Awards Season 2009

[ayaa1977]

Today the Critics's Choice Award nominations were announced. Nine and Inglourious Basterds lead the pack with ten nominations each, followed by Avatar, Up in the Air and The Hurt Locker, each received 8. Here is a full list of the nominees:

BEST PICTURE

Nominees:
• Avatar
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Invictus
• Nine
• Precious
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up In The Air


BEST ACTOR

Nominees:
• Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
• George Clooney - Up In The Air
• Colin Firth - A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman - Invictus
• Viggo Mortensen - The Road
• Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS

Nominees:
• Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
• Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
• Carey Mulligan - An Education
• Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
• Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
• Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Nominees:
• Matt Damon - Invictus
• Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
• Christian McKay - Me And Orson Welles
• Alfred Molina - An Education
• Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Nominees:
• Marion Cotillard - Nine
• Vera Farmiga - Up In The Air
• Anna Kendrick - Up In The Air
• Mo’Nique - Precious
• Julianne Moore - A Single Man
• Samantha Morton - The Messenger


BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Nominees:
• Jae Head - The Blind Side
• Bailee Madison - Brothers
• Max Records - Where The Wild Things Are
• Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
• Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road


BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Nominees:
• Inglourious Basterds
• Nine
• Precious
• Star Trek
• Up In The Air


BEST DIRECTING

Nominees:
• Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
• James Cameron - Avatar
• Lee Daniels - Precious
• Clint Eastwood - Invictus
• Jason Reitman - Up In The Air
• Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Nominees:
• Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
• Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
• Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - (500) Days Of Summer
• Bob Peterson, Peter Docter - Up
• Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Nominees:
• Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9
• Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious
• Tom Ford, David Scearce - A Single Man
• Nick Hornby - An Education
• Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nominees:
• The Hurt Locker
• Nine
• Avatar
• The Lovely Bones
• Inglourious Basterds


BEST ART DIRECTION

Nominees:
• A Single Man
• Avatar
• Nine
• The Lovely Bones
• Inglourious Basterds


BEST EDITING

Nominees:
• Up In The Air
• Inglourious Basterds
• The Hurt Locker
• Avatar
• Nine


BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Nominees:
• Nine
• Bright Star
• The Young Victoria
• Inglourious Basterds
• Where The Wild Things Are


BEST MAKEUP

Nominees:
• Avatar
• District 9
• Nine
• The Road
• Star Trek


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Nominees:
• Avatar
• District 9
• The Lovely Bones
• Star Trek
• 2012


BEST SOUND

Nominees:
• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Nine
• Star Trek


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Nominees:
• Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Princess And The Frog
• Up


BEST ACTION MOVIE

Nominees:
• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek


BEST COMEDY

Nominees:
• (500) Days Of Summer
• The Hangover
• It’s Complicated
• The Proposal
• Zombieland


BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Nominees:
• Gifted Hands
• Grey Gardens
• Into The Storm
• Taking Chance

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Nominees:
• Broken Embraces
• Coco Before Chanel
• Red Cliff
• Sin Nombre
• The White Ribbon


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Nominees:
• Anvil
• Capitalism: A Love Story
• The Cove
• Food, Inc.
• Michael Jackson’s This Is It


BEST SONG

Nominees:
• "All Is Love" - Karen O, Nick Zinner - Where The Wild Things Are
• "Almost There" - Randy Newman - The Princess And The Frog
• "Cinema Italiano" - Maury Yeston - Nine
• "(I Want To) Come Home" - Paul McCartney - Everybody’s Fine
• "The Weary Kind" - T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham - Crazy Heart


BEST SCORE

Nominees:
• Michael Giacchino - Up
• Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!
• Randy Newman - The Princess and the Frog
• Karen O, Carter Burwell - Where The Wild Things Are
• Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes"

[animatedude]

how can Nine get all these nominations when it's trashed by the majority of critics?

[kaytee]

National Board of Review's Top 10 films of the year include AN EDUCATION, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, THE HURT LOCKER, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, INVICTUS, THE MESSENGER, A SERIOUS MAN, STAR TREK and WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE...

[shariqq]

I'm glad that Hurt Locker is getting all this love.

[ayaa1977]

The nominees for The 2010 Golden Globes were announced today. Up in the Air lead the way in this Globes which is a big indication for its Oscar prospects. The nominations had it share of surprises, like Sandra Bullock picking up two nominations for her roles in two of this years biggest hits The Proposal and The Blind Side. The Hangover  picking up a nomination for Best Comedy caught many by surprise, as will as the nomination of (500) Days of Summer, albeit a good one. The Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held in January 17th. Following is the full list of nominees:

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:Avatar (2009)

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Up in the Air (2009/I)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:(500) Days of Summer (2009)

The Hangover (2009)

It's Complicated (2009)

Julie & Julia (2009)

Nine (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)

Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)

Tobey Maguire for Brothers (2009/I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria (2009)

Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)

Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)

Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)

Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:Matt Damon for The Informant! (2009)

Daniel Day-Lewis for Nine (2009)

Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt for (500) Days of Summer (2009)

Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:Sandra Bullock for The Proposal (2009/I)

Marion Cotillard for Nine (2009)

Julia Roberts for Duplicity (2009)

Meryl Streep for It's Complicated (2009)

Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)

Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)

Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)

Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)

Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)

Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Julianne Moore for A Single Man (2009)

Best Director - Motion Picture
Nominees:Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)

James Cameron for Avatar (2009)

Clint Eastwood for Invictus (2009)

Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominees:District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal

Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino

It's Complicated (2009): Nancy Meyers

Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Nominees:Avatar (2009): James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell("I Will See You")

Brothers (2009/I): U2, Bono("Winter")

Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")

Everybody's Fine (2009): Paul McCartney("(I Want To) Come Home")

Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Cinema Italiano")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Nominees:Avatar (2009): James Horner

The Informant! (2009): Marvin Hamlisch

A Single Man (2009): Abel Korzeniowski

Up (2009): Michael Giacchino

Where the Wild Things Are (2009): Carter Burwell, Karen Orzolek

Best Animated Film
Nominees:Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Coraline (2009)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Up (2009)

Best Foreign Language Film
Nominees:Los abrazos rotos (2009)

Baarìa (2009)

Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)

La nana (2009)

Un prophète (2009)

Best Television Series - Drama
Nominees:"Big Love" (2006)

"Dexter" (2006)

"House M.D." (2004)

"Mad Men" (2007)

"True Blood" (2008)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:"Entourage" (2004)

"Glee" (2009)

"The Office" (2005)

"Modern Family" (2009)

"30 Rock" (2006)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)

Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Into the Storm (2009) (TV)

"Little Dorrit" (2008)

Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Kenneth Branagh for "Wallander" (2008)

Chiwetel Ejiofor for Endgame (2009)

Brendan Gleeson for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)

Jeremy Irons for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Joan Allen for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)

Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Anna Paquin for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV)

Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)

David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)

Thomas Jane for "Hung" (2009)

Matthew Morrison for "Glee" (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)

Courteney Cox for "Cougar Town" (2009)

Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009)

Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Lea Michele for "Glee" (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008)

Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)

Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)

Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)

Bill Paxton for "Big Love" (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)

January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)

Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2008)

Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Michael Emerson for "Lost" (2004)

Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)

William Hurt for "Damages" (2007)

John Lithgow for "Dexter" (2006)

Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Jane Adams for "Hung" (2009)

Rose Byrne for "Damages" (2007)

Jane Lynch for "Glee" (2009)

Janet McTeer for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)

Chloë Sevigny for "Big Love" (2006)

 

[shariqq]

I don't get how nominations can be announced before the year ends. Are they assuming all voting members have seen the movies that will release by year end?

[ayaa1977]

I don't get how nominations can be announced before the year ends. Are they assuming all voting members have seen the movies that will release by year end?

The Globes is an association for the Foreign Press reporters, and the voting pool is somewhere around 100 individuals. I imagine everyone has a film in the running would have sent them screeners. You can see that films that didn't open like Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.'s nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy) and It's Complicated  (Meryl Streep's for Best Actress in a Comedy). I think that is the justification for The Globes, but I can't speak for the other awards.  

[shariqq]

5. Michael Jackson as Michael Jackson in Michael Jackson's This Is It

"Performance"? Then the best indeed, coz he really did come across like the legend!

[X.]

He did die after his "performance," so that should get some kind of an award...

[ayaa1977]

2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Winners to be announced on Saturday, January 23rd.

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
An Education (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Nine (2009)
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)
Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)
Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)
Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)
Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)
Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)
Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)
Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Diane Kruger for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000)
"Glee" (2009)
"Modern Family" (2009)
"The Office" (2005)
"30 Rock" (2006)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"The Closer" (2005)
"Dexter" (2006)
"The Good Wife" (2009)
"Mad Men" (2007)
"True Blood" (2008)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Larry David for "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000)
Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)
Charlie Sheen for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)
Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)
Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008)
Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette for "Medium" (2005)
Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)
Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
Holly Hunter for "Saving Grace" (2007)
Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009) (TV)
Cuba Gooding Jr. for Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) (TV)
Jeremy Irons for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)
Kevin Kline for "Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac (2008)
Tom Wilkinson for A Number (2008) (TV)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Joan Allen for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)
Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Ruby Dee for America (2009) (TV)
Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)

[ayaa1977]

Main Critics Circles Awards

San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Best Director:  Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
Best Actor: Colin Firth(A Single Man)
Best Film: The Hurt Locker

New York Film Critics Circle
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
Best Actor: George Clooney(Up in the Air, Fantastic Mr. Fox)
Best Film: The Hurt Locker

Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Best Actress: Yolande Moreau (Seraphine)
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
Best Film: The Hurt Locker

Boston Society of Film Critics
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
Best Actor: Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
Best Film: The Hurt Locker

National Board of Review
Best Director: Clint Eastwood (Invictus)
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan(An Education)
Best Actor: Morgan Freeman (Invictus); George Clooney (Up in the Air)
Best Film: Up in the Air

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan (An Education)
Best Actor: George Clooney(Up in the Air)
Best Film: Up in the Air

[shariqq]

That's 5/6 for Best Director and 4/6 for best film, for Hurt Locker. Seems there's a critics' favorite this year - one that Kaytee & I agree on!

[kaytee]

No love at all for Tilda Swinton for Julia?

[X.]

I get an erection every time I think of Tilda Swinton. Let that be her award.

[ayaa1977]

I get an erection every time I think of Tilda Swinton. Let that be her award.

My God AK, can you be anymore conceeded?

Please don't answer that!