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The 2008 Academy Award Winners

Monday, February 25th, 2008

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WINNERS

Best film: No Country for Old Men

Best director: No Country for Old Men, Joel and Ethan Coen

Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Original screenplay: Juno

Documentary feature: Taxi to the Dark Side

Documentary short: Freeheld

Original score: Atonement

Cinematography: There Will Be Blood

Song: “Falling Slowly”, Once

Foreign language film: The Counterfeiters

Honorary Oscar: Robert Boyle

Film editing: The Bourne Ultimatum

Best actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Sound mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum

Sound editing: The Bourne Ultimatum

Adapted screenplay: No Country for Old Men, Joel and Ethan Coen

Supporting actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Animated short: Peter and the Wolf

Live action short: Le Mozart des Pickpockets

Supporting actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Art directions: Sweeney Todd

Visual effects: The Golden Compass

Makeup: La Vie en Rose

Animated feature: Ratatouille

Costume: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

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The 2008 Academy Award Nominations

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

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Best Picture: “Atonement,” “Juno,” “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood.”

Best Actor: George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”; Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”; Johnny Depp, “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street”; Tommy Lee Jones, “In the Valley of Elah”; Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises.”

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”; 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”; Hal Holbrook, “Into the Wild”; Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Tom Wilkinson, “Michael Clayton.”

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Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”; Ruby Dee, “American Gangster”; Saoirse Ronan, “Atonement”; Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”; Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”

Best Director: Julian Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; Jason Reitman, “Juno”; Tony Gilroy, “Michael Clayton”; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood.”

Best Foreign Film: “Beaufort,” Israel; “The Counterfeiters,” Austria; “Katyn,” Poland; “Mongol,” Kazakhstan; “12,” Russia.

Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, “Atonement”; Sarah Polley, “Away from Her”; Ronald Harwood, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood.”

Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, “Juno”; Nancy Oliver, “Lars and the Real Girl”; Tony Gilroy, “Michael Clayton”; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, “Ratatouille”; Tamara
Jenkins, “The Savages.”

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Best Animated Feature Film: “Persepolis”; “Ratatouille”; “Surf’s Up.”

Best Art Direction: “American Gangster,” “Atonement,” “The Golden Compass,” “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “There Will Be Blood.”

Best Cinematography: “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “Atonement,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood.”

Best Sound Mixing: “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Ratatouille,” “3:10 to Yuma,” “Transformers.”

Best Sound Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Ratatouille,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Transformers.”

Best Original Score: “Atonement,” Dario Marianelli; “The Kite Runner,” Alberto Iglesias; “Michael Clayton,” James Newton Howard; “Ratatouille,” Michael Giacchino; “3:10 to Yuma,” Marco
Beltrami.

Best Original Song: “Falling Slowly” from “Once,” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted,” Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; “Raise It Up” from “August Rush,” “So Close” from “Enchanted,” Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted,” Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

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Best Costume: “Across the Universe,” “Atonement,” “Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” “La Vie en Rose,” “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

Best Documentary Feature: “No End in Sight,” “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience,” “Sicko,” “Taxi to the Dark Side,” “War/Dance.”

Best Documentary (short subject): “Freeheld,” “La Corona (The Crown),” “Salim Baba,” “Sari’s Mother.”

Best Film Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “Into the Wild,” “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood.”

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Best Makeup: “La Vie en Rose,” “Norbit,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.”

Best Animated Short Film: “I Met the Walrus,” “Madame Tutli-Putli,” “Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven),” “My Love (Moya Lyubov),” “Peter & the Wolf.”

Best Live Action Short Film: “At Night,” “Il Supplente (The Substitute),” “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets),” “Tanghi Argentini,” “The Tonto Woman.”

Best Visual Effects: “The Golden Compass,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” “Transformers.”

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2008 Golden Globe Winners!

Monday, January 14th, 2008

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MOVIES

Best Motion Picture – Drama

“American Gangster”
*”Atonement”
“Eastern Promises”
“The Great Debaters”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country for Old Men”
“There Will Be Blood”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Cate Blanchett – “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
*Julie Christie – “Away From Her”
Jodie Foster – “The Brave One”
Angelina Jolie – “A Mighty Heart”
Keira Knightley – “Atonement”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

George Clooney – “Michael Clayton”
*Daniel Day-Lewis – “There Will Be Blood”
James McAvoy – “Atonement”
Viggo Mortensen – “Eastern Promises”
Denzel Washington – “American Gangster”

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

“Across The Universe”
“Charlie Wilson’s War”
“Hairspray”
“Juno”
*”Sweeney Todd”

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams – “Enchanted”
Nikki Blonsky – “Hairspray”
Helena Bonham Carter – “Sweeney Todd”
*Marion Cotillard – “La Vie En Rose”
Ellen Page – “Juno”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

*Johnny Depp – “Sweeney Todd”
Ryan Gosling – “Lars and the Real Girl”
Tom Hanks – “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “The Savages”
John C. Reilly – “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”

Best Foreign Languge Film

“4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days” (Romania)
*”The Diving Bell And The Butterfly” (France, United States)
“The Kite Runner” (United States)
“Lust, Caution” (Taiwan)
“Persepolis” (France)

Best Animated Feature Film

“Bee Movie”
*”Ratatouille”
“The Simpsons Movie”

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Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

*Cate Blanchett - “I’m Not There”
Julia Roberts - “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Saoirse Ronan - “Atonement”
Amy Ryan - “Gone Baby Gone”
Tilda Swinton - “Michael Clayton”

Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

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”
John Travolta - “Hairspray”
Tom Wilkinson - “Michael Clayton”

Best Director - Motion Picture

Tim Burton - “Sweeney Todd”
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - “No Country for Old Men”
*Julian Schnabel - “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Ridley Scott - “American Gangster”
Joe Wright - “Atonement”

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Diablo Cody - “Juno”
*Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - “No Country for Old Men”
Christopher Hampton - “Atonement”
Ronald Harwood - “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Aaron Sorkin - “Charlie Wilson’s War”

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder - “Into the Wild”
Clint Eastwood - “Grace Is Gone”
Alberto Iglesias - “The Kite Runner”
*Dario Marianelli - “Atonement”
Howard Shore - “Eastern Promises”

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

“Despedida” - “Love in the Time of Cholera”
Music by: Shakira, Antonio Pinto
Lyrics by: Shakira

“Grace Is Gone” - “Grace Is Gone”
Music by: Clint Eastwood
Lyrics by: Carole Bayer Sager

*”Guaranteed” - “Into the Wild”
Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder

“That’s How You Know” - “Enchanted”
Music by: Alan Menken
Lyrics by: Stephen Schwartz

“Walk Hard” - “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”
Music & Lyrics by: Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, Kasdan

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TELEVISION

Best Television Series - Drama

“Big Love”
“Damages”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“House”
*”Mad Men”
“The Tudors”

Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series-Drama

Patricia Arquette - “Medium”
*Glenn Close - “Damages”
Minnie Driver - “The Riches”
Edie Falco - “The Sopranos”
Sally Field - “Brothers & Sisters”
Holly Hunter - “Saving Grace”
Kyra Sedgwick - “The Closer”

Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series-Drama

Michael C. Hall - “Dexter”
*Jon Hamm - “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie - “House”
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - “The Tudors”
Bill Paxton - “Big Love”

Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical

“30 Rock”
“Californication”
“Entourage”
*”Extras”
“Pushing Daisies”

Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical

Christine Applegate - “Samantha Who?”
America Ferrera - “Ugly Betty”
*Tina Fey - “30 Rock”
Anna Friel - “Pushing Daisies”
Mary-Louise Parker - “Weeds”

Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical

Alec Baldwin - “30 Rock”
Steve Carell - “The Office”
*David Duchovny - “Californication”
Ricky Gervais - “Extras”
Lee Pace - “Pushing Daisies”

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Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
“The Company”
“Five Days”
*”Longford”
“The State Within”

Best Performance By an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV

Bryce Dallas Howard - “As You Like It”
Debra Messing - “The Starter Wife”
*Queen Latifah - “Life Support”
Sissy Spacek - “Pictures of Hollis Woods”
Ruth Wilson - “Jane Eyre”

Best Performance By an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV

Adam Beach - “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
Ernest Borgnine - “A Grandpa for Christmas”
*Jim Broadbent - “Longford”
Jason Isaacs - “The State Within”
James Nesbitt - “Jekyll”

Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

Rose Byrne - “Damages”
Rachel Griffiths - “Brothers & Sisters”
Katherine Heigl - “Grey’s Anatomy”
*Samantha Morton - “Longford”
Anna Paquin - “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
Jaime Pressly - “My Name Is Earl”

Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

Ted Danson - “Damages”
Kevin Dillon - “Entourage”
*Jeremy Piven - “Entourage”
Andy Serkis - “Longford”
William Shatner - “Boston Legal”
Donald Sutherland - “Dirty Sexy Money”

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The 2007 Golden Globe Nominees Are Here!

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

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MOTION PICTURES:

Picture, Drama: “American Gangster,”"Atonement,”"Eastern Promises,”"The Great Debaters,”"Michael Clayton,”"No Country for Old Men,”"There Will Be Blood.”

Actress, Drama: Cate Blanchett, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”; Julie Christie, “Away From Her”; Jodie Foster, “The Brave One”; Angelina Jolie, “A Mighty Heart”; Keira Knightley, “Atonement.”

Actor, Drama: George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”; Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”; James McAvoy, “Atonement”; Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises”; Denzel Washington, “American Gangster.”

Picture, Musical or Comedy: “Across the Universe,”"Charlie Wilson’s War,”"Hairspray,”"Juno,”"Sweeney Todd.”

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Amy Adams, “Enchanted”; Nikki Blonsky, “Hairspray”; Helena Bonham Carter, “Sweeney Todd”; Marion Cotillard, “La Vie En Rose”; Ellen Page, “Juno.”

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Actor, Musical or Comedy: Johnny Depp, “Sweeney Todd”; Ryan Gosling, “Lars and the Real Girl”; Tom Hanks, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Savages”; John C. Reilly, “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.”

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”; Julia Roberts, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Saoirse Ronan, “Atonement”; Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”; Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”

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”; John Travolta, “Hairspray”; Tom Wilkinson, “Michael Clayton.”

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Director: Tim Burton, “Sweeney Todd”; Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Julian Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; Ridley Scott, “American Gangster”; Joe Wright, “Atonement.”

Screenplay: Diablo Cody, “Juno”; Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Christopher Hampton, “Atonement”; Ronald Harwood, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; Aaron Sorkin, “Charlie Wilson’s War.”

Foreign Language: “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” Romania; “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” France and U.S.; “The Kite Runner,” U.S.; “Lust, Caution,” Taiwan; “Persepolis,” France.

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Animated Film: “Bee Movie,”"Ratatouille,”"The Simpsons Movie.”

Original Score: Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder, “Into the Wild”; Clint Eastwood, “Grace Is Gone”; Alberto Iglesias, “The Kite Runner”; Dario Marianelli, “Atonement”; Howard Shore, “Eastern Promises.”

Original Song: “Despedida” from “Love in the Time of Cholera”; “Grace Is Gone” from “Grace Is Gone”; “Guaranteed” from “Into the Wild”; “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”; “Walk Hard” from “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.”

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TELEVISION:

Series, Drama: “Big Love,” HBO; “Damages,” FX Networks; “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC; “House,” Fox; “Mad Men,” AMC; “The Tudors,” Showtime.

Actress, Drama: Patricia Arquette, “Medium”; Glenn Close, “Damages”; Minnie Driver, “The Riches”; Edie Falco, “The Sopranos”; Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters”; Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace”; Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer.”

Actor, Drama: Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”; Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”; Hugh Laurie, “House”; Jonathan Rhys Meyers, “The Tudors”; Bill Paxton, “Big Love.”

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Series, Musical or Comedy: “30 Rock,” NBC; “Californication,” Showtime; “Entourage,” HBO; “Extras,” HBO; “Pushing Daisies,” ABC.

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”; America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”; Tina Fey, “30 Rock”; Anna Friel, “Pushing Daisies”; Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds.”

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”; Steve Carell, “The Office”; David Duchovny, “Californication”; Ricky Gervais, “Extras”; Lee Pace, “Pushing Daisies.”

Miniseries or Movie: “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” HBO; “The Company,” TNT; “Five Days,” HBO; “Longford,” HBO; “The State Within,” BBC America.

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Bryce Dallas Howard, “As You Like It”; Debra Messing, “The Starter Wife”; Queen Latifah, “Life Support”; Sissy Spacek, “Pictures of Hollis Woods”; Ruth Wilson, “Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre).”

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Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Adam Beach, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”; Ernest Borgnine, “A Grandpa for Christmas”; Jim Broadbent, “Longford”; Jason Isaacs, “The State Within”; James Nesbitt, “Jekyll.”

Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Rose Byrne, “Damages”; Rachel Griffiths, “Brothers & Sisters”; Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy”; Samantha Morton, “Longford”; Anna Paquin, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”; Jaime Pressly, “My Name Is Earl.”

Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Ted Danson, “Damages”; Kevin Dillon, “Entourage”; Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”; Andy Serkis, “Longford”; William Shatner, “Boston Legal”; Donald Sutherland, “Dirty Sexy Money.”

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50th Annual Grammy Nominations Announced!

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

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THE BELOW ARTICLE WAS TAKEN FROM REUTERS UK.COM

Rap star Kanye West scored a leading eight nominations for the 50th annual Grammy Awards this year, the music industry’s highest honours, organizers said on Thursday. Five acts received five nominations each; rock band the Foo Fighters, rapper Jay-Z, hip-hop producer Timbaland, pop singer Justin Timberlake, and R&B singer T-Pain.

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse, whose promising career has been sidelined by drug and alcohol problems, followed with six Grammy bids. Winehouse, 24, was nominated in all four of the top categories: record of the year, album of the year, song of the year (a songwriter’s award), and best new artist. Her second disc, “Back to Black,” will compete for album of the year with West’s “Graduation,” the Foo Fighters’ “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” country singer Vince Gill’s “These Days,” and jazz pianist Herbie Hancock’s “River: The Joni Letters.”

Winehouse’s autobiographical single “Rehab” will vie for record of the year with the Foo Fighters’ “The Pretender,” Timberlake’s “What Goes Around … Comes Around,” and tracks from two R&B singers; Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” and Rihanna’s Umbrella,” featuring Jay-Z. “Rehab” and “Umbrella” were nominated for song of the year, alongside country star Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats,” pop band Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah,” and singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Like a Star.”

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My opinion? I am VERY disapointed that Feist was not nominated for Album and Record of the year. Her second solo c.d. “The Reminder” is a piece of pop heaven. A few other snubs? Lily Allen, The Arcade Fire, Mika, Peter, Bjorn & John and Robin Thicke! The Grammy’s have always been geared to the older set, which is why Herbie Hancock, Paul McCartney and some of these other acts made such an impression on voters.

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Lastly, when don’t The Foo Fighter’s sweep at Grammy time? Granted, I like David Grohl, but when have they really put out a stellar album with certified commercial hits? I guess I can be thankful that Daughtry and Fergie weren’t nominated for anything (that we know of), then I’d really be pissed. I am excited for the actual Grammy nomination list to come out so I can see the dance, pop and alternative category nominees. Stay tuned to this blog for the full list of grammy nominations when they are released!

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The 12 Animated Films Up For Oscar Consideration Have Been Announced!

Friday, November 9th, 2007

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The nominations for the 80th Academy Awards won’t be announced until January 22, but the names of the films being submitted for consideration have already been announced. And this year was not a great year for animation by the looks of this list! I mean c’mon, “Bee Movie”? “Aqua Teen Hunger Force”? “TMNT”? I’ve seen these movies, they are not Oscar worthy, trust me!

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Variety Magazine reports that in the animated feature film category, the Academy will have 12 movies to consider and they have to whittle the list down to three nominees. Do you think the voters will have problems narrowing down this list? Here is the list of submitted animated feature length films:

- “Alvin and the Chipmunks”
- “Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters”
- “Bee Movie”
- “Beowulf”
- “Meet the Robinsons”
- “Persepolis”
- “Ratatouille”
- “Shrek the Third”
- “The Simpsons Movie”
- “Surf’s Up”
- “Tekkonkinkreet”
- “TMNT”

Yes, you read that right, “Alvin and the Chipmunks” people! I mean the trailer for “Alvin” alone is incredibly bad, the movie couldn’t be any better…trust me. If I had to pick the three nominees now it would be; “Ratatouille”, “Persepolis” and “The Simpsons Movie”. If “Beowulf” turns out to be a hit then it may replace the Cannes Film Festival winner “Persepolis”.

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I will be doing a write up of the graphic novel turned big screen animated feature “Persepolis” as soon as the trailer is released. I have read the beautifully written black and white graphic novel and I am sure the movie will be amazing. I have seen most of the movies on this list and have to say I enjoyed “Surfs Up” and think it is deserving of a nomination also.

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The 2007 Academy Awards Winners

Monday, February 26th, 2007

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SURPRISES:

- Last week if you told me Eddie Murphy didn’t win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, I would have been pissed. But last night I realized why I love Alan Arkin’s moving performance in “Little Miss Sunshine” so much, he is so endearing.

- Al Gore was funny! Why couldn’t he have been just like this when we needed it! Please run again Mr. Gore!

- “The Departed” won Best Picture? I love this movie I do, but I don’t think it has anything important to say. “Goodfellas” was a more superior film and had senseless violence potrayed in the same manner as
“The Departed” but the academy has always shunned these kinds of films. The subject matter may be entertaining but does it say anything about culture and society on a large scale like last years winner “Crash” did? If this movie could win, why didn’t “Pulp Fiction”?

- Why was Beyonce singing with Jennifer Hudson? Why did we have to hear Beyonce sing a duet with Jennifer Hudson when all of America just wanted to see why Miss Hudson had just earned her Oscar? Oops Beyonce, I smell a diva tantrum!

- No Anna Nicole Smith in the “death montage”. Hey, she was in “The Naked Gun” movies!

- “Pan’s Labyrinth” loses best foreign language film. Damn them “naughty, dirty little Germans” who won for “The Lives of Others” (thank you for the quote Sharon Stone).

- Melissa Etheridge wins an Oscar! Her dedication to her wife will be remembered as a historical moment.

- “Happy Feet” beats “Cars”. Pixar loses to the guy that made “Babe” and “Mad Max”. Take that Disney!

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Performance by an actor in a leading role:

Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

Helen Mirren in “The Queen”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:

Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”

Best animated feature film of the year:

“Happy Feet” George Miller

Achievement in cinematography:

“Pan’s Labyrinth”

Achievement in costume design:

“Marie Antoinette” Milena Canonero

Achievement in directing:

“The Departed” Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature:

“An Inconvenient Truth”

Achievement in film editing:

“The Departed”

Best foreign language film of the year:

“The Lives of Others” Germany

Achievement in makeup:

“Pan’s Labyrinth”

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):

“Babel”

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):

“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth” Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge

Best motion picture of the year:

“The Departed”

Best animated short film:

“The Danish Poet”

Achievement in visual effects:

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

Adapted screenplay:

“The Departed”

Original screenplay:

“Little Miss Sunshine”

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Grammy Award Winners

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Album of the Year: “Taking the Long Way,” Dixie Chicks.

Record of the Year: “Not Ready to Make Nice,” Dixie Chicks.

Song of the Year: “Not Ready to Make Nice,” Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Dan Wilson (Dixie Chicks).

New Artist: Carrie Underwood.

Female R&B Vocal Performance: “Be Without You,” Mary J. Blige.

Pop Vocal Album: “Continuum,” John Mayer.

Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “For Once in My Life,” Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder.

Country Album: “Taking the Long Way,” Dixie Chicks.

Rap Album: “Release Therapy,” Ludacris.

Rock Album: “Stadium Arcadium,” Red Hot Chili Peppers.

R&B Album: “The Breakthrough,” Mary J. Blige.

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin.

Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Duets: an American Classic,” Tony Bennett.

Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Ain’t No Other Man,” Christina Aguilera.

Male Pop Vocal Performance: “Waiting on the World to Change,” John Mayer.

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: “My Humps,” Black Eyed Peas.

Rock Instrumental Performance: “The Wizard Turns On … ,” the Flaming Lips.

Alternative Music Album: “St. Elsewhere,” Gnarls Barkley.

Dance Recording: “Sexy Back,” Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.

Electronic/Dance Album: “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” Madonna.

Rap/Sung Collaboration: “My Love,” Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.

Urban/Alternative Performance: “Crazy,” Gnarls Barkley.

Contemporary R&B Album: “B’Day,” Beyonce.

Female Country Vocal Performance: “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” Carrie Underwood.

Male Country Vocal Performance: “The Reason Why,” Vince Gill.

Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: “Not Ready to Make Nice,” Dixie Chicks.

Country Song: “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson (Carrie Underwood).

The Screen Actors Guild Awards

Monday, February 5th, 2007

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker / THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND – Idi Amin / Fox Searchlight Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren / THE QUEEN – The Queen / Miramax Films.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Eddie Murphy / DREAMGIRLS – James “Thunder” Early / Paramount Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Hudson / DREAMGIRLS – Effie White / Paramount Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE / Fox Searchlight Pictures
Alan Arkin - Grandpa
Abigail Breslin - Olive
Steve Carell - Frank
Toni Collette - Sheryl
Paul Dano - Dwayne
Greg Kinnear - Richard

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Jeremy Irons / ELIZABETH I – Earl of Leicester / HBO

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Helen Mirren / ELIZABETH I – Elizabeth I / HBO

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Laurie / HOUSE – Dr. Gregory House / FOX

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Chandra Wilson / GREY’S ANATOMY – Dr. Miranda Bailey / ABC

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin / 30 ROCK – Jack Donaghy / NBC

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
America Ferrera / UGLY BETTY – Betty Suarez / ABC

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
GREY’S ANATOMY / ABC
Justin Chambers - Alex Karev
Eric Dane - Mark Sloan
Patrick Dempsey - Derek Shepherd
Katherine Heigl - Isobel “Izzie” Stevens
T.R. Knight - George O’Malley
Sandra Oh - Cristina Yang
James Pickens, Jr. - Richard Webber
Ellen Pompeo - Meredith Grey
Sara Ramirez - Callie Torres
Kate Walsh - Addison Montgomery Shepherd
Isaiah Washington - Preston Burke
Chandra Wilson - Miranda Bailey

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
THE OFFICE / NBC
Leslie David Baker - Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner - Kevin Malone
Steve Carell - Michael Scott
David Denman - Roy Anderson
Jenna Fischer - Pam Beesly
Kate Flannery - Meredith Palmer
Melora Hardin - Jan Levinson
Mindy Kaling - Kelly Kapoor
Angela Kinsey - Angela Martin
John Krasinski - Jim Halpert
Paul Lieberstein - Toby Flenderson
B.J. Novak - Ryan Howard
Oscar Nunez - Oscar Martinez
Phyllis Smith - Phyllis Lapin
Rainn Wilson - Dwight Schrute

Screen Actors Guild Awards 43rd Annual Life Achievement Award
Julie Andrews

The Razzie Award Nominations

Friday, January 26th, 2007

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These awards are truly the only ones that usually get it right with their nominees. I hope “Little Man” sweeps these awards, it was a vile piece of work. I think these categores are hilarious and agree with every nominee. Actually, I enjoyed “Lady In The Water” a whole lot and think it is vastly under rated.

Worst Picture:
“Basic Instinct 2″
“Bloodrayne”
“Lady In The Water”
“Little Man”
“Wicker Man”

Worst Actor:
Tim Allen — “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause,” “The Shaggy Dog” and “Zoom”
Nicolas Cage — “Wicker Man”
Larry The Cable Guy (Dan Whitney) — “Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector”
Rob Schneider — “The Benchwarmers” and “Little Man”
Marlon Wayans & Shawn Wayans — “Little Man”

Worst Actress:
Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff — “Material Girls”
Lindsay Lohan — “Just My Luck”
Kristanna Loken — “Bloodrayne”
Jessica Simpson — “Employee Of The Month”
Sharon Stone — “Basic Instincts 2″

Worst Supporting Actor:
Danny DeVito — “Deck The Halls”
Ben Kingsley — “Bloodrayne”
M. Night Shyamalan — “Lady In The Water”
Martin Short — “Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause”
David Thewlis — “Basic Instinct 2″ and “The Omen”

Worst Supporting Actress:
Kate Bosworth — “Superman Returns”
Kristin Chenoweth — “Deck The Halls,” “Pink Panther” and “RV”
Carmen Electra — “Date Movie” and “Scary Movie 4″
Jenny McCarthy — “John Tucker Must Die”
Michelle Rodriguez — “Bloodrayne”

Worst Screen Couple:
Tim Allen & Martin Short — “Santa Clause 3″
Nicolas Cage & His Bear Suit — “Wicker Man”
Hilary & Haylie Duff — “Material Girls”
Sharon Stone’s Lop-Sided Breasts — “Basic Instinct 2″
Shawn Wayans & EITHER Kerry Washington OR Marlon Wayans — “Little Man”

Worst Remake or Rip-Off:
“Little Man”
“Pink Panther”
“Poseidon”
“The Shaggy Dog Story”
“Wicker Man”

Worst Prequel or Sequel:
“Basic Instinct 2″
“Big Momma’s House 2″
“Garfield 2: A Tail Of Two Kitties”
“Santa Clause 3″
“Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning”

Worst Director:
Uwe Boll — “Bloodrayne”
Michael Caton-Jones — “Basic Instinct 2″
Ron Howard — “The Da Vinci Code”
M. Night Shyamalan — “Lady In The Water”
Keenen Ivory Wayans — “Little Man”

Worst Screenplay:
“Basic Instinct 2″
“Bloodrayne”
“Lady In The Water”
“Little Man”
“Wicker Man”

Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment:
“Deck The Halls”
“Garfield 2: A Tail Of Two Kitties”
“RV”
“Santa Clause 3″
“The Shaggy Dog”

The Academy Award Nominations

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Here are the Oscar nominations. First off, where is Jack Nicholson? And no Best Picture nomination for Dreamgirls? At least Eddie and Jennifer are up there. I am so glad to see “An Incovenient Truth” nominated for two awards. I am very happy with all of the “Little Miss Sunshine” attention, that movie is just too sweet to not get the recognition it deserves. I am hoping that “Babel” doesn’t sweep and get the best picture award, I was not happy with that movie. Check out all of the drama below. This year was much more easier to predict than last year. The winners seem pretty obvious too, I guess we will have to wait and see.

1. Best Picture: “Babel,” “The Departed,” “Letters From Iwo Jima,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” “The Queen.”

2. Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, “Blood Diamond”; Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”; Peter O’Toole, “Venus”; Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness”; Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland.”

3. Actress: Penelope Cruz, “Volver”; Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”; Helen Mirren, “The Queen”; Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”; Kate Winslet, “Little Children.”

4. Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Jackie Earle Haley, “Little Children”; Djimon Hounsou, “Blood Diamond”; Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”; Mark Wahlberg, “The Departed.”

5. Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza, “Babel”; Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal”; Abigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”; Rinko Kikuchi, “Babel.”

6. Directing: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Babel”; Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”; Clint Eastwood, “Letters From Iwo Jima”; Stephen Frears, “The Queen”; Paul Greengrass, “United 93.”

7. Foreign Language Film: “After the Wedding,” Denmark; “Days of Glory (Indigenes),” Algeria; “The Lives of Others,” Germany; “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Mexico; “Water,” Canada.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”; Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, “Children of Men”; William Monahan, “The Departed”; Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, “Little Children”; Patrick Marber, “Notes on a Scandal.”

9. Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga, “Babel”; Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, “Letters From Iwo Jima”; Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Guillermo del Toro, “Pan’s Labyrinth”; Peter Morgan, “The Queen.”

10. Animated Feature Film: “Cars,” “Happy Feet,” “Monster House.”

11. Art Direction: “Dreamgirls,” “The Good Shepherd,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “The Prestige.”

12. Cinematography: “The Black Dahlia,” “Children of Men,” “The Illusionist,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “The Prestige.”

13. Sound Mixing: “Apocalypto,” “Blood Diamond,” “Dreamgirls,” “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”

14. Sound Editing: “Apocalypto,” “Blood Diamond,” “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Letters From Iwo Jima,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”

15. Original Score: “Babel,” Gustavo Santaolalla; “The Good German,” Thomas Newman; “Notes on a Scandal,” Philip Glass; “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Javier Navarrete; “The Queen,” Alexandre Desplat.

16. Original Song: “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth,” Melissa Etheridge; “Listen” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven; “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett; “Our Town” from “Cars,” Randy Newman; “Patience” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.

17. Costume: “Curse of the Golden Flower,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Dreamgirls,” “Marie Antoinette,” “The Queen.”

18. Documentary Feature: “Deliver Us From Evil,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Iraq in Fragments,” “Jesus Camp,” “My Country, My Country.”

19. Documentary (short subject): “The Blood of Yingzhou District,” “Recycled Life,” “Rehearsing a Dream,” “Two Hands.”

20. Film Editing: “Babel,” “Blood Diamond,” “Children of Men,” “The Departed,” “United 93.”

21. Makeup: “Apocalypto,” “Click,” “Pan’s Labyrinth.”

22. Animated Short Film: “The Danish Poet,” “Lifted,” “The Little Matchgirl,” “Maestro,” “No Time for Nuts.”

23. Live Action Short Film: “Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea),” “Eramos Pocos (One Too Many),” “Helmer & Son,” “The Saviour,” “West Bank Story.”

24. Visual Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “Poseidon,” “Superman Returns.”

2007 Golden Globe Winners

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Here are the Golden Globe winners from last night. I was confused by “Babel” winning, but very happy Sacha Baron Cohen won! As well as Alec Baldwin, he deserved his award too. Otherwise it was a boring show with lots of surprises. Jennifer Hudson’s acceptance speech was fabulous, she deserved that award more than anyone. Check out the winners below!

MOTION PICTURES

-Picture, Drama: _”Babel”

-Actress, Drama: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”

-Actor, Drama: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”

-Picture, Musical or Comedy: “Dreamgirls”

-Actress, Musical or Comedy: Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”

-Actor, Musical or Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat”

-Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”

-Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”

-Director: Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”

-Movie Screenplay: Peter Morgan, “The Queen”

-Foreign Language: “Letters From Iwo Jima,” USA/Japan

-Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, “The Painted Veil”

-Original Song: “The Song of the Heart” from “Happy Feet”

-Animated Film: “Cars”

TELEVISION

-Series, Drama: “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC

-Actress, Drama: Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”

-Actor, Drama: Hugh Laurie, “House”

-Series, Musical or Comedy: “Ugly Betty,” ABC

-Actress, Musical or Comedy: America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”

-Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”

-Miniseries or movie: “Elizabeth I,” HBO

-Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, “Elizabeth I”

-Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Bill Nighy, “Gideon’s Daughter”

-Supp. Actress, Series, Mini or Movie: Emily Blunt, “Gideon’s Daughter”

-Supp. Actor, Series, Mini or Movie: Jeremy Irons, “Elizabeth I”

-Cecil B. DeMille Award: Warren Beatty

2007 Golden Globe Nominations!

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

BABEL

BOBBY

THE DEPARTED

LITTLE CHILDREN

THE QUEEN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

PENÉLOPE CRUZ
VOLVER

JUDI DENCH
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL
SHERRYBABY

HELEN MIRREN
THE QUEEN

KATE WINSLET
LITTLE CHILDREN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
BLOOD DIAMOND

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
THE DEPARTED

PETER O’TOOLE
VENUS

WILL SMITH
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

FOREST WHITAKER
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

DREAMGIRLS

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

THANK YOU FOR SMOKING

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

ANNETTE BENING
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS

TONI COLLETTE
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

BEYONCÉ KNOWLES
DREAMGIRLS

MERYL STREEP
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

RENEE ZELLWEGER
MISS POTTER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

SACHA BARON COHEN
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN

JOHNNY DEPP
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST

AARON ECKHART
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
KINKY BOOTS

WILL FERRELL
STRANGER THAN FICTION

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

CARS

HAPPY FEET

MONSTER HOUSE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

APOCALYPTO (USA)

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (USA/JAPAN)

THE LIVES OF OTHERS (GERMANY)

PAN’S LABYRINTH (MEXICO)

VOLVER (SPAIN)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

ADRIANA BARRAZA
BABEL

CATE BLANCHETT
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

EMILY BLUNT
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

JENNIFER HUDSON
DREAMGIRLS

RINKO KIKUCHI
BABEL

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

BEN AFFLECK
HOLLYWOODLAND

EDDIE MURPHY
DREAMGIRLS

JACK NICHOLSON
THE DEPARTED

BRAD PITT
BABEL

MARK WAHLBERG
THE DEPARTED

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

CLINT EASTWOOD
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

CLINT EASTWOOD
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

STEPHEN FREARS
THE QUEEN

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ IÑÁRRITU
BABEL

MARTIN SCORSESE
THE DEPARTED

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

GUILLERMO ARRIAGA
BABEL

TODD FIELD & TOM PERROTTA
LITTLE CHILDREN

PATRICK MARBER
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

WILLIAM MONAHAN
THE DEPARTED

PETER MORGAN
THE QUEEN

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
THE PAINTED VEIL

CLINT MANSELL
THE FOUNTAIN

GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA
BABEL

CARLO SILIOTTO
NOMAD

HANS ZIMMER
THE DA VINCI CODE

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“A FATHER’S WAY” — THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Music by: Seal and Christopher Bruce
Lyrics by: Seal

“LISTEN” — DREAMGIRLS
Music & Lyrics by: Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyoncé Knowles

“NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH” — BOBBY
Music & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda

“THE SONG OF THE HEART” — HAPPY FEET
Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson

“TRY NOT TO REMEMBER” — HOME OF THE BRAVE
Music & Lyrics by: Sheryl Crow

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

24 (FOX)

BIG LOVE (HBO)

GREY’S ANATOMY (ABC)

HEROES (NBC)

LOST (ABC)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

PATRICIA ARQUETTE
MEDIUM

EDIE FALCO
THE SOPRANOS

EVANGELINE LILLY
LOST

ELLEN POMPEO
GREY’S ANATOMY

KYRA SEDGWICK
THE CLOSER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

PATRICK DEMPSEY
GREY’S ANATOMY

MICHAEL C. HALL
DEXTER

HUGH LAURIE
HOUSE

BILL PAXTON
BIG LOVE

KIEFER SUTHERLAND
24

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)

ENTOURAGE (HBO)

THE OFFICE (NBC)

UGLY BETTY (ABC)

WEEDS (SHOWTIME)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL

MARCIA CROSS
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

AMERICA FERRERA
UGLY BETTY

FELICITY HUFFMAN
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE

MARY-LOUISE PARKER
WEEDS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

ALEC BALDWIN
30 ROCK

ZACH BRAFF
SCRUBS

STEVE CARRELL
THE OFFICE

JASON LEE
MY NAME IS EARL

TONY SHALHOUB
MONK

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

BLEAK HOUSE (PBS)

BROKEN TRAIL (AMC)

ELIZABETH I (HBO)

MRS. HARRIS (HBO)

PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT (PBS)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

GILLIAN ANDERSON
BLEAK HOUSE

ANNETTE BENING
MRS. HARRIS

HELEN MIRREN
ELIZABETH I

HELEN MIRREN
PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT

SOPHIE OKONEDO
TSUNAMI, THE AFTERMATH

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

ANDRÉ BRAUGHER
THIEF

ROBERT DUVALL
BROKEN TRAIL

MICHAEL EALY
SLEEPER CELL: AMERICAN TERROR

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
TSUNAMI, THE AFTERMATH

BEN KINGSLEY
MRS. HARRIS

BILL NIGHY
GIDEON’S DAUGHTER

MATTHEW PERRY
THE RON CLARK STORY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

EMILY BLUNT
GIDEON’S DAUGHTER

TONI COLLETTE
TSUNAMI, THE AFTERMATH

KATHERINE HEIGL
GREY’S ANATOMY

SARAH PAULSON
STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP

ELIZABETH PERKINS
WEEDS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

THOMAS HADEN CHURCH
BROKEN TRAIL

JEREMY IRONS
ELIZABETH I

JUSTIN KIRK
WEEDS

MASI OKA
HEROES

JEREMY PIVEN
ENTOURAGE

The Grammy Nominations Are In!!

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

James Blunt: Grammy NomineeMary J. BligeGoldfrapp: Supernature

Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer):

Be Without You
Mary J. Blige

You’re Beautiful
James Blunt

Not Ready To Make Nice
Dixie Chicks

Crazy
Gnarls Barkley

Put Your Records On
Corinne Bailey Rae

Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer):

Taking The Long Way
Dixie Chicks

St. Elsewhere
Gnarls Barkley

Continuum
John Mayer

Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers

FutureSex/LoveSounds
Justin Timberlake


Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award):

Be Without You
Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox & Jason Perry, songwriters

Jesus, Take The Wheel
Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters

Not Ready To Make Nice
Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson, songwriters

Put Your Records On
John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou & Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriters

You’re Beautiful
James Blunt, songwriter

Best New Artist (The first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist):

James Blunt

Chris Brown

Imogen Heap

Corinne Bailey Rae

Carrie Underwood

Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances):

Suffer Well
Depeche Mode

Ooh La La
Goldfrapp

Get Together
Madonna

I’m With Stupid
Pet Shop Boys

Sexy Back
Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

Best Electronic/Dance Album
(For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only):

Supernature
Goldfrapp

Confessions On A Dance Floor
Madonna

A Lively Mind
Oakenfold

Fundamental
Pet Shop Boys

The Garden
Zero 7

Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental):

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Arctic Monkeys

At War With The Mystics
The Flaming Lips

St. Elsewhere
Gnarls Barkley

Show Your Bones
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Eraser
Thom Yorke

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  • July Book Blowout
    I can’t quite remember how I found it, but Mrs. S at Blue Archipelago is hosting a reading challenge for the month of July and I have decided to take part. Usually I’m a bit wary of joining [...]
  • Olympic Swimming Trials - Day 7 Preliminaries
    In the final preliminary session of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials it was Kara Denby stepping up to earn the sixth seed in tonight's 50m freestyle semifinal. The eight-day meet at the [...]