2011 People's Choice Awards Winners

You have voted and the results are in for the 2011 The People Choice Awards! The show aired last night January 5, 2011 on CBS and the winners have been announced.

Twilight fever still pretty strong winning with The Twilight Saga: Eclipse winning Favourite Movie and Favorite Drama Movie, and Kristen Stewart did win for Favorite Movie Actress and the team all together won Favorite On Screen Team (Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner). But the love got to be spread around as Johnny Depp won Favorite Movie Actor over Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and Favorite Movie Star Under 25 went to Zac Efron over Emma Watson, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Vanessa Hudgens.

I was really hoping that Favorite Horror Movie would go to The Last Exorcism but it went to the likely younger crowd pleasure A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). That was a strong category with year as it also included The Crazies, Let Me In and Resident Evil: Afterlife.

It's so odd to write Favorite without the u. I'm a fan of the Favourite, as is my spellchecker - but alas, the official categories titles have no u, so I'm leaving them out to be all consistent like.

The awards cover film, TV, music and some miscellaneous ones too. See results below and you can also check them out here on the People's Choice Awards site.

2011 People's Choice Awards Winners (Film Only)

Favorite Movie
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Favorite Movie Actor
Johnny Depp

Favorite Movie Actress
Kristen Stewart

Favorite Action Movie
Iron Man 2

Favorite Action Star
Jackie Chan

Favorite Drama Movie
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Favorite Family Movie
Toy Story 3

Favorite Comedy Movie
Grown Ups

Favorite Comedic Star
Adam Sandler

Favorite On Screen Team
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner

Favorite Movie Star Under 25
Zac Efron

Favorite Horror Movie
A Nightmare on Elm Street

Favorite TV Drama
House

Favorite TV Drama Actor
Hugh Laurie

Favorite TV Drama Actress
Lisa Edelstein

Favorite TV Comedy
Glee

Favorite TV Comedy Actor
Neil Patrick Harris

Favorite TV Comedy Actress
Jane Lynch

Favorite Competition Show
American Idol

Favorite TV Crime Drama
Lie To Me

Favorite TV Crime Fighter
Tim Roth - Lie to Me

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Fringe

Favorite Talk Show Host
Conan O'Brien

Favorite TV Obsession
Dexter

Favorite TV Guilty Pleasure
Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Favorite TV Guest Star
Demi Lovato - Grey's Anatomy

Favorite TV Doctor
Gregory House - Hugh Laurie

Favorite TV Family
The Simpsons - The Simpsons

Favorite Family TV Movie
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

Favorite TV Chef
Rachael Ray

Favorite New TV Drama
Hawaii Five-O

Favorite New TV Comedy
$#*! My Dad Says

Favorite Male Artist
Eminem

Favorite Female Artist
Katy Perry

Favorite Song
Love The Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna

Favorite Rock Band
Paramore

Favorite Breakout Artist
Selena Gomez & the Scene

Favorite Pop Artist
Rihanna

Favorite Country Artist
Taylor Swift

Favorite R&B Artist
Usher

Favorite Hip-Hop Artist
Eminem

Favorite Music Video
Love The Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna

Favorite Online Sensation
Katy Perry

Favorite Viral Video Star
"Single Ladies" Devastation

Congratulations to all the winners!

13th British Independent Film Awards Winners

The waiting is over and the winners have been announced for the 2010 British Independent Film Awards and The King's Speech graces the top of the awards with 5 wins: Best Independent British Film, Best Screenwriting (David Seidler), plus three acting awards including best performance actor (Colin Firth) and both supporting categories for actress (Helena Bonham Carter) and actor (Geoffrey Rush); the fourth acting award goes to Carey Mulligan for Never Let Me Go. I was really impressed to see Monsters be recognized several times over winning 3 awards, and 2 of the 3 awards for the film going to Gareth Edwards for both Best Director and Best Technical Achievement and it also won Best Achievement in Production. One of the only big surprizes I found to be the Exit Through the Gift Shop did not win best documentary, although I've not seen all of the nominees including the film that did win: Enemies of the People.

2010 BIFA Winners

Best British Independent Film
The King's Speech

Best Director of a British Independent Film
Gareth Edwards for Monsters

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
Clio Barnard for The Arbor

Best Screenplay
David Seidler for The King's Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
Carey Mulligan for Never Let Me Go

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
Colin Firth for The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actor
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech

Most Promising Newcomer
Joanne Froggatt for In Our Name

Best Achievement In Production
Monsters

The Raindance Award
for "honours exceptional achievement for filmmakers working against the odds, often with little or no industry support."
Son of Babylon

Best Technical Achievement
Gareth Edwards for Monsters

Best British Documentary
Enemies of the People

Best British Short Film
Baby

Best Foreign Independent Film
A Prophet

The BIFAs were created in 1998 to "set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, to honour new talent, and to promote British films and filmmaking to a wider public."

See list of all the nominees and award eligibility here.

BIFA Lists

The BIFA's (British Independent Film Awards) were created in 1998 to "set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, to honour new talent, and to promote British films and filmmaking to a wider public." I love keeping an eye on the nominees and winners of the BIFA's, for the recognition they honour and the great films they support.

13th British Independent Film Awards (2010 Films)
Winners
Nominees

12th British Independent Film Awards (2010 Films)
Winners

See more about the awards at the BIFA website.

13th British Independent Film Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 2010 British Independent Film Awards were just announced on November 1, 2010 and calibre of the films is high again this year. Top number of nominations went to The King's Speech (TIFF 2010 Audience Choice Winner) with 8 nominations, then tying at 6 nominations each is the phenomenal book to film adaptation Never Let Me Go and Monsters. Familiar titles continue with the just released here in Toronto Tamara Drewe, geek fave Kick-Ass and art documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop.

Although not all titles have yet to hit Toronto screens we will see some of them soon, including Monsters (November 12, 2010), Made in Dagenham (November 26, 2010) and The King's Speech (December 10, 2010), however now word yet on Four Lions, Another Year, The Arbor and Brighton Rock. Fingers crossed we will see them soon!

BIFA 2010 will take place on Sunday December 5, 2010 at Old Billingsgate in London, England.

2010 BIFA Nominations

Best British Independent Film
Four Lions
Kick-Ass
Monsters
Never Let Me Go
The King's Speech

Best Director of a British Independent Film
Mike Leigh for Another Year
Matthew Vaughn for Kick-Ass
Gareth Edwards for Monsters
Mark Romanek for Never Let Me Go
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
Debs Gardner-Paterson for Africa United
Rowan Joffe for Brighton Rock
Chris Morris for Four Lions
Gareth Edwards for Monsters
Clio Barnard for The Arbor

Best Screenplay
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell and Chris Morris for Four Lions
Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn for Kick-Ass
William Ivory for Made in Dagenham
Alex Garland for Never Let Me Go
David Seidler for The King's Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
Ruth Sheen for Another Year
Andrea Riseborough for Brighton Rock
Sally Hawkins for Made in Dagenham
Carey Mulligan for Never Let Me Go
Manjinder Virk for The Arbor

Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
Jim Broadbent for Another Year
Riz Ahmed for Four Lions
Scoot McNairy for Monsters
Colin Firth for The King's Speech
Aidan Gillen for Treacle Junior

Best Supporting Actress
Lesley Manville for Another Year
Rosamund Pike for Made in Dagenham
Keira Knightley for Never Let Me Go
Tamsin Greig for Tamara Drewe
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actor
Kayvan Novak for Four Lions
Bob Hoskins for Made in Dagenham
Andrew Garfield for Never Let Me Go
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
Guy Pearce for The King's Speech

Most Promising Newcomer
Andrea Riseborough for Brighton Rock
Tom Hughes for Cemetery Junction
Joanne Froggatt for In Our Name
Conor McCarron for Neds
Manjinder Virk for The Arbor

Best Achievement In Production
In Our Name
Monsters
Skeletons
Streetdance 3D
The Arbor

The Raindance Award
for "honours exceptional achievement for filmmakers working against the odds, often with little or no industry support."
Brilliantlove
Jackboots on Whitehall
Legacy
Son of Babylon
Treacle Junior

Best Technical Achievement
John Mathieson for Brighton Rock
Gareth Edwards for Monsters
Tim Barker for The Arbor
Sylvain Chomet for The Illusionist
Eve Stewart for The King's Speech

Best British Documentary
Enemies of the People
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Fire In Babylon
The Arbor
Waste Land

Best British Short Film
Baby
Photograph of Jesus
Sign Language
Sis
The Road Home

Best Foreign Independent Film
A Prophet
Dogtooth
I Am Love
The Secret In Their Eyes
Winter's Bone

The BIFAs were created in 1998 to "set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, to honour new talent, and to promote British films and filmmaking to a wider public."

Eligibility Criteria 2010:

"It is intended for theatrical release, AND has had a public screening to a paying audience either on general release in the UK OR has screened at a British-based film festival between 1 December 2009 and 30 November 2010.

Where there is any major studio substantially funding a film, the total budget must not exceed $20M .

It has been produced or majority co-produced by a British company OR is in receipt of at least 51% of its budget from a British source or sources OR it qualifies as a British film under the DCMS guidelines AND includes sufficient creative elements from the UK.

BIFA also consider foreign independent films for the Best Foreign Independent Film category. Foreign films must have a British theatrical release during the eligibility period stated above.

Best British Short Film Award submissions: Any British short films that have won an award between 16 October 2009 and 15 October 2010 are eligible for consideration. A short film must be no longer than 40 minutes (including credits).

Films that have been entered previously are not eligible. Re-issues of previously released films are not eligible.

All films submitted for consideration are viewed by the Advisory Committee with the help of a nominated screening panel, who then decide the nominations by ballot.

All nominated films will be viewed by an independent jury. The winners will be decided by a secret ballot.

Full Eligibility Criteria may be viewed at: http://www.bifa.org.uk/rules"

BAFTA Nominations in 2010 (films from 2009)

The BAFTA nominees for 2010 Awards have been announced and it looks like it will be an interesting year for these awards. Three film dominate the nominations with 8 nods each: Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker. Hot on their heels is District 9 with 7 nominations, and then Inglourious Basterds & Up in the Air each with 6 nominations.

It feels like a year with a fair amount of well deserved recognition so far. Thrilled to see that Duncan Jones (Moon) & Sam Taylor-Wood (Nowhere Boy, Love You More) are two of the nominees for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Production. Also amazing to see that Carey Mulligan was not only nominated for Leading Actress for her performance in An Education but also is in the running for the Orange Rising Star Award. All talented artist to keep you eye on.

There are a few surprizes in what we aren't seeing such as a nomination for Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria, a film that received two nods for Costumes and Make Up & Hair. I really expected Emily Blunt to get a nod here. I was also hoping for Sam Rockwell to get a Leading Actor nomination for his fantastic performance in Moon, but no luck there however the film did receive nominations for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Production. Also really surprized to see no nomination for Tom Hardy in Bronson as I found that to be one of the strongest performances of the year.

A few of the films haven't hit theatres here in Toronto yet, but they will soon. Mark your calendars for Fish Tank (February 19, 2010), A Prophet (February 26, 2010) and Nowhere Boy (March 26, 2010). For list up more upcoming 2010 releases look here.

The BAFTA's (Orange British Academy Film Awards) will take place on Sunday February 21st 2010. See more info at the BAFTA site.

BEST FILM
Avatar - James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education - Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker - Nominees TBC
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air - Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
An Education - Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
Fish Tank - Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
In The Loop - Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
Moon - Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
Nowhere Boy - Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson - Directors, Producers – Mugabe and the White African
Eran Creevy - Writer/Director – Shifty
Stuart Hazeldine - Writer/Director – Exam
Duncan Jones - Director – Moon
Sam Taylor-Wood - Director – Nowhere Boy

DIRECTOR
Avatar - James Cameron
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp
An Education - Lone Scherfig
The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Hangover - Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
Inglorious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up - Bob Peterson, Pete Docter

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
An Education - Nick Hornby
In the Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire - Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air - Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Broken Embraces - Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar
Coco Before Chanel - Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Anne Fontaine
Let the Right One In - Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Tomas Alfredson
A Prophet - Pascale Caucheteux, Marco Chergui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard
The White Ribbon - Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz, Michael Haneke

ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up

LEADING ACTOR
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Andy Serkis - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

LEADING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Audrey Tautou - Coco Before Chanel

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin - It’s Complicated
Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
Alfred Molina - An Education
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne-Marie Duff - Nowhere Boy
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Kristin Scott Thomas - Nowhere Boy

MUSIC
Avatar - James Horner
Crazy Heart - T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - Chaz Jankel
Up - Michael Giacchino

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar - Mauro Fiore
District 9 - Trent Opaloch
The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson
The Road - Javier Aguirresarobe

EDITING
Avatar - Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
District 9 - Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke
Up in the Air - Dana E. Glauberman

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar - Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
District 9 - Philip Ivey, Guy Poltgieter
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
The Imaginarius of Doctor Parnassus - Nominees TBC
Inglorious Basterds - David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco

COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star - Janet Patterson
Coco Before Chanel - Catherine Leterrier
An Education - Odile Dicks-Mireaux
A Single Man - Arianne Phillips
The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell

SOUND
Avatar - Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Addison Teague
District 9 - Brent Burge, Chris Ward, Dave Whitehead, Michael Hedges, Ken Saville
The Hurt Locker - Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer
Star Trek - Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger, Ben Burtt
Up - Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
District 9 - Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi
The Hurt Locker - Richard Stutsman
Star Trek - Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton

MAKE UP & HAIR
Coco Before Chanel - Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen, Jane Milon
An Education - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Sarah Monzani
Nine - Peter ‘Swords’ King
The Young Victoria - Jenny Shircore

SHORT ANIMATION
The Happy Duckling - Gili Dolev
Mother of Many - Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby
The Gruffalo - Michael Rose, Martin Pope, Jakob Schuh, Max Lang

SHORT FILM
14 - Asitha Ameresekere
I Do Air - James Bolton, Martina Amati
Jade - Samm Haillay, Daniel Elliott
Mixtape - Luti Fagbenle, Luke Snellin
Off Season - Jacob Jaffke, Jonathan van Tulleken

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Jesse Eisenberg
Nicholas Hoult
Carey Mulligan
Tahar Rahim
Kristen Stewart

People's Choice Awards

2011 People's Choice Awards
Winners (all categories)
Second Round of Nominees - Finalists (film only)
First Round of Nominees (film only)

2010 People's Choice Awards
Winners (all categories)
Second Round of Nominees - Finalists (film only)
First Round of Nominees (film only)

Poll Results: Golden Globes Noms Are Out!

The results are in and the enthusiasm over the Golden Globe Nominations is a little lukewarm with the top spot being a tie between Oh, Nellie.. More Films To See! and Meh, I'll Wait for the Oscars. I'm an Oh Nellie! Person myself, so many films so see so little time! But 24% are excited by responding Yay! The Globes Rock, and the rounding out the vote is I Don't Follow Awards Shows which chimes in at 16%.

30% - Tie: Oh, Nellie.. More Films To See! and Meh, I'll Wait for the Oscars
24% - Yay! The Globes Rock
16% - I Don't Follow Awards Shows

Thanks for voting!

Alliance of Women Film Journalists - 2009 EDA Awards

I always look forward to seeing the results of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards, and the winners for 2009 have been announced. They have great categories like "Actress Defying Age and Ageism" and "Bravest Performance" and I particularly find it interesting that they point out the "Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest". That one is craziness. Lots of love for The Hurt Locker this year, not surprize there and it's well deserved.

For complete nominee list look here. The winners are:

EDA ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Best Film: The Hurt Locker

Best Animated Film: Up

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

Best Screenplay, Original: (500) Days of Summer - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber

Best Screenplay, Adapted: Up In The Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Documentary: The Cove

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan - An Education

Best Actress In Supporting Role: Monique - Precious

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Waltz - Inglorious Basterds

Best Ensemble Cast: The Hurt Locker

Best Editing: Sally Menke - Inglorious Basterds

Most Beautiful Film: Bright Star

Best Non-English-Language Film: Summer Hours

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

Best Woman Director: Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

Best Woman Screenwriter: Jane Campion - Bright Star

Best Animated Female: Coraline in Coraline

Best Breakthrough Performance: Carey Mulligan - An Education

Women’s Image Award: Kathryn Bigelow

Perseverance Award: Agnes Varda

Actress Defying Age and Ageism: Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia and It’s Complicated

Sexist Pig Award: Robert Luketic for The Ugly Truth

This Year’s Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

Lifetime Achievement Award: Agnes Varda

AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism: Rebecca Cammisa for Which Way Home

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award: Robert Luketic - The Ugly Truth

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent: Hilary Swank

Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn't: Amelia

Unforgettable Moment Award (Tie)
Inglorious Basterds - Shoshanna (Melanie Laurent) burns down the theater
Precious - Mary (Mo’Nique) admits the abuse

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction (Tie)
An Education - Carey Mulligan and Peter Saarsgard
It’s Complicated - - Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin

Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

The Remake That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award: Land of the Lost

Cultural Crossover Award: District 9

Bravest Performance Award: Mo’Nique in Precious

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest Award:
Whatever Works - Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood (40 years difference)

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009

The Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009 have been announced and a few surprizes here, including ties - both best picture and best screenplay resulted in a tie! Lots of love for Hunger, a film I've not seen on many other year end lists and also lots of for Inglourious Basterds. Here are the results, including runner ups!

BEST PICTURE (tie)
Hunger
Inglourious Basterds
Runner Up: The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage - The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Runners-up:
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Michael Fassbender - Hunger
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Viggo Mortensen - The Road

BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Runners-up:
Arta Dobroshi - Le Silence de Lorna
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Runners-up:
Christian McKay - Me & Orson Welles
Timothy Olyphant - A Perfect Getaway

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Runners-up:
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Mo’nique - Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Runners-up:
Steve McQueen - Hunger
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST SCREENPLAY (TIE)
Inglourious Basterds - written by Quentin Tarantino
Up in the Air - written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the novel by Walter Kirn
Runner-up:
A Serious Man - written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Hunger - directed by Steve McQueen
Runners-up:
District 9 - directed by Neill Blomkamp
(500) Days of Summer - directed by Marc Webb

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runners-up:
Coraline
Up

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
The White Ribbon
Runners-up:
Police, Adjective
Summer Hours

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Cove
Runners-up:
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
The Beaches of Agnes

2009 Golden Globe Nominations (films only)

Today is when awards season feels like it officially kicks off with the nominees announced for the 67th Golden Globe Awards for films in 2009. The Globes cast a wider net than the Oscars with splitting film and main actor nods into both drama and comedy/musical selections, which allows more films to be recognized especially in the comedy department. This year Up in the Air leads the race with 6 nominations, followed by the musical Nine with 5 nominations and then both Avatar and Inglourious Basterds chime in with 4 nominations. Rounding things out we have tons of films with 3 nominations: Tom Ford's directorial debut A Single Man, Nelson Mandela/1995 Rugby World Cup film Invictus, the romantic comedy It's Complicated, festival sweetheart film Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire and the powerhouse that is The Hurt Locker. I'm thrilled that The Hurt Locker's nominations include one for director Kathryn Bigelow but shocked to see that Jeremy Renner did not get a nomination for acting I wonder if the bias of recency is at play as Tobey Maguire did get a nomination for Brothers but sadly as I predicted no love for the well deserved performance by Jake Gyllenhaal. Thrilled to see the love for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's performance in (500) Days of Summer, he's a great actor.

After films with multiple nominations, there are also 5 people with multiple nominations! Meryl Streep is up against herself with 2 nods for Actress Comedy / Musical for both It's Complicated and Julie & Julia. Sandra Bullock is up for 2 Actress nominations for Drama (The Blind Side) and Comedy / Musical (The Proposal). Matt Damon also sported 2 Acting nominations, 1 for Comedy / Musical (The Informant) and Supporting Actor (Invictus) which I'm a little surprized at as although it's a strong performance it's rather quiet & understated but still great to see him recognized. But it isn't just actors that are prepping for possible two statue glory, both Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) and Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) are up for both directing and screenwriting awards.

In total we have 38 films nominated, included 5 animated (up from 3 last year) I'm shocked to say I've only seen 7 of the nominated film. Fair play that 7 of those films will be released in the next few weeks or early 2010 and 5 have no Canadian release date yet (Crazy Heart, A Prophet The Maid, The Messenger and Baarìa) but wow I feel like a slacker! Or perhaps I'm just not seeing as much American film. Either way, more films to add to the never ending to see list!

Nominated Film Lists also available by number of nominations with nominations detailed or listed by number of nominations.

The 67th Golden Globes Awards will be presented January 17th, 2010 at 8pm EST / 5pm PST live on NBC.

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Up in the Air

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Hellen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Tobey Maguire - Brothers

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Sandra Bullock - The Proposal
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Julia Roberts - Duplicity
Meryl Streep - It's Complicated
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Matt Damon - The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis - Nine
Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

Best Director - Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Clint Eastwood - Invictus
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell - District 9
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Penélope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Julianne Moore - A Single Man

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Best Animated Film
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
Up

Best Foreign Language Film
Baarìa
Broken Embraces / Los abrazos rotos
The Maid / La nana
A Prophet / Un prophète
The White Ribbon / Das weisse Band

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino - Up
Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant
James Horner - Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man
Carter Burwell & Karen O. - Where the Wild Things Are

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"Cinema Italiano", Music & Lyrics By: Maury Yeston - Nine
"I Want To Come Home", Music & Lyrics By: Paul McCartney - Everybody's Fine
"I Will See You", Music By: James Horner and Simon Franglen, Lyrics By: James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell - Avatar
"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)", Music & Lyrics By: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - Crazy Heart
"Winter", Music By: U2, Lyrics By: Bono - Brothers

For complete nominations listing including TV nominations look here.

2009 Golden Globe Nominations - film list with nominations detailed

A total of 38 films are nominated for the 2009 Golden Globes, here is a break down of the films by the total nominations received with the nominations detailed.

Nominated Film Lists also available by number of nominations with nominations detailed or
by # of nominations, titles only.

Up in the Air (6)
Best Motion Picture - Drama
George Clooney - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama -
Jason Reitman - Best Director - Motion Picture
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Vera Farmiga - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Anna Kendrick - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture"

Nine (5)
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Marion Cotillard - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Daniel Day Lewis - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Penélope Cruz - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture"
"Cinema Italiano" Music & Lyrics By: Maury Yeston - Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Avatar (4)
Best Motion Picture - Drama
James Cameron - Best Director - Motion Picture
James Horner - Best Original Score - Motion Picture
"I Will See You" Music By: James Horner and Simon Franglen, Lyrics By: James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell - Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Inglourious Basterds (4)
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Quentin Tarantino - Best Director - Motion Picture"
Quentin Tarantino - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Christoph Waltz - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

A Single Man (3)
Colin Firth - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Julianne Moore - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Abel Korzeniowski - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

The Hurt Locker (3)
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Kathryn Bigelow - Best Director - Motion Picture
Mark Boal - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Invictus (3)
Clint Eastwood- Best Director - Motion Picture
Morgan Freeman - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Matt Damon - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

It's Complicated (3)
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Meryl Streep - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Nancy Meyers - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (3)
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Gabourey Sidibe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Mo'Nique - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

(500) Days of Summer (2)
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Brothers (2)
Tobey Maguire - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
"Winter" Music By: U2, Lyrics By: Bono - Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Crazy Heart (2)
Jeff Bridges - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
The Weary Kind - Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Informant, The (2)
Matt Damon - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Marvin Hamlisch - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Julie & Julia (2)
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Meryl Streep - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Last Station, The (2)
Hellen Mirren - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Christopher Plummer - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture"

Up (2)
Best Animated Film
Michael Giacchino - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Blind Side, The (1)
Sandra Bullock - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

District 9 (1)
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Duplicity (1)
Julia Roberts - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Education, An (1)
Carey Mulligan - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Everybody's Fine (1)
"I Want to Come Home" Music & Lyrics By: Paul McCartney - Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Hangover, The (1)
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Lovely Bones, The (1)
Stanley Tucci - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Messenger, The (1)
Woody Harrelson - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Proposal, The (1)
Sandra Bullock - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Serious Man, A (1)
Michael Stuhlbarg - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Sherlock Holmes (1)
Robert Downey Jr. - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Where the Wild Things Are (1)
Carter Burwell & Karen O. - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Young Victoria, The (1)
Emily Blunt - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Baarìa (1)
Best Foreign Language Film

Broken Embraces / Los abrazos rotos (1)
Best Foreign Language Film

Maid, The / La nana (1)
Best Foreign Language Film

Prophet, A / Un prophète (1)
Best Foreign Language Film

White Ribbon, The / Das weisse Band (1)
Best Foreign Language Film

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (1)
Best Animated Film

Coraline (1)
Best Animated Film

Fantastic Mr. Fox (1)
Best Animated Film

Princess and the Frog, The (1)
Best Animated Film

The 67th Golden Globes Awards will be presented January 17th, 2010 at 8pm EST / 5pm PST live on NBC.

2009 Golden Globe Nominations - film list (titles & # of nominations only)

A total of 38 films are nominated for the 2009 Golden Globes, here is a break down of the films by the total nominations received.

Nominated Film Lists also available by number of nominations with nominations detailed or film list with nominations detailed.

6 - Up in the Air
5 - Nine
4 - Avatar
4 - Inglourious Basterds
3 - A Single Man
3 - Invictus
3 - It's Complicated
3 - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
3 - The Hurt Locker
2 - (500) Days of Summer
2 - Brothers
2 - Crazy Heart
2 - Informant, The
2 - Julie & Julia
2 - Last Station, The
2 - Up
1 - Baarìa
1 - Blind Side, The
1 - Broken Embraces / Los abrazos rotos
1 - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
1 - Coraline
1 - District 9
1 - Duplicity
1 - Education, An
1 - Everybody's Fine
1 - Fantastic Mr. Fox
1 - Hangover, The
1 - Lovely Bones, The
1 - Maid, The / La nana
1 - Messenger, The
1 - Princess and the Frog, The
1 - Prophet, A / Un prophète
1 - Proposal, The
1 - Serious Man, A
1 - Sherlock Holmes
1 - Where the Wild Things Are
1 - White Ribbon, The / Das weisse Band
1 - Young Victoria, The

The 67th Golden Globes Awards will be presented January 17th, 2010 at 8pm EST / 5pm PST live on NBC.

12th British Independent Film Awards

Winners of the twelfth annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) were announced last week for 2009 films. I'm thrilled to see high nods two of my favourite films of the year: science fiction at it's finished in Moon and gut-splitting comedy of In the Loop. Also well deserved love sent Tom Hardy's way as he snags the Best Actor award for Bronson.

Let's have a look at the winners.

Best British Independent Film
Moon

Best Director
Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank

The Douglas Hickox Award, Best Debut Director
Duncan Jones – Moon

Best Screenplay
In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan – An Education

Best Actor
Tom Hardy – Bronson

Best Supporting Actress
Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy

Best Supporting Actor
John Henshaw – Looking for Eric

Most Promising Newcomer
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank

Best Achievement in Production
Bunny and the Bull

Raindance Award
Down Terrace

Best Technical Achievement
Bright Star – Cinematography – Greig Fraser

Best Documentary
Mugabe and the White African

Best British Short
Love You More

Best Foreign Film
Let the Right One In

The Richard Harris Award, for Outstanding Contribution to British Film
Daniel Day-Lewis

The Variety Award
Sir Michael Caine

The Special Jury Prize
Baz Bamigboye

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 2009 from the BIFA website
"A film will be eligible for an Award if:

• It is intended for theatrical release, AND has had a public screening to a paying audience either on general release in the UK OR has screened at a British-based film festival between 1 December 2008 and 30 November 2009.

• Where there is any major studio substantially funding a film, the total budget must not exceed £10M.

• It has been produced or majority co-produced by a British company OR is in receipt of at least 51% of its budget from a British source or sources OR it qualifies as a British film under the DCMS guidelines AND includes sufficient creative elements from the UK.

• BIFA also consider foreign independent films for the Best Foreign Independent Film category. Foreign films must have a British theatrical release during the eligibility period stated above.

• Best British Short Film Award submissions: Any British short films that have won an award between 16 October 2008 and 15 October 2009 are eligible for consideration. A short film must be no longer than 40 minutes (including credits).

• Films that have been entered previously are not eligible. Re-issues of previously released films are not eligible.

• All films submitted for consideration are viewed by the Advisory Committee with the help of a nominated screening panel, who then decide the nominations by ballot.

• All nominated films will be viewed by the Jury. The winners will be decided by a secret ballot.
Full Eligibility Criteria may be viewed at: http://www.bifa.org.uk/rules"

25th Annual Spirit Awards Nominations

The announcement of the Spirit Awards nominations always feels like the beginning of awards season, and it was noted during the live stream announcement this morning that they do share them early to get the word out there on these great independent films. Top nods go to The Last Station and Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, both films received 5 nominations. The Last Station is nominated for: Best Screenplay - Michael Hoffman, Best Supporing Male - Christopher Plummer, Best Female Lead - Helen Mirren and Best Director - Michael Hoffman and Best Feature & Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire is nominated for Best First Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher, Best Supporting Female - Mo'Nique, Best Female Lead - Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe, Best Director - Lee Daniels and Best Feature. The three other films nominated for best feature are (500) Days of Summer, Amreeka and Sin Nombre. Coming in with 4 nominations is The Messenger which is up for Best Screenplay - Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, Best Supporting Female - Samantha Morton, Best Supporing Male - Woody Harrelson and Best First Feature.

The Messenger is one of the several films that I've heard a lot about, but has not released here in Toronto and I hope it does make it's way here soon. I am thrilled to see that (500) Days of Summer got some love, especially the great performance by Joseph Gorden-Levitt. Also nice to see Anvil! The Story of Anvil nominated for best doc and I think the surprize of the morning was Paranormal Activity nomination for Best First Feature for which you could hear folks in the audience slightly gasp. Go indie horror!!

The nominees are.....

Best Screenplay
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman - The Messenger
Michael Hoffman - The Last Station
Greg Mottola - Adventureland
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - (500) Days of Summer
Lee Toland Krieger - The Vicious Kind

Best First Screenplay
Sophie Barthes - Cold Souls
Scott Cooper - Crazy Heart
Cherien Dabis - Amreeka
Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Tom Ford, David Scearce - A Single Man

Best Cinematography
A Serious Man
Sin Nombre
Treeless Mountain
Cold Souls
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Best Foreign Film
A Prophet
An Education
Everlasting Moments
Mother
The Maid

Best Documentary
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Food, Inc.
More Than a Game
October Country
Which Way Home

John Cassavetes Award (best feature made under $500,000)
Big Fan
Humpday
The New Years Parade
Treeless Mountain
Zero Bridge

Best Supporting Female
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Dina Korzun - Cold Souls
Samantha Morton - The Messenger
Natalie Press - Fifty Dead Men Walking
Mia Wasikowska - That Evening Sun

Best Supporting Male
Jemaine Clement - Gentlemen Broncos
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christian McKay - Me & Orson Wells
Ray McKinnon - That Evening Sun
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station

Best Female Lead
Mario Bello - Downloading Nancy
Nisreen Faour - Amreeka
Helen Mirrin - The Last Station
Gwyneth Paltrow - Two Lovers
Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Best Male Lead
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
Souleymane Sy Savane - Goodbye Solo
Adam Scott - The Vicious King

Best First Feature
A Single Man
Crazy Heart
Easier with Practice
The Messenger
Paranormal Activity

Best Director
Joel & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Lee Daniels - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Cary Fukunaga - Sin Nombre
James Grey - Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman - The Last Station

Best Feature
(500) Days of Summer
Amreeka
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Sin Nombre
Last Station, The

Robert Altman Award (director, casting director and ensemble cast)
A Serious Man
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Casting Directors: Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tenner
Cast: Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus, Michael Stuhlbarg, Aaron Wolff

Someone to Watch Award
Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Easier with Practice
Asiel Norton: Redland
Tariq Tapa: Zero Bridge

Piaget Producer Award
Karin Chien: The Exploding Girl, Santa Mesa
Larry Fessenden: I Sell the Dead, The House of the Devil
Dia Sokol: Beeswax, Nights & Weekends

Truer Than Fiction Award
Natalia Almade: El General
Jessica Ordeck: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Bill Ross, Turner Ross: 45365

The Spirit Awards will air live and uncut on IFC on Friday March 5, 2010 at 11pm EST/8pm PST. Hopefully they will be available for to watch live in Canada this year!

See more at the Spirit Awards Website

Spirit Awards

26th Annual Spirit Awards (2010 Films)
26th Annual Spirit Awards Winners
26th Annual Spirit Awards Nominations

25th Annual Spirit Awards (2009 Films)
25th Annual Spirit Awards Winners
25th Annual Spirit Awards Nominations

24th Annual Spirit Awards (2008 Films)
24th Annual Spirit Awards Winners
24th Annual Spirit Awards Nominations

See more at the Spirit Awards Website

Golden Globes Awards

68th Golden Globes (2010) Film Only
The 68th Golden Globes Awards will be presented January 16, 2011 at 8pm EST / 5pm PST live on NBC.
Winners List
Nominations List - Announcement, detailed list
Nominations List - film list with nominations detailed
Nominations List - film list by # of nominations, titles only

67th Golden Globes (2009) Film Only
The 67th Golden Globes Awards were presented January 17th, 2010 at 8pm EST / 5pm PST live on NBC.
Winners List
Nominations List - Announcement, detailed list
Nominations List - film list with nominations detailed
Nominations List - film list by # of nominations, titles only

66th Golden Globes (2008) Film only
The 66th Golden Globes Awards were presented January 11th, 2009 at 8pm EST live on NBC. This year I twittered live and live chatted through the event and spreading the word on the all the film awards and news. Looking for a list? Take your pick:
Winners List
Nominations list - announcement, detailed list
Nominations list - film list with nominations detailed
Nominations list - film list by # of nominations, titles only

65th Golden Globes (2007)
Winners (film only)
Nominations list - (film only)

Golden Globe Awards Website