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2010 Academy Awards: The Big Winners

Mar 8 2010 Posted in Entertainment by Dina Ely with View Comments

Ben Stiller, dressed as a character from Avatar, at the Oscars.
Although bogged down by law suits, network skirmishes, and of course, a fair share of “worst dressed” listers, the 2010 edition of the Academy Awards has come and gone with some fairly predictable but also fairly heartwarming results. Here are the big Oscar winners for this year.

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique (Precious)
Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious)
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: El Secreto do Sus Ojos (Argentina)
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove
Best Score: Up
Best Original Song: “The Weary Kind” (Crazy Heart) – Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett
Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Best Cinematography: Avatar
Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Best Art Direction: Avatar
Best Makeup: Star Trek
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Best Documentary (Short Subject): Music by Prudence
Best Short Film (Animated): Logorama
Best Short Film (Live Action): The New Tenants
Best Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker

The 2010 Oscars saw a change in voting methods for Best Picture, with 10 films competing for the top spot. The new voting system involves Academy members listing the 10 films in order of preference and then several stages of counting and re-counting votes until a clear majority winner is detected from among the rather large pool. [via Examiner]

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Top 10 Oscar Winners That People Care About

Mar 8 2010 Posted in Entertainment by Tamara Woods with View Comments

Oscar statuette

The 82nd annual Academy Award ceremony was Sunday night. Here are the top 10 awards and the winners that people seem to care the most about.

Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”

Winning over: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up” and Up in the Air.

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock in  The Blind Side

The other nominees were:

  • Helen Mirren: The Last Station
  • Carey Mulligan: An Education
  • Gabourey Sidibe: Precious Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
  • Meryl Streep: Julie & Julia


Best Actor: Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart

The other nominees were:

  • George Clooney: Up in the Air
  • Colin Firth: A Single Man
  • Morgan Freeman: Invictus
  • Jeremy Renner: The Hurt Locker

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”

Other nominees were:

  • Penelope Cruz: Nine
  • Vera Farmiga: Up in the Air
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal: Crazy Heart
  • Anna Kendrick: Up in the Air

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglorious Basterds”

Other nominees:

  • Matt Damon: Invictus
  • Woody Harrelson: The Messenger
  • Christopher Plummer: The Last Station
  • Stanley Tucci: The Lovely Bones

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Animated Film, Up

Documentary Feature: The Cove

Best Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker

Best Foreign Language Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos


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A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever [Video]

Mar 6 2010 Posted in Odd + Funny by Dina Ely with View Comments

A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever, a short film by BriTANick.
Ever wonder what a trailer encompassing every single Academy Award winning movie would look like? Wonder no more – genius film makers Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher have brought us “A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever”, a short film that does just what it says on the tin.

From comedy to drama to thriller and everywhere in between, “A Trailer” is an artful blend of plot and sound bytes delivered in generic lines with superb acting that has you knowing exactly what they mean – and in many cases, exactly which film they’re spoofing – without any actual dialogue.

“A Trailer” is the brain child of BriTANicK, who are responsible for a number of videos available on their web site. Their short film “Eagles Are Turning People Into Horses” has been accepted to the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival, with 3 screenings throughout the course of the festival next week.

Enjoy “A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever”:


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Oscars Excitement Dampened by Law Suit

Mar 4 2010 Posted in Movies by Dina Ely with View Comments

The Hurt Locker's creators have been slammed with a lawsuit.
For those with an interest in The Hurt Locker, the upcoming Oscars will be colored by a troubling lawsuit levied against screenwriter Mark Boal and numerous other individuals involved in the making of the film.

Boal, who wrote the Best Picture nominated film after being embedded with an explosives unit in Baghdad for Playboy in 2004, is accused of stealing the identity of Master Sgt. Jeffrey S. Sarver. Sarver’s lawsuit has six different counts including misappropriation of name and likeness, emotional distress, privacy invasion, and fraud.

Sarver alleges that the character portrayed by Best Actor nominee Jeremy Renner was based on him, and that by writing Renner’s character as a “troubled” soldier the movie defamed him.

In addition to Boal the suit also names all the film’s producers, Best Director nominee director Kathryn Bigelow, the film’s distributors, and Playboy.

The Hurt Locker is also up for Cinematography, Film Editing, Music, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Writing awards. [via The New York Times]

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