2011 MTV Movie Awards Winners

The MTV Movie Awards were broadcasted on Sunday June 5, 2011 and I was oddly in the States at the time but didn't get a chance to see them (you can rewatch them streaming in the US here and in Canada here), but I couldn't wait to see who were this years winners. Twilight fans will be happy as the films have consistently won best movie, best kiss and best female performance (Kristen Stewart) for the past three years including this years wins for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Little surprized to see The Twilight Saga: Eclipse win over Inception for Best Fight, but even odder is that the fight nominated from The Fighter wasn't a boxing match but rather Amy Adams & the sisters. Ah, these awards certainly keep me on my toes! Big kudos to Tom Felton who has won best villain for 2 years running for his performance as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series including this years win for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1; and also big congratulations to Chloe Grace Moretz who won 2 awards: best breakout star & biggest badass star winner for Kick-Ass.

Here are all the winners!

2011 MTV Movie Awards Winners

BEST MOVIE
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Emma Stone in Easy A

BEST VILLIAN
Tom Felton in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

BEST JAW DROPPING MOMENT
Justin Bieber in Never Say Never (Performance Spectacular)

BIGGEST BADASS STAR WINNER
Chloe Grace Moretz in Kick-Ass

BEST BREAKOUT STAR
Chloe Grace Moretz

BEST FIGHT
Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard vs. Xavier Samuel in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

BEST KISS
Robert Pattinson/Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

MTV GENERATION
Reese Witherspoon

BEST LINE FROM A MOVIE
"I want to get chocolate wasted" - Alexys Nycole Sanchez in Grown Ups

BEST SCARED-AS-SH*T
Ellen Page is Inception

The MTV Movie Awards were broadcasted on Sunday June 5, 2011, see more about the awards here (US Site & Canadian Site).

31st Genie Award Winners

The 31st Genies took place on Thursday and Incendies won an imprssive 8 of the 10 Genies it was nominated for including Best Film, Actress in a Leading Role (Lubna Azabal) and Best Director and Adapted Screenplay. Both director and adapted screenplay awards when to Denis Villeneuve, who will be familiar to Genie fans as his film Polytechnique won 9 of the 11 Genies it was nominated for and last year. Barney's Version was also a multiple award winner of the night picking up 7 of the 11 awards it was nominated for including 3 acting awards for Paul Giammati (Actor in a Leading Role), and both supporting acting categories (awarded to Dustin Hoffman & Minnie Driver).

The awards were hosted by William Shatner and voiced by Rachelle Lafevre, and a 1 hour special was broadcasted on CBC showing lead actor, actress, original screenplay and best film along with montages of the 5 best film nominees with music mixed live by Kardinal Offishall. There was also an additional award from Hollywood Life.com with a online voted award, the User Choice Award and the 5 choices were Ryan Reynolds, Jay Baruchel, Ryan Gosling, Nina Dobrev and Rachel McAdams. The award went to Jay Baruchel, who was at the awards and gave a very sweet acceptance speech for the award.

31st Genie Award Winners (for films in 2010)

BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM
Incendies

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
DENIS VILLENEUVE - Incendies

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
PAUL GIAMATTI - Barney's Version

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
DUSTIN HOFFMAN - Barney's Version

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
LUBNA AZABAL - Incendies

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
MINNIE DRIVER - Barney's Version

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE
CLAUDE PARÉ, ÉLISE DE BLOIS - Barney's Version

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES
ANDRÉ TURPIN - Incendies

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES
NICOLETTA MASSONE - Barney's Version

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE
MONIQUE DARTONNE - Incendies

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES
ADRIEN MOROT, MICHELINE TRÉPANIER - Barney's Version

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE
PASQUALE CATALANO - Barney's Version

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE
MARY MILNE - The Trotsky - Already Gone

ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE
JEAN UMANSKY, JEAN-PIERRE LAFORCE - Incendies

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE
SYLVAIN BELLEMARE, SIMON MEILLEUR, CLAIRE POCHON - Incendies

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
DENIS VILLENEUVE - Incendies

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO
JACOB TIERNEY - The Trotsky

BEST DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE
LAST TRAIN HOME - Lixin Fan, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE
SAVAGE - Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski

BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D'ANIMATION
LIPSETT DIARIES / LES JOURNAUX DE LIPSETT - Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand

CLAUDE JUTRA AWARD / PRIX CLAUDE-JUTRA
JEPHTÉ BASTIEN - Sortie 67
Honourable mention / Mention d'honneur: PETER STEBBINGS - Defendor

GOLDEN REEL AWARD / PRIX BOBINE D'OR
RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
Producers / Producteurs : Don Carmody, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer,
Distributor / Distributeur : Alliance Films
Total Canadian box office in 2010 / Recettes totales au guichet canadien en 2010 - $7,026,559

The Genie Awards were held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and broadcasted live on CBC on Thursday March 10, 2011.

The 37th Annual Saturn Award Nominations

I'm excited to finally share in the excitement of 37th Annual Saturn Award, which I was reading about everywhere last week but couldn't confirm the information on their site until just recently. But now I have and as it's the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films there are lots and lots of films I love on this list! Heading the way with the film nominations is Inception with 9 nominations, then a tie between Tron: Legacy and Let Me In with 7 nominations, then Hereafter with 6 and then LOTS with 5. It's a pretty epic list.

I can't help but love awards that include 7 nominations for Tron: Legacy including not only film & acting but also costumes & music (Goooooo Daft Punk! I'm also totally digging the supporting actress category which includes nominations for both Vanessa Redgrave (Letters to Juliet) & Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom), which couldn't be more polar opposite but both fantastic performances. Also thrilled to see so many nominations for Hereafter, one of the really under-appreciated films of 2010.

Double nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio as Best Actor in both Inception and Shutter Island, he's getting to be quite the genre buff. I'm surprized to see Ellen Page as Best Actress - Inception (where it's really a supporting role) and the reverse with Garrett Hedlund as Best Supporting Actor - Tron: Legacy (where he's really actor in this one). Although, I've only been following these awards for a couple years so I don't totally have a pulse on their process and nominees.

We have quite a while to wait for the wins as The Saturn Awards are held months away in June. I have to admit, a lot of my faves from 2010 are on this list so I will be anxiously awaiting to hear the results when it's gets to a sunnier month of the year!

The 37th Annual Saturn Award Nominations

Film

Best Science Fiction Film
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
Never Let Me Go
Splice
Tron: Legacy

Best Fantasy Film
Alice in Wonderland
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Clash of the Titans
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Twilight: Eclipse

Best Horror/Thriller Film
The American
Black Swan
Kick-Ass
Let Me In
Shutter Island
The Wolf Man

Best Action/Adventure Film
The Expendables
The Green Hornet
Red
Robin Hood
Salt
True Grit
Unstoppable

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges - Tron: Legacy
George Clooney - The American
Leonardo DiCaprio - Inception
Leonardo DiCaprio - Shutter Island
Robert Downey, Jr. - Iron Man 2
Ryan Reynolds - Buried

Best Actress
Cecile De France - Hereafter
Angelina Jolie - Salt
Carey Mulligan - Never Let Me Go
Ellen Page - Inception
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Noomi Rapace - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Andrew Garfield - Never Let Me Go
Tom Hardy - Inception
Garrett Hedlund - Tron: Legacy
John Malkovich - Red
Mark Ruffalo - Shutter Island

Best Supporting Actress
Scarlett Johansson - Iron Man 2
Keira Knightley - Never Let Me Go
Mila Kunis - Black Swan
Helen Mirren - Red
Vanessa Redgrave - Letters to Juliet
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Logan Lerman - Percy Jackson & The Olympians:The Lightning Thief
Frankie/George McLaren - Hereafter
Kodi Smit McPhee - Let Me In
Chloe Grace Moretz - Let Me In
Will Poulter - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Charlie Tahan - Charlie St. Cloud

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
Clint Eastwood - Hereafter
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Matt Reeves - Let Me In
Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island
David Yates - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Best Writing
Michael Arndt - Toy Story 3
Alex Garland - Never Let Me Go
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin - Black Swan
Peter Morgan - Hereafter
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Matt Reeves - Let Me In

Best Music
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy
Clint Eastwood - Hereafter
Michael Giacchino - Let Me In
Gottfried Huppertz as Conducted by Frank Strobel - The Complete Metropolis
John Powell - How to Train Your Dragon
Hans Zimmer - Inception

Best Costume
Colleen Atwood - Alice in Wonderland
Milena Canonero - The Wolf Man
Isis Mussenden - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Jany Temime - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Michael Wilkinson - Tron: Legacy
Janty Yates - Robin Hood

Best Make-Up
Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero - Splice
Andrew Clement, Donald J. Mowat - Repo Men
Andrew Clement, Jennifer McDaniel, Tarra Day -Let Me In
Mark Coulier, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rick Baker, Dave Elsey - The Wolf Man
Lindsay MacGowan, Shane Mahan - Alice in Wonderland

Best Production Design
Kathy Altieri - How to Train Your Dragon
Dante Ferretti - Shutter Island
Darren Gilford - Tron: Legacy
Rick Heinrichs - The Wolf Man
Guy Hendrix - Inception
Robert Stromberg - Alice in Wonderland

Best Special Effects
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Karl Denham, Nikos Kalaitzidis - Tron: Legacy
Angus Bickerton, Barrie Helmsley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicholas Ait'Hadi, Christian Manz - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Begg - Inception
Ken Ralston, Tom Peitzman, David Schaub, Carey Villegas- Alice in Wonderland
Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick - Iron Man 2

Best International Film
The Complete Metropolis
Centurion
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Monsters
Mother
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Best Animated Film
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Shrek Forever After
Tangled
Toy Story 3

TELEVISION:

Best Network Series
Fringe
Lost
Smallville
Supernatural
V
The Vampire Diaries

Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Breaking Bad
The Closer
Dexter
Eureka
Leverage
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
True Blood

Best Television Presentation
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special
The Pillars of the Earth
Sherlock
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
The Walking Dead

Best Actor in Television
Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
Matthew Fox in Lost
Michael C. Hall in Dexter
Timothy Hutton in Leverage
Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead
Stephen Moyer in (True Blood

Best Actress in Television
Sarah Wayne Callies in The Walking Dead
Erica Durance in Smallville
Elizabeth Mitchell in V
Anna Paquin in True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer
Anna Torv in Fringe

Best Supporting Actor in Television
Michael Emerson in Lost
John Noble in Fringe
Dean Norris in Breaking Bad
Terry O'Quinn in Lost
Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad
Lance Reddick in Fringe
Steven Yeun in The Walking Dead

Best Supporting Actress in Television
Morena Baccarin in V
Gina Bellman in Leverage
Jennifer Carpenter in Dexter
Laurie Holden in The Walking Dead
Lucy Lawless in Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Beth Riesgraf in Leverage

Best Guest Starring Role in Television
Richard Dreyfuss in Weeds
Noah Emmerich in The Walking Dead
Giancarlo Esposito in Breaking Bad
Joe Manganiello in True Blood
John Terry in Lost
Seth Gabel in Fringe

Best DVD Release
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
District 13: Ultimatum
The Good Heart
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
The New Daughter
The Square

Best DVD Special Edition
Avatar (Extended Collector's Edition)
Monsters (Special Edition)
Red Cliff (International Version)
Robin Hood (Unrated Director's Cut)
Salt (Deluxe Unrated Edition)
The Wolf Man (Unrated Director's Cut)

Best DVD Classic Film Release
The Complete Metropolis
Cronos
The Exorcist (Extended Director's Cut)
King Kong
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Deluxe Edition)
Psycho (50th Anniversary Edition)

Best DVD Movie Collection
Alien Anthology
Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy
Clint Eastwood 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros.
Fantomas: Five Film Collection
Film Noir Classic Collection, Volume 5
Vengeance Trilogy

Best DVD Television Release
Lost (The Complete Sixth and Final Season)
The Six Million Dollar Man (The Complete Collection)
Space 1999: The Complete Season One (Blu Ray)
Thriller: The Complete Series
The Twilight Zone (Season 1 & 2) (Blu Ray)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4, Volume 2)

Stage Presentation:

Best Local Stage Production: Musical:
Beauty and the Beast
Leap of Faith
Young Frankenstein

Best Local Stage Production: Drama or Comedy
The 39 Steps
The Glass Menagerie
The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Best Local Stage Production: Small Theater:
The Arsonists
U.S.S. Pinafore
Watson

The Saturn Awards will be held in June 2011 in Burbank, California, USA.

Movie Moxie Podcast 27: Oscars plus Sport Films

This week on the Movie Moxie podcast I chat about Oscars, Sport films as a Genre also have a look at DVD Releases & films hitting theatres next week.

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Show Notes
0:00 – 1:45 - Introduction
1:45 – 19:45 – 83rd Academy Awards
19:45 – 45:20 – Sport Films as a Genre
45:20 – 47:10 – DVD releases
47:10 – 48:00 – Upcoming up Next Week
48:00 – 49:16 – Outro

Show Notes

• 83rd Academy Award Winners
• DVD Releases of the Week
• DVD Reviews mentioned: Faster, Lance et Compte / He Shoots He Scores & A Beautiful Life

Sport Film as a Genre Show Notes

• Shannon definition of Sport Films: Sport films are a subgenre of film where the central focus of the film is on an athlete, sports team, sporting event or competition. They can fall under the larger genres of drama, comedies, historical films, biopics or documentaries
• Wiki description: "This list of sports films is a compilation of films in the genre covering sports activities. Sports movies have been made since the era of silent films, such as the 1915 film The Champion starring Charlie Chaplin. Films in this genre can range from serious (Raging Bull) to silly (Horse Feathers). A classic theme for sports films is the triumph of an individual or team who prevail despite the difficulties. Men often identify with sports films in ways they wouldn't with other genres, such as spy films."
• Wikipedia List of Sport Films
• Lots of versus in sport films: Kids focus vs Adults, Winning vs Losing, History vs Fiction
• All Sport Films Reviews
• Hockey: The Rocket / Maurice Richard, Les Boys and Mighty Ducks, The Cutting Edge
• Football: Wildcats, Friday Night Lights, Gridiron Gang
• Baseball: Hardball, Bad News Bears, Major League
• Soccer: Gracie, The Goal
• Running: Chariots of Fire
• Rugby: Invictus
• Wrestling: The Wrestler, Vampiro: Angel Devil Hero
• Wrestling & Bodybuilding: Bigger Stronger Faster
• Fringe sports, new sports or parodies: Dodgeball, Balls of Fury (Ping Pong), Whip It (roller derby)
  
• Documentaries: B1 (Judo), Big River Man (Swimming), Freetime Machos (Rugby), Mystic Ball (Chinlone)
• Boxing: Raging Bull, Million Dollar Baby, Against the Ropes (+ The Fighter which I forgot to mention!)
• Historical & Biopics: The Damned United, Invictus, Phantom Pain
• Shannon's Faves: Wildcats, Against the Ropes, Hardball, Bigger Stronger Faster, Freetime Machos
• Kissing cousins to Sport Films: Cheer leading films (little small to be a genre) along with genres of Dance Films and Martial Arts

83rd Academy Awards Winners

The biggest night in Hollywood has come and gone for another year as the awards were handed out for all 24 categories at the 83rd Academy Awards. The ceremony was hosted by the very charming Anne Hathaway and Oscar-nominee James Franco, and themes of the night were paying homage to Hollywood past, recognition for unlikely and championed films, thanking wives and inspiring words sent to daughters.

This was a very even split year with no films sweeping the awards, although the top two films were split between the high-profile awards and more tech-centric awards. I'm talking about the two films that took home 4 awards each: The King's Speech (Best Film, Director - Tom Hooper, Actor - Colin Firth and Original Screenplay) and Inception (Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and Visual Effects). Then we had The Social Network with Adapted Screenplay, Original Score and Editing. We also has several films take home two awards a piece with The Fighter (Supporting Actress - Melissa Leo, Supporting Actor - Christian Bale), Toy Story 3 (Song and Animated Film) and Alice in Wonderland (Costume Design & Art Direction). The fourth acting award was Best Actress which went to Natalie Portman for Black Swan.

No huge upsets of the evening, and I think I was most surprized by Tom Hooper for The King's Speech - not that I didn't like the film, but I just really expected it to go to either David Fincher or Darren Aronofsky. Perhaps the biggest surprize was True Grit not winning any awards after getting 10 nominations.

That the hard and fast information, but I think a lot of the best moments of the awards are in the speeches and unexpected moments. Here are some of my favourites:

• Dresses: Mila Kunas' Lavender flowy low cut yet creatively covering dress, Sharon Stone's black feathery glam goodness and Nicole Kidman in a white and sparkly number.
• Melissa Leo dropping the F-Bomb during her heartfelt acceptance speech.
• Christian Bale saying "I'm not going to drop the f bomb like she (Melissa) did, I've done that plenty before."
• Justin Timberlake saying he was Banksy.
• Swoon worthy matching outfit presenting duos of both Josh Brolin & Javier Bardem and Robert Downey Jr. & Jude Law.
• The writer’s speech, this is terrifying” and “My father said to me, I would be a late bloomer” - David Seidler accepting for Original screenplay for The King's Speech.
• Original screenplay montage where the words on screen for Inception do not exactly match what Ellen Page says.
• Susanne Bier very sweet, verklempt acceptance speech for Foreign Film for In a Better World – Denmark.
• Cate Blanchett saying “That’s gross” after The Wolfman clips shown for Achievement in makeup. Then The Wolfman won for Achievement in makeup.
• “Oh my gosh, I should have gotten a haircut” - Luke Matheny upon accepting the award for Best live action short film or God of Love.
• Randy Newman’s noting that it was his 20th nomination and just 2nd win plus saying “Couldn’t they find a fifth song?”
• "The moral of the story is, listen to your mother" - Tom Hooper
• “I have a feeling my career just peaked" - Colin Firth in his lovely, humble acceptance speech for Best Actor for The King's Speech
• Anne Hathaway for making the most out of an awesome fringe dress and also looking like she was about to burst with joy when introducing Stephen Spielberg
• The fact that we can now all say: "Academy Award Winner Trent Reznor"

And the sweetest quote of the night goes to Christian Bale "To my little girl, who has taught me so much more than I'll ever be able to teach her". Gotta love him.

83rd Academy Awards Winners
in the order in which they were presented

Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Cinematography
Inception - Wally Pfister

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Melissa Leo in The Fighter

Best animated short film
The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Best animated feature film of the year
Toy Story 3

Adapted screenplay
The Social Network - Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Original screenplay
The King's Speech - Screenplay by David Seidler

Best foreign language film of the year
In a Better World – Denmark – Susanne Bier

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in The Fighter

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Achievement in sound mixing
Inception - Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Achievement in sound editing
Inception - Richard King

Achievement in makeup
The Wolfman - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Achievement in costume design
Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood

Best documentary short subject
Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Best live action short film
God of Love – Luke Matheny

Best Documentary Feature
Inside Job - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Achievement in visual effects
Inception - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Achievement in film editing
The Social Network - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Achievement in directing
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Natalie Portman in Black Swan

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Colin Firth in The King's Speech

Best motion picture of the year
The King's Speech - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

The 83rd Academy Awards were hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco, and broad casted live Sunday February 27, 2011 starting at 8pm EST on ABC.

26th Annual Spirit Awards Winners

Spirit Awards were held last night and it looks like Black Swan is no dark horse as it picked up several of the big awards of the night including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Female Lead (Natalie Portman). Best Actor when to James Franco for 127 Hours and both supporting acting awards went to Winter's Bone for John Hawkes and Dale Dickey.

Best Feature
Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin

Best Director
Darren Aronosfky for Black Swan

Best First Feature
Get Low - Aaron Schneider, Dean Zanuck, David Gundlach

John Cassavetes Award
for best feature made under $500,000, awarded to the writer, director and producer
Daddy Longlegs - Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Casey Neistat, Tom Scott

Best Screenplay
Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg for The Kids Are All Right

Best First Screenplay
Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture

Best Female Lead
Natalie Portman in Black Swan

Best Male Lead
James Franco in 127 Hours

Best Supporting Female
Dale Dickey in Winter’s Bone

Best Supporting Male
John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone

Best Foreign Film
The King's Speech - Tom Hooper

Best Documentary
Exit Through The Gift Shop - Banksy

Best Cinematography
Matthew Libatique for Black Swan

Piaget Producers Award
honouring emerging producers who despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films
Anish Savjani for Meek's Cutoff

Acura Someone to Watch Award
to a filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition
Mike Ott - Littlerock

AVEENO Truer than Fiction Award
to an emerging director or non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition
Jeff Malmberg for Marwencol

Robert Altman Award
given to one films director, casting director and ensemble cast
Nicole Holofcener, Jeanne McCarthy, Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele for Please Give

Jameson Find Your Audience Awards
Marwencol

The Spirit Awards wer presented on Saturday February 26, 2011.

See more at the Spirit Awards Website

BAFTA 2011 Winners (for films from 2010)

The BAFTA's (Orange British Academy Film Awards) took place today, Sunday February 13th, 2011 and the winners have been announced.

The King's Speech let the nominations and now it takes home a stellar 7 awards including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, 3 acting awards for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush, Original Screenplay and Score. It's interesting to see that there is a split between best film (The King's Speech) and best director which went to David Fincher for The Social Network, which also won adapted screenplay and editing which means The Social Network won 3 out of the 4 awards it was nominated for. More multiple winners include Inception which picked up 3 awards with Production Design, Sound and Visual Effects and Alice in Wonderland which won Costume Design and Make-Up & Hair.

I was thrilled to hear the Orange Wednesdays Rising Star, which is voted by the public and went to Tom Hardy (Inception, Bronson) and also announced was the Academy Fellowship to Christopher Lee and Outstanding British Contribution to Film went to The Harry Potter Films.

BAFTA Winners 2011 (for films from 2010)

Best Film
The King's Speech

Outstanding British Film
The King's Speech

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Four Lions - Director/Writer Chris Morris

Director
David Fincher for The Social Network

Original Screenplay
The King's Speech - David Seidler

Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin

Film Not In the English Language
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Animated Film
Toy Story 3

Leading Actor
Colin Firth for The King’s Speech

Leading Actress
Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Supporting Actor
Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech

Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech

Original Music
Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech

Cinematography
True Grit - Roger Deakins

Editing
The Social Network - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

Production Design
Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood

Sound
Inception - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick

Special Visual Effects
Inception - Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb

Make Up & Hair
Alice in Wonderland - Valli O'Reilly, Paul Gooch

Short Animation
The Eagleman Stag

Short Film
Until the River Runs Red

Orange Wednesdays Rising Star (voted by the public)
Tom Hardy

Academy Fellowship
Christopher Lee

Outstanding British Contribution to Film
The Harry Potter Films

31st Genie Award Nominations

The 31st Genie Awards nominations were announced on Wednesday February 2, 2011 and Barney's Version leads the nominations with 11 nods including best motion picture, achievement in direction, nominations in all acting categories. Next up we have Incendies with 10 nominations and this comes hot off the heels of Incendies Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language film.

One of the things I always look forward to with the Genie nominations is getting to sink into some French Canadian titles as we only get a handful released here in Toronto each year on top of festival runs and in 2010 we did see Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats and Les sept jours du Talion / 7 Days on big screens, but it's time to track down 10 1/2 (out on DVD Feb 15, 2011), Piché: entre ciel et terre / Piché: The Landing of a Man and Route 132.

I'm thrilled to see that many titles that made the Movie Moxie Perfect List of 2010 are nominees including The Trotsky, Trigger, Defendor, Grown Up Movie Star and The Wild Hunt. In fact I ranked The Wild Hunt and Grown Up Movie Star at #4 and #5 overall for the entire year. Looking back, 2010 was a great year for Canadian film.

One of the biggest surprizes on the list is Resident Evil: Afterlife, when I went to see it back in September 2010 the theatre insisted it was not Canadian and on IMDB it's currently listed (Feb 3, 2011) as a Germany/France/UK co-production. Resident Evil: Afterlife has 5 Genie nominations and also winner of the Golden Reel Award, which goes to the Canadian film that has earned the highest domestic box office and it's total Canadian box office in 2010 was $7,026,559.

Reviews of Genie Nominated Films: Incendies, High Life, Splice, The Trotsky, Trigger, Defendor, Grown Up Movie Star, The Wild Hunt, Year of the Carnivore and Leave Them Laughing.

See also: film list with nominations detailed or simple film list

The Genie Awards will be held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and broadcast live on CBC on Thursday March 10, 2011.

BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM
10 ½
Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats
Barney's Version
Incendies
Splice

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
XAVIER DOLAN - Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats
RICHARD J. LEWIS - Barney's Version
VINCENZO NATALI - Splice
PODZ - 10 1/2
DENIS VILLENEUVE - Incendies

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
JAY BARUCHEL - The Trotsky
PAUL GIAMATTI - Barney's Version
ROBERT NAYLOR - 10 1/2
TIMOTHY OLYPHANT - High Life
FRANÇOIS PAPINEAU - Route 132

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
MARTIN DUBREUIL - 10 1/2
DUSTIN HOFFMAN - Barney's Version
ALEXIS MARTIN - Route 132
CALLUM KEITH RENNIE - Gunless
ROSSIF SUTHERLAND - High Life

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
LUBNA AZABAL - Incendies
TATIANA MASLANY - Grown Up Movie Star
MOLLY PARKER - Trigger
ROSAMUND PIKE - Barney's Version
TRACY WRIGHT - Trigger

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
SONJA BENNETT - Cole
ANNE-ELIZABETH BOSSÉ - Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats
MINNIE DRIVER - Barney's Version
TERRA HAZELTON - FUBAR II
MARY WALSH - Crackie

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE
GILLES AIRD - 10 ½
ANDRÉ LINE BEAUPARLANT - Incendies
ARV GREYWAL - Resident Evil: Afterlife
MYRON HYRAK - FUBAR II
CLAUDE PARÉ, ÉLISE DE BLOIS - Barney's Version

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES
BERNARD COUTURE - 10 ½
RONALD PLANTE - Piché: entre ciel et terre / Piché: The Landing of a Man
CLAUDINE SAUVÉ - The Wild Hunt
ANDRÉ TURPIN - Incendies
STÉPHANIE WEBER-BIRON - Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES
DENISE CRONENBERG - Resident Evil: Afterlife
MARIO DAVIGNON - The Trotsky
NICOLETTA MASSONE - Barney's Version
PATRICIA MCNEIL - The Wild Hunt
BEVERLEY WOWCHUK - Gunless

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE
MICHELE CONROY - Splice
MONIQUE DARTONNE - Incendies
MATTHEW HANNAM - Trigger
VALÉRIE HÉROUX - 10 1/2
YVANN THIBAUDEAU - Piché: entre ciel et terre / Piché: The Landing of a Man

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES
KATRYN CASAULT - Incendies
PAUL JONES, LESLIE SEBERT, VINCENT SULLIVAN - Resident Evil: Afterlife
ADRIEN MOROT, MICHELINE TRÉPANIER - Barney's Version
HÉLÈNE-MANON POUDRETTE - The Wild Hunt
MARLÈNE ROULEAU, CJ GOLDMAN - Les sept jours du Talion / 7 Days

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE
BRENDAN CANNING - Trigger
PASQUALE CATALANO - Barney's Version
JONATHAN GOLDSMITH - High Life
KEEGAN JESSAMY, BRYCE MITCHELL - At Home, By Myself... With You
SOOK-YIN LEE, BUCK 65, ADAM LITOVITZ - Year of the Carnivore

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE
BUCK 65 - Year of the Carnivore - What's Wrong With That?
MARY MILNE - The Trotsky - Already Gone
CHERIE PYNE - Crackie - Tender Steps
MARK SASSO, CASEY LAFORET, STEPHEN PITKIN - Grown Up Movie Star - West End Sky
PAUL J. SPENCE - FUBAR II - There's No Place Like Christmas

ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE
CHRISTIAN COOKE, STEVE MOORE - Defendor
LEON JOHNSON, STEPHAN CARRIER, KIRK LYNDS - High Life
MICHEL LECOUFLE, DANIEL BISSON, LUC BOUDRIAS, JEAN-CHARLES DESJARDINS - Les sept jours du Talion / 7 Days
JOHN THOMSON, ANDREW STIRK, ANDREW TAY, MARK ZSIFKOVITS - Resident Evil: Afterlife
JEAN UMANSKY, JEAN-PIERRE LAFORCE - Incendies

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE
PIERRE-JULES AUDET, MICHELLE CLOUTIER, NATALIE FLEURANT, NICOLAS GAGNON - Les sept jours du Talion / 7 Days
STEPHEN BARDEN, STEVE BAINE, KEVIN BANKS, ALEX BULLICK, JILL PURDY - Resident Evil: Afterlife
SYLVAIN BELLEMARE, SIMON MEILLEUR, CLAIRE POCHON - Incendies
MARK GINGRAS, TOM BJELIC, KATRIJN HALLIDAY, DALE LENNON, JOHN SMITH - Defendor
DAVE ROSE, DAVID MCCALLUM - Splice

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
MICHAEL KONYVES - Barney's Version
LEE MACDOUGALL - High Life
VIC SARIN, DENNIS FOON, CATHERINE SPEAR - A Shine of Rainbows
PATRICK SENÉCAL - Les sept jours du Talion / 7 Days
DENIS VILLENEUVE - Incendies

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO
LOUIS BÉLANGER, ALEXIS MARTIN - Route 132
CLAUDE LALONDE - 10 1/2
ADRIANA MAGGS - Grown Up Movie Star
PETER STEBBINGS - Defendor
JACOB TIERNEY - The Trotsky

BEST DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE
LA BELLE VISITE / JOURNEY'S END - Jean-François Caissy
IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY - Shelley Saywell, Deborah Parks
LAST TRAIN HOME - Lixin Fan, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross
LEAVE THEM LAUGHING - John Zaritsky, Montana Berg
YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH, 4 DAYS INSIDE GUANTÁNAMO - Luc Côté, Patricio Henriquez

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE
FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS - Jeff Barnaby, John Christou
MARIUS BORODINE - Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, Vincent Hoss-Desmarais
OUT IN THAT DEEP BLUE SEA - Kazik Radwanski, Dan Montgomery
SAVAGE - Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski
VAPOR - Kaveh Nabatian, Stéphane Tanguay, Cédric Bourdeau

BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D'ANIMATION
LIPSETT DIARIES / LES JOURNAUX DE LIPSETT - Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
LA TRANCHÉE / THE TRENCHES - Claude Cloutier, Marc Bertrand

CLAUDE JUTRA AWARD / PRIX CLAUDE-JUTRA
JEPHTÉ BASTIEN - Sortie 67
Honourable mention / Mention d'honneur: PETER STEBBINGS - Defendor

GOLDEN REEL AWARD / PRIX BOBINE D'OR
RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
Producers / Producteurs : Don Carmody, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer,
Distributor / Distributeur : Alliance Films
Total Canadian box office in 2010 / Recettes totales au guichet canadien en 2010 - $7,026,559

31st Genie Award Nominations - film list with nominations detailed

List organized by most nominations, then alphabetical. Documentaries and all shorts listed separately at the end as the categories lend themselves to only have 1 nomination per film.

See also: film list only or full nominations list

The Genie Awards will be held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and broadcast live on CBC on Thursday March 10, 2011.

Barney's Version (11)
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE - CLAUDE PARÉ, ÉLISE DE BLOIS
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES - NICOLETTA MASSONE
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION - RICHARD J. LEWIS
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES - ADRIEN MOROT, MICHELINE TRÉPANIER
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE -PASQUALE CATALANO
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - PAUL GIAMATTI
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN - DUSTIN HOFFMAN
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - ROSAMUND PIKE
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN - MINNIE DRIVER
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION - MICHAEL KONYVES

Incendies (10)
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE - ANDRÉ LINE BEAUPARLANT
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES - ANDRÉ TURPIN
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION - DENIS VILLENEUVE
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE - MONIQUE DARTONNE
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES - KATRYN CASAULT
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - LUBNA AZABAL
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE - SYLVAIN BELLEMARE, SIMON MEILLEUR, CLAIRE POCHON
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION - DENIS VILLENEUVE
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE - JEAN UMANSKY, JEAN-PIERRE LAFORCE

10 1/2 (8)
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION - PODZ
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE - VALÉRIE HÉROUX
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - ROBERT NAYLOR
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN - MARTIN DUBREUIL
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO - CLAUDE LALONDE
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE - GILLES AIRD
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES - BERNARD COUTURE

High Life (5)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE - JONATHAN GOLDSMITH
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - TIMOTHY OLYPHANT
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN - ROSSIF SUTHERLAND
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE - LEON JOHNSON, STEPHAN CARRIER, KIRK LYNDS
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION - LEE MACDOUGALL

Resident Evil: Afterlife (5 nominations + Golden Reel Award)
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE - ARV GREYWAL
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES - DENISE CRONENBERG
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES - PAUL JONES, LESLIE SEBERT, VINCENT SULLIVAN
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE - JOHN THOMSON, ANDREW STIRK, ANDREW TAY, MARK ZSIFKOVITS
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE - STEPHEN BARDEN, STEVE BAINE, KEVIN BANKS, ALEX BULLICK, JILL PURDY

Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats (4)
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM - LES AMOURS IMAGINAIRES / HEARTBEATS
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES - STÉPHANIE WEBER-BIRON
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION - XAVIER DOLAN
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN - ANNE-ELIZABETH BOSSÉ

Les sept jours du Talion / 7 Days (4)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES - MARLÈNE ROULEAU, CJ GOLDMAN
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE -MICHEL LECOUFLE, DANIEL BISSON, LUC BOUDRIAS, JEAN-CHARLES DESJARDINS
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE - PIERRE-JULES AUDET, MICHELLE CLOUTIER, NATALIE FLEURANT, NICOLAS GAGNON
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION - PATRICK SENÉCAL

Splice (4)
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION - VINCENZO NATALI
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE - MICHELE CONROY
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE - DAVE ROSE, DAVID MCCALLUM
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM

The Trotsky (4)
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES - MARIO DAVIGNON
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - JAY BARUCHEL
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO - JACOB TIERNEY
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE - MARY MILNE

Trigger (4)
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE - MATTHEW HANNAM
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE - BRENDAN CANNING
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - MOLLY PARKER
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - TRACY WRIGHT

Defendor (3)
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE - CHRISTIAN COOKE, STEVE MOORE
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE - MARK GINGRAS, TOM BJELIC, KATRIJN HALLIDAY, DALE LENNON, JOHN SMITH
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO -PETER STEBBINGS

FUBAR II (3)
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE - MYRON HYRAK
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN - TERRA HAZELTON
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE - PAUL J. SPENCE There's No Place Like Christmas

Grown Up Movie Star (3)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - TATIANA MASLANY
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO - ADRIANA MAGGS
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE -MARK SASSO, CASEY LAFORET, STEPHEN PITKIN West End Sky

Route 132 (3)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE - FRANÇOIS PAPINEAU
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN - ALEXIS MARTIN
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO - LOUIS BÉLANGER, ALEXIS MARTIN

The Wild Hunt (3)
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES - CLAUDINE SAUVÉ
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES - PATRICIA MCNEIL
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES - HÉLÈNE-MANON POUDRETTE

Crackie (2)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN MARY WALSH
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE CHERIE PYNE Tender Steps

Gunless (2)
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES - BEVERLEY WOWCHUK
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN - CALLUM KEITH RENNIE

Piché: entre ciel et terre / Piché: The Landing of a Man (2)
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES - RONALD PLANTE
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE - YVANN THIBAUDEAU

Year of the Carnivore (2)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE - BUCK 65 What's Wrong With That?
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE - SOOK-YIN LEE, BUCK 65, ADAM LITOVITZ

A Shine of Rainbows (1)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION - VIC SARIN, DENNIS FOON, CATHERINE SPEAR

At Home, By Myself... With You (1)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE - KEEGAN JESSAMY, BRYCE MITCHELL

Cole (1)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN - SONJA BENNETT

Feature Documentary Nominees - 1 nomination each
LA BELLE VISITE / JOURNEY'S END
IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY
LAST TRAIN HOME
LEAVE THEM LAUGHING
YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH, 4 DAYS INSIDE GUANTÁNAMO

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE - 1 nomination each
FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS
MARIUS BORODINE
OUT IN THAT DEEP BLUE SEA
SAVAGE
VAPOR

BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D'ANIMATION - 1 nomination each
LIPSETT DIARIES / LES JOURNAUX DE LIPSETT
LA TRANCHÉE / THE TRENCHES

31st Genie Award Nominations - film list

List organized by most nominations, then alphabetical. Documentaries and shorts are categories that lend themselves to only have 1 nomination per film are listed separately at the end.

See also: film list with nominations detailed or full nominations list

Reviews of Genie Nominated Films: Incendies, High Life, Splice, The Trotsky, Trigger, Defendor, Grown Up Movie Star, The Wild Hunt, Year of the Carnivore and Leave Them Laughing.

The Genie Awards will be held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and broadcast live on CBC on Thursday March 10, 2011.

Barney's Version (11)
Incendies (10)
10 1/2 (8)
High Life (5)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (5 nominations + Golden Reel Award)
Les amours imaginaires / Heartbeats (4)
Les sept jours du Talion / 7 Days (4)
Splice (4)
The Trotsky (4)
Trigger (4)
Defendor (3)
FUBAR II (3)
Grown Up Movie Star (3)
Route 132 (3)
The Wild Hunt (3)
Crackie (2)
Gunless (2)
Piché: entre ciel et terre / Piché: The Landing of a Man (2)
Year of the Carnivore (2)
A Shine of Rainbows (1)
At Home, By Myself... With You (1)
Cole (1)

Feature Documentary Nominees - 1 nomination each
LA BELLE VISITE / JOURNEY'S END
IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY
LAST TRAIN HOME
LEAVE THEM LAUGHING
YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH, 4 DAYS INSIDE GUANTÁNAMO

Short Film Nominees - 1 nomination each
FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS
MARIUS BORODINE
OUT IN THAT DEEP BLUE SEA
SAVAGE
VAPOR
LIPSETT DIARIES / LES JOURNAUX DE LIPSETT
LA TRANCHÉE / THE TRENCHES

83rd Academy Awards Nominations

It's time, it's time, it's time! Oscar nominations were announced at 8:30am this morning and every year I spend the morning wading through the nominations by category and compiling my traditional three this, the full nominations (below), by film with nomations detailed and a simple film list. While reading through and absorbing all the information, here are some reactions:

The King's Speech leads the way with 12 nominations, then True Grit with 10, the Inception and The Social Network with 8, The Fighter with 7, 127 Hours with 6 and Black Swan & Toy Story 3 with 5 each. The most nominations last year was Avatar & The Hurt Locker with 9, so this is a big shift.

I'm thrilled to see Incendies up for foreign language film of the year, Jacki Weaver nominated for supporting actress for Animal Kingdom, John Hawkes for supporting actor for Winter's Bone, but I'm surprized Christopher Nolan not nominated for director for Inception (although he is nominated for original screenplay and the film has 8 nominations total). As predicted, it feels odd that James Franco is one of the hosts of the show (along with Anne Hathaway) and he is up for an award for 127 Hours - that's going to be one nerve wracking night for him!

A category that I am loving this year is Achievement in sound editing: Inception, Toy Story 3, Tron: Legacy, True Grit and Unstoppable. Great set of films. Re-iterate for emphasis that that I love that Tron: Legacy was nominated for an Oscar. More awesome strangeness is that I'll be cheering for the Coen Brothers (this is the most surprizing, I'm very polar on them but loved True Grit).

The Achievement in costume design nominations and we have have great work acknowledged here with I Am Love (Antonella Cannarozzi), The King's Speech (Jenny Beavan), True Grit (Mary Zophres) and Alice in Wonderland (multiple-winner Colleen Atwood). I'm now kicking myself even more for not seeing The Tempest (Sandy Powell), it's the only film in this category I haven't seen and looks delicious.

We also have a powerhouse group of nominees in Original Score category with Hans Zimmer (Inception), A.R. Rahman (127 Hours), Alexandre Desplat (The King's Speech) nominated along with some more non-traditional nominees including Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network) and John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon). I've come to really appreciate scores over the past could of years, so this is a category I always enjoy.

Animated films have come so far in the past few years, and although I'm surprized to see only 3 films in the nominations category itself (Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist), they have made waves in other categories as well with Toy Story 3 getting 5 nominations including best motion pictures, and How to Train Your Dragon got 2 nominations.

Films that are now bumped up my to see list are The Fighter, Toy Story 3 and Exit Through the Gift Shop, although overall I've seen the majority of the films that have been available to see. I'm on the fence on 127 Hours, still not really interested in seeing it

A short list of recommends I'd highly recommend people see The King's Speech, True Grit and Inception as we'll be seeing a lot of those during the ceremony. We'll also see a lot of The Social Network and Black Swan although I wasn't particularly fond of either of them.
I really hope we'll be able to see some of the foreign films here in Toronto, Dogtooth is on DVD today and opens at the Royal on Friday January 28, 2011 but I'd also love to see the Danish film In a Better World.

Overall it's been a really, really strong year for film!

Reviews of Nominated films:
The King's Speech, True Grit, Inception, The Social Network, Black Swan, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Animal Kingdom, Blue Valentine, Country Strong, Hereafter, Incendies, Salt, The Wolfman, Tron: Legacy and Unstoppable

See also nominations listed of films ranked by number of nominations with nominations detailed and nominated films list.

The 83rd Academy Awards will be hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco, broad casted live Sunday February 27, 2011 starting at 8pm EST on ABC.

83rd Academy Awards Nominations

Best motion picture of the year
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

Performance by an actor in a leading role
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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
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

Performance by an actress in a leading role
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

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
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 film of the year
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
The King's Speech - Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
True Grit - Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan - Matthew Libatique
Inception - Wally Pfister
The King's Speech - Danny Cohen
The Social Network - Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit - Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design
Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood
I Am Love - Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech - Jenny Beavan
The Tempest - Sandy Powell
True Grit - Mary Zophres

Achievement in directing
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
David O. Russell for The Fighter
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
David Fincher for The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for True Grit

Best foreign language film of the year
Biutiful - Mexico
Dogtooth - Greece
In a Better World - Denmark
Incendies - Canada
Outside the Law / Hors-la-loi - Algeria

Best Documentary Feature
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best documentary short subject
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Achievement in film editing
Black Swan - Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter - Pamela Martin
The King's Speech - Tariq Anwar
127 Hours - Jon Harris
The Social Network - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Achievement in makeup
Barney's Version - Adrien Morot
The Way Back - Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
Inception - Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours - A.R. Rahman
The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)
Coming Home from Country Strong - Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light from Tangled - Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise from 127 Hours - Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best animated short film
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage / Madagascar, a Journey Diary

Best live action short film
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Achievement in sound editing
Inception - Richard King
Toy Story 3 - Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit - Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable - Mark P. Stoeckinger

Achievement in sound mixing
Inception - Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King's Speech - Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt - Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network - Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Achievement in visual effects
Alice in Wonderland - Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter - Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 - Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay
127 Hours - Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network - Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 - Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit - Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone - Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Original screenplay
Another Year - Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter - Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception - Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right - Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech - Screenplay by David Seidler

83rd Academy Awards Nominations - by film, with nomations detailed

List organized by most nominations, then alphabetical. Documentaries and all shorts listed separately at the end as the categories lend themselves to only have 1 nomination per film.

See also: full nominations list and film list only

The King's Speech (12)
Best motion picture of the year
Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in directing - Tom Hooper
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in sound mixing
Original screenplay
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Colin Firth
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Geoffrey Rush
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Helena Bonham Carter

True Grit (10)
Best motion picture of the year
Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in directing - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Adapted screenplay
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Jeff Bridges
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Hailee Steinfeld

Inception (8)
Best motion picture of the year
Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Achievement in visual effects
Original screenplay

The Social Network (8)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in directing - David Fincher
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in sound mixing
Adapted screenplay
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Jesse Eisenberg

The Fighter (7)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in directing - David O. Russell
Achievement in film editing
Original screenplay
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Christian Bale
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Amy Adams
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Melissa Leo

127 Hours (6)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
Adapted screenplay
Performance by an actor in a leading role - James Franco
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)

Black Swan (5)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in directing - Darren Aronofsky
Achievement in film editing
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Natalie Portman

Toy Story 3 (5)
Best motion picture of the year
Best animated feature film of the year
Achievement in sound editing
Adapted screenplay
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)

The Kids Are All Right (4)
Best motion picture of the year
Original screenplay
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Mark Ruffalo
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Annette Bening

Winter's Bone (4)
Best motion picture of the year
Adapted screenplay
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - John Hawkes
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Jennifer Lawrence

Alice in Wonderland (3)
Art Direction
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in visual effects

Biutiful (2)
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Javier Bardem
Best foreign language film of the year

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2)
Art Direction
Achievement in visual effects

How to Train Your Dragon (2)
Best animated feature film of the year
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)

Animal Kingdom (1)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Jacki Weaver

Another Year (1)
Original screenplay

Barney's Version (1)
Achievement in makeup

Blue Valentine (1)
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Michelle Williams

Country Strong (1)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)

Dogtooth (1)
Best foreign language film of the year

Hereafter (1)
Achievement in visual effects

I Am Love (1)
Achievement in costume design

In a Better World (1)
Best foreign language film of the year

Incendies (1)
Best foreign language film of the year

The Illusionist (1)
Best animated feature film of the year

Iron Man 2 (1)
Achievement in visual effects

Outside the Law / Hors-la-loi (1)
Best foreign language film of the year

Rabbit Hole (1)
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Nicole Kidman

Salt (1)
Achievement in sound mixing

Tangled (1)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)

The Tempest (1)
Achievement in costume design

The Town (1)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Jeremy Renner

The Way Back (1)
Achievement in makeup

The Wolfman (1)
Achievement in makeup

Tron: Legacy (1)
Achievement in sound editing

Unstoppable (1)
Achievement in sound editing

Documentary & Shorts Nominations (each with 1 nomination)
Day & Night - Best animated short film
Exit through the Gift Shop - Best Documentary Feature
Gasland - Best Documentary Feature
God of Love - Best live action short film
Inside Job - Best Documentary Feature
Killing in the Name - Best documentary short subject
Let's Pollute - Best animated short film
Na Wewe - Best live action short film
Poster Girl - Best documentary short subject
Restrepo - Best Documentary Feature
Strangers No More - Best documentary short subject
Sun Come Up - Best documentary short subject
The Confession - Best live action short film
The Crush - Best live action short film
The Gruffalo - Best animated short film
The Warriors of Qiugang - Best documentary short subject
Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley - Best Documentary Feature
Wish 143 - Best live action short film

83rd Academy Awards Nominations - Film List Only

List organized by most nominations, then alphabetical. Documentaries and all shorts listed separately at the end as they have 1 nomination per film.

See also: full nominations list and film list with nominations detailed

The King's Speech (12)
True Grit (10)
Inception (8)
The Social Network (8)
The Fighter (7)
127 Hours (6)
Black Swan (5)
Toy Story 3 (5)
The Kids Are All Right (4)
Winter's Bone (4)
Alice in Wonderland (3)
Biutiful (2)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2)
How to Train Your Dragon (2)
Animal Kingdom (1)
Another Year (1)
Barney's Version (1)
Blue Valentine (1)
Country Strong (1)
Dogtooth (1)
Hereafter (1)
I Am Love (1)
In a Better World (1)
Incendies (1)
The Illusionist (1)
Iron Man 2 (1)
Outside the Law / Hors-la-loi (1)
Rabbit Hole (1)
Salt (1)
Tangled (1)
The Tempest (1)
The Town (1)
The Way Back (1)
The Wolfman (1)
Tron: Legacy (1)
Unstoppable (1)

Documentary & Shorts Nominations (each with 1 nomination)
Day & Night
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
God of Love
Inside Job
Killing in the Name
Let's Pollute
Na Wewe
Poster Girl
Restrepo
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Confession
The Crush
The Gruffalo
The Warriors of Qiugang
Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Wish 143

68th Golden Globe Winners (for 2010 Year)

Well, they came, they saw, we tweeted and they conquered. The 68th Golden Globes were hosted tonight by Ricky Gervais and although The King's Speech was in the lead in terms of nominations, it was The Social Network that went home with 4 awards, the most of any film this year. The Social Network took home Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director, Score and Screenplay. Then ringing in at 2 wins each was The Kids Are All Right (Best Motion Picture & Best Actress [Annette Bening] - Comedy or Musical) and The Fighter (Best Supporting Actor [Christian Bale] and Actress [Melissa Leo]). The King's Speech did take home an award via Colin Firth for Best Actor - Drama and Black Swan rounded out the acting wins with Natalie Portman winning Best Actress - Drama.

A few surprizes of the evening including 2 wins for films had multiple nominations in the same category: The Kids Are All Right with both Annette Bening and Julianne Moore up for Best Actress and The Fighter with both Melissa Leo and Amy Adams up for Best Supporting Actress. Usually 2 noms in the same category seem to cancel each other out, but not this year - and I'm glad. Both Melissa Leo and Annette Bening gave fantastic acceptance speeches which were some of my favourite moments of the night, especially when Annette Bening first thanked her partner Julianne Moore and then also the "1962 Golden Globe Winner for Most Promising Actor: Warren Beatty." And Melissa Leo was charming when she exclaimed "All that and Kissed by Jeremy Irons!" Beautiful moments.

More great moments of the night included some really cute flustering, including Andrew Garfield stumbling during introing The Social Network and Jim Parsons thanking "his" writers for while accepting his award for Big Bang Theory. It was also great to see Diane Warren win for "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" for Burlesque, and specifically for thanking Cher for being the "eternal bad ass that you are" and fighting to keep the song in the film.

We also got a fair share of giggle as well, I particularly enjoyed Tina Fey and Steve Carrell witty presentation and I want to see Matt Damon in comedy now after his great intro for Robert De Niro's Cecil B. DeMille Award.

But the speech most Canadians will be remembering will be Paul Giamatti for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for in Barney's Version where he spoke lovingly of Montreal, the family of Mordecai Richler, and "the Great Nation of Canada". That might just get me to see the film.

Last but not least, interesting to note that no awards when to the critic & crowd pleaser Inception. I really thought it would win for score for the very least. Some times you never can tell!

68th Golden Globe Winners (in order presented on live broadcast):

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale in The Fighter

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Katey Sagal – Sons Of Anarchy

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Carlos

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Chris Colfer - Glee

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire

Best Television Series - Drama
Boardwalk Empire

Best Original Song - "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"
Music & Lryics by Diane Warren - Burlesque

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network

Best Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Al Pacino in You Don't Know Jack

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Claire Danes in Temple Grandin

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jane Lynch for Glee

Best Foreign Language Film
In a Better World, Denmark

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Laura Linney for The Big C

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Jim Parsons for Big Bang Theory

Best Performance by and Actress in a Supporting in a Motion Picture
Melissa Leo in The Fighter

Cecil B. DeMille Award
Robert De Niro

Best Director Motion Picture
David Fincher for The Social Network

Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Glee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Colin Firth for The King's Speech

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Social Network

The 68th Golden Globes Awards were be presented January 16, 2011 at 8pm EST / 5pm PST live on NBC.