married. I guess Defiance could show up somewhere here?

I'll skip Animated Feature and Foreign Film.

Have a Golden Globey Thursday morning!

NYFCC, LAFCA, BFCA!

New York Film Critics Circle:

Best Picture - Milk
Best Director - Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actor - Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress - Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supp. Actor - Josh Brolin, Milk
Best Supp. Actress - Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
Best Cinematographer - Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Film - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Best Animated Film - Wall-E
Best First Film - Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Best Documentary - Man on Wire

Los Angeles Film Critics Association:

Picture: Wall-E
Runner-up: The Dark Knight

Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Runner-up: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight

Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Ru: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Ru: Melissa Leo, Frozen River

Supp. Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Ru: Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky

Supp. Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Elegy
Ru: Viola Davis, Doubt

Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Ru: Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York

Foreign-language film: Still Life
Ru: The Class

Documentary: Man on Wire
Ru: Waltz With Bashir

Animation: Waltz With Bashir

Production Design: Mark Friedberg, Synecdoche New York
Ru: Nathan Crowley, The Dark Knight

Music/score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Ru: Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

New Generation: Steve McQueen, Hunger

Douglas E. Edwards independent/experimental film/video: James Benning, RR and Casting a Glance


Broadcast Film Critics Assocation
The Critics' Choice Awards!

Best Picture
Changeling - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Dark Knight - Doubt - Frost/Nixon - Milk - The Reader - Slumdog Millionaire - Wall-E - The Wrestler

Best Actor
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Actress
Kate Beckinsale - Nothing but the Truth
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt

Best Supp. Actor
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
James Franco - Milk

Best Supp. Actress
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Vera Farmiga - Nothing but the Truth
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Acting Ensemble
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Milk
Rachel Getting Married

Best Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant - Milk

Best Writer (orig or adapt)
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

Best Animated Feature
Bolt - Kung-Fu Panda - Madagascar: Esape 2 Africa - Wall-E - Waltz With Bashir

Best Young Actor/Actress (under 21)
Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees
David Kross - The Reader
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Brandon Walters - Australia

Best Action Movie
The Dark Knight - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Iron Man - Quantum of Solace - Wanted

Best Comedy Movie
Burn After Reading - Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Role Models - Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Tropic Thunder

Best Picture Made for Television
John Adams - Recount - Coco Chanel

Best Foreign Language Film
A Christmas Tale - Gomorrah - I've Loved You So Long - Let the Right One In - Mongol - Waltz With Bashir

Best Documentary Feature
IOUSA - Man on Wire - Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired - Standard Operating Procedure - Young at Heart

Best Song
Another Way to Die - Quantum of Solace
Down to Earth - Wall-E
I Thought I Lost You - Bolt
Jaiho - Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler - The Wrestler

Best Composer
Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
Danny Elfman - Milk
Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire




My fingers hurt.

Awards Season Ketchup!

Washington DC Film Critics Association:

Best Film - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director - Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor - Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress - Meryl Streep, Doubt
Best Supp. Actor - Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supp. Actress - Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Best Breakthrough Performance - Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
Best Animated Feature - Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film - Let the Right One In
Best Documentary - Man on Wire
Best Art Direction - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

Best Film - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director - David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actor - Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Best Actress - Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Best Supp. Actor - Josh Brolin, Milk
Best Supp. Actress - Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Foreign Language Film - Mongol
Best Documentary - Man On Wire
Best Animated Feature - Wall-E
Best Ensemble Cast - Doubt
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor - Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress - Viola Davis, Doubt
Best Directorial Debut - Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Best Original Screenplay - Nick Schenk, Gran Torino
Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire AND Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Spotlight Awards - Melissa Leo, Frozen River AND Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
The Bulgari Award for NBR Freedom of Expression - Trumbo

Top 10 Films:
(in alphabetical order)
Burn After Reading
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Frost/Nixon
Gran Torino
Milk
Wall-E
The Wrestler

Top 5 Foreign Language Films:
(alph)
Edge of Heaven
Let the Right One In
Roman De Guerre
A Secret
Waltz With Bashir

Top 5 Documentary Films:
(alph)
American Teen
The Betrayal
Dear Zachary
Encounters and the End of the World
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

William K. Everson Film History Award:
Molly Haskel & Andrew Sarris

Top 10 Independent Films:
(alph)
Frozen River
In Bruges
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Mr. Foe
Rachel Getting Married
Snow Angels
Wendy and Lucy
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Visitor



INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS!

Best Feature:
Ballast
Frozen River
Rachel Getting Married
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler

Best Director:
Lance Hammer, Ballast
Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married
Tom McCarthy, The Visitor

Best First Feature:
Afterschool
Medicine for Melancholy
Sangre De Mi Sangre
Sleep Dealer
Synecdoche, New York

John Cassavettes Award:
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Prince of Broadway
The Signal
Take Out
Turn the River

Best Screenplay:
Sangre De Mi Sangre
Savage Grace
Sugar
Synecdoche, New York
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best First Screenplay:
Ballast
Frozen River
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
The Wackness

Best Female Lead:
Summer Bashil, Towelhead
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Tarra Riggs, Ballast
Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy

Best Male Lead:
Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Sean Penn, Milk
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Supporting Female:
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Rosie Perez, The Take
Misty Upham, Frozen River
Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married

Best Supporting Male:
James Franco, Milk
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Charlie McDermott, Frozen River
JimMyron Ross, Ballast
Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor

Best Foreign Film:
The Class
Gomorra
Hunger
Secret of the Grain
Silent Light

Best Documentary:
The Betrayals
Encounters at the End of the World
Man on Wire
The Order of Myths
Up the Yangtze

Best Cinematography:
Ballast
Chop Shop
Medice for Melancholy
Milk
The Wrestler

Robert Altman Award:
Charlie Kaufman, Jeanne McCarthy, Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Diane Weist, Michelle Williams FOR Synecdoche, New York



GOLDEN SATELLITE NOMINATIONS
are here. As usual, they are batshit insane, irrelevant and fun.

We back.

I'm rejoining the blogverse after a 9 month respite. Award season coverage to commence shortly....