History was made Saturday night at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards as Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Director's Guild of America Outstanding Direction of a feature film award for The Hurt Locker.
Kathryn Bigelow & James Cameron at 2010 DGA Awards Photo Credit: AP Photo
Bigelow defeated a number of strong nominees including her ex-husband, but now good friend James Cameron ("Avatar"), Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds"), Lee Daniels ("Precious") and Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air"). Only twice in the past ten years has a DGA winner not gone on to win the equivalent Academy Award. Those exceptions occurred in 2001 when Ang Lee won for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Steven Soderbergh won the Oscar for "Traffic") and in 2002 when Rob Marshall won for "Chicago" (Roman Polanski won the Oscar that year for "The Pianist"). In that time span, it should be noted the last six DGA winners went on to win Oscar.
Many will now speculate that this win along with the PGA win means that "Avatar's" frontrunner status for Best Picture is not as strong as once believed. It would be quite a David vs. Goliath story if "Hurt Locker," which made only $12 million in the U.S. (but was No. 1 in DVD rental chart last week) defeated Cameron's "Avatar" for Oscar's biggest prize.
The complete list of 2010 Director's Guild of America winners are as follows:
DGA Award for Outstanding Direction of a Feature Film Winner: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
DGA Award for Outstanding Direction of a Feature Documentary Winner: , "The Cove"
DGA Award for Outstanding Direction of a Movie for Television Winner: Michael Sucsy, "Grey Gardens"
DGA Award for Outstanding Direction of a Dramatic Series Night Winner: Lesli Linka Glatter, "Mad Men," "Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency"
DGA Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series Winner: Jason Winer, "Modern Family," Pilot
DGA Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical Variety program Winner: Don Mischner, "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration"
DGA Award for Outstanding Direction of a Reality Program Winner: Craig Borders, "Build It Bigger Season 3": "Hong Kong Bridge"
DGA Award for Outstanding Direction of a Daytime Serial Winner: Christopher Goutman, "As The World Turns," "Once Upon A Time"
DGA Award for Outstanding Direction in Commercials Winner: Tom Kuntz - Eyebrows, Cadbury; Tailor, Skittles; Scents For Gents, Old Spice; Tips, Career Builder
The storied arthouse movie studio, started by Harvey and Bob Weinstein more than 30 years ago and then bought by Disney, is closing its New York and Los Angeles offices and laying off 80 employees, according to Hollywood Web site TheWrap.com.
Though it was bought for $70 million by Disney in 1993, the brothers continued to run Miramax with an enviable level of creative control, and pushed their already legendary Oscar-hunting style to new heights with the expanded funding offered by the Mouse House. Among the successes as winners or nominees were Shakespeare In Love, Chicago and The Talented Mr Ripley.
But money was also a constant problem, and the Weinsteins began to clash with Michael Eisner. In 2005, Bob and Harvey left the company, forced to let go of the Miramax named and formed The Weinstein Company, which currently struggles with financing issues.
The loss of Miramax is a shock to the independent film industry, which has been shrinking rapidly as other large Hollywood studios have shuttered their indie divisions. With hits like Pulp Fiction, Sex, Lies and Videotape, and The English Patient, Miramax dominated the American indie industry for years.
Hollywood filmmaker Tim Burton, known for making animation and fantasy films, will head the jury at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. He says it's like a dream come true.
"It's a great honour and I look forward, with my fellow jurors, to watching some great films from around the world. When you think of Cannes, you think of world cinema. And as films have always been like dreams to me, this is a dream come true," Burton was quoted as saying by hollywood.com.
Some of Burton's movies are Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Alice in Wonderland.
Cannes festival president Gilles Jacob said: "It's the first time an artist, whose origins are in animation, will preside over the jury of the Festival de Cannes. A filmmaker with a heart of gold and silver hands, Tim Burton is first and foremost a poet.
"He's a magician of visual delights who turns the screen into a fairy wonder. We hope his sweet madness and gothic humour will pervade the Croisette, bringing Christmas to all."
Burton was a member of the main jury under Isabelle Adjani in 1997. His feature Ed Wood screened at the festival in 1995. This year’s festival runs from May 12 to 23.
Irish singer Ronan Keating is hoping to launch an acting career - he's planning a move to Hollywood after auditioning for a part in The Hobbit: Part 1.
The Boyzone star is hoping to relocate to America with his wife, Yvonne, and his children this summer as he attempts to make the transition into films. But if his plan succeeds, he may end up having to pack up once again for New Zealand - where Guillermo del Toro's Lord of the Rings prequel is set to be filmed.
Ronan Keating, Yvonne Keating and their children Marie and Jack Masquerade Ball 2009, Irish Autism Action, Royal Hospital Dublin, Ireland
He explains, "We are going there (to Hollywood) in July, Yvonne and the kids. We'll get the kids enrolled in school there. It may be for six months or we could even give it a year. We'll see what happens. I've done a couple of castings... I've done an audition for The Hobbit. That starts shooting in New Zealand in July so we'd be based there for quite a while instead of L.A. if it happens."
According to recent reports, the release of the two-part fantasy epic has been delayed until 2012.
Boyzone release new single 'Gave It All Away' on March 1. Check out Ronan in the awesome Polydor official music video for 'Gave It All Away' on YouTube.
Summit's The Hurt Locker took home the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures at the 21st annual PGA Awards. The prize was shared by producers Kathryn Bigelow(who also directed, photo at left), Mark Boal (the film's screenwriter), Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro.
The Hurt Locker has picked up numerous critics awards, and two weekends ago it won the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s Critics Choice Award for best picture. But at the Golden Globes two nights later, Avatarwalked off with the best drama prize, and at Saturday's SAG Awards, Inglourious Basterdspicked up the film ensemble award, that guild's equivalent of the best picture prize.
With its PGA triumph, The Hurt Locker now reseizes the moment, although a best picture Oscar is by no means a done deal: During the 20-year history of the PGA Awards, 12 of its movie winners have gone on to win the best-film Oscar.
Louie Psihoyos’s The Cove won the documentary prize.
Pixar’s Upalso nominated in the field of 10 Best Picture contenders, won the animated feature award, the highest grossing film of the category.
Mo’Nique presented the Stanley Kramer Award to Precious director Lee Daniels. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen presented the David O. Selznick Award to Pixar'sJohn Lasseter. Will Smith presented the Milestone Award to Sony’s Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton.
The 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards were handed out yesterday on Saturday, January 23rd. Sandra Bullock won the SAG Award for the "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role" for her role in “The Blind Side”. With her SAG, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Movie Awards wins and the fact that she is the number one top grossing star in the movies today; Bullock is expected to win the Best Actress Oscar®. Jeff Bridges won the SAG "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role" for his role as a fading alcoholic country singer in “Crazy Heart” and is expected to win the Oscar ®. Austria's Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds, and Mo’Nique for Precious won in the supporting actor categories and are destined to take home the Oscar® hardware at the 82nd Academy Awards®.
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MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“Inglourious Basterds” Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: “Mad Men”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: “Glee”
SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: “Star Trek” Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: “24″
Screen Actors Guild Awards 46th Annual Life Achievement Award went to Betty White
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role JEFF BRIDGES /Bad Blake - "CRAZY HEART" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Although respected by his peers, Bridges has largely been bypassed for major awards.
JEFF BRIDGES: Whoo! Oh! [standing ovation] Thank you. Thank you so much. Aw, this means so much to me. My god, this is a heavy thing. Whoa! This means so much to be acknowledged like this by my acting family. You guys, that’s what it’s like. It’s like a big family with you guys, playing “advanced pretend.” You know, my mom was real good at that. You always encouraged us to pretend, and it’s like this is just, you know, an advanced version of that. And it especially feels wonderful to be nominated in this great group of actors, with my buddy George, and all of you guys. You’re such wonderful actors. [applause]
I love being an actor. You know, pretending to be other people, getting into the shoes of other folks. Please wrap it up?! Oh man! [laughter] I wish I was – I mean, there’s so many people to thank. Okay, I’m just gonna have to—
MERYL STREEP: Don’t listen to them.
BRIDGES: Don’t listen to it? Just don’t – you did the best one. Yeah, I love that when you just... you know. Scott Cooper, the great director, writer. Thomas Cobb, the wonderful writer of the book. All of the wonderful actors in the movie, Maggie Gyllenhaal, her tenderness, her strength, it was so wonderful to be a part of. Colin Farrell, Bob Duvall, my god, what a dream working with those guys. [applause] T-Bone Burnett creating all that great music. [applause] My dear friend Steven Bruton. And, oh yeah, Bone turned me on to a great singing coach, if you guys need to do any singing, [laughter] Roger Love [sp], he’s very good. He does it over the phone, if you can believe it. [laughter]
And I gotta give a shout out to Lloyd Catlett, my stand-in over 50 years. You know, he’s from Texas. Anytime I gotta do a Texan, I just – and just Lloyd gives me a little Texas. You know, that’s – thank you, Lloyd. And my teachers, you know, in life and in acting: my mother, my father and my brother, thank you guys. [applause]
And my main teacher, where are you, I can’t see you? My wife, Sue, wave your hands. There you are! [applause] Thank you, sweetheart. And thank all of you guys. Love playin’ with you! [applause] [cheers]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
SANDRA BULLOCK /Leigh Anne Tuohy - "THE BLIND SIDE" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Sandra Bullock is really turning out to be the darling of the awards season. Just check out the speech she delivered after winning her best actress award for her work in The Blind Side:
SANDRA BULLOCK: Oh, if this were only not televised, so I could use the appropriate words I’m feeling right now. [laughter] I am Sandra Bullock, and I’m an actor. And I am...[applause]…so proud to say that in a room full of faces that have inspired me, and allowed me six years ago to say I’m going to stop working ‘cause I wasn’t doing good work, and audition again. And you say goodbye to the money, and you say goodbye to all the things that you became comfortable with.
In 2006, I sat in this room with a little film called “Crash,” and I got to look at the people who got me here. So, to the Screen Actors Guild, thank you so much. [applause]
To the opportunities from John Lee Hancock, our director, who allowed me to step up to the plate. To Francie Brown, my dialects coach, who stayed in the room when I had a temper tantrum.
To Alar Kivilo, our cinematographer. If you saw what I looked like in the morning, and what ended up on film, two very different things. [laughter] To my fellow actors on screen: Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Kathy Bates, the list goes on and on. I adore you and I’m inspired by you. And to my husband, Jesse, who works so hard all day, and you get dressed up in monkey suits, and you sit at a table with people you don’t know. [laughter] And I leave you there and then you come back with, like, Morgan Freeman’s email. I don’t know how you do it. [laughter] I love you so much, and you’re really hot. And... [laughter] I want you so much. [laughter]
And just to everyone in this room, thank you for making me proud to be an actor, and allowing me to be here. And just accepting me. Thank you so much. [applause]
And when another reporter told her she was now the frontrunner, she shushed him.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
CHRISTOPH WALTZ /COL. Hans Landa - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)
CHRISTOPH WALTZ: Thank you so much. A stage actor acts on a stage. But a screen actor doesn’t act on the screen. The stage actor just walks on by himself, but the screen actor is put on by projectionist. Yet we dedicate our lives to our contribution of the whole, and yes in occasional fits of megalomania we consider ourselves worthy of a script like “Inglourious Basterds,” or a director like Quentin Tarantino, or men like Harvey Weinstein, or David Linde, or a studio like Weinstein or Universal. Or partners like Brad or Diane, and back-up personally like Adam Schweitzer and Lisa Kasteler. But after the rude awakening, we just carry on with our lives.
We work towards what can only be hoped for in utmost secrecy. This is what I was granted by working with Quentin Tarantino on “Inglourious Basterds.” For this I’m indebted and grateful to all of you, for this as well. To all of you, including the projectionist.
Thank you. [applause]
Backstage, when asked by reporters what he thought about his “name recognition going up 90 percent,” Waltz corrected him, “99.999 percent, if I may quote my line.”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
MO'NIQUE / Mary - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE" (Lionsgate)
Mo’Nique kissed nearly every actor in the audience before accepting her award for best supporting actress.
MO’NIQUE: Wow. [cheers] Thank you to every member of the Screen Actors Guild. I am so very honored. There are some people that I must thank, that could easily go overlooked. But without these people, this film could have not been what it is. I have to say thank you to Aunt Dot, who plays Mary Jones’ mother. [applause] I have to say thank you to the Each One Teach One Students, [cheers] y’all were absolutely amazing.
I have to say thank you to Lisa Cortes, who was an amazing producer, and who put the work in every single day. And I have to thank the little girl that we called “Mongo.” Her name is Quishay, and I want to thank that baby and her mother for allowing us to use that special gift in this project. Lee Daniels, you never cease to amaze me. God got somethin’ on you brother that you can’t begin to imagine the gift.
God bless us all. [cheers] Thank you very much. [applause]
Though she picked up yet another statue, the actress told reporters she would be celebrating with a quiet night: “My husband is going to play some Madden, and I’m going to watch some television.”
BEST OF 2010 SAG AWARDS RED CARPET
While it didn't attract quite as many big names as the Golden Globes, there was still some fine fashion to behold. White was a huge trend at the SAG Awards. Notable appearances included Diane Kruger in a stunning floor-length mustard gown by Jason Wu, Anna Paquin in a Alexander McQueen reptile print mini-dress, and Kate Hudson in a backless white dress by Emilio Pucci. Marion Cotillard wore a stunning white Elie Saab mini-dress accessorized by runway heels and Chopard jewels.
Wyclef Jean and George Clooney worked together to organize participants and funds forHope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relieftelethon presented by MTV on Jan 22. Clooney hosted the star-studded telethon broadcasted from New York, London, Los Angeles and Haiti. 60 countries and 60 international networks aired the Telethon. "Hope for Haiti Now" has to be one of the biggest charitable efforts ever organized. All proceeds from the telecast will be split among five organizations working on the ground in Haiti: Oxfam America, Partners in Health, American Red Cross, UNICEF and Yele Haiti.
Though the all-star telethon was titled Hope for Haiti Now, for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of the quake-battered victims themselves. It took Haiti's own native son to lift Friday evening's despairing tone to one of hope and even revival.
Wyclef Jean Photo: AP
"Enough of this moping, man, let's rebuild Haiti, let's show 'em how we do it where we come from!" Wyclef Jean, the singer and producer, shouted after singing the downbeat "Rivers of Babylon," with a Haitian flag around his neck.
He segued into the joyful tune "Yele" with an island beat, as musicians danced around him, singing the refrain: "Earthquake, we see the earth shake, but the soul of the Haitian people will never break!"
Jean showcased the resilient spirit of a nation in the midst of catastrophe. On Jan. 12, a powerful earthquake struck the already impoverished country, killing an estimated 200,000 people, displacing many more and reducing much of Haiti to ruins.
The telethon, shown on all the major networks and streamed live on many Web sites, was quickly put together by George Clooney and MTV Networks, along with the help of others, to raise millions of dollars for the Caribbean country.
Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon led a tribute to United Nations staff killed in the earthquake; an orphanage worker recounted how he had turned away 80 children a month even before the disaster and now feared that there would be so many more; a little girl rescued from beneath the ruins sat wide-eyed before the cameras in Port au Prince as CNN reporter Anderson Cooper told how she lost ten members of her family and now lived on the streets.
Actress Halle Berry narrated the tale of Monley, a five-year-old boy who survived more than a week trapped under concrete, curled up in a ball.
"For eight days he had no one to comfort him, no one to tell him that they loved him, and no one to tell him that things were going to be all right," she said, her voice trembling.
"He had no one because the earthquake had claimed the lives of his mother and father."
Madonna Photo: EPA
Madonna provided an UPLIFTING injection of hope with her choir-backed performance of "Like A Prayer." Check it out!
Jay-Z, Rihanna and U2's Bono and The Edge debuted a new song, "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)," as Jay-Z rapped from London: "When the sky falls, and the earth quakes, we gon' put this back together, we won't break."
The telethon was broadcast from New York, London, Los Angeles and Haiti, where CNN's Anderson Cooper interviewed quake victims and anchored news clips of the tragedy.
Haitians were able to listen on Radio One Haiti.
A crowd made up mostly of Haiti's wealthier elite gathered Friday night at Break Time restaurant, one of the only still open in Port-au-Prince, and one of the only places residents could watch the telethon.
Owner Patrick Alexis said he enjoyed seeing the celebrities but was skeptical the money would get to people who need it.
"It's easy to do a telethon on behalf of the Haitian people, but who will really get the money? I know my country, I know my people, I know the leaders," he said.
Rabbel Bertrand, 16, who was heading to New Jersey to because his school collapsed, was surprised by the attention on his country.
"I didn't realize all those celebrities knew Haiti. When you talk about Haiti, people usually just talk about the bad things," Bertrand said.
Hope for Haiti Now is available on iTunes.com/haiti today. Apple, the labels, and the artists are donating their shae of the proceeds from the sale of the album and any of its individual live perfromance tracks to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food program, and Yele Hait Foundation. Apple, the labels and the artists are donating their share of the proceeds from the sale of the individual studio track, "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) - Version 1..0",, featuring Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge, and Rihanna, to Partners in Health. The track is only 99 cents. Your iTunes.com/haiti purchase of the Hope for Haiti Benefit will include performances by celebrities such as Sting, Madonna, Ezra, Alicia Keys, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera and more. The Hope for Haiti Benefit costs $7.99 at iTunes.com/haiti.
Check out George Clooney talking about the fundraising event and the Hope for Haiti Benefit available on iTunes.com/haiti
The telethon won't be the last major celebrity effort for Haiti; BET plans to hold its own all-star telethon on Feb. 5, with Diddy and Queen Latifah as hosts. It will also be aired on MTV and VH1.
From Executive Producer Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, The Hobbit) and director Vincenzo Natali (best known for his sci-fit hit Cube) comes Splice the sci-fi thriller starring Adrien Brody (Clive) and Sarah Polley (Elsa). The Splice North American Premiere took place at the Sundance Film Festival yesterday, Friday, January 22 at midnight at the Egyptian Theater, in Park City.
'Splice' Director Vincenzo Natali Sundance Film Festival 2010, Park City at Midnight
Adrien Broday and Sarah Polley in 'Splice' Sundance Film Festival 2010, Park City at Midnight
After the Splice screening Natali was on hand for a Q&A along with stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley. The first question went something like “That’s the most f—–d up movie I’ve ever seen, and I mean that in a good way”. The 2nd and 3rd questions were pretty much the same, leading to theater-wide cheers. So, clearly Splice had won over the audience reports Charlie Prince of CinemaStrikesBack.com
Here's what people are saying about Splice after last night's midnight screening...
"My guess is people take away from the film exactly the same feeling that the audience tonight was overwhelmed with – i.e. “that’s one seriously messed up movie” - Charlie Prince, CinemaStrikesBack.com
"Fucked up is probably the best way to describe Splice. Fucked up in all the right ways." - Brandon Lee Tenney, FirstShowing.net
"...a film that is soon likely to be considered a Canadian genre gem." - Kurt Halfyard, TwitchFilm.net
ADDITIONAL SUNDANCE SCREENINGS Sun, Jan 24 @ 9:00 PM, Salt Lake City at Tower Theatre Mon, Jan 25 @ 11:59 PM, Park City at Prospector Square Theatre Wed, Jan 27 @ 11:15 AM, Park City at Racquet Club Sat, Jan 30 @ 11:30 PM, Park City at Library Center Theatre *BUY TICKETS ONLINE
Splice is a meditation on the relationship between creature and creators. The story revolves around two brilliant geneticists (played by Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody) who create hybrid organisms spliced from the genes of various animals. Their research has medical applications, and being young and adventurous, they target the top of the food chain: human DNA. Needless-to-say, mayhem ensues. But what makes Splice unique is that the true nature of the horror is emotional. And the ties that bind the scientists to their manufactured offspring is familial. Think Frankenstein!
Rumors that Tobey could play the character of Bilbo first surfaced last month, but he dispelled them at the time — though he admitted he would be interested if he were approached.
“I have not met or spoken to the director Guillermo del Toro or the producer Peter Jackson or anybody. Nobody has given me a script or approached me about it,” he said.
“I love Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson and I certainly wouldn’t take myself out of the conversation.”
Filming for The Hobbit begins this summer, and it will be split into two movies, set for release in 2011 and 2012.
Scott Stewart's supernatural thriller Legion, scripted by Peter Schink, concerns a group of strangers in an out-of-the-way eatery who become the first line of defense when God, believing the human race is no longer worthy of Him, decides to end their existence. This motley crew's only spiritual ally is the archangel Michael, played by Paul Bettany. Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Charles S. Dutton, and Lucas Black co-star in the Screen Gems production.
Even ordinary citizens like "Gladys" a cute little old lady, and "The Ice cream Man" are intensely scary and menacing.
In this Featurette: Dennis Quaid (Bob Hanson) Kate Walsh (Sandra) Tyrese Gibson (Kyle) Paul Bettany (Michael) Charles Dutton (Percy Walker) Scott Stewart (Writer/Director/Executive Producer)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Kevin Durand, Paul Bettany, Tyrese Gibson, Doug Jones, Kate Walsh, Willa Holland, Lucas Black
Directed by Scott Charles Stewart Produced by David Lancaster, Michel Litvak Written by Peter Schink, Scott Charles Stewart Distributor: Screen Gems
The angels in this film are going to shake you to your core and leave you with something heavy to think about!
Actor Christoph Waltz accepts the Best Supporting Actor Award for "Inglourious Basterds" at 15th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards
The Critics' Choice Awards for 2010 were handed out today, January 15, 2009 at the Hollywood Palladium. The biggest surprise of the night was Sandra Bullock tying for Best Actress with Meryl Streep. In the past several years, the actress who wins the Critics Choice Award does not go on to win the Oscar.
The 2010 Critics Choice Award for Best Picture went to The Hurt Locker. Best Director went to Kathryn Bigelow who made The Hurt Locker. This win makes Kathryn Bigelow the first woman to ever win the award forBest Director, and it was well deserving for her greatfilm.
The Cove won Best Documentary award, deservedly so. Perhaps the strong global spotlight will help stop the dolphin slaughter which has once again resumed in Taiji, Japan. The Cove should go on to win Best Documentary Oscar®.
The names of all the Critics' Choice Awards Winners are below in bold letters.
BEST PICTURE Avatar An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus Nine Precious A Serious Man Up Up In The Air
BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart George Clooney – Up In The Air Colin Firth – A Single Man Morgan Freeman – Invictus Viggo Mortensen – The Road Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side Carey Mulligan – An Education Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Matt Damon – Invictus Woody Harrelson – The Messenger Christian McKay – Me And Orson Welles Alfred Molina – An Education Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Marion Cotillard – Nine Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air Mo’Nique – Precious Julianne Moore – A Single Man Samantha Morton – The Messenger
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Jae Head – The Blind Side Bailee Madison – Brothers Max Records – Where The Wild Things Are Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Inglourious Basterds Nine Precious Star Trek Up In The Air
BEST DIRECTING Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker James Cameron – Avatar Lee Daniels – Precious Clint Eastwood – Invictus Jason Reitman – Up In The Air Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – (500) Days Of Summer Bob Peterson, Peter Docter – Up Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach – Fantastic Mr. Fox Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – District 9 Geoffrey Fletcher – Precious Tom Ford, David Scearce – A Single Man Nick Hornby – An Education Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – Up In The Air
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker Dion Beebe – Nine Mauro Fiore – Avatar Andrew Lesnie – The Lovely Bones Robert Richardson – Inglourious Basterds
BEST ART DIRECTION Dan Bishop – A Single Man Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg – Avatar John Myhre, Gordon Sim – Nine Naomi Shohan, George De Titta, Jr. – The Lovely Bones David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco – Inglourious Basterds
BEST EDITING Dana E. Glauberman – Up In The Air Sally Menke – Inglourious Basterds Bob Murawski, Chris Innis – The Hurt Locker Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron – Avatar Claire Simpson, Wyatt Smith – Nine
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Colleen Atwood – Nine Janet Patterson – Bright Star Sandy Powell – The Young Victoria Anna Sheppard – Inglourious Basterds Casey Storm – Where The Wild Things Are
BEST MAKEUP Avatar District 9 Nine The Road Star Trek
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Avatar District 9 The Lovely Bones Star Trek 2012
BEST SOUND Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Nine Star Trek
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox Princess And The Frog Up
BEST ACTION MOVIE Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek
BEST COMEDY (500) Days Of Summer The Hangover It’s Complicated The Proposal Zombieland
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Gifted Hands Grey Gardens Into The Storm Taking Chance
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Broken Embraces Coco Before Chanel Red Cliff Sin Nombre The White Ribbon
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Anvil Capitalism: A Love Story The Cove Food, Inc. Michael Jackson’s This Is It
BEST SONG “All Is Love” – Karen O, Nick Zinner – Where The Wild Things Are “Almost There” – Randy Newman – The Princess And The Frog “Cinema Italiano” – Maury Yeston – Nine “(I Want To) Come Home” – Paul McCartney – Everybody’s Fine “The Weary Kind” – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham – Crazy Heart
BEST SCORE Michael Giacchino – Up Marvin Hamlisch – The Informant! Randy Newman – The Princess and the Frog Karen O, Carter Burwell – Where The Wild Things Are Hans Zimmer – Sherlock Holmes
Set in 1912 Cape Cod, the period romantic comedy tells the story of a lighthouse keeper who has disavowed any association with females, but who must deal with the unexpected appearance of two attractive women who move into a nearby cottage for the summer. The film features performances by Blythe Danner, Richard Dreyfuss and Mamie Gummer.
Attending the screening will be Academy Award® nominee Blythe Danner, Academy Award® winner Richard Dreyfuss and director Daniel Adams. The screening will be followed by a party at the Spa Resort Casino at 7:00 PM. Visit PSIFF Closing Night Gala 2010 for tickets or visit the PSIFF website for festival information.