Oscars

As expected, The King's Speech reigned over everything else... Natalie Portman danced her way to an Oscar, Colin Firth overcame a speech impediment for an Oscar, both Christian Bale and Melissa Leo fought for their Oscars...

full list of winners --> http://www.imdb.com/features/oscars/2011/nominations

Awards - BAFTA / Grammy

Quite a busy Monday... the BAFTAs announced its winners yesterday... Grammy winners are being announced as I am typing... and of course, Monday post won't be complete without weekend box-office report... :)

Justin Bieber was inched off the #1 spot by Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/02/box-office-bieber-and-sandler-in-close-race-for-no-1.html

Meanwhile, The King's Speech won big at the BAFTA Awards, including awards for Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter...

http://www.imdb.com/features/oscars/2011/baftas

Finally, the Grammy Awards... still on-going at the moment, but most of the awards have been given out already... Lady Antebellum looks set to win the most awards for Need You Now...

http://www.grammy.com/nominees

Casting - Alex Cross

Morgan Freeman has been replaced as Alex Cross... Freeman played Cross for two movies...

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/usmovies.thehollywoodreporter.com/tyler-perry-play-alex-cross-rob-cohendirected-film

In other news, the Screen Actors Guild have announced the winners:

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
COLIN FIRTH / King George VI - "THE KING’S SPEECH"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
NATALIE PORTMAN / Nina Sayers – “BLACK SWAN”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
CHRISTIAN BALE / Dicky Eklund – “THE FIGHTER”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
MELISSA LEO / Alice Ward – “THE FIGHTER”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
THE KING’S SPEECH

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
AL PACINO / Jack Kevorkian – “YOU DON’T KNOW JACK”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
CLAIRE DANES / Temple Grandin – “TEMPLE GRANDIN"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STEVE BUSCEMI / Nucky Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy - “30 ROCK”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
BETTY WHITE / Elka Ostrovsky – “HOT IN CLEVELAND”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
MODERN FAMILY

SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
INCEPTION

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
TRUE BLOOD

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Screen Actors Guild Awards 47th Annual Life Achievement Award
Ernest Borgnine

http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/17th-sag-awards-final-recipients

Oscar Noms Scorecard

Let's see how I stack up...

Best Picture:
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Inception
Black Swan
True Grit
127 Hours
Blue Valentine
Toy Story 3
The Kids Are All Right
The Fighter

Missed out Winter's Bone... had a sneaking suspicion that Blue Valentine would be nominated, oh well...

Best Actor:
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
James Franco, 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
Jeff Bridges, True Grit

Missed out on Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"... coz I was predicting Blue Valentine for Best Picture and Michelle Williams for Best Actress so maybe Ryan Gosling would also get the nomination...

Best Actress:
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right

I really thought Julianne Moore had a shot at a nomination... but it was Nicole Kidman who got it for Rabbit Hole...

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right

Jeremy Renner (The Town) pushed my fave out of the running... dammit...

Best Supporting Actress:
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Five for five... yay me!

Best Director:
David Fincher, The Social Network
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David O Russell, The Fighter

True Grit's Coen Brothers upset Inception's Christopher Nolan... sigh...

Hmm... guess I did not predict the Best Animated Picture category... but I would've chosen Tangled over The Illusionist...

Check out this guy's prediction -->http://thefilmexperience.net/prediction-index/

Next question... who do we pick as winners?

Nomination: Oscars

Finally...

Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Best Director:
Black Swan - Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter - David O. Russell
The King's Speech - Tom Hooper
The Social Network - David Fincher
True Grit - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Actor:
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
James Franco in "127 Hours"

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"

Best Actress:
Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine"

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams in "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech"
Melissa Leo in "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom"

Best Animated Feature:
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Full list --> http://oscar.go.com/

BAFTA

BAFTA has announced its nominees... The King's Speech leads the pack...


http://old.malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20110118/ten-entertainment-us-baftas-db3f2d5.html


Full List of Nominees:
http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/2011-film-awards,1572,BA.html