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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Winners of the 90th Academy Awards

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Full of glitz, glamour, talent, and entertainment, the 90th Academy Awards reminded us why we love watching movies so much.  They take us to new places and fill our hearts and minds with wonder. 

So many of the nominees were amazing, so choosing just one winner in each category was almost painful.  Here is the list of all the winners!

Best Picture:
The Shape of Water” (WINNER)
“Call Me by Your Name”
“Darkest Hour”
“Dunkirk”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Post”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Best Actress:
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (WINNER)
Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Meryl Streep, “The Post”

Best Actor:
Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”



Best Director
"The Shape of Water," Guillermo Del Toro (Winner)
“Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Song
“Remember Me” from “Coco,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez (WINNER)
“Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” Mary J. Blige
“Mystery of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name,” Sufjan Stevens
“Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” Diane Warren, Common
“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman,” Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Original Score:
“The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat (WINNER)
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” John Williams
“Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer
“Phantom Thread,” Jonny Greenwood
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Carter Burwell

Cinematography:
“Blade Runner 2049,” Roger Deakins (WINNER)
“Darkest Hour,” Bruno Delbonnel
“Dunkirk,” Hoyte van Hoytema
“Mudbound,” Rachel Morrison
“The Shape of Water,” Dan Laustsen

Original Screenplay:
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele (WINNER)
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh
“The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor

Adapted Screenplay:
“Call Me by Your Name,” James Ivory (WINNER)
“The Disaster Artist,” Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“Logan,” Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green
“Molly’s Game,” Aaron Sorkin
“Mudbound,” Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

Live Action Short Film:
“The Silent Child,” Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton (WINNER)
“DeKalb Elementary,” Reed Van Dyk
“The Eleven O’Clock,” Derin Seale, Josh Lawson
“My Nephew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, Jr.
“Watu Wote/All of Us,” Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen

Documentary Short Subject:
“Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” Frank Stiefel (WINNER)
“Heroin(e),” Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon
“Edith+Eddie,” Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright
“Knife Skills,” Thomas Lennon
“Traffic Stop,” Kate Davis, David Heilbroner

Film Editing:
“Dunkirk,” Lee Smith (WINNER)
“Baby Driver,” Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
“I, Tonya,” Tatiana S. Riegel
“The Shape of Water,” Sidney Wolinsky
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Jon Gregory

Visual Effects:
“Blade Runner 2049,” John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer (WINNER)
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick
“Kong: Skull Island,” Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan
“War for the Planet of the Apes,” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist

Animated Feature:
“Coco,” Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson (WINNER)
“The Boss Baby,” Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito
“The Breadwinner,” Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo
“Ferdinand,” Carlos Saldanha
“Loving Vincent,” Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman

Animated Short:
“Dear Basketball,” Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant (WINNER)
“Garden Party,” Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon
“Lou,” Dave Mullins, Dana Murray
“Negative Space,” Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
“Revolting Rhymes,” Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer

Supporting Actress:
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” (WINNER)
Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”
Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”

Foreign Language Film:
“A Fantastic Woman” (Chile) (WINNER)
“The Insult” (Lebanon)
“Loveless” (Russia)
“On Body and Soul (Hungary)
“The Square” (Sweden)

Production Design:
“The Shape of Water,” Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau (WINNER)
“Beauty and the Beast,” Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer
“Blade Runner 2049,” Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola
“Darkest Hour,” Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
“Dunkirk,” Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis

Sound Mixing:
“Dunkirk,” Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo (WINNER)
“Baby Driver,” Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin
“Blade Runner 2049,” Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill
“The Shape of Water,” Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick

Sound Editing:
“Dunkirk,” Alex Gibson, Richard King (WINNER)
“Baby Driver,” Julian Slater
“Blade Runner 2049,” Mark Mangini, Theo Green
“The Shape of Water,” Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood

Documentary Feature:
“Icarus,” Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan (WINNER)
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman
“Faces Places,” JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda
“Last Men in Aleppo,” Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen
“Strong Island,” Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes

Costume Design:
“Phantom Thread,” Mark Bridges (WINNER)
“Beauty and the Beast,” Jacqueline Durran
“Darkest Hour,” Jacqueline Durran
“The Shape of Water,” Luis Sequeira
“Victoria and Abdul,” Consolata Boyle

Makeup and Hairstyling:
“Darkest Hour,” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick (WINNER)
“Victoria and Abdul,” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
“Wonder,” Arjen Tuiten

Supporting Actor:
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (WINNER)
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”
Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”

Monday, January 9, 2017

Golden Globe winners of 2017!

Awards season has just begun!  If you missed the 74th Golden Globe Awards last night, here is the list of winners (in bold).   Now, if they would only give awards for the rest of us hard-working shmucks...



Best Motion Picture, Drama
      Moonlight (WINNER)
      Manchester by the Sea 
      Lion 
      Hacksaw Ridge 
      Hell or High Water
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
     La La Land (WINNER)
     20th Century Women
     Sing Street
     Florence Foster Jenkins
     Deadpool
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
      Isabelle Huppert, Elle (WINNER)
      Natalie Portman, Jackie 
      Ruth Negga, Loving 
      Amy Adams, Arrival 
      Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
      Emma Stone, La La Land (WINNER)
      Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
      Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
      Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
      Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
     Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea (WINNER)
     Denzel Washington, Fences 
     Joel Edgerton, Loving 
     Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge 
     Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
     Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
     Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
     Dev Patel, Lion
     Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
     Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals (WINNER)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
     Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea 
     Viola Davis, Fences (WINNER)
     Naomie Harris, Moonlight 
     Nicole Kidman, Lion 
     Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Best Director, Motion Picture
     Damien Chazelle, La La Land (WINNER)
     Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea 
     Barry Jenkins, Moonlight 
     Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge 
     Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
     Ryan Gosling, La La Land (WINNER)
     Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
     Colin Farrell, The Lobster
     Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
     Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
     Manchester by the Sea 
     La La Land (WINNER)
     Moonlight
     Hell or High Water 
     Nocturnal Animals
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
     Arrival
     Lion
     La La Land (WINNER)
     Moonlight
     Hidden Figures
Best Motion Picture, Animated
     Kubo and the Two Strings
     Moana
     My Life As a Zucchini
     Sing
     Zootopia (WINNER)
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
     "Can't Stop the Feeling," Trolls 
     "City of Stars," La La Land (WINNER)
     "Faith," Sing 
     "Gold," Gold 
     "How Far I'll Go," Moana
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
     Divines, France
     Elle, France (WINNER)
     NerudaChile
     The Salesman, Iran/France
     Toni Erdmann, Germany
Best Television Series, Drama
     The Crown (WINNER)
     Stranger Things
     This Is Us
     Westworld
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
     Atlanta (WINNER)
     Veep 
     Transparent 
     Black-ish 
      Mozart in the Jungle
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
     American Crime
     The Dresser
     The Night Manager
     The Night Of
     The People v. O.J. Simpson (WINNER)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
     Rami Malek, Mr. Robot 
     Matthew Rhys, The Americans 
     Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul 
     Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan 
     Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath (WINNER)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy
     Donald Glover, Atlanta (WINNER)
     Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
     Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
     Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
     Nick Nolte, Graves
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
     Riz Ahmed, The Night Of 
     Bryan Cranston, All The Way 
     Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager (WINNER)
     John Turturro, The Night Of 
     Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
     Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson 
     Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager (WINNER)
     John Travolta, The People v. O.J. Simpson 
     Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
      John Lithgow, The Crown
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama
     Winona Ryder, Stranger Things 
     Claire Foy, The Crown (WINNER)
     Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld 
     Catriona Balfe, Outlander 
     Keri Russell, The Americans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
     Olivia Colman, The Night Manager (WINNER)
     Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
     Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
     Mandy Moore, This Is Us
     Thandie Newton, Westworld
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
     Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson (WINNER)
     Kerry Washington, Confirmation
     Felicity Huffman, American Crime
     Charlotte Rampling, London Spy
     Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experience
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
     Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
     Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce
     Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
     Issa Rae, Insecure
     Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
     Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (WINNER)

Monday, February 29, 2016

2016 Academy Award Winners


Hollywood's biggest night presented the following list of Oscar winners at the 88th Academy Awards:

  • Best Picture – Spotlight

  • Best Actress – Brie Larson, Room

  • Best Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

  • Directing  – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant

  • Best Supporting Actress – Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl



  • Documentary Feature – Amy

  • Foreign Language Film – Son of Saul, Hungary

  • Adapted Screenplay – Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short

  • Original Screenplay – Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

  • Original Score – Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight

  • Original Song – “The Writing’s on the Wall” by Sam Smith

  • Film Editing – Mad Max: Fury Road

  • Production Design – Mad Max: Fury Road

  • Sound Editing – Mad Max: Fury Road

  • Sound Mixing – Mad Max: Fury Road

  • Visual Effects – Ex Machina

  • Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant

  • Costume Design – Mad Max: Fury Road

  • Makeup and Hairstyling – Mad Max: Fury Road

  • Animated Short Film – Bear Story

  • Live Action Short Film – Stutterer

  • Documentary Short Subject – A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness