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Hugo leads Oscars nominations with 11 nods
January 24, 2012 4:30am ESTThe Help and The Artist originally led the pack by scooping four nominations apiece but Martin Scorsese's Hugo has now become the one to beat after walking away with mentions in a slew of technical categories including Art Direction, Costume and Visual Effects. Hugo will duke it out with The Help and The Artist for Best Picture, alongside War Horse, Moneyball, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Demian Bichir (A Better Life), George Clooney (The Descendants), Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Brad Pitt (Moneyball) will compete against The Artist's Jean Dujardin in the Actor in a Leading Role category while Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn), Jonah Hill (Moneyball), Nick Nolte (Warrior), Christopher Plummer (Beginners) and Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) are all up for the Actor in a Supporting Role award. The nominees for Actress in a Leading Role aside from The Help's Viola Davis are Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) and Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn) and in the race for Actress in a Supporting Role alongside The Artist's Berenice Bejo and The Help stars Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer are Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) and Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs). The major list of award nominations were announced at a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday (24Jan12) by Winter's Bone star Jennifer Lawrence and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak. The 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony will take place on 26 February (12) at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and will be hosted by veteran Billy Crystal. The complete list of nominees is as follows: Best Picture: War Horse The Artist Moneyball The Descendants The Tree of Life Midnight in Paris The Help Hugo Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Actor in a Leading Role: Demian Bichir - A Better Life George Clooney - The Descendants Jean Dujardin - The Artist Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt - Moneyball Actress in a Leading Role: Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs Viola Davis - The Help Rooney Mara - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn Actor in a Supporting Role: Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn Jonah Hill - Moneyball Nick Nolte - Warrior Christopher Plummer - Beginners Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Actress in a Supporting Role: Berenice Bejo - The Artist Jessica Chastain - The Help Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer - The Help Directing: Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Alexander Payne - The Descendants Martin Scorsese - Hugo Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life Foreign Language Film: Bullhead - Belgium Footnote - Israel In Darkness - Poland Monsieur Lazhar - Canada A Separation - Iran Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash - The Descendants John Logan - Hugo George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon - The Ides of March Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin - Moneyball Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Original Screenplay: Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids J.C. Chandor - Margin Call Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris Asghar Farhadi - A Separation Animated Feature Film: A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Rango Art Direction: The Artist Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Hugo Midnight in Paris War Horse Cinematography: The Artist The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo The Tree of Life War Horse Sound Mixing: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Moneyball Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse Sound Editing: Drive The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse Original Score: John Williams - The Adventures of Tintin Ludovic Bource - The Artist Howard Shore - Hugo Alberto Iglesias - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John Williams - War Horse Original Song: Bret McKenzie - Man or Muppet from The Muppets Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, and Siedah Garrett - Real in Rio from Rio Costume: Anonymous The Artist Hugo Jane Eyre W.E. Documentary Feature: Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Pina Undefeated Documentary (Short Subject): The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement God Is the Bigger Elvis Incident in New Baghdad Saving Face The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom Film Editing: The Artist The Descendants The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Moneyball Makeup: Albert Nobbs Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 The Iron Lady Animated Short Film: Dimanche/Sunday The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore La Luna A Morning Stroll Wild Life Live Action Short Film: Pentecost Raju The Shore Time Freak Tuba Atlantic Visual Effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Hugo Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes Transformers: Dark of the Moon
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Academy Awards 2012: The Nominations
January 24, 2012 4:01am ESTActress Jennifer Lawrence woke up at the crack of dawn this morning to announce the nominations for this year's 84th Academy Awards. These are the contenders - did your favorite movie make the cut? The Oscars air on February 26th, so start making those predictions with this full list of the nominees! Best Picture The Artist The Descendants The Help The Tree of Life Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball War Horse Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Best Actor George Clooney - The Descendants Jean Dujardin - The Artist Brad Pitt - Moneyball Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Demian Bichir - A Better Life Best Actress Viola Davis - The Help Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs Best Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer - Beginners Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Nick Nolte - Warrior Jonah Hill - Moneyball Best Supporting Actress Octavia Spencer - The Help Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs Berenice Bejo - The Artist Jessica Chastain - The Help Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids Best Director Martin Scorsese - Hugo Alexander Payne - The Descendants Michael Hanazavicius - The Artist Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris Original Screenplay Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris Michael Hanazavicius - The Artist Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo - Bridesmaids J.C. Chandor - Margin Call Asghar Farhadi - A Separation Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, Steve Chervin - Moneyball Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash - The Descendants John Logan - Hugo Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon - The Ides of March Best Animated Film Rango A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Puss in Boots Kung Fu Panda 2 Foreign Language Film A Separation (Iran) In Darkness (Poland) Footnote (Israel) Monsier Lazhar (Canada) Bullhead (Belgium) Documentary Pina Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Undefeated Editing The Artist The Descendants Hugo Moneyball The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Cinematography Guillaume Schiffman - The Artist Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life Robert Richardson - Hugo Jeff Cronenweth - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Janusz Kaminski - War Horse Art Direction The Artist War Horse Hugo Midnight in Paris Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Sound Mixing The Artist War Horse Hugo Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Sound Editing Drive War Horse Hugo Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Costume Design The Artist Anonymous Hugo W.E. Jane Eyre Visual Effects Rise of the Planet of the Apes Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Real Steel Hugo Transformers: Dark of the Moon Best Make-Up Albert Nobbs The Iron Lady Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Original Score Lodovic Bource - The Artist Alberto Iglesias - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Howard Shore - Hugo John Williams - War Horse John Williams - The Adventures of Tintin Original Song "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets "Real in Rio" from Rio
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The Artist leads BAFTA nominations
January 17, 2012 4:00am ESTThe critically-acclaimed film, which won a coveted Best Picture prize at the Golden Globes on Sunday (15Jan12), now looks set to dominate the U.K. film awards after the nominations were announced on Tuesday (17Jan12). The Artist scored 12 nods in categories including Best Picture and Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, as well as acting honours for its stars Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo. British drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is another major competitor with 11 nominations, going up against The Artist for a number of awards including the Best Picture prize. The other nominees for the event's top award are The Descendants, Drive and The Help. Dujardin will fight for the Best Actor award against Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy's Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt (Moneyball), George Clooney (The Descendants) and Michael Fassbender (Shame), while in the Best Actress category, Bejo is pitched against Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and Viola Davis (The Help). The winners will be unveiled at the prizegiving in London on 12 February (12). The main nominees are as follows: Best Film The Artist The Descendants Drive The Help Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Leading Actress Meryl Steep - The Iron lady Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn Viola Davis - The Help Tilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About Kevin Berenice Bejo - The Artist Leading Actor George Clooney - The Descendents Brad Pitt - Moneyball Jean Dujardin - The Artist Michael Fassbender - Shame Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Supporting Actress Carey Mulligan - Shame Jessica Chastain - The Help Judi Dench - My Week With Marilyn Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids Octavia Spencer - The Help Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer - Beginners Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady Jonah Hill - Moneyball Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides Of March Outstanding British Film My Week With Marilyn Senna Shame Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy We Need To Talk About Kevin Director The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn Hugo - Martin Scorsese Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay.
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Awards 2012: The BAFTA Award Nominations Are In
January 17, 2012 3:59am ESTLadies and gentlemen, we're making our final descent towards naming a Best Picture of 2011. With the Golden Globes behind us and Academy Award nominations hitting next week (with the show arriving at the tail end of February), the limbo week between them is reserved for the coveted BAFTAs, the UK equivalent of the Oscars. After picking up a few statues at the Globes, feel good favorite of the year The Artist leads the pack in the BAFTA nods with a whopping 12 nominations. Behind the silent comedy are the British spy drama Tinker Tailor Solider Spy with 11 noms and Hugo with 9. Can the BAFTAs give a much-needed boost to the latter two films? Only time will tell…The BAFTAs announce their winners February 12. Best Film The Artist The Descendants Drive The Help Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Outstanding British Film My Week With Marilyn Senna Shame Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy We Need To Talk About Kevin Outstanding Debut by a Writer, Director or Producer Attack The Block - Joe Cornish (Director/Writer) Black Pond - Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer) Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes (Director) Submarine - Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer) Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer) Film Not in the English Language Incendies Pina Potiche A Separation The Skin I Live In Documentary George Harrison: Living In The Material World Project Nim Senna Animated Film The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn Arthur Christmas Rango Director Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive Martin Scorsese - Hugo Tomas Alfredson - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Lynne Ramsay - We Need To Talk About Kevin Original Screenplay Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids John Michael McDonagh - The Guard Abi Morgan - The Iron Lady Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris Adapated Screenplay Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - The Descendants Tate Taylor - The Help George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides Of March Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Leading Actor Brad Pitt - Moneyball Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy George Clooney - The Descendants Jean Dujardin - The Artist Michael Fassbender - Shame Leading Actress Berenice Bejo - The Artist Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin Viola Davis - The Help Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer - Beginners Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady Jonah Hill - Moneyball Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides of March Supporting Actress Carey Mulligan - Drive Jessica Chastain - The Help Judi Dench - My Week with Marilyn Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids Octavia Spencer - The Help Original Music The Artist - Ludovic Bource The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Hugo - Howard Shore Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias War Horse - John Williams Cinmeatography The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth Hugo - Robert Richardson Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Hoyte van Hoytema War Horse - Janusz Kaminski Editing The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius Drive - Mat Newman Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker Senna - Gregers Sall, Chris King Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Dino Jonsater Production Design The Artist - Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan Hugo - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald War Horse - Rick Carter, Lee Sandales Costume Design The Artist - Mark Bridges Hugo - Sandy Powell Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor My Week With Marilyn - Jill Taylor Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Jacqueline Durran Make Up & Hair The Artist - Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin Hugo - Morag Ross, Jan Archibald The Iron Lady - Marese Langan My Week With Marilyn - Jenny Shircore Sound The Artist - Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener Hugo - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley War Horse - Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns Special Visual Effects The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn - Joe Letteri Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery Hugo - Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Williams Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White War Horse - Ben Morris, Neil Corbould The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award Adam Deacon Chris Hemsworth Chris O'Dowd Eddie Redmayne Tom Hiddleston Source: BAFTA
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Chastain goes wild for Madagascar
January 16, 2012 9:00am ESTThe actress will join Bryan Cranston, Frances McDormand and Martin Short among the latest celebrities to sign up for the sequel, which will bring back Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith and David Schwimmer as escaped zoo creatures. The new film will be titled Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and is set to hit cinemas this summer (12).
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Chastain: 'My luck is changing'
January 16, 2012 4:00am ESTThe actress, who won acclaim for her roles in The Debt, The Help and The Tree of Life last year, felt sure there was a Hollywood "Chastain curse" hanging over her after only one of her first 11 movies hit the big screen before her stellar 2011. And now she's glad she has shaken it off. Speaking on the red carpet at the Golden Globes on Sunday (15Jan12), she said, "I made my first movie four years ago and I had made 11 movies before one came out in the movie theatre. I thought there was a Chastain curse."
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The Things They Say
January 16, 2012 4:00am EST"I've always wanted to go to the Golden Globes... and to be here for my first year as a nominee is a big, big deal for me... I feel like I'm living a dream." The Help star Jessica Chastain on the red carpet at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles.
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Spencer & Plummer win first Critic's Choice Awards
January 13, 2012 4:00am ESTSpencer beat The Help co-star Jessica Chastain, Shailene Woodley, Carey Mulligan, Berenice Bejo and Melissa McCarthy to pick up the Best Supporting Actress honour. And Oscars favourite Christopher Plummer was also an early winner - he was named the Best Supporting Actor for his role in Beginners. Accepting his trophy, he joked, "Being honoured by a critic is like being on a three-week binge with the enemy... but I'm cool about it."
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Fascinating Fact
January 11, 2012 4:00am ESTChris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Eddie Redmayne, Adam Deacon and Chris O'dowd are the five actors who have made the shortlist for the coveted Rising Star prize at the upcoming British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards. Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence and Felicity Jones were originally nominated but did not make the final five. The winner will be announced on 12 February (12).
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Pitt and The Artist dominate New York Film Critics Circle Awards
January 10, 2012 4:00am ESTThe Hollywood hunk, who also landed a best actor honour at California's Palm Springs International Film Festival on Saturday (07Jan12), attended the Manhattan ceremony with his partner Angelina Jolie and picked up the trophy for his roles in Moneyball and The Tree of Life. Silent movie The Artist also continued its success, being named Best Picture, while its maker, Michel Hazanavicius, landed the Best Director nod. Meryl Streep was named Best Actress for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, and Pitt's The Tree of Life co-star Jessica Chastain garnered the Best Supporting Actress award. Best Supporting Actor went to Albert Brooks for his role in Drive. Other winners included Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Best Screenplay for Moneyball), Emmanuel Lubezki (Best Cinematographer for The Tree of Life) and Raoul Ruiz, who landed the night's Special Award.
